First off, Merry Christmas everyone! Hope everyone is having a great holiday.

Today I headed to my mothers for the holiday, when I arrived I turned the car off and listened to the radio for a moment when I heard a "kocking" like sound from the rear of the car. I didn't really think anything of it at first. I went to the trunk to unload and noticed a burning smell from the rear, went to the front of the car and smelled nothing but it was clear at the rear of the car especially when I bent over into the trunk.

I just kind of brushed it off until I got home a little while ago. I heard the same knocking like noise and the smell was back, I've been doing some research and haven't had a lot of luck so I was hoping someone would be able to help out.

Thanks in advance!

 

Did you run somebody over?

 

I cant really help but it seems as if the dead hooker in your trunk is not dead, and trying to escape.

 

check your rear brakes. one of the calipers might be seized/stuck.

 

^that would be my first guess.

 

I third the stuck caliper. A distant second place would be E-brake or wheel bearing problems. Not much else can produce heat back there. If you have an IR heat thermometer, shoot all 4 rotors after a drive. With stock brakes and normal driving the fronts and rears usually run at about the same temperature. If one is much hotter than the others you've found your problem. You can also feel the rim after at least a 10 minute or longer drive. If you have a stuck caliper one rim will be noticeably hotter than the rest.

 

So no love for the halfway dead hooker in the trunk

In all seriousness I do appreciate the input. I will check it out tomorrow after a drive

 

Stuck caliper it is. Back passenger rim hotter than the other three. So how do I fix this?

 

Replace the caliper unless you want to try rebuilding it. They're so cheap it's almost not worth rebuilding. One important thing is to bleed the brakes. The cause of stuck rear calipers is usually water in the caliper which causes corrosion.

That dead hooker would be smelling really bad by now.