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My husband is driving the truck, pulls into a parking lot, and sits. Truck is idling, sees white smoke, (no warning lights come on.) He gets out, light smoke coming from under hood on driver side, not much at all. He says it has a rubbery smell to it. He shuts it off, lets it cool off. After a few minutes, cranks it up, drives some more, comes home. No more smoke. Sitting in the driveway idling, I go out and can smell something. It's not a strong sweet smell like coolant, but it's not exactly rubbery either. Zero smoke other than the first puffs he noticed at the parking lot.
Today it is 80 degrees, 90% humidity in Hot as Hell, NC. He just spent 45 minutes in stop and go traffic.
He has also complained of a slight left pull for months. Guys at the dealership have put it on the alignment rack and say it's perfect. It's not hard pull, but enough that you have keep the right side taut constantly. Today, right before the smoking issue, husband says "In the right hand lane of a two lane highway, if I let go of the steering wheel, I'm going to run off the left side of the road, in a matter of seconds."
I didn't see anything first hand besides smelling the front left side when he got home. Didn't see smoke, nothing dripping, not speed induced. Is this a stuck brake caliper? Also, we've complained about the pull to the left at our last 2 trips to the dealership for service. First, it got taken back to checkout because of the pull after a tire rotate and balance, and again asked to check when we were in for inspection and oil change a month or two later. The pull never was resolved.
Today it is 80 degrees, 90% humidity in Hot as Hell, NC. He just spent 45 minutes in stop and go traffic.
He has also complained of a slight left pull for months. Guys at the dealership have put it on the alignment rack and say it's perfect. It's not hard pull, but enough that you have keep the right side taut constantly. Today, right before the smoking issue, husband says "In the right hand lane of a two lane highway, if I let go of the steering wheel, I'm going to run off the left side of the road, in a matter of seconds."
I didn't see anything first hand besides smelling the front left side when he got home. Didn't see smoke, nothing dripping, not speed induced. Is this a stuck brake caliper? Also, we've complained about the pull to the left at our last 2 trips to the dealership for service. First, it got taken back to checkout because of the pull after a tire rotate and balance, and again asked to check when we were in for inspection and oil change a month or two later. The pull never was resolved.
