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Nov 6, 2002

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weird smell, please help

every time i get out of the car, after driving for alittle while
it smells like burning rubber by my front tires, any ideas ??
i have 17" rims w/ 205/40/17 tires, the car is not dropped
everthing is stock.

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sounds like a burning clutch

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sorry should have said this before
i have an automatic

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If it's just the fronts could it be the brake pads? That seems like it would make sense to smell the pads in the front but not the back. I dunno. Are you driving it hard enough to squeal the tires around turns or just plain old driving. What about slamming on the brakes or just using them lightly. I would look at the pads and see if theres something up. If your cars not dropped, I doubt that you're rubbing the tires.