This phenomenon can be very noticeable when driving up large hills as your exhaust will get very hot.
Car smells of burnt rubber.
It happens whenever you shift gears and the smell is usually similar to that of a burning newspaper or the burning rubber smell from car.
If there s an oil leak in the vehicle and it drops on a hot part of the engine it can produce a burning smell which can be easily mistaken for burning rubber.
So you can recognize this quite easy.
Many times burning smell from car may come from the clutch problem.
If you experience something like this then pop the hood and inspect the fuses.
Electrical fault a fault in the electrical system of your car or truck can often present as a sudden burning rubber smell.
It tends to be more noticeable when you re out of the car or when the windows are down.
A fault in the electrical system can cause the smell of burning rubber.
Clutch can be one of the reason why burning smell from car happens.
If you have an oil leak and then it drops onto the hot exhaust when driving you will smell burning when you get out of the car.
You may not notice the burning smell when in the car but it is very noticeable when you get out of the car.
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.
From a loose rubber hose or head gasket leak to an electrical fault.
A leak in the head gasket may mean the whole component requires replacement although you may be lucky enough just to need the seal replaced.
Additionally your engine belt may have slipped overheating the rubber thus causing the burning smell.
A drive belt may melt from engine components that are too hot or a seized pulley.
When an accessory pulley has seized it creates a large amount of friction against the drive belt heating it up.
You cannot take this lightly at all because it could start a fire in the car.
The smell of a burnt fuse doesn t last long as the fuse burns quickly.