# Dead smell under seat

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-smell-under-seat/19885>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 22, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-smell-under-seat/19885 "2008-09-22T15:23:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![adamherring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@adamherring](https://community.cartalk.com/u/adamherring)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-smell-under-seat/19885/1 "2008-09-22T15:23:11Z")

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I don’t know if I have a dead mouse or what. When I got into my truck the previous night, the smell was overpowering. Today, it seems the smell “moved” under my driver’s seat. I have a 2005 Ford F-150 with motorized seat. I sprayed a lot of car deodorizer and waiting to see if it takes. I will also try turning up the heat full blast and spray into the intake from outside. Any other suggestions of what this could be?

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**Author:** ![Windstalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Windstalker](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Windstalker)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-smell-under-seat/19885/2 "2008-09-22T15:31:51Z")

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If its organic, OdorXit works wonders, [http://www.odorxit.com/](http://www.odorxit.com/)  
We have used it for everything from dribbling dogs and expired cat on couch to  
decomposing possum under porch.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-smell-under-seat/19885/3 "2008-09-22T17:01:59Z")

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UM…did you LOOK under there?? That’s the first thing I’d do before I started spraying anything.

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-smell-under-seat/19885/4 "2008-09-22T17:10:00Z")

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Is This A Joke?  
It’s not April 1st, but I’ll bite!  
That’s not a dead fish under there is it?  
I noticed that your username says: a dam herring  
Sorry, had to ask.

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**Author:** ![adamherring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@adamherring](https://community.cartalk.com/u/adamherring)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-smell-under-seat/19885/5 "2008-09-22T17:46:35Z")

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Mike, yes, I looked under seats, under the truck, the hood, everywhere I could think of. No April jokes here, Common Sense. I’ll report on any outcome later.

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-smell-under-seat/19885/6 "2008-09-23T01:03:26Z")

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My wife had a similar experience with her van. It must have been some of those old candy wrappers. She cleaned out all of the trash and the odor seems to be subsiding.