2015 Suburban, 60k miles.
Stock apart from shocks, and a few exterior trim pieces.
for now 6 months, I have noticed a ~Sweet Rubbing Alcohol" strong smell every time I start the Suburban.
This is extremely important as we have someone with a medical condition and cant deal with the smell and possibility of sipping in cabin. We use remote start a lot too....
The Smell is on driver side running from diver door wrapping itself to the back of the car.
Dealership relieved me from 180$ diagnostic fee to let me know:no smell found, recommend dropping fuel tank to inspect for potential leak and offering me to further lighting up my wallet another 580$ "just to see"
Yesterday, I felt particularly enthusiastic about taking the Suburban to a local Late Model Chevy independent shop. The shop was amazingly cleaned, adorned with trophies from various racing and car show victories.
They turned on the truck on and right away were able to smell same thing I am smelling.
The plug their diagnostic tool and looked for codes, the inspected for evidence of leaks. the commanded the charcoal canister to cycle (or to do something via the chevy diagnostic box thingy) to open up the canister and see if it was responsible for the smell. They also were able to inspect fuel tank with small camera, they said it was fine.
The couldn't find anything and told me it was probably something related to the area of the smell which could be:
Rear end (no sign of leak)
Rear A/C (A/C works fine, not sure)
or generally the 'Fuel Systems"
Feeling slightly demotivated I started thinking about how I could:
A)set the Suburban on fire in nearby deserted area.
B)google my way to oblivion trying to diagnostic it myself only to find out that WebMD suggest I might have some horrible medical condition.
C)Vent to my better half who doesn't care.
Thank for reading. Man I already feel better and accomplished.
Maybe you have your 2 cents to contribute, or maybe you just go back to reading something like:
"Installed 385/85r24 DIDN'T AFFECT MY MPG BRO and NO RUBBB!"
Or if someone find what is causing this horrible smell I will send you, and I am not kidding, a delicious fruit arrangement from ediblearrragments.com
a $49.99 value, free for you to solve my issue.
Dear Forum members: Thank you.
Stock apart from shocks, and a few exterior trim pieces.
for now 6 months, I have noticed a ~Sweet Rubbing Alcohol" strong smell every time I start the Suburban.
This is extremely important as we have someone with a medical condition and cant deal with the smell and possibility of sipping in cabin. We use remote start a lot too....
The Smell is on driver side running from diver door wrapping itself to the back of the car.
Dealership relieved me from 180$ diagnostic fee to let me know:no smell found, recommend dropping fuel tank to inspect for potential leak and offering me to further lighting up my wallet another 580$ "just to see"
Yesterday, I felt particularly enthusiastic about taking the Suburban to a local Late Model Chevy independent shop. The shop was amazingly cleaned, adorned with trophies from various racing and car show victories.
They turned on the truck on and right away were able to smell same thing I am smelling.
The plug their diagnostic tool and looked for codes, the inspected for evidence of leaks. the commanded the charcoal canister to cycle (or to do something via the chevy diagnostic box thingy) to open up the canister and see if it was responsible for the smell. They also were able to inspect fuel tank with small camera, they said it was fine.
The couldn't find anything and told me it was probably something related to the area of the smell which could be:
Rear end (no sign of leak)
Rear A/C (A/C works fine, not sure)
or generally the 'Fuel Systems"
Feeling slightly demotivated I started thinking about how I could:
A)set the Suburban on fire in nearby deserted area.
B)google my way to oblivion trying to diagnostic it myself only to find out that WebMD suggest I might have some horrible medical condition.
C)Vent to my better half who doesn't care.
Thank for reading. Man I already feel better and accomplished.
Maybe you have your 2 cents to contribute, or maybe you just go back to reading something like:
"Installed 385/85r24 DIDN'T AFFECT MY MPG BRO and NO RUBBB!"
Or if someone find what is causing this horrible smell I will send you, and I am not kidding, a delicious fruit arrangement from ediblearrragments.com
a $49.99 value, free for you to solve my issue.
Dear Forum members: Thank you.
