kurek
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I'd love to upload a photo or a sound clip but in this case it's a smell and I just don't have any way of sharing it.
Since brand new my 2015 Ram 1500 5.7L has had a strange chemical smell from the front of the vehicle when it's been run on a hot day and I just can't even begin to describe it. Doesn't smell like coolant, I even lifted the lid of the coolant overflow tank and took a good whiff straight from it to try to identify the smell.
At first I thought it was just because it's new, all the new plastics and adhesives and other manufacturing processes might leave behind some residue that's going to "cure" or oxidize and settle down over time but it's been four summers now and the odor is just as apparent.
I don't believe there's anything actually wrong but I'm curious has anyone else experienced a strange chemical smell from the front of their (hot) Ram?
Since brand new my 2015 Ram 1500 5.7L has had a strange chemical smell from the front of the vehicle when it's been run on a hot day and I just can't even begin to describe it. Doesn't smell like coolant, I even lifted the lid of the coolant overflow tank and took a good whiff straight from it to try to identify the smell.
At first I thought it was just because it's new, all the new plastics and adhesives and other manufacturing processes might leave behind some residue that's going to "cure" or oxidize and settle down over time but it's been four summers now and the odor is just as apparent.
I don't believe there's anything actually wrong but I'm curious has anyone else experienced a strange chemical smell from the front of their (hot) Ram?