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    Bad or Burnt Exhaust smell in cabin during hard acceleration.

    20,000 mile check up A-OK Well it has been a while since they changed the PTU in my XLT. I took it in for 20,000 mile service (23,000 actual miles). They did all the routine stuff (rotate tires, oil change etc) and they made sure the sync software was current. Kevin also made a point to have...
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    Bad or Burnt Exhaust smell in cabin during hard acceleration.

    So far, so good! Well it has been nearly 2 months since I got the XLT back. The smell seems to be gone (although I think I get a nasal flashback every once in a while but my wife says I'm crazy!). The 20,000 mile service is coming up and I will have the guys sample the PTU fluid. No issues with...
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    Bad or Burnt Exhaust smell in cabin during hard acceleration.

    I think they think they figured it out! Well tomorrow I go pick up my XLT. The Field service engineer authorized a sequence of replacements (I don't know all of them). As soon as they went to drain/replace the "PTU" fluid the stink nearly cleared out the service bays. The stink was so bad...
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    Bad or Burnt Exhaust smell in cabin during hard acceleration.

    My first post.....be kind! My 2012 XLT developed the smell last month (DEC 2012). We have about 15,000 miles on it and at first it was a "whiff of propane" smell. After a trip to the dealer for other issues* the dealer mentioned that Ford wanted him to change the "cooling strategy". When I got...
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