New Smart Burning Smell

[1QSMART]

Me too, still smell burning rubber at 5000 miles. Took it to the dealer, they couldn't find any problems.

[smartYsmileS]

~ Yeah, my rear smells also

[orngandblack]

i luv the smell of a smart rear in the morning.

[MCMarathoner]

What a relief, I thought someone on the assembly line in smartville left his or her lunch on my exhaust. It's more like a Renault burn in than anything German. 2,600 miles and it usually happens when I've had cueball out on the open road.

26.2

[smartYsmileS]

~ Lol

[liquidfunk]

Glad i found this thread.

The smell reminds me of melting Crayola crayons.

[snowy]

I still smell the burnt engine smell even at 10,500 miles! I asked about this at the service center and they said they didn't see anything touching the engine that could cause the problem.

Just part of the Smart charm?

[smarterer]

I'm at 30,000 miles (today) and still have the smell. To me it's just the smell of a very hot exhaust system that is being used to reduce exhaust emissions. I stopped worrying about the smell 6 months ago.

[GHammerly]

Normal smells to me, a 2000 Passat I used to own smelled the same under the hood, I'm not worried.

[SuperGeek]

Originally Posted by smarterer

I'm at 30,000 miles (today) and still have the smell. To me it's just the smell of a very hot exhaust system that is being used to reduce exhaust emissions. I stopped worrying about the smell 6 months ago.

That and the 6 inches of dust that will accumulate on said exhaust system. Mine has more dust on it now than my Grand Am accumulated in 5 years. Must be the airflow. No worries... it's ok.