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Originally Posted by ctrlz
"New car smell" is outgassing products from (relatively new) plastics.
What you might be smelling is washer fluid with deicing agents added. The generic blue fluid is water plus alcohol. The pink deicing stuff (like Rain-X) contains water, alcohol, plus a small amount of ethylene glycol, which does have a sweet smell.
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The scent is not as sweet as something like ethylene glycol, rather it is much more pleasant. The smell is noticeable immediately when the washer is activated, as if it was something was doing a quick squirt from an air freshener can.
Edit... Contacted the dealership and they said they did not install anything. Maybe it is a deicing fluid leak in the cabin...