I have a 2005 Honda Pilot and just recently it has started smelling like urine coming in from the outside, as soon as I turn on the air conditioning the smells stops. If I turn on the circulate air, the smell stops. This reminds me of going to the nursing home and seeing my Dad, and this is a smell …

It smells and sounds like you might have a leaking heater core; if the windshield fogs up on full defrost, you definitely have a leaking core. You could also have a fungus growing in the air ducts. So investigate; a good A/C shop can tell instantly what your problem is. Remember, Legionnaire’s Dese…

First, sniff the air inlet at the base of your windshield and see if Santa left something worse than coal down your chimney. If it smells, hose it, alternating with a little soap, until the smell is gone. There are drains in that air inlet tray. Another AC smell is mildew growing in the AC evapor…

Yes the smell is stronger with the HVAC off and it does come from those outlets.

you may have a rodent problem, nesting in the air box somewhere, with the attendant urine feces smell. take it to an AC radiator place. they can troubleshoot it for you. and save you the aggravation.

I turned on the defrost and the windshield did not fog up, so I guess that is not the problem. Iam going to take it to Honda and see if they can tell me what is going on.

That was my first thought also, but there was not an animal in the engine compartment.

the animal may have crawled up into the air intake duct. the reason i suggested this, was you say when you turn ON the AC it goes away. when you turn ON the AC the blend door shuts (thus shutting off the outside air coming into the car) so the only air you get is what is inside the car. when the …

Did you make someone angry recently? If so they may have hosed your air intake with their black n decker. just a thought…

Since I do not know anything about cars (was never taught as a child), can you tell me just where to look for this air intake duct please? Your knowledge would be greatly appreciated.

Air coming into car smells like urine

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Beadsandbeads July 4, 2008, 1:53am 3

I am confused. You say that the smell is coming from the outside, but that with the AC or blower on the smell goes away. The latter indicates that the smell is not coming from the HVAC. Is the smell stronger when the HVAC is on or off? Do you smell the evil smell coming from the HVAC outlets?

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