[podxt]

There you go kay es... you are not ALONE anymore...it feels better isn'it?
Although Zul's comment seemed to support the technician's theory that only
silver colored Nabira has a chemical reaction thus emittting the smell, I
still find the explanation hard to believe. HICOMOBIL must do something
about this and find a solution for our "smelly" friends..ASAP!!!

podxt

[ZulHadi]

kamasnita, try using Hungry Hippo in your nabira to absorb the dampness in
the car. I bought it a few days ago and i think the smell is not as bad now.

Podxt...i also find hicomobil explanation difficult to believe.

[kamasnita]

Zulhadi,
Were you the guy that went to Hicomobil office for this odour problem?
If you are the one,What did the tech guy told you.Just talk to Mr
Hasbullah......and unbelievably he wants to replace the air inlet vane on
the left hand side(what a joke).Berbuih telling him that could smell from
inside the structure.....now he only want to change the vane. At least the
guy under him want to clean the blower and the a/cond unit to remove the
grease on the blower. Need to call him again to liase with Thailand
counterpart.

[ZulHadi]

Bukan i. Had never complained about the smell to Hicomobil. Thought that
its because of the cigarrette i smoke or the cheap car parfume i use.

I have had this smell problem before when i was using Waja. It turned out
to be the car parfume because when i change the parfume the smell was gone.

Nabira also same thing. It all started when i used the gel type parfume. It
release a bad smell when it started to dry up - after being in the car for
quite sometimes and exposed to sunlight.

I think the thirsty hippo(not hungry hippo) is working for me! Try it out
and let me know the result. If the smell is gone, then its the dampness
that is causing the smell.

[kamasnita]

Looks like Zulhadi's totally different than mine. 99% sure its not the
dampness........what to do. I must have done something bad to suffer this

[ycng]

Kay es,

You have my sympathies.

Temporarily, why not put some some odor absorbing material (eg charcoal)
into the air channels while letting the Hicomobil attack the problem in
the long term.

[kamasnita]

ycng....thank you.Charcoal tried long ago but failed.Will try cleaning
lower structure again with chemical. And for short term , will put some
sponge near the rear blower to block air from the beam.Make sure it suck
air mostly from inside the cabin only.But will wait till the new C-pillar
cover(broke while installing by the tech guy).will do it in one shot.

[wclimkl]

Hi Kay ES,

I have the same odour problem for my rear aircond especially when it's
not used for some time. :( Co-incidentally, my Nabira CD is a silver
color one. I didn't have the problem until I make about 5,000km mileage.

I'm rather puzzled by the way it's made related to the paint color. I
don't think this is causing the odour.

Anyway, has anyone found a solution to it or got it fixed? Please
advise.

Thanks!

-Lim

[kamasnita]

It seems that the smell from the structure is less after the cleaning
using chemical for engine cleaning.....but still there.Now I have new
finding , same smell in front but not all the timemost of the time while
driving and front aircond is on.Still trying to figure out.Plan to remove
the pollen filter and check it.It will be too long if I want to write
whatever I think.....what a headache ......Anyway I dont know when mine
started.

[kamasnita]

Hard to remove pollen filter.....glove compartment,lower fascia
panel,lower aircond duct,about 4 clips and 4 screws (for filter cover)
need to be removed to take out the filter. My filter already turned to
partially grey colour but nothing abnormal there.Maybe by 40K...need to
replace it.Smell still there...and still confused. the Technical guy
(Hasbullah) is not helping at all. This is the guy who suggested to me to
replace the vent or louvre panel.Seems like he is avoiding my problem.