You guys are killing me.....its is unreal the lengths people will go when they feel they are entitled to something. It also just proves that in large groups people can convince themselves of whatever they want. The anecdotal evidence of "my last x number of cars did or didnt do this or that" is as old as cars themselves. If anyone took two seconds to do a google search, you would find the following...
http://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-2nd-gen-2006-2013/616197-exhaust-smell-from-traffic-even-with-recirculate-air-on.html
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/technical-stuff/112566-what-check-outside-smell-entering-car-cabin.html
https://my.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/bad-smell-outside-gets-easily
http://www.optimaforums.com/forum/5-optima-general-discussion/35690-outside-odors-help.html
http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/recirculate-air.7836/
http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums/cadillac-forum/t-630449.html
http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1140782-Recirculate-letting-in-outside-odors
http://www.escape-city.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=24124&p=333368
This was all found on the first two pages of a google search....
On top of that, someone posts a bulletin from GM that says even when the recirculate is at 100% closed, DUST still comes in from VARIOUS LOCATIONS...if dust can get in, why cant smells? And the fix was to make the system work LIKE PREVIOUS MODELS....
What an absolute waste of valuable time.....