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Car Forum / Lexus Cars / April 2006

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Burning smell from my new ES

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Jonathan Fidelis - 04 Mar 2006 19:37 GMT
I bought it on Tuesday and it was pretty much sitting in my garage.
Yesterday I drove it a little bit and noticed some buring odor. After
driving it a little more this morning, I again smelt the same odor. I took
the car to my dealer and 2 mechanics immediately told me, "It's undercoating
and it will soon go away." Should I buy that?
kegler@bowling.net - 04 Mar 2006 20:56 GMT
>I bought it on Tuesday and it was pretty much sitting in my garage.
>Yesterday I drove it a little bit and noticed some buring odor. After
>driving it a little more this morning, I again smelt the same odor. I took
>the car to my dealer and 2 mechanics immediately told me, "It's undercoating
>and it will soon go away." Should I buy that?

yes. unless you see smoke, it's the "outside" new car smell as opposed
to the "inside" new car smell.  It'll go away in 30 or 40 miles.
Robert - 05 Mar 2006 00:45 GMT
Sometimes it takes up to 200 miles to burn off the smell.

>>I bought it on Tuesday and it was pretty much sitting in my garage.
>>Yesterday I drove it a little bit and noticed some buring odor. After
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> yes. unless you see smoke, it's the "outside" new car smell as opposed
> to the "inside" new car smell.  It'll go away in 30 or 40 miles.
Jeff - 27 Mar 2006 00:58 GMT
Sometimes the metal parts are coated with oil from suppliers so that they
don't rust during the process of shipping parts, making the car and shipping
the car to the dealer.  You likely smell the light oil coating that is
burning off of the exhaust manifold.  There have been similar complaints
with other Lexus vehicles, but the anti-rust oils lightly sprayed onto metal
parts prior to shipping from suppliers to Lexus assembly plants do take a
few weeks to burn away and get washed off.  It may be undercoating but is
more likely the new parts smell as mentioned in another posting.  You could
power wash everything to try clean off all the 'new car' oils oozing out of
the parts, but I don't recommend it.

>I bought it on Tuesday and it was pretty much sitting in my garage.
>Yesterday I drove it a little bit and noticed some buring odor. After
>driving it a little more this morning, I again smelt the same odor. I took
>the car to my dealer and 2 mechanics immediately told me, "It's
>undercoating and it will soon go away." Should I buy that?
jkutti2000@hotmail.com - 20 Apr 2006 00:46 GMT
and let us know when , if u encounter the famous tranny issue....

and how much did ya pay for your vehix..

i hear that they are offering generous discounts to get rid of ES330.s
before the 350s come out next week..
 
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