Hi,
My Chev Cruze occasionally has a burning smell when I open to door to get out and the fans run for longer than I would expect. What could this be? Also, we got the car from a dealer and it had to go back as hot air was coming out from only one side of the car fans inside, maybe it is related.

 

Is the car overheating? Are you getting a check engine light?

 

This is a common problem....i surmise that if you had the codes checked, you would get P0597/P0598--has everything to do with chevy switching to a thermal housing instead of a simple thermostat. If you look online for that code you will see a lot of chevy's are having problems with this. I'm currently having this problem and "patiently" waiting for some Chevy Rep to actually contact me. I have to pass a emissions test for my Chevy this month, but I can't pass while experiencing these codes.