Yeah, but I blamed it on one of my other vehicles. Something to check.

Thanks!

 

I would say it was your dealer, someone grabbed the wrong jug thinking it was washer fluid when it was coolant.

 

It's blue and looks like washer fluid, it just smells like antifreeze. I think if they mistakenly mixed green antifreeze it wouldn't look blue anymore. I don't know why anyone would use this stuff on purpose, because it makes you think there is a problem with your radiator.

I found a few reports on different Internet forums where people actually brought their car to the dealer several times to look for a radiator "leak", and then eventually they figured out it was the washer fluid.

 

At least you know it won't freeze nor boil.

 

I noticed it but I figured it was because I was being hypersensitive - I had to replace a leaky radiator in my old Elantra right before I purchased this one.

Interesting - however its good to know that my washer fluid won't freeze

 

Hey, guys, you're experiencing exactly what some of us sedan owners worried ourselves sick over and went thru. It's a normal smell. Nothing to worry about! Go forth and have some GT FUN!!!!

 

bump...having the same concern (not anymore...)

 

With all the solvents used in the making of the various plastics, coatings, fabrics.. it take a good bit for solvents to fade away.

 

My antifreeze smell (for 2 months) went away immediately after I drained and replaced the windshield washer fluid.

 

Keep my car in a garage and the wife always said it smelled like antifreeze when it was new. I also smelled it a couple times, very noticable in a closed garage. Forgot all about it until I just read this, so the theory about it being something that burns off over the first couple weeks sounds reasonable. Never a drop of anything on the floor that would indicate any kind of leak.

 

Hello to all! it is the washer fluid that comes from the factory! as it burns off with heat, smells just like antifreeze!!!! it will go away once you refill with typical store washer fluid!

 

A little off topic but sometimes after a little bit of hooning my car, when I turn it off I hear the coolant in the rad or resevoir bubbling. Does anyone else experience this sound? It doesn't happen very often but when it does it worries me a little.

 

:00000732: hmolins.

 

What's an easy way to drain the tank, I like to use the rain x washer fluid as it seems to clean better. ..

 

Is it some kind of antifreeze additive? Hyundai won't tell me.

Smelling it too. Hadn't had to use it too often because it rains here a lot. But recently our flowering mazzard cherry tree has been covering my car like crazy. So I used the windshield washer fluid (in large amounts) to clean my windshield while I was driving. Next thing you know, I smell coolant. So I thought my coolant was leaking. Checked everywhere, waited for the car to cool (and check the coolant level.) It all seemed fine.
I started to scoop out all those **** flower leaves from the **** cherry tree (I hate this tree but it's next to my driveway and in its flowery season for only a month). At my desk, I could still smell "antifreeze" so I smelled my hand that I used to scoop out those leaves. Sure enough, it smelled of coolant (even though I hadn't touched any coolant that morning.) So I deduced the only place I could have come in contact was when I was scooping out those **** flowers from the "reservoir" between the windshield and the hood (where the wipers sit). Then I finally opened up my hood (car is still only 9 months old and I had no need to open the hood saving that to Hyundai CVT's for oil changes) and smelled the WW reservoir. Wreaks of antifreeze WW fluid. It's still blue but figured it some kind of additive. So gonna take it to the dealers, have them drain it, and put in regular WW fluid. But first, gotta wash out them **** leaves!

 

Yes my 2013 Gt with 15000 miles has had that smell from almost day 1. I'll check the washer fluid. The dealer wanted to charge a service call.