Good afternoon,

my 2014 Fiesta 1.5 tdci carpet is bleeding the dye.

Apparently this is common issue with Ford of this age, does anyone know of the best way to stop it? I’ve tried using upholstery cleaner with no joy.

This should fix it.....

Can't say I've heard of this.  What is the practical issue with it?  Dying light coloured trainers/trouser hem?  Could use floor mats on top of the carpet if that's the problem.

52 minutes ago, unofix said:

This should fix it.....

Surely would make the problem worse haha… I don’t want to dye my carpet I want my carpet to stop dying everything it touches 

55 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

Can't say I've heard of this.  What is the practical issue with it?  Dying light coloured trainers/trouser hem?  Could use floor mats on top of the carpet if that's the problem.

The dye staining trainers, anything I put in the boot. I have floor mats but stains the side of my sole on my left foot as sometimes touches the carpet around the mat when I’m driving 

34 minutes ago, Turtle19 said:

The dye staining trainers, anything I put in the boot. I have floor mats but stains the side of my sole on my left foot as sometimes touches the carpet around the mat when I’m driving 

Oh that's definitely annoying.

Could try soaking the carpet with water and then wetvac it out but that might just fade the carpet if the dye is breaking down.

I know you can buy dye fixing fluids for clothes.  Not sure if they need full saturation to work or where a light spray over a carpet would still be effective.

I think if I had this problem I'd buy a new set of carpets

 

22 minutes ago, Bobr said:

I think if I had this problem I'd buy a new set of carpets

Sounds expensive and lots of hassle to fit. It's the original fitted carpeting in the cabin and boot area that is shedding dye, not loose fitting mats.

1 hour ago, TomsFocus said:

Oh that's definitely annoying.

Could try soaking the carpet with water and then wetvac it out but that might just fade the carpet if the dye is breaking down.

I know you can buy dye fixing fluids for clothes.  Not sure if they need full saturation to work or where a light spray over a carpet would still be effective.

Yeh this might be worth a go, it isn’t a common issue by the sounds of it. 

16 minutes ago, pcaouolte said:

Sounds expensive and lots of hassle to fit. It's the original fitted carpeting in the cabin and boot area that is shedding dye, not loose fitting mats.

Yeh considering I only paid £2500 for the car having all new carpet and boot lining won’t be cheap.

I have never seen this with the plastic carpets used in cers but on the assumption that somebody has dyed the carpet, run a bath of tepid water, dissolve five pounds of table salt in it, put the carpets in and leave overnight before rinsing thoroughly.

4 hours ago, pcaouolte said:

Sounds expensive and lots of hassle to fit. It's the original fitted carpeting in the cabin and boot area that is shedding dye, not loose fitting mats.

Sorry mine are all loose fitting and I thought yours would be the same.

The dodgy second-hand car trick is deep clean and dry the carpet, then a cheap can of rattle spray paint and lightly mist the carpet until it's the desired colour.  But personally, I'd be tempted to replace it with something like this. https://www.carmats4u.com/tailored-boot-liners/ford-boot-liners/ford-fiesta-boot-liners/ford-fiesta-boot-liner-2008-2017/ford-fiesta-2008-2017-durable-carpet-boot-mat.html 

19 hours ago, cjay1 said:

The dodgy second-hand car trick is deep clean and dry the carpet, then a cheap can of rattle spray paint and lightly mist the carpet until it's the desired colour.  But personally, I'd be tempted to replace it with something like this. https://www.carmats4u.com/tailored-boot-liners/ford-boot-liners/ford-fiesta-boot-liners/ford-fiesta-boot-liner-2008-2017/ford-fiesta-2008-2017-durable-carpet-boot-mat.html 

Good idea but this won’t fix the issue in the footwells. I’m going to try wet vacing all the carpet 

Or, once you have got filthy and have had no success, you could do as I suggested in the first place.

5 hours ago, anon said:

Or, once you have got filthy and have had no success, you could do as I suggested in the first place.

Remove my whole carpet and put it in my bath lol. What would my mrs say if she come home and my Fiestas carpet lining is soaking in the bath….i don’t think it would fit in my bath 

I wasn't even sure you'd have access to a bath.  Many of us only have a shower in small flats nowadays.  No chance of soaking anything in 1/2" of water!

 

If you do attempt the wetvac, you really have to soak it with water first.  I tried a half-a*sed clean on my own car seats recently.  Just using a small brush and bowl of water.  Tried to wetvac them dry afterwards, but there wasn't enough water in them for it to pull any out!  Not faulty as I have since done an armchair properly, plenty of water in and plenty of water out on that.  The seats did look & feel damp, so I had to leave the windows open for the rest of the day.  Just got it done before the autumn weather started.

1 hour ago, TomsFocus said:

I wasn't even sure you'd have access to a bath.  Many of us only have a shower in small flats nowadays.  No chance of soaking anything in 1/2" of water!

 

If you do attempt the wetvac, you really have to soak it with water first.  I tried a half-a*sed clean on my own car seats recently.  Just using a small brush and bowl of water.  Tried to wetvac them dry afterwards, but there wasn't enough water in them for it to pull any out!  Not faulty as I have since done an armchair properly, plenty of water in and plenty of water out on that.  The seats did look & feel damp, so I had to leave the windows open for the rest of the day.  Just got it done before the autumn weather started.

Cheers for that Tom, I’ve got a mate who does it professionally so I’m going to ask him to have a look later.
 

on a side note I’m getting a funny smell from my heater blowers, I’ve ordered a new cabin filter, is there anything else after that I should look at? 

1 hour ago, Turtle19 said:

on a side note I’m getting a funny smell from my heater blowers, I’ve ordered a new cabin filter, is there anything else after that I should look at? 

If it only happens when using AC then it'll be caused by bacteria and fungi on the evaporator.  Needs a chemical clean if so.  Foam or spray.  Not just one of the 'bombs' that are meant to circulate around the car.

If it happens all the time then it's probably just the pollen filter.  You can also check the intake hole under the windscreen to make sure it's not full of rotting leaves.  And also check the HVAC drain hole is clear.  Easiest way to do that on these is to run the AC and watch for drips underneath the car.  If there aren't any drips, the water will stay inside the HVAC box and smell over time.

1 hour ago, TomsFocus said:

If it only happens when using AC then it'll be caused by bacteria and fungi on the evaporator.  Needs a chemical clean if so.  Foam or spray.  Not just one of the 'bombs' that are meant to circulate around the car.

If it happens all the time then it's probably just the pollen filter.  You can also check the intake hole under the windscreen to make sure it's not full of rotting leaves.  And also check the HVAC drain hole is clear.  Easiest way to do that on these is to run the AC and watch for drips underneath the car.  If there aren't any drips, the water will stay inside the HVAC box and smell over time.

Thank you for a detailed response. It’s doing it with no AC, I’ll see how it is after the filter has been changed then go from there. 

I think I’ve found the cause of the carpet issue 

Must be a big leak if that's making the drivers footwell wet as well!

3 hours ago, TomsFocus said:

Must be a big leak

Like this ?

oops, wrong leek 🤣