baggs3222
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- 2015 Ford Explorer
Hi everyone,
I'm new to the forum so this is my first official post but I've been browsing for a while now. I just picked up a 2015 Limited on Saturday and after I drove it several miles and got it heated up we noticed a very bad smell coming into the cabin via the HVAC vents when we stopped at a traffic light. Once we got moving again it went away only to come back when we stopped again.
Upon inspection after I parked it, the smell is coming from the engine bay and it smells sort of like burning plastic and burning oil mixed together. This is not a smell I remember from any other new vehicle and it was very unpleasant in the cabin. It only had 6 miles on it when I picked it up and appears to have sat on the dealer lot since it was delivered back in December or January (built on 12/18/2014).
I now have about 60 miles on it and the same smell still comes into the cabin when I stop at a light or stop sign. It isn't present until it's driven a few miles and the engine gets up to temperature. I looked for stickers on the exhaust and didn't see any and I don't see anything leaking nor do any of the visible fluid levels seem low.
Is this just the coatings burning off of the engine block and exhaust or is it something else I should be worried about? Normally when we lease a new vehicle, all Fords since 2005, they don't have this smell but we've never had one with only 6 miles on it either. I don't want to panic and take it to the dealer if it is something that will go away but having never smelled an odor like this in the cabin I'm a little concerned.
I'm new to the forum so this is my first official post but I've been browsing for a while now. I just picked up a 2015 Limited on Saturday and after I drove it several miles and got it heated up we noticed a very bad smell coming into the cabin via the HVAC vents when we stopped at a traffic light. Once we got moving again it went away only to come back when we stopped again.
Upon inspection after I parked it, the smell is coming from the engine bay and it smells sort of like burning plastic and burning oil mixed together. This is not a smell I remember from any other new vehicle and it was very unpleasant in the cabin. It only had 6 miles on it when I picked it up and appears to have sat on the dealer lot since it was delivered back in December or January (built on 12/18/2014).
I now have about 60 miles on it and the same smell still comes into the cabin when I stop at a light or stop sign. It isn't present until it's driven a few miles and the engine gets up to temperature. I looked for stickers on the exhaust and didn't see any and I don't see anything leaking nor do any of the visible fluid levels seem low.
Is this just the coatings burning off of the engine block and exhaust or is it something else I should be worried about? Normally when we lease a new vehicle, all Fords since 2005, they don't have this smell but we've never had one with only 6 miles on it either. I don't want to panic and take it to the dealer if it is something that will go away but having never smelled an odor like this in the cabin I'm a little concerned.