# Intermittent heater smell

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-heater-smell/42255>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** nissan, altima, heating, smells\
**Created:** [January 11, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-heater-smell/42255 "2010-01-11T01:06:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![beer423](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@beer423](https://community.cartalk.com/u/beer423)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-heater-smell/42255/1 "2010-01-11T01:06:24Z")

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Okay door fixed. Now I have a burning smell every once in a while when I have the heate on. And of course it is winter. Not that could and not that smelly. The smell has manifested itself when I had a passenger in tow so it is not just my neurotic imagination.

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**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-heater-smell/42255/2 "2010-01-12T02:42:14Z")

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Describe the smell.