anyone noticed faint burning smell of plastics? could it be the seat heaters or just the temp control? its below freezing here so i had temp set at 70 degrees.

pl comment.

 

Is your car pretty new? Sometimes there's oil on the exhaust that has to burn off new cars.

 

just got it. had less than 6 miles.

 

That might be it then. It has a little bit of a plasticy smell.

 

I agree that what you're smelling is probably just new car burn off - but the seat warmers in my TL used to give a mild burning smell if I left them on high too long - FWIW.

 

I also noted the burning smell for the first few days and few hundred miles. It's gone now. Fortunately, the leather smell remains....mmmm!

 

I've had the same smell before....I guess it's normal.

 

Yup, i had the same smell as well when my car was new. It was very noticeable after the car has been driven, but from the outside only. As soon as i open to door and get off, i would smell it. The odour gradually decreased the more i drove the car.

Funny thing is, after i did my first oil change last weekend, the smell was completely gone...

 

It takes about a week or two for the plastics and lubricants to adjust to the operating temperatures and "burn off".

 

You don't have one of those new 5-series whose seats catch on fire from the seat heaters?

 

I still get that burning smell and my car is a little over a year old. I only notice it when I have my heater set above 70 and running for a while.

 

Sometimes I smell a slight smell like that when the heater has been on for a while, and I've had the car for about 9 months.

 

I've noticed a burnt smell from my car today as well....

Ive had it for 3 months....not sure but can it be from the heater being on for a long time?

Its pretty cold the past few days in Toronto -15c (-4 f) at first i thought it was no more engine oil but it was fine ..... anyone else?? a problem with the car where i should take to the dealership??

 

Noticed the same thing my on new TSX last night. I was worried but it looks like it's just settling in.

 

Burning plastic? Maybe you're thinking too hard....

J/K - never had that problem, and with our weather, the heat is always on.

 

Found out what the reason behind the smell ....ran over a plastic bag....it melted onto my piping....the plastic smell will be there for a while

 

I have been experiencing the same smell.


I'll check for a plastic bag?

 

Yeah its the same smell you get when you get a new exhaust put in. I think it may the lining inside the exhaust system which needs to be "burnt off"..'

 

Damn plastic bags. My colleague had the same problem. Just that the plastic bag that he ran over in the car park was a bag filled with rubbish.