titletaker

My wife got in our new car and said it smelled like burnt plastic, even kind of toxic smelling. I have a very limited sense of smell, so I cannot decifer what she is smelling. Any thoughts?

DUMAN

yeah i smelt something for about the first 1200 miles or so. when i would put her away in the garage i could smell it bad. not so much any more.

072LTC6Z51

Usually it will smell after you run it a bit for the first 500-1000 miles but not like burnt plastic. Maybe it was the "new car smell". They're all a little different ,at least to me.

djfullshred

They are pretty stinky when new. everyone desribes the smell differently, but it is probably the normal new Corvette smell she is smelling. It is very strong for a little while. Women usually smell stuff more keenly than us guys I think too.

User 020720

Inside my car still has the new car smell even at 6mo old.

Outside the smell you're describing went away after 2mo.

DrBrains

I think it smells exactly like burning plastic. Mine has 1300 miles on it and the smell is starting to dissapate.....but, it was very strong when I first got the car home.

I am so glad to hear someone else mentioning this.

Sammgb

I've had my C6 since March and when I leave my car in the garage over night with the top out and windows down, usually by the next morning the entire garage has this weird burnt plastic, new car, fresh leather smell. I've grown to like it...

titletaker

Glad I am not the only one. Well, I woke up this morning and I'm still alive, so hopefully it isn't toxic. My wife has the keenist sense of smell of anyone I know, so hopefully it goes away quickly. Going to swap the OE wheels for my Z06's. Anyone know how to download photo's?

ben dover

Right click - "Save picture as".

TerryT

Thats because it is finally almost all burnt up. Whatever is was.

leftlane1

It's mosty likely a coating on the brake pads that burns off over the first 1000 miles or so. I test drove an 07 right off the truck the other day and the salesman told me up front that we'd probably get a burning smell until the brake pads were used for a while. Nothing to worry about, I'm sure.

justpassedu

That was you being poisened , go to aol.com and check the news theres a big article today on this .

gsport

did ya try looking under the vette... years ago i had a similar experince and found i had a plastic bread bag that i drove over and got snagged on the exhaust.... just a thought

MNVette

All new cars' engines smell the first few hundred miles or so. The chemicals, gaskets, seals, adhesives, etc. are all getting heated up for extended periods for the first time. You are smelling the burning off of the excess and the smell of the stuff getting settled in. It will go away.