But, I purchased a '06 KR last year from an out of town dealer. When the man delivered it to me, the first thing I noticed when I got in was a weird smell. I thought it was him. Then I came to the conclusion that it was the leather, because after driving it, my clothes would smell the same.
I asked many others, and they all agreed that the truck had an odor. So I decided to go to work on the seats. I used some saddle soap, and that helped briefly.
Next I took it to a detailer, and he put a de-ionizer (or ionizer???) in the truck, and that was all I smelled for a few months.
Now the smell is starting to come back!!
After reading some posts here, I'm starting to think the previous owner may have sweated in the seats, and it has soaked in.
Has anyone else dealt with this? Should I get some of the cleaner posted in the sticky, and try to clean it out?

 

Hard call, bud. There are any number of things that could cause the interior to have an odor. Sniffing around in there... are you certain that it's your seats? Rear windows (around the brake light) are notorious for leaks and maybe it's a mold problem.

Also, once you've eliminated the source (I'm guessing it's more of a water leak problem or similar than the leather), find a 'high end' detailer and have them do an ozone treatment on it...

Lastly, saddle soap is awful. It's a horrible cleaner and, in fact, works better as a conditioner (albeit, poor at that) than a cleaner.

 

The problem is, I don't think you know where the smell is coming from, even though you say your clothes picked up the smell. Could you try this? - Open the doors and let the truck "air out" for about an hour, preferably with a fan or the wind blowing air through it. Then, probably with the doors still open, "smell" the seats (sounds sort of "kinky", doesn't it?) to see if the smell can be localized to one or all of them. Try smelling the carpet and any other area, such as around the rear window.

The "airing out" process is to get rid of ambient odors so you can detect the source more readily - and, if the air in the truck is not saturated with the smell, your nose will be more sensitive to the source when you get near it.

- Jack

 

Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode. You sure it isn't BBO? (beyond body odor)

 

In the end, you may want to pull the seats out, remove the carpet and have it steam cleaned. May not be your problem, but if it is getting in your clothes, you know its gotta be in the carpet.

 

I know, that's the first thing I thought of
I've aired the truck out all day...I have "smelled" the seats up close. It the seats. After reading some of the posts in the sticky, on leather care (espicially the one from the lady in the leather business) I believe it has to be sweat "soaked" in to the seats.

 

I had a van that stunk like BO tracked it down to the a/c vent tube was pluged. The water couldn't drain so it started to mold alot. As others stated mold will stink as the bacteria grows. If your sure it's the seats use a good leather smelling conditioner. I use the King Ranch stuff cause I love the leather smell, it should over power your other smell.

 

Man that sucks and thats sick! sorry.

 

Ew id hate that. Somebody told me a bowl of vinegar in the vehicle over night.

But you know.. Nor here nor there

Wait that was for cigarette smells

 

what about a couple boxes of baking soda?