There are a few possible reasons your brakes smell like they re sizzling.
Burnt rubber smell from back of car.
If the rubber hoses beneath the hood of your car gets lose and comes in contact with a hot area of the cars engine you ll definitely get a smell from the burning.
The spilling of the coolant itself is something to be worried about as coolant is what helps to maintain your car s engine temperature.
Your brakes are overheating.
Jun 28 16 at 3 48 thank you both so much.
Do you often smell the burning rubber under your hood.
Your brakes use friction to stop your moving vehicle and friction generates heat.
These causes below will show the specific reason.
5 common areas that can cause a burning smell from your car.
1 the clutch may result from riding the clutch or needing a replacement 2 the brakes can occur from heavy break usage or riding the brakes 3 an electrical short 4 the heater may result from debris in the system or from a bad motor or 5 burning oil.
This in turn would burn the coolant and create the burning smell causing your car to smell like burning rubber after stopping your car after a long drive.
Think burnt rubber with a bit of burnt popcorn mixed in.
Bring the car to the nearest service center and let a professional mechanic fix the problem.
The car may have accidentally picked up pieces of garbage like plastic packets etc.
That may heat up and release the smell of burning rubber.
This is a remarkable sign that your car engine is running for a long time.
Since clutches are hard to access the smell of a burning clutch may as well be the smell of burning money.
At this instance don t drive until the problem is fixed.
A plastic shopper or other external element is.
I took my car to my friend s mechanic and he said the car needs an axle and struts.
Burning smell from brakes.
A fault in the electrical system of your car or truck can often present as a sudden burning rubber smell.
Possible rubbing on the body suspension or wearing the tire very badly any of which may cause a burning rubber smell.
Electrical cables are coated with rubber insulation and when an intense heat melted it what you have is the smell of burning rubber.
Nobody likes a burnt clutch smell.
Burning rubber smell from car.
A burning clutch smells like burning rubber a bit like burning brakes but more organic and less metallic.
When the burning rubber smell appears in your car it also means that you need to find out more about future problems with your car.
Therefore one of the first places to look when you get that smell is under your hood.
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.
