My youngest daughter just bought a 2009 Saturn Vue. Car looks very nice & looks to have been recently detailed (scrubbed carpet, paper floor mat on driver side...) but when I opened the door the first thing I noticed was the strong smell of mold & mildew. It felt dry under the seats but I found soggy papers and standing water in the spare tire well. She cleaned that out Wednesday. The car sat in my driveway all day in a light rain Thursday & when I got home I took a look and found puddles every where in the way back.
Doing a walk-around I spotted about 20" of the RR door weatherstrip was pulled loose on the striker side of the jamb and this might explain how so much water got in so fast. (BTW the car doesn't have a sunroof!) I've cleared out the back down to bare metal and sucked up the water with my shopvac but the pad under the carpet that starts under the rear seats is still wet and the smell is still bad.
What can I do--hopefully without special equipment--in cold rainy weather to dry this out? And how do I get rid of the stink?
There's no rust so hopefully this is a recent problem. And hopefully completely due to the door weatherstrip. I don't want her driving this until the mold problem is resolved but her patience is limited
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