How to clean small amount of flood water out of vehicle

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My daughter's 2018 Nissan Rogue got a small amount of flood water in the carpet. The only pooling I can find is under the front seats at the lowest point in the vehicle. It's not visible but it's more than I can soak up with a towel given its location under the front seat on both sides.

How would you remedy? I thinking pull the front seats, pull up carpet and soak up what's left and get some fans on it. Any other ideas?
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8:08a, 5/5/24
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If there is pooling under the seats, you really need to pull the seats, carpeting, and padding and dry it out. The padding soaked up a bunch of water before it actually pooled. A big headache, but it likely won't dry otherwise. The dampness will just stay in there, stink, and cause corrosion issues.
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In reply to Texasclipper • 1:26p, 5/5/24
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Texasclipper said:
If there is pooling under the seats, you really need to pull the seats, carpeting, and padding and dry it out. The padding soaked up a bunch of water before it actually pooled. A big headache, but it likely won't dry otherwise. The dampness will just stay in there, stink, and cause corrosion issues.
Correct answer and we have done this several times.

Mr Dubi disassembled the interior then put fans in the car to dry it out. He also set out the pad and carpet to dry with more fans.

We left the car open in the garage for a few days then he put it back together. Make sure to disconnect the battery before you remove seats that have embedded airbags.


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7:25p, 5/5/24
Remove as much of the interior you can. If you can pull the entire carpet out, then flip it over and let it dry in the sun, or blow fans on it until the padding is dry. If it has jute felt it really, really needs to dry. If jute doesn't dry fully, it will sour and you'll never get the smell out.

Spray with Lysol and sprinkle baking soda on the padding and the floor of the car. Also go ahead and vacuum, or even shampoo carpet while it's disassembled.

Once everything is dry and deodorized, reassemble.
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2:39a, 5/6/24
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What others have said but add a dehumidifier to the mix.
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6:57a, 5/6/24
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What everyone said.

But make your daughter do the heavy lifting and have her pay for the deodorizer.

If she's responsible for the water in the car. If not... carry on as others have said.
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Shop vac and the sun are your best friends. Shop vac the carpet and seats to get them mostly dry, then try to get them out into direct sun to dry the rest of the way.

When you think it's all dry, put only the driver seat back in (no carpet), and go park it in direct sun for a day. If there's no condensation and no smell, it's dry and you can put everything back in. Had GF drive around like this for a week until it was completely dry since she didn't have other transportation.
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1:32p, 5/6/24
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After all of the above, two giant tubs of DampRid and you'll be in good shape.

I sprayed a mixture of vinegar and peroxide on the carpet padding to neutralize odors when my mom's Genesis got a teensy bit of water in it from Harvey. Pulled seats and carpet and let it sit in the sun.

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8:48p, 5/6/24
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shop vac, damp rid, Carmax

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In reply to TSW2012 • 9:00p, 5/6/24
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TSW2012 said:
shop vac, damp rid, Carmax

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Parker says to burn it down!
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GT_Aggie2015 said:
Parker says to burn it down!


Before you do that, try to


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