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Old Aug 4, 2021 | 12:56 PM
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Any good ultrasonic deterrants ???
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Old Aug 5, 2021 | 01:05 PM
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Just a quick look through the trunk by the spare revealed all that chewed up and peed on "felt" just like yours. I guess I'll have to remove the interior panel to be able to really do a thorough cleanup. I wish Honda would use a type of sound insulation that was less appealing to mice.
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Old Aug 9, 2021 | 01:20 PM
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A rodent made a nest on top of my gas tank. This picture is when I replaced soft top, you won't have this good view unfortunately - see felt missing on top of gas tank area? Pull your spare and have a look around here. To clarify, there are 2 problems here: 1) straw nest on top of fuel pump under cover - not good but you probably wouldn't smell that. I also had a significant nest in this area next to the spare tire consisting of chewed felt and lots of stinky rodent pee...
Seems like this is a preferred target area.

Finally.got the rear tray out. Now how do I get the smell out?
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Old Aug 10, 2021 | 09:23 AM
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Oh man, that's awful. I've gotta check mine now. I would just clean it as best you can with your choice of cleaner, and then maybe spray some of that ozone stuff all around the area?
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Old Oct 20, 2021 | 12:29 PM
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I'm suffering from this problem as well. Strongest smell of dead carcass seems to come from under the windshield washer bottle. Perhaps between the fender and the inner fender lining. I just hope it is a mouse and not a groundhog.
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Old Oct 25, 2021 | 08:16 AM
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Ozium works well for interior smells. Maybe hit the dirty area with some oxy-clean/water mixture and dry thoroughly.
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Old Oct 25, 2021 | 11:01 AM
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I got my S2k around 2013/2014... no rodent smell... but I did notice there was a funny/different human odor than my own. Not really a stinky BO; but def smelled like the previous owner I guess. And it stayed for years.

Then I quit cigs and started vaping in 2016 (I vape while driving). And, now that I think about it, the previous owner's smell is now totally completely gone.

Never thought about that, until reading this thread. Then I remembered when I first got the car, it smelled like the previous owner.

I believe the PG (propylene glycol) and/or VG (vegetable glycerin) in vape-juice removed the smell; because they are known to be germicides and humectants (and removing and/or diluting toxicity from certain products)... perhaps sterilizing the interior of the car and removing odor.
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