Bad smell after off roading

2017 trd pro Tacoma. After some off roading, sand, dirt, little mud, The inside cab of my truck has a nasty dirty water mud type smell lol. I can’t figure this thing out. I washed out the underside of the truck very well, the inside cab of the truck is spotless. It either goes away after a few minutes of driving or I get used to it. It’s been about a month since the off road session The truck sees off road all the time. Never had this issue before. Anything else you guys can think of me to check out?? Thanks!

 

Did you try cleaning the cabin air filter? Depending on how crazy you got, this could be dirty/moldy. It’s behind the glove box I believe.

 

You been running the AC with Recirc on?

 

Check the cabin filter. Maybe fouled with crud.

 

How the heck do I get that thing out of there.

 

Its inside the glovebox, should come out easy.

 

Haha if it’s like the second gens, which I believe it is. The glove box has tabs which will allow it to open a lot lower and there is a door that holds the filter in place.

 

https://youtu.be/wC_IZzoE9T0

 

Thanks guys! Hopefully that is the smell. Lol

 

It’s not the cabin filter . Damn it

 

Hm, what else could it be?!

 

Wow, that would give me heart attack.

 

I saw the comments for that post online and the guy was like "oh I forgot I had my window down lol"...yeah, right...the lengths people will go to just to get attention online. He's gonna have fun cleaning that mess up.

 

I've had good luck with this in my STANKY '99: https://www.amazon.com/Ozium-Air-Sanitizer-Original-3-5/dp/B000CSWCAG

May be mildew in/under the carpet? you live in a humid place

 

Check the rubber body plugs under the carpet. You can see them by either lifting the carpet or going underneath and looking up. Black round disks, some 1", some 2" in diameter. I've had them get pushed up and out of their holes by twigs and sticks while off roading. They are easy to accidentally pop out of their holes from below. Caused increased road noise and although I was in a dry area if it was wet water would have washed up into my carpet from below and I could see enough of that causing a musty smell. Especially if you knocked them loose while washing.

 

Did you let itchyfeet borrow your truck for a tinder date?

 

Lololol

 

You know what you might be right. Although I have already washed the engine bay, I’m going to try that again. It could just be me but I feel like with the cab filter out, the smell is worse and I can hear the air intake a little louder so I’m guessing it is all coming from the bay. Will try that next

 

Have you checked under wiper cowl, where air intake for heat/ac is located? Now that you said filter is out, smell is coming in unfiltered, from cowl.

 

Thank you I will check that out as well!