# Outside cold air mysteriously getting into car

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/outside-cold-air-mysteriously-getting-into-car/84762>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [April 26, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outside-cold-air-mysteriously-getting-into-car/84762 "2014-04-26T05:02:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigBassBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/838e76/32.png) [@BigBassBoy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BigBassBoy)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outside-cold-air-mysteriously-getting-into-car/84762/1 "2014-04-26T05:02:45Z")

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HELP!!! I have a 1993 Volvo 240 wagon in great condition as my winter car. My problem is- I have COLD outside air mysteriously entering the interior of my car (and that outside air is MIGHTY COLD in Buffalo during the winter!!). I feel it coming out of my steering column, and most of the gaps in my dashboard & control panel area’s. The other odd part about this is that the airflow is intermittent- there is no pattern to when it happens or stops. I have had the firewall  
seals/grommets, etc, checked, and have had the vent system also checked by competent car people that are very familiar w/the 240 series. No one seems  
to be able to figure it out. Other than sealing up all gaps with rope caulk or tape, I dont know what to do about it…ANY SUGGESTIONS/ANSWERS???