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e70 Smell
I recently picked up a 2012 e70. Cars been good so far, although the sunroof is making me nervous. I picked the car up from a local dealer, it seems to have some sort of air freshener smell that I'm hoping will go away. My past experience with both Mercedes and BMW - I used to own an e34 and picked up an e53 for my son - is that the German cars have a unique smell. I recall being told that it was from the upholstery using horse hair, but in any case the e70 doesn't have that smell. I hoping the air freshener will wear off and it will start to have that traditional aroma. |
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could be a smoking car that they 'treated'... good luck, hope it clears up. Look into Ozone treatments.
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Try changing out the cabin filters with new OEM units. When I got my 2013 X5d it didn't have a bad smell but it was definitely not the "stock smell" or whatever. I changed out the cabin filters and within a day or so it is back to what I would consider a stock smell. Just a faint smell that is different than the air outside, that's about it.
I've also read in a lot of restoration forums that if you go buy a piece of upholstery vinyl from a fabric shop and stick a chunk under each seat during the summer it will restore "new car smell". I've never tried it but it would make sense. |
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It doesn't smell bad -just different. It just doesn't smell like the e53 or the 450SL.
I don't think I've been in another e70, so I don't know if BMW changed the way they manufactured the interior. Just looking for some feedback from others. |
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As for restoring the regular smell, I do notice that our E70 doesn't smell like our E53. But then again, I find most chassis of BMW have a unique smell. If you have no smell at all, as Ard said, might have been treated for odor.
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That was 1983 or so... Only 35 years ago. In other words, pretty recently in terms of 'bmw mechanic lore'... |
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My 86 911 and previously owned 320is had very similar smells. I think it's just what was used in manufacturing back in the day in Europe. Your X5 is never going to smell like that.
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I'm going to have to find another X5 driver locally and be like "hey - not to be weird or anything, but can I smell your car...."
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