My 96 Maxima has recently experienced a flood. As a result, the carpet was saturated by water and there's a big mess. Thankfully the water didn't go any higher than the carpet, so the seats and other things were left intact.

Now the water is gone, but now the interior has quite an unpleasant smell. I'm thinking about cleaning the carpet with the carpet cleaner that can be bought at stores (Stoner, etc), but I am not sure if that would be enough to get rid of all the dirt inside, not to mention if any cleaning needs to be done under the carpet at the floor pan.

I'm also considering buying a new carpet (the entire molded carpet set) and replacing the old one. Has anyone changed their carpet before, and are there any good instructions online for this?

Thanks a million for your help!

 

Replace the carpet and everything below it or else everything below is going to grow mildew. Talk to your insurance comp. first to see if they will cover it.