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Could be anything in the world causing a smell. If you keep smelling it take it in to a Kia dealership. If you ran over something it won't be covered under your warranty.

 

Are you sure its coming from the engine and not your tires? But yes it can be anything did you just get an oil change or do you need one?

Let us know what it was when you find out. :auto::gitara:

 

I had an oil change a little over a month ago. My office is up a bit of a mountain, wondering if it has anything to do with it. I took a sniff near the front of the hood and can smell it stronger there. Tomorrow I will investigate more to narrow down the area.

 

as mentioned before, could be anything! are you hard on the brakes going up the mountain? if a manual, are you slightly riding the clutch?

 

Hello Mylesthegirl and welcome to the Kia forums.
Hope fully you have read your handbook and know how to check your oil and water.
If these are normal the only moving rubber is the drive belts for ACC and alternator.
There should be no signs of wet (Oil) around engine area and then check wiring routing has not been misplaced when they removed oil filter.
The car needs checking ASAP as it is not unusual for oil not to be topped up correctly. or filler cap left off.

Jeff

 

Mice like to make nests under the engine cover and on top of the exhaust manifold. A nice warm spot after you get home from work. Very safe too. They build them at night and sometimes build up to a critical mass where the they get burned off during the day. Depends where the nest is and how big it is.

The big plastic cover on top of the engine pulls straight up to remove. Get a flashlite, pull it off and take a look in there.

 

Burning mice or their nests smell like burning rubber?

 

Hello all,

I have been trying to figure it out, the smell is the same smell I would get when my other car was leaking oil. I have noticed that the colder the weather is the more I smell it, or am I smell crazy?

 

Take your car in to a shop. A Kia shop if your still under warranty.

 

If you live in an area where there is alot of road work,driving behind a truck filled with hot asphalt will give you that same burning smell.I almost pulled over one day it got so bad then I realized there was a truckload of asphalt three cars up.
Other more serious things that can cause a burning smell.
Rubber burning smell-seized ac compressor or alternator-alternators usually don't do this.They usually stop charging way before this.
Burning smell generic-look at your exhaust pipe and see if a piece of trash plastic blowing down the street got under the car and touched the exhaust pipe or catalytic converter and melted on it.What a great smell that makes until it burns off.
Electric burning smell-ac fan inside the car could have seized or got something like leaves jammed in it-not very likely in a new car not in heavy woods all the time.
Electric burning smell - components failing-you won't have to wait for long-if it's an important part-you'll be parking the car and getting out and calling a to tow truck.
These usually happen fast.
I would drive the car and when that smell happened again,I would pull over where it was safe and see if I could find it's source in the car or if that smell was just something you drove through.

 

I know this thread is old, but did you finally resolve the burning smell?

 

She hasn't been back here in 2+ years.........

 

I know, and only posted in this thread... taking a chance since her symptoms were the same I'm having.

 

That actually makes a lot of sense. She said the the car had the smell after driving to work which was an uphill drive where the fan would probably come on but not on the way home which was downhill.

 

Yup, my wife was telling me about it and after I found the fan blade I realized that hers were mostly after having stopped somewhere for a while (drive-through for starbucks, etc.). I honestly wouldn't have even thought about it being the smell of a burnt fan motor, but I'll be replacing the fan assembly today, so hopefully that gets it all fixed. Good luck with your own troubleshooting!

 

Burning Smell & Car Wouldn't Start

Hello all I posted about a burning smell when I first got my car a few years ago. But here it is again and this time it was more prevalent and in the cabin. It smells like burning plastic and it was after about a 50-minute drive. After I got gas, my car would not start. I tried about three or four times and it would just not start, the radio was working as well as all the lights. After a few minutes of leaving it alone it finally started up. When I got home I tried to find the burning smell. Oddly enough I could smell it more from my glove box and the center console where my drink holders are were really warm almost hot... if I had a an iced drink in it the ice would probably be melted. I did keep an eye on the temperature gauge, it was one tick mark below the center tick mark. If that makes sense. Any advice? Any ideas? Thank you thank you thank you!

 

Hi mylesthegirl...
I would not waste any time and get to a KIA Dealership service department...
There have been fires from either the blower motor connector or the connector that attaches to the FET speed control module... The inside of the car is mostly plastic and a small fire can become a BIG FIRE in just a few minutes... KIA and Hyundai are not the only ones with blower motor connector problems... Ford and Chrysler also have the same problems...

BTW... The blower motor and FET module are located behind the glove box where you smell the burning smells...
Dave

 

Thanks for the info, of course my usual dealership doesn't have any openings tomorrow. I will have to call around in the morning but the other dealerships are 20+ miles away. I'm a bit nervous to drive it that far.