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Old January 14th, 2009 | 8:16 PM
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Question Remove stale smoke smell

Hello again, does anyone have any reccomendations to remove a smoke smell from the interior, and is there an in-cabin filter in 07 tahoes. I bought it used and the dealer had done a great job of masking it. My pregnant wife is now complaining....please help
Old January 14th, 2009 | 9:02 PM
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Febreze the heck out if it.
Old January 14th, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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You might try having it professionally cleaned. I would suspect the dealer that sold it too you did just as you suspected, masked it, but it may need to be shampooed, vacuumed and deodorized several times to get the particle count down, but understand it wont completely remove the smell.
An option is to have the carpet, seats and head liner replaced but that is a somewhat costly avenue but will almost certainly get rid of the smell.
On the bright side at least its not a dead body smell….
Old January 15th, 2009 | 6:49 AM
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I remember my dealer offering some kind of deodorizing air filter. You may try that in addition to a good interior cleaning.
Old January 15th, 2009 | 8:02 PM
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The NBS doesn't have a cabin air filter. Not sure why.
Old January 18th, 2009 | 2:06 PM
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I don't know if I would have bought it but, febreeze it, clean it, put in some air fresher, or sell it..

I hate smoke it drives me nuts. .
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