Day 1-uh oh......

[Kyle]

Had this delivered yesterday between conference calls and never even drove it or popped the hood-i've done this with no issues before and dealer was good to work with. A few hours later I took it for a test drive and was intrigued by the new car odor-later on I popped the hood and found this....

I knew I smelled coolant and was surprised by this and just thought somebody spilled it and never cleaned it up-since i had no coolant leak in driveway yesterday and it was dry. Dealer scooped it up this morning and just let me know they found a pin hole leak in one of the hoses and will have it back to me shortly. I've worked mostly my entire career in the auto industry for various OEM's and don't get to excited about these kind of things. Glad I caught it and also glad I purchased the vehicle from a local dealer and not the guy 200 miles away!

 

[jazzyone]

That's gotta suck! It looks like it's almost coming from the thermostat housing or right at the junction between the hose and the housing. At least you were able to quickly identify it and have it repaired.

There were some earlier unrelated reports of coolant smell.

Coolant Leak

Bought a pearl white SX on 12-24 and when I asked about smelling antifreeze was told they spilled some when filling it cause factory only puts minimum. I took delivery then noticed the smell was worse the next day. I took it in today and found out radiator has “factory defect” causing leak. Said...

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weird smell/taste

I have not experienced but having the heat on high for an extended period of time or parked in extreme heat should help things off-gas quicker.

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