Spilled about 1-2 oz of iced latte in the perforated seats and cleaned pretty much in 30 seconds. Do I have anything to worry about?

“That’s how you get ants!”

I hope it’s Ant May 🥱

I did this twice with a full cup of water. 2nd time the passenger side airbag light came on but it went away in a day. I stopped carrying cups of water without a lid in the car.

Oh wow! My dumbass was cleaning out some stuff from the car, so I put my freshly made coffee on the center console instead of the cup holder, came back and sat in the driver seat and knocked off the cup. 🫠 luckily I had a bunch of towels in the back seat. This is the first time I’ve ever spilled anything in my car or anybody else’s lol so a little paranoid.

I’d say park it in a sunny spot and let it fully dry out. Worst case scenario you may damage the occupancy sensor, heating and cooling function. But usually it takes more than an oz or two so I wouldn’t worry about it.

OCS sensor sometimes goes wacko if liquid is spilled

Unfortunately there’s no sunny days in Chicago for the foreseeable future 😪 But yeah I didn’t give it enough time to soak and absorb a lot of liquid either so hopefully it’ll be ok?

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This. It sorts itself out after a couple days tho.

Oddly, I did a similar thing today, spilled 2 or 3 oz of cold coffee on the back seat of my wife's Model Y. I had my damp gym towel with me and wiped it up in less than 30 seconds. The spilled coffee had 'puddled' in the recessed stitching, so I don't think it had much of a chance to penetrate before I quickly wiped it up. Haven't used the car since it happened. I guess I will see if anything comes of it tomorrow when I head out to do errands.

Akkk. Milk product down in all the little perforated A/C cooled seat cushion holes? The milk-based smell as it spoils could be overwhelming.

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Yeah, I think this at a minimum needs an extraction cleaner (like a carpet cleaner, water + vacuum) to get the milk out. Any tiny bit of milk is going to turn terribly smelly in the heat.

I had leftover Thanksgiving ham in the passenger seat. Because I didn't drive much after the holiday, and had a sweater on the seat, I didn't realize for two days that juices had spilled and pooled on the seat a bit. I dabbed it up and wiped it down and everything seems fine. Liquid was probably thicker than an iced latte though.

You had me feeling better until that last line 🫣 I guess I’ll just have to wait a few days and see if something goes bad. Hopefully not 🤞🏾

Seams seemed pretty tight to me, I'd imagine you'll be fine.

Yes, ive heard that too, you heat up the seat etc. I had to get mine retro fitted to the one that's on the driver side that isnt making issues, I had rattle noises too from loose cables lol. all gone now. never spilled liquid but told me its common.

30 seconds? Hmmmmmm….

Sitting here thinking about it. To be more exact.... I would put a full cup of water without a lid on the center arm rest and drive. Make a wrong move and it was in the passenger seat.

Use leather cleaner and leather conditioner to clean it up. Absolutely don’t use alcohol wipes. Beware it might attract ants or even worse roaches.

50/50 chance you got the sensors in seat wet. If that happens car will throw errors on seat belt and seat occupancy.

I once dropped bits of chocolate on the seat. Body heat nicely melted them into the perforated seats. It took me a couple of hours to individually clean out each perforation. I instituted a "no food or drink in the car" rule from then on.

This wasn’t something I expected to see in this conversation , I like it

Could you just run the seats on heat or cool and dry it out?

That will dry out the water but won’t remove all the stuff in milk and coffee. The solids, fats, etc. only water evaporates. The rest stays behind. Just like if you boil milk or something else on the stove until it goes dry.

This , milk will smell horrible . You need to use something that will break down the enzymes. I think I used cat pee cleaning solution. No joke it will start to smell bad.

I guess that’s why I’m a water only type person in the car.

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Thank God you specified!

Clean it using a small amount of Dawn dish soap mixed with warm water. Lightly press a microfiber cloth dampened with the soapy water onto the surface do not pour water directly. Gently blot to lift the dirt and moisture. Finish by wiping with rubbing alcohol or alcohol wipes to help remove bacteria this is also recommended by Tesla then let it air-dry completely. Avoid using a shampoo or extraction vacuum, as it can damage perforated seats.

Hopefully it doesn’t start smelling like sour milk

Yes your car is now bricked, nice one OP

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