I have a 2009 Kluger Altitude. Great car except, I first noticed an exhaust fume smell when accelerating reasonably hard. Didn't think much of it at the time as had some windows down and wife predominately drives it, with the kids. However have now focused on the issue due to when towing a trailer or accelerating hard it consistently occurs. Last week toyota changed the rear hatch rubber, but I have just realised they have placed it inside-out and hence a larger gap and more exhaust fumes. I have no doubt that the fumes are coming through the glass hatch and the tailgate, it appears to have a slight (very slight) different radius and hence doesn't seal fully. This then allows exhaust gases in the rear when accelerating. I will be like a plague to Toyota until this is fixed as we purchased the Kluger due to an increasing family size, the last thing I want is to poison them with exhaust fumes (what is the use of having u-beaut airconditioning filters if exhaust gas enters the car..... (I actually think it is a design fault but will hold out to see how they rectify it.)
