rafnel1969

I have a 2005 chevy cobalt automatic, four doors. It started this morning, after I turned the engine on it shaked and smelled like rubber burned. then I noticed thatI gotthe engine light on. so I need to pull the codes, but I dont' know were the harness is located. does any body know?
any help 'll be apreciated.[:-]

Bandit21

IF you got a scaner its on the drivers side closeest to the door under the dash if you rubber burning smell you might want to check the belt chances are theres a pully set up

rafnel1969

the weir part is tha it smells inside the car while the engine is on, not under the hood or in the engine area............ could be the transmission?

shawnvw

Could be something as simple as oil burning if you have a gasket leaking. The fumes could be picked up by the air intake of your HVAC system.
You need a scanner to retrieve the codes from the car. people say that local your local Autozone or Partsource do this for free

Bandit21

Yea autozone will pull the p codes for free but depending on what the code is they cant go into them as far as most shops can. Is the smell like rubber or oil or a sweet smell and you say its just inside the car only with air/heat on or off or both?

Bandit21

if you do go to auto zone and you get a misfire code your going to have to go to another shop that is one of the codes that cant look into

rafnel1969

I really go and check it out.....but today while I was replacing the spark plugs. I accidentally I touch this little red thing that shows ontop left of the pic and all of a suden the engine never startedand all I hear is just a littlenoisylikea little engine trying to reactivate and a clank.

Bandit21

the little red cap is the jump post beacuse the batter is in the truck so thats your postive post i hope you didnt short anything out sending power into the wrong thing will make for a very $$$ repair

rafnel1969

i think I just did. the caris at the shop. they told me that it's a short, now they trying to locate it. thank 4 for your comments any ways.

Bandit21

yea anytime the main fuse is a good place to start looking chases are it got a fuse or it got the computer most of the wireing should be ok tho