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Posted on Jan 30, 2013

2005 Pontiac Sunfire has no acceleration, runs very rough, and when I get out it smells like something is burning. The check engine light is flashing. Any ideas?

I just walked out and tried to start the car. It wouldn't start the first time, the second it started up but sounded rought. Then the check engine light came on but it has done that since the insrument cluster started going bad. Then it started flashing. I put the car in reverse and that's when it started to sound bad. I thought maybe it was the cold so I drove it down the street and it didn't seem to want to shift into second gear. I stopped at a gas station and turned the car off. When I got out it smelled like burning plastic or rubber. Any suggestions?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 31, 2009

SOURCE: car all of a sudden started running rough and smell of burning

No i have grand am gt no problems sounds it may have a internal problem

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  • Posted on Feb 09, 2011

SOURCE: 2005 Ford Freestar. Started car,

These are common for stripping the splines in the torque converter for the pump shaft. If it did this when you check the fluid with the engine running it will read overfull. To fix it you would have to remove the transmission and replace the torque converter.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 21, 2012

SOURCE: my hyundai made a loud pop sound from the engine. I started to smell something similar to burning rubber, then my car engine sounds like only a fan running. It is an automatic and it will not shift ge

Sounds pretty serious to me. It is impossible to say without inspecting the vehicle...maybe a broken CV joint or something similar.

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