Sometimes your Acura may require professional attention between services. If you spot potential trouble, take your Acura to the dealership to be diagnosed by a factory-trained Acura technician.

If there's a problem, you'll usually see, hear, or feel it. Here are some tips on identifying potential symptoms.

Odd Odors

When you smell an odd odor, take your vehicle to your Acura technician immediately. Here are a few of the more common smells and their causes:

• Burning plastic
  Short circuit in the electrical system.
• Burning oil
  Leaking oil on hot engine parts; low engine oil level; transmission overheating (low transmission fluid level).
• Burning rubber
  Rubber hose touching a hot engine; hot wheel or brake due to locked brake shoe.
• Exhaust odor inside vehicle
  Vehicle in front with strong exhaust output; trunk may be open, letting exhaust into passenger compartment; leak in exhaust pipe under passenger compartment. If there is an exhaust leak, keep windows open and turn the fan on high in the fresh air position. These toxic fumes are extremely dangerous.
• Gasoline odor inside vehicle
  Leaking or disconnected fuel line; defective evaporation control canister. Keep windows open and turn the fan on high in the fresh air position. Avoid open flames.
• Sulfur smell from exhaust
  All gasoline contains trace amounts of sulfur. The exhaust will emit varying degrees of sulfur odor depending on operating temperatures and conditions. It may not be possible to eliminate sulfur odor completely due to operating conditions.

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