burning smell and smoke

Asked by Guru9ZJBTF Dec 23, 2020 at 12:08 PM about the 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a burning wires or plastic in my van when it is running and smoke
coming from the air vents any, idea what could be the cause?

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Kenner007 answered 3 years ago

Well you may have a wire touching your exhaust or manifold I look for that first go underneath and have a look check your wires it happened to me once the wires touch different manifold in the car died so it does happen that a wire slides out have a look good luck

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