anti-freeze smell inside car

[Dave P]

Hi, I'm new here and apologize if this is not the right place for this post. I did a smiliar post in the "looking to buy a magnum" section but haven't had any responses so thought i'd try here .

I'm looking to buy a Magnum AWD and have test driven 2 in the last couple of weeks. One was a 06 SXT AWD w/70k miles and the other was a 05 R/T AWD w/110k miles. Both cars had a very noticable anti-freeze smell (like ethelyne glycol) inside when driving.

I've been studying Magnums for a couple of months ('cause I realy want one badly) to try and learn what to watch out for when looking at used ones and I have not heard of heater core/control valve problems (or whatever is causing the smell, could be just hoses I guess) - is this a common problem and if so, how expensive is it to deal with. I walked away from both because I figured it probably meant tearing the dash and interior apart and probably is a major PITA/expensive.

Any advice/histories to share?

Seems odd to me that 2 out of 2 test drives had the same problem but I'm hoping it could be just a fluke...

Thanks,
Dave

[newred2007]

Originally Posted by Dave P

Hi, I'm new here and apologize if this is not the right place for this post. I did a smiliar post in the "looking to buy a magnum" section but haven't had any responses so thought i'd try here .

I'm looking to buy a Magnum AWD and have test driven 2 in the last couple of weeks. One was a 06 SXT AWD w/70k miles and the other was a 05 R/T AWD w/110k miles. Both cars had a very noticable anti-freeze smell (like ethelyne glycol) inside when driving.

I've been studying Magnums for a couple of months ('cause I realy want one badly) to try and learn what to watch out for when looking at used ones and I have not heard of heater core/control valve problems (or whatever is causing the smell, could be just hoses I guess) - is this a common problem and if so, how expensive is it to deal with. I walked away from both because I figured it probably meant tearing the dash and interior apart and probably is a major PITA/expensive.

Any advice/histories to share?

Seems odd to me that 2 out of 2 test drives had the same problem but I'm hoping it could be just a fluke...

Thanks,
Dave

I googled "dodge magnum anti-freeze smell", lots of info. came up.