2020 Ram - Smells like burning plastic

[blairwilder97]

I’ve got a 2020 ram 1500 and just rolled over 20k miles. These past few days, I’ve noticed a burnt plastic smell coming fr my truck when I get out after driving for roughly 15 minutes or longer. Any idea what this could be? I’ve looked all around the truck and don’t see any smoke nor do I have any issues with the way the truck is running.


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[NorthernArea51]

Did you take a look underneath to see if a plastic shopping bag got caught up?


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[ChadT]

This might sound silly but, check your enginebay/ airbox to see if a critter made a house in there.

People often lift up their air filters and find out a mouse is hard at work on a development for him and his whole family.

 

[RamCares]

I’ve got a 2020 ram 1500 and just rolled over 20k miles. These past few days, I’ve noticed a burnt plastic smell coming fr my truck when I get out after driving for roughly 15 minutes or longer. Any idea what this could be? I’ve looked all around the truck and don’t see any smoke nor do I have any issues with the way the truck is running.


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Sorry for the trouble, @blairwilder97. Should you need to address this with your dealer, our team is just a private message away and more than willing to provide you with further support for that process.

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[STR]

Investigate all of the heat sources, i.e., engine, exhaust, etc., and see if any plastic has come into contact...

 

[Scram1500]

I worry about the plastic transmission cover myself. If one were to bottom out or have something knock into the exhaust it could come into contact with the cover

 

[BlueRamGT]

Any update on this? I'm having the same burning plastic smell with my 2023 ram 1500

 

[mikedmusso]

Any update on this? I'm having the same burning plastic smell with my 2023 ram 1500

Same here with my 2021. Been making the smell for over a year now and decided to research forums and bring to dealer before warranty expires. Really look to forums for expertise but only found two things that looked like a fix. 1.Accelerator Sensor and 2. AC compressor. Be good to see a definite consensus with this issue.

 

[fireman-175]

Add me to the list of stumped folks. Seems to smell worse from passenger side, but who knows. It is an acrid smell for sure. I sniffed the tailpipe after shutting off and not the same smell as up front.

 

[seaward]

add me as well i have a 2023 rebel and i have the same burning smell as well and no one can figure it out

 

[EAB]

Same with my 2 month only 2023 RAM...funny thing is I also smelled the same thing on a different used Longhorn I test drove with 6K miles late last year

 

[CountryboyNC]

Anyone ever find a fix? My 19 does this. I thought it was going to be a heater core but the dealer “can’t replicate” it’s an obvious burning odor