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Has anyone experienced a burning rubber smell when stopped?
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Burning rubber smell when stopped??
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is your car new?
Yep, had it a couple of times in first 300 miles. It seemed to concentrate in the cabin (must not have been on recirc.) and wasn't apparent under the hood when I stopped to check.
The last two days mine just started. Possibly narrowed it down to the driver's side front, but not really sure. Tire and brakes looked fine so no clue. Hoping to pull the wheel this weekend. Made an appointment to take it in next week if I don't figure it out.
I have about 8500 miles on mine.
I have about 8500 miles on mine.
Hi there! If you'd like to, go ahead and send us a private message with your VIN and dealer info and I’ll look into this burning smell concern. Thanks!
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Ours did it for the first 300 miles or so
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I was worried about this as well when I first got my Bronco. The smell dissipates after a few hundred kilometres though - I think it's just burning off some of the chemicals used to build the vehicle. I wasn't overly worried about it, as there's been lots of reports of this on B6G.
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I had the same concern when mine was brand new. It's off-gassing of all the brand new components under the hood after the engine warms up. It will dissipate after a while.
Had it early on..went away eventually
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OP appears to have over 20k miles, and I have over 8500. So the "new car smell" is definitely not it. I'm hoping to finally have time to look at mine tomorrow.
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I have a 2023 Bronco Big Bend that is completely stock. I have 15k kilometers on it and this smell started within the last 1-2k kms. I can't smell it when I'm in the car but if I stop after a drive and get out and go to the back of the car, I smell the burning rubber smell.
I haven't had a chance to crawl underneath because of holidays and cold weather.
I haven't had a chance to crawl underneath because of holidays and cold weather.
I don't think mine is doing it anymore. At least not strong enough to narrow it down. I have an appointment with the dealer on Thursday, but may cancel. I don't want to go through the hassle of dropping it off and picking it up just for them to say they "can't reproduce the fault".
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I've narrowed it down to water.... i.e. when its wet out it reeks like burning rubber. Definitely weird, road spray on something hot. Ford just told me to take it to a dealer.
Not sure its worth the trouble to track down, just like the rattling on the upper windshield frame.
Sometimes though I question why this is a 100k vehicle.......
Not sure its worth the trouble to track down, just like the rattling on the upper windshield frame.
Sometimes though I question why this is a 100k vehicle.......
Interesting. And yeah kinda dumb.
I don't believe it was wet when mine was doing it. Mine must be something else
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