What does smoke coming from the dashboard mean?
A fire in a car is nothing to screw around with. And smoke means fire. The whole car can go up in minutes. Rear the dashboard apart and start the car . . . with a fire extinguisher nearby . . . and find the cause.
What to do if your car has smoke coming from the dash?
Nothing short of a charged 1.5″ fire hose is going to put that fire out once it gets started. If it breaks out when you are going 70mph, it might engulf the whole dash before you can come to a complete stop. These things spread scary fast, and they are deadly.
Why does my car smoke when I start it up?
Today while driving it I noticed a few wisps of smoke coming from the car when I started it up. There was also a smell coming from it as well, not like antifreeze, oil, or any other liquid I know of. It seeming to have a burning hair or meat smell to it. The car also did not smoke while driving it, just on start up.
Can a fire start under the dash of a car?
If an electrical fire starts under the dash, the whole car will be in flames before anyone can stop it. Get it checked out ASAP. Only problem is that the smell has done this before, off and on. Nothing consistent really, it will sometimes happen and sometimes not.
Is it smoke coming from the dash board?
If the smoke came from the dash board inside the car, I wouldn’t play around with it. If an electrical fire starts under the dash, the whole car will be in flames before anyone can stop it. Get it checked out ASAP. da_rainey July 5, 2016, 10:53pm #3 Only problem is that the smell has done this before, off and on.
Nothing short of a charged 1.5″ fire hose is going to put that fire out once it gets started. If it breaks out when you are going 70mph, it might engulf the whole dash before you can come to a complete stop. These things spread scary fast, and they are deadly.
If an electrical fire starts under the dash, the whole car will be in flames before anyone can stop it. Get it checked out ASAP. Only problem is that the smell has done this before, off and on. Nothing consistent really, it will sometimes happen and sometimes not.
Today while driving it I noticed a few wisps of smoke coming from the car when I started it up. There was also a smell coming from it as well, not like antifreeze, oil, or any other liquid I know of. It seeming to have a burning hair or meat smell to it. The car also did not smoke while driving it, just on start up.
What should you do if you have smoke coming from your computer?
In both cases, the appropriate thing to do is to walk away from the computer and go to a qualified expert right away before something much more serious transpires. As has been said, the smoke condition is very likely the prelude to a conflagration.
In both cases, the appropriate thing to do is to walk away from the computer and go to a qualified expert right away before something much more serious transpires. As has been said, the smoke condition is very likely the prelude to a conflagration.