My new Crossfire Limited roadster ('05 with 5200 miles) has a fairly strong aroma in the interior. It doesn't bother me, but my wife say that it makes her cough. My first thought was that it was "new car smell," caused by the off-gassing of various plastic parts and maybe the leather seats. Then I recalled a 25,000 base model roadster that we drove a couple of weeks ago, that had exactly the same aroma. That would eliminate the leather as the source of the problem, and also the "new car smell" idea.

We both thought that the smell was kind of "waxy," and were wondering if it was some kind of cleaning product. The thing that makes me doubt this is that I could imagine the car dealer cleaning the interior of the 25,000 mile car with something, but I doubt that the guy who owned my Crossfire would have needed to do anything to it.

My car is parked in my garage with the windows down. I'm hoping that airing it out does the trick, and that it will be okay in a week or two. Has anyone else experienced this problem, and do you know what causes it?