Just recently noticed this strange burning type smell.
Car burning rubber smell after driving.
It is not typical oil burning smell but kind of like plastic or rubber burning.
From a loose rubber hose or head gasket leak to an electrical fault.
Normally burning occurs when two surfaces are rubbing together.
Try avoiding driving over garbage to avoid this scenario.
There are plastic parts in the heater the fan and other electronic devices fit into the car.
Car smells from clutch.
The odor itself will typically drift in through the ac ducts and it may not last for too long as the burnt fuse doesn t make a continuous smells like some of the other problems on this list.
A leak in the head gasket may mean the whole component requires replacement although you may be lucky enough just to.
My altima has a little over 8k miles and bought it new about 10 months ago.
Burning rubber smell when driving.
If you are experiencing this issue make sure to look under your bonnet as could be a range of problems causing the smell.
You will often smell this inside the cabin but may smell it outside the vehicle as well.
Your brakes are overheating.
Burning plastic smell in car burning rubber smell from car burning oil smell in car.
There are a few possible reasons your brakes smell like they re sizzling.
This can occur when you are changing gears.
Burning smell from brakes.
Many times a burning smell will come from your clutch.
Your brakes use friction to stop your moving vehicle and friction generates heat.
The answer to why you may sense a burning rubber smell in your car and not some other type of smell is because there are lots of rubber components rubber hoses and other things made out of hard rubber which may be coming into contact with extreme heat which is why your car may smell like burning rubber.
If your sniffer gets a whiff of a burning smell when you hit the brakes pay attention.
A fault in the electrical system of your car or truck can often present as a sudden burning rubber smell.
I have noticed it after driving 10 20 miles trips none of them i went over 4krpm but when i come home i notice the a burning smell.
Think burnt rubber with a bit of burnt popcorn mixed in.
After reading this you can understand the problem more thoroughly and fix it much easier.
There could be several reasons behind burning smell from car with some specific types smell for each.
The car may have accidentally picked up pieces of garbage like plastic packets etc.
There are several causes that create a burning smell from the car.
That may heat up and release the smell of burning rubber.