Seats are fine, even aromatically pristine, if one might use that term when
describing the Vanagon's seats.

The smell is definitely coming from the carpet, which made me suspect an animal
origin. And it's definitely urine by the smell. Other posters have suggested
trying deodorizers available at the pet store, which sounds promising.

Puzerewski wrote:

> I bet a kid had an accident on the seat.  This happened to me with my
> neighbors kids during a traffic jam a 4th of July or 2 ago..  I have
> Febrezzed,shampooed, everything, and on a hot day I still smell it.  One of
> these days i am going to swap out the seat padding.......\
>
> Adam Puzerewski
> 81 westy
> 74 beetle
> 86 cabrio
> Vanagon Partsmobiles
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Schmitz" <djs@gene.com>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 4:11 PM
> Subject: [VANAGON] Odor removal (A refreshing topic)....