Air freshener damages car’s interior

Posted on Jul 17, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, Media/Videos, Products, Susie Collins

A $3.00 air freshener commonly used in cars could cost thousands of dollars in damage.

My Fox Atlanta reports Air Freshener Linked to Car Damage. A woman accidentally installs an air freshener upside down, causing the “scented oil” to leak out, which destroys part of the dashboard, control buttons and veneer.

No word on what happened to the occupants’ lungs or central nervous system.

Valvoline would not disclose the name of the chemical used in the air freshener, but it also requires a poison control warning that says “keep out of reach of children and pets” and if ingested to call a physician or poison control center immediately.

The air freshener is made in China.

“I am shocked that an air freshener is out there and it can leak and cause and that extensive damage to the vehicle and I worry about kids, children, dogs anybody in the car that can potentially like that, because if it actually literally ate my dashboard, I can imagine what it does to your insides?” said Napatilano.

After searching the internet, Napatilano found that she wasn’t alone. Napatilano said she found other complaints about the Arometrics air freshener.

Thanks, Linda!

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9 Responses to “Air freshener damages car’s interior”

  1. linda

    17. Jul, 2009

    Too bad the damage those things do to our brains and bodies isn’t so readily visible.

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  2. Susie Collins

    17. Jul, 2009

    Good point, Linda. Imagine if people could SEE what our brains go through when we breathe the toxic vapors from those things. It would look like that dashboard! It sure does FEEL like that melted dashboard and peeled veneer.

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  3. Jasmine

    17. Jul, 2009

    Right on Linda!

    What bothers me is highlighting the $1400 it will cost to replace the damaged interior instead of the immeasurable cost to ones health inhaling those chemicals. And I like how no one made a stink about Valvoline not divulging what’s in their product. To me, that’s the real news story!

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  4. Susie Collins

    17. Jul, 2009

    Jasmine, I took your lead and just left a comment on that story asking:

    Amanda and Leigha, what do you think about now investigating Valvoline for full disclosure on the name of the chemicals used in the air freshener and whether or not those chemicals have been fully tested for their impact on human health? That would be a story!

    My comment awaits moderator approval, let’s see if they release it.

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  5. linda

    17. Jul, 2009

    Yay Susie! That would be something worth knowing!

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  6. Jasmine

    18. Jul, 2009

    Awesome!

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  7. clara courtney

    03. Jul, 2010

    i also bought the airfreshener and it was installed correctly and it ruin my dash on my 2003 gmc pickup and i need to know who to contacted. i only know that it is made through vavoline out of china

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  8. Vickie Fowles

    03. Jul, 2010

    SupercalifragilisticexpialiDOSEsious of chems!

    After what I’ve been thru lately, I FEEL like I have a melted dashboard TOO!!!

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