Was driving home today and, while sitting at a stop light, the car was suddenly filled with a strong odor i would describe as burning electrical insulation. The smell was strongest near the air conditioning/radio controls/12v outlet. Yanked my phone charger, not hot, not shorted, 12v outlet works. all a/c radio controls work, heated seats work. No smell on the outside of the car or in the engine bay. Interior of the car now smells like melted electrical insulation.

Any clue? Obviously it's going to the dealer tomorrow if i don't wake up to a burned out car in the morning.

 

No plastic bags on the exhaust. No odor coming through the air vents

 

any aftermarket accessory installed in or near the area of burnt plastic smell?

 

car is bone stock, wasn't an issue with my phone charger

 

that smell is your Gs way of telling you to "mod me daddy" all the other Gs make fun if me in the supermarket parking lot, and when i go to the mall the other Gs make birds poop on me, "I NEED MODS" J/K

 

Of course the dealer service department is closed sunday. Screw it. Everything still works as far as i can tell and if the car lights off a comprehensive claim is cheaper than diagnosing electrical problems.

 

mine went up in flames and it was electrical in nature. I would probably park it outside of your garage. Come to think of it, the day before it happened, my fiancé said something smelled funny.