Burning smell??

[JakeF777]

What exactly does it smell like? I have a Performance and even passed 1000mi after spirited driving I too smelled "burning" but not necessarily something burning but cooking. It was just all the components breaking in, especially the plastic. If that's what you're smelling then give it time it will pass
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Hey, thanks for responding. Yes, I do believe you are describing what I am smelling.

 

[alienpoker]

Driven hard, put away wet.
Honestly, like @up4speed the only thing I do is to take the last few miles easy on the way to my destination (home usually). Let the turbos spool down & the boost stays 0 or negative… and I live in CA. I have whole weeks where it’s never below 100F. I don’t open the hood or worry about any of that. The car will still outlive me. Might need new hoses someday, but I won’t own it by then. ?

 

[sherlla]

feel like he's smelling breaks or break fluid burning. don't think it's a bad thing just happens if your breaking a lot or aggressively. I get that smell sometimes when I'm late for work lol

 

[FSUZ33]

Apologies in advance, as I hate it when the Grammar Police come out of the shadows, but here I go anyway.
It's "brake" not "break."

 

[Thefunk]

Apologies in advance, as I hate it when the Grammar Police come out of the shadows, but here I go anyway.
It's "brake" not "break."

Way to "brake" the ebb and flow. ?

 

[5thZ]

Way to "brake" the ebb and flow. ?

This is braking my heart guys. Why can't we all just take a brake together. Let's brake a kitkat together and enjoy

 

[FSUZ33]

C'mon guys...give me a brake!!!!!

First to admit that I deserve the flak. I tried to ignore it. I tried. For some reason I just couldn't hold it in.

 

[Dying Star]

Mine’s doing the same but I’m overthinking it’s my clutch, last time i drove manual was in high school and that was lIke 25 years ago and getting used to the clutch has me trying to get rid of bad habits. I want to say it’s the clutch but I hope not LOL

 

[alienpoker]

Mine’s doing the same but I’m overthinking it’s my clutch, last time i drove manual was in high school and that was lIke 25 years ago and getting used to the clutch has me trying to get rid of bad habits. I want to say it’s the clutch but I hope not LOL

Might be the clutch… I’m not smelling anything like that in a 2025 Nismo (AT slushbox only).

 

[Dying Star]

Might be the clutch… I’m not smelling anything like that in a 2025 Nismo (AT slushbox only).

I remember having this issue with my old pathfinder, for the first 1000 miles it smelled like burnt rubber, however my house is on a incline and need to get used to using the clutch to back up or park forward ? the second day I had it,
smelled pretty bad though

 

[JakeF777]

Anybody else out there getting the burnt rubber/rotten egg smell. I’m right at 2100 miles. Still have it. It only happens when doing hard pulls. Kinda reminds me of catalytic smell. I was behind somebody the other day who was gunning it on the highway and it smelled a lot like what I’m experiencing. When the ac is on, the smell is not there. I really only notice it when I have all accessories off and windows down. I wonder if the exhaust is somehow circulating in???

I wanted to mention that the other day I did a few hard pulls a few minutes apart and the smell seemed to go away after the third pull. It was still there during the second and then after the third, it was completely gone. But I did a pull today and the smell was back. Have no idea what this could be. Car runs excellent and all fluids are as they should be. I’ve looked all over the engine bay. Smell is not there when I pop the hood.

 

[Thefunk]

Anybody else out there getting the burnt rubber smell/rotten egg smell. I’m right at 2100 miles. Still have it. It only happens when doing hard pulls.

I wanted to mention that the other day I did a few hard pulls a few minutes apart and the smell seemed to go away after the third pull. It was still there during the second and then after the third, it was completely gone. But I did a pull today and the smell was back. Have no idea what this could be. Car runs excellent and all fluids are as they should be. I’ve looked all over the engine bay. I can’t even smell it in the engine bay. It’s only in the cabin.

I experienced this too when I first got the car, like this hot plastic smell but no egg/CAT smell. All that went away completely after about 3500 miles

 

[JakeF777]

I experienced this too when I first got the car, like this hot plastic smell but no egg/CAT smell. All that went away completely after about 3500 miles

I mean, I guess it could be a burnt/hot plastic smell. Everybody’s nose is different. Lol…

 

[5amp5on]

Mine just has a very slight burnt oil smell after hard, very hard driving. There are no leaks seeps or spills anywhere and it's never burned any oil according to the dipstick.

 

[Thefunk]

I mean, I guess it could be a burnt/hot plastic smell. Everybody’s nose is different. Lol…

It's just the new car smell. Kinda like that new motherboard smell.