Questions tagged [interior]
Use the interior tag for questions regarding issues with the inside of a vehicle. ALso include a make and model tag.
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Best routine for making a frozen car driveable
With temperatures below zero it's always difficult to get going even if the engine itself starts without hiccups and I'd like to know what to do better so that I don't need to wait ten minutes before ...
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How can I repair cracks in leather seat?
The leather on the side of the driver's seat has some minor cracks.
I am using conditioner to help prevent this in the other seats but these cracks already exist. Is there a product or patch of some ...
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Heavy condensation inside car during winter. Tried multiple things, but no results!
Before you comment, read below to see what I've done and why most answers are not helping me. Also, my native language is not English, so I apologise for not using the proper words.
I have an old ...
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Battery acid clean up
I was carrying a battery in the floorboard of the backseat area of the car. I was going to return it to be disposed in a week.
In the meantime, it tipped over and a good amount of the battery acid ...
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Minimum Care of Leather Interior
I have just bought a used Honda Accord with leather seating. I'm not necessarily a car enthusiast, but I would be interested in knowing the minimum I should do to keep the interior in good condition. ...
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What's ECON and how is it used properly?
I drive mostly Asian cars which mostly have an air-conditioning interface consisting of a button saying "A/C". This makes sense to me since it's short for "Air Conditioning" (assumption :)). Also the ...
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How Do You Keep Mold From Growing In a Non-Running Car That Has Leaky Windows?
I have a car that isn't running at the moment, but that soon will be. Where I live, it rains 7 days per week, and I've recently cleaned mold from the interior of the vehicle. What types of things ...
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2004 VW Passat B5 Cigarette Lighter Broken - Common Problem
The problem I have been having with my VW Passat was that my cigarette lighter was not working in the car. It is the only one in the main part of the car (there is another one in the boot) and it ...
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Ways to increase driver space and comfort in a small car?
I'm the owner of a 2003 MG TF[see photo], I love the car although being 6'4" it borders on uncomfortable when driving longer distances and is not very dignified getting in or out, and my knees ...
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2004 VW Passat B5.5 - Why are my wing mirrors being weird?
Today whilst I was trying to park my 2004 VW Passat B5.5, I noticed that something to do with my wing mirrors wasn't working quite right. When the toggle was on the left position, the left wing mirror ...
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Recommendations as to how to seal or protect brand new leather seats?
My wife just bought a new Subaru Outback with leather seats. We said "no" at that point in the transaction when they try to sell you $1000 of interior / exterior protection, but now we are faced with ...
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Why does my 2007 Lexus ES350 have a sticky dash
I recently bought a 2007 Lexus ES350 nice car but the dash has some sticky stuff on it that
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Cross threaded hole on seat rail of VW. How to get the original size screw back in? [duplicate]
So long story short, someone managed to cross thread one of the seat rail bolts while removing and reinstalling the seats. They then simply tapped a larger hole and used a larger bolt to fix the ...
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How to remove decomposed food smell from car interior fibers?
Car was parked up fro 3 months or so and it seems there was food decomposing in it during this period. I could see the food not sure what it was but it was all decomposed like with green bits in it ...
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