Burning oil smell coming from rear driverside tire area.
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2010 e550 coupe
Burning oil smell coming from rear driverside tire area.
I've recently been having brake issues with my 06 cls500 (just changed pads and rotors and am getting an occassional rubbing/scraping noise when stopping) and today after driving quite a distance, I noticed a burning smell.. I really couldn't tell if it was burning oil or gas but definitely had a stronger smell then just burnt rubber. It was coming directly from the driver side tire.. nothing from the passenger side tire. I am wondering if this is somehow connected to this occasional rubbing noise my brakes make, possibly a bad caliper? I did a quick inspection of the brakes and the rotors seemed to look ok ( they are basically new). Maybe the pads are sticking? Or something to do with the e brake (no i did not drive with the e brake on)?
