# Burning smell, flashing check engine light, slight shaking, hesitation?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-smell-flashing-check-engine-light-slight-shaking-hesitation/13537>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 2, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-smell-flashing-check-engine-light-slight-shaking-hesitation/13537 "2008-05-02T16:02:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![starsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@starsky](https://community.cartalk.com/u/starsky)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/burning-smell-flashing-check-engine-light-slight-shaking-hesitation/13537/1 "2008-05-02T16:02:29Z")

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I’m wondering if scraping the bottom of my car created any of these problems. Please help! Thank you!