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Old 06-23-2004, 09:55 AM
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Bad Rubber Smell in HVAC

I have a wierd, chemical / rubber type smell in my car, mostly in the HVAC - both with AC on or off. Not musty, just like a smelly rubber. Anyone else have this or have a suggestion? I'm sure if I take it to the dealer they will do nothing more than spray Lysol into the vents.
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Originally Posted by 2obsessed
I have a wierd, chemical / rubber type smell in my car, mostly in the HVAC - both with AC on or off. Not musty, just like a smelly rubber. Anyone else have this or have a suggestion? I'm sure if I take it to the dealer they will do nothing more than spray Lysol into the vents.

well when i first got my car, it had an unsusual smelll to it.. like , yeah..l rubber, with plastic... and i noticed that it happened everytime i went fast. now i got 5000. miles and doesnt do it anymore. but i dont know watt it was. maybe gasquetts, seals, beaking in.. dont know...
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Ditto. Now that I have about 1700 miles on it, that chemical/rubber smell has almost completely gone away (only shows up when the AC is turned off, and goes away much more quickly). I think it's just a break-in thing.
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I just can't explain it....

Originally Posted by 2obsessed
I have a wierd, chemical / rubber type smell in my car, mostly in the HVAC - both with AC on or off. Not musty, just like a smelly rubber. Anyone else have this or have a suggestion? I'm sure if I take it to the dealer they will do nothing more than spray Lysol into the vents.
I had the same experience with my RSX. I thought the wiring harness had a short or something. Then I thought it was because of a "PLeather" laptop case that I used to set in the passenger's floorboard was getting too hot. I never found out what it was, it just went away.

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At around 1,000 miles I started to smell something akin to vinegar. It went away some 500 miles later. Never smelled anything like rubber or electrical burning.
Give it some time it'll go away.
Well, if it starts smoking you might want to take it in. LOL
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Originally Posted by Radcliffe1
At around 1,000 miles I started to smell something akin to vinegar. It went away some 500 miles later. Never smelled anything like rubber or electrical burning.
Give it some time it'll go away.
Well, if it starts smoking you might want to take it in. LOL

or if its on fire... lol.. but it will go away..
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i dont know if the smell that you guys are smelling is the vtec. but to me it smells like rotten eggs after you come to a stop after you ran the vtec
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