This mostly happens when you demand too much from the brakes.
Car smells like burning rubber when accelerating.
Powersteering pressure hose had ruptured and under power the lossed fluid would run off the undercarriage drip sheild and hit the exhaust.
Get the car checked out by your usual repairer.
Looking at burning rubber may be cool to watch especially in the movies but in a situation where your own car smells like burning rubber it is just not cool.
Mine was smoking underhood yesterday and accompanied by a rubber like burning smell.
Burning smell from the brakes.
You mentioned that there is a small leak around the belt drive so that may be the culprit.
The smell comes through my vents.
On a good note the car didnt catch fire and it got me home again and the dealer had the pressure hose in stock.
My check engine light doesn t come on or anything.
My car has 80000 miles.
I could accelerate to 30mph before my car would begin surging and the rpm gauge was erratic.
Fluctuating all over the place.
Such scenarios include accelerating down a slippery slope or when you re driving too fast and expecting the brakes to bring the car to a complete stop in seconds.
So the smell would be similarly with the burning plastic smell in car.
A major cause of burning smell from car is the electrical short circuit in the engine the plastic coating on wires fuses or other connections may produce the smell.
There are plastic parts in the heater the fan and other electronic devices fit into the car.
A fault in the electrical system of your car or truck can often present as a sudden burning rubber smell.
The car may have accidentally picked up pieces of garbage like plastic packets etc.
The odor itself will typically drift in through the ac ducts and it may not last for too long as the burnt fuse doesn t make a continuous smells like some of the other problems on this list.
I have no idea what is wrong and would like some insight before being charged a fortune for repairs.
Whenever i need to accelerate quickly pedal to the metal when i need to get on the freeway or something or need to pass someone i smell this weird smell like something is burning.
That s most likely the smell of oil burning.
It goes away within a few minutes.
That may heat up and release the smell of burning rubber.
Burning oil can smell like burnt rubber.
This evening after performing such tasks my car had a sudden loss of power.
