Okay, this is an odd story, so bear with me.
I have a 2005 Mustang V6 automatic with about 28,650 miles on it.
Last week, driving home from work, I noticed a funny smell, like melting plastic. It was very, very faint, sort of like the odor you'd smell from a glue gun.
Everything was working fine, so I figured I might have run over a plastic bag or something. A look under the car, however, revealed nothing. Nor did a look under the hood. Everything was fine, no smoke or anything like that, no tubing or tape rubbing up against the exhaust manifold.
Over the past few days, I've continued to notice the smell. It's stronger outside the car. Today, I walked around the car after I got to work, and the smell seemed to be coming from the driver-side rear wheelwell.
Again, it's a faint scent of melting plastic. Nothing like brakes, or even bearings that I've ever smelled. If it was in the wiring harness, I figure a fuse would have tripped. As I said, the car's running perfectly, no overheating, no indicator lights dispaying on the dash.
I still think something plastic got blown up into the exhaust somewhere, maybe the catalytic converter. But I've yet to locate the source. Weird.
Any ideas, guys?
I have a 2005 Mustang V6 automatic with about 28,650 miles on it.
Last week, driving home from work, I noticed a funny smell, like melting plastic. It was very, very faint, sort of like the odor you'd smell from a glue gun.
Everything was working fine, so I figured I might have run over a plastic bag or something. A look under the car, however, revealed nothing. Nor did a look under the hood. Everything was fine, no smoke or anything like that, no tubing or tape rubbing up against the exhaust manifold.
Over the past few days, I've continued to notice the smell. It's stronger outside the car. Today, I walked around the car after I got to work, and the smell seemed to be coming from the driver-side rear wheelwell.
Again, it's a faint scent of melting plastic. Nothing like brakes, or even bearings that I've ever smelled. If it was in the wiring harness, I figure a fuse would have tripped. As I said, the car's running perfectly, no overheating, no indicator lights dispaying on the dash.
I still think something plastic got blown up into the exhaust somewhere, maybe the catalytic converter. But I've yet to locate the source. Weird.
Any ideas, guys?