Smelly rubber Toyota mat

[Westcoast Mark Member Find all posts View Profile Close Westcoast Mark]

G'day all,

Last week I bought a genuine Toyota rubber cargo mat for my 150 Prado.

As soon as I got it, I opened the box and put it in the back and was happy with the fit, but the smell was shocking! A really nasty petrochemical smell. When I got home, I hung it over a couple of chairs to air out under the patio. That was four days ago and it still stinks, this morning I even tried giving it a good wash but to no avail.

Has anyone else had this issue? If so did you manage to get rid of the smell? At the moment I am planning on taking it back for a refund and getting an aftermarket one.

Cheers,

Mark

[Hutch Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hutch]

Give it a week it will go away.

Hutch- Prado 150 with some TJM Kit.

[fido666 Banned Find all posts View Profile Close fido666]

Mine came with the car so I don't know what it smelt like when new but it certainly has no smell now. I bought a set of the genuine front rubber mats a while back and there was a bit of a rubber smell but it went fairly quickly.

[Westcoast Mark Member Find all posts View Profile Close Westcoast Mark]

Thanks for the replies,

I'll give it another few days and see how it smells

[BiLLz0r Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close BiLLz0r]

Maybe wash it with soap instead of just water?

[Fred63 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fred63]

I washed mine with car wash and hung it in the sun for a few days and all good

Fred

[Andrew119 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew119]

I had/have the same problem, ended up buying a $20 one from supercheap as I couldn't get the smell out either, tried washing with numerous things and no luck.
Been sitting outside in the weather for about a month now and it's finally starting to get better!!!