Pierre

I had this after using a different screenwash from my usual. I think the two somehow reacted and it smelt terrible. I had a long summer journey to go on, so I filled the reservoir up with plain tap water and used it a lot until it ran out (for some reason, the back squirter stops working before the front...) and then refilled it a couple of times at service stations. It stopped smelling after the second tank-ful. Now I only use one sort of screenwash and I haven't had the problem again. : P

The strings start out being attached to pieces of elastic under the back ridge of the parcel shelf. After a while, those bits of elastic stop being stretchy, which leaves the strings un-retracted and hanging out of the boot when you close it (I've seen a few of those!). I bought some cheap haberdasher's elastic from a stall on the market (or any sewing shop) and replaced the elastics. It took a little bit of measuring and experimentation but now I have retractable strings again and I don't have them flapping around out of the boot when it's closed. HTH. : P