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Old 12-02-2017, 05:18 PM
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Only from the rear, strongest on the right side, I smell "burnt plastic" after driving my S2000. I do not smell it when I am driving and feel nothing unusual as I drive. I can not find a plastic bag that made its way under my car and this continues to happen even after driving approximately 75 miles. Any ideas or suggestions? Car only has 29,000 miles and just was serviced at Meyer Honda.
Old 12-02-2017, 07:31 PM
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See any trace of smoke? If it's in the rear, maybe something is close to the exhaust. Feel the wheels immediately after driving for overly hot hubs/bearings or brake calipers/rotors. The two sides of the car should be the same. Any fluids leaking? Maybe the dealer left the fill plug out/loose if they changed differential fluid. Just guessing. Take it back to the dealer. They could put it on the rack and check it out real quick.
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Grasping at straws: There's a nearly invisible heat shield where the right side tail pipe come thru the bumper. I lost a beer betting there was nothing there on my car it's so hard to see. No reason it should ever fall off but it's there for a reason. Any damage to the rear bumper there? OEM exhaust?

There on the AP2 engined cars. Not sure about the earlier.

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Old 12-03-2017, 12:30 PM
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Put the car up on jack stands and really searched today. Found the culprit, mostly on the upper part of the exhaust just in front of the rear tires. Damn plastic bags. Wire brush and a dremel tool took care of it. Thanks for the replies.
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Glad you found the problem and was simple to correct. Those Plastic bags!
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