Smell of burning rubber: 2019 1500 RAM

[Bebo]

I have a brand new 2019 1500 RAM 5.7 Liter Hemi MDS VVT engine. It has 1100 miles on it.
I pull into my garage and after about 10 minutes the garage is filled with the noxious smell of burnt rubber or perhaps that of a hot radiator hose. On occasion, the odor comes into the cab. Makes it nasty to drive. A bit difficult to smell if I park it outside because the odor just dissipates into the atmosphere. In the garage, however, it has no where to go so the odor gets trapped in there.
Any ideas on this? Dealer has looked at it and said they could not find anything. Probably because they have a very large high ceiling shop and the odor is just rising with the hot air off the engine.​

 

[Pull Ya]

"Dealer has looked at it and said they could not find anything."

Did you raise to hood so they could find the motor-----LOL Could it be a hose that might be against the exhaust system anywhere?
Jay

 

[Bebo]

The dealer said they put it up on the rack and looked all around. Looked for anything up against the exhaust, stickers left on anything that might get hot, excess coatings, etc. Also ran some tests on the electrical system. Found nothing. Loads of fun...., BRAND NEW TRUCK!

 

[Mickey Russell]

Pretty common for the 5.7s to smell like burning oil for the first few months. I thought the same thing when I brought mine home and could smell it for a few weeks, so I did some research on it. Mine went away after a bit as was stated it would on the forums. Mine is also a 2018 but same Motor and tranny


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[Bebo]

Thanks for the reply. This smell is not oil though...., it is a nasty hot rubber smell..., or similar.

 

[Pull Ya]

After 1100 miles it seems like that anything should have burned off by now.
??????????
Jay

 

[TRCM]

I have a brand new 2019 1500 RAM 5.7 Liter Hemi MDS VVT engine. It has 1100 miles on it.
I pull into my garage and after about 10 minutes the garage is filled with the noxious smell of burnt rubber or perhaps that of a hot radiator hose. On occasion, the odor comes into the cab. Makes it nasty to drive. A bit difficult to smell if I park it outside because the odor just dissipates into the atmosphere. In the garage, however, it has no where to go so the odor gets trapped in there.
Any ideas on this? Dealer has looked at it and said they could not find anything. Probably because they have a very large high ceiling shop and the odor is just rising with the hot air off the engine.​

Hey, some of us are old guys.....please use black for the font color.....we can barely read as it is......................

 

[Bebo]

I agree...., all coatings should be long gone by 1100 miles.

 

[TRCM]

I agree...., all coatings should be long gone by 1100 miles.

I see we have a wannabe funny guy...........................

 

[huntergreen]

I have a brand new 2019 1500 RAM 5.7 Liter Hemi MDS VVT engine. It has 1100 miles on it.
I pull into my garage and after about 10 minutes the garage is filled with the noxious smell of burnt rubber or perhaps that of a hot radiator hose. On occasion, the odor comes into the cab. Makes it nasty to drive. A bit difficult to smell if I park it outside because the odor just dissipates into the atmosphere. In the garage, however, it has no where to go so the odor gets trapped in there.
Any ideas on this? Dealer has looked at it and said they could not find anything. Probably because they have a very large high ceiling shop and the odor is just rising with the hot air off the engine.​

Any chance one of your break calipers is stuck ?

 

[HammerHead]

I have a brand new 2019 1500 RAM 5.7 Liter Hemi MDS VVT engine. It has 1100 miles on it.
I pull into my garage and after about 10 minutes the garage is filled with the noxious smell of burnt rubber or perhaps that of a hot radiator hose. On occasion, the odor comes into the cab. Makes it nasty to drive. A bit difficult to smell if I park it outside because the odor just dissipates into the atmosphere. In the garage, however, it has no where to go so the odor gets trapped in there.
Any ideas on this? Dealer has looked at it and said they could not find anything. Probably because they have a very large high ceiling shop and the odor is just rising with the hot air off the engine.​

My 2018 6.4 had a similar smell during breakin, totally normal for a new engine. But if your smelling it in the cab I would be popping the hood and crawling all over it.
My 2017 GMC had the same smell during breakin, especially when it was getting worked hard. Again totally normal.

 

[Kapt]

I see we have a wannabe funny guy...........................

I thought it was funny

 

[Bebo]

Didn't think about it possibly being the calipers...., but the breaks are not pulling.
Saw some older posts (a couple years old) about bad coolant reacting with the hoses. Anyone know anything about this...???

 

[huntergreen]

Didn't think about it possibly being the calipers...., but the breaks are not pulling.
Saw some older posts (a couple years old) about bad coolant reacting with the hoses. Anyone know anything about this...???

Iirc , the hoses were reacting with the new coolent being used. FCA now uses different hoses. I believe it was only the pentastar engine that had the issue, but not sure on that.

 

[Bebo]

They finally found the source of the odor: The factory issued a bulletin stating that the rubber shroud on the radiator fan assembly gives off an odor like that of a "skunk" when it gets warm. The dealer replaced the entire assembly and the odor was gone.
How about that! At least they finally found it after keeping the truck for 13 days in the first 45 days of ownership. Kudos to the service tech guys for not giving up on the issue...., although I was about to.

 

[O.R.T.]

Mine took about 2300-3000 miles for the coolant hoses to stop stinking.

 

[Musky Mike]

They finally found the source of the odor: The factory issued a bulletin stating that the rubber shroud on the radiator fan assembly gives off an odor like that of a "skunk" when it gets warm. The dealer replaced the entire assembly and the odor was gone.
How about that! At least they finally found it after keeping the truck for 13 days in the first 45 days of ownership. Kudos to the service tech guys for not giving up on the issue...., although I was about to.

Do you know the bulletin number?

 

[Musky Mike]

Do you know the bulletin number?

Bump

 

[Tach_tech]

It’s a star case, not a bulletin. There’s actually two of them S1907000001 and S1924000006. One says it may be the fan shroud, other says it’s from the cooling system and they’re working on a fix.

 

[Musky Mike]

It’s a star case, not a bulletin. There’s actually two of them S1907000001 and S1924000006. One says it may be the fan shroud, other says it’s from the cooling system and they’re working on a fix.

I have 3000 miles on mine and when I stop and get out, it smells like I hit a skunk at the front of the truck. I didn't want to take it to the dealer until Ram had a fix for it, because I didn't want to hear "they all smell like that".