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2022 Ram 1500 Rebel burning plastic smell

Flintstone992

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Hey folks. New member here. I’ve had my new 22 Ram Rebel for less then a week now and I’ve noticed a very strong smell of burning/melting plastic coming from the front end somewhere. I was guessing it was the newness burning off of stuff in and around the engine compartment but it’s got around 800kms (500 miles) on it now so I can’t see that still being the case. Am I just wondering if anyone else has had this occur?
 

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I have had that smell around 14k randomly. And one other time I noticed. Never found anything. And I’m at 27k now
 

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Hey folks. New member here. I’ve had my new 22 Ram Rebel for less then a week now and I’ve noticed a very strong smell of burning/melting plastic coming from the front end somewhere. I was guessing it was the newness burning off of stuff in and around the engine compartment but it’s got around 800kms (500 miles) on it now so I can’t see that still being the case. Am I just wondering if anyone else has had this occur?
Just purchased my 2022 little over a week and a half ago. 750 miles and the burning smell, more like oil, started this morning. Can’t find any visual signs of leaking fluids. Oil pressure good and fluid temps look good. Not sure if it is the “newness” of the vehicle or something else.
 

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I had that after Zeibart, probably a bit of overspray on the exhaust.
 
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Anybody have an update on this. My 2022 RAM Cummins Diesel has this smell for the first time at my first oil change and they could not find the source. Today at 14K miles I have the smell again. Random occurences.
 

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