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Message: <blockquote data-quote="saat" data-source="post: 672218" data-attributes="member: 77">I have never used any air freshener or any solvent cleaner in the car cos I like the new car smell to stay as long as possible.  My car is 3yrs old and the leather smell is till there.I had a similar problem.  The smell comes only during startup.  It goes away after a running it for a while.  It turned out that the smell is from the carbon filter element.  It got wet and the carbon is breaking down and has mould in it.  The carbon gives off a "chemical"-like a scent.  Changed the filter and the chemical smell went away.  But bear in mind the micro filter has been changed only once since new.Yours is a new car and you should not have a problem with the micro filter, but check it anyways.</blockquote>