with only 200mi on the clock, its kinda early to make a real good judgement call.. Like other posters have stated it could be some anomaly -- i'd say maybe some of the coating burning off the exhaust. Take it for a 30min drive on the highway and see if the smell goes away.

if you do a good heat cycle, making sure you're not overtaxing the engine, it should go away after a few hundred miles

if it persists, get it to the dealer and let them look at it. Or do what i do -- take two extra strength Advil, place 'em in your nose and the smell should go away, but it plays he** on your taste... haha!! just kidding

 

this is part of the normal break in of the car.. its the plastics and glues and cats and stuff breaking in on the car. If you take the car in the service guy will have a giggle and send you on your way.

 

Auto here and mine did it several thousand miles when I got down on the car especially. It has 10k now and I smelled it a few months ago the last time after spirited driving. No worries.

 

Had at least 30 new cars and every one has initially had that smell...

 

This is another reason why I buy used. Depreciation loss is not experienced by me, and the so called breakin smells are non existant.

I have noticed that the cabin filters on these Mustangs are not the best; I smell truck exhaust (when they are in front of me), as well as smoke from the current brush files that Central Florida is having lately. I had the dealer change them a few hundred miles ugo under warranty, but it did not improve.

 

Mine doesn't smell and I have 175 miles on it.............maybe mine is broke.

 

Totally a valid reason.
I don't buy new for the same reason...the smells that is.
Then again, I'd rather have the new car smells than some of the used ones..

Cabin air filter..not smell filter.
Particles...not scents.

 

Good to know...first car I've owned with cabin filters. Would a blast of some sort of fragrance in the cowl area help in circulating a "fresh scent" in the cabin?

I used to have my Ford dealer spray the AC duct work once a year to rid the cabin of the musty odor the AC vents would get from the Florida summers, and the condensation that would form in the ducts.

 

Well, if you were driving a Shelby, you'd know it was the smell of the ZL1 you just smoked.

 

Mold/Musty smell can be eliminated by not shutting your car off with the AC running.
Before turning off the car, just run the vent (sans AC) for a minute or 2 to get the moisture out of the vent.

 

I have almost 1000 miles on my 2012 manual gt and never detected any smells EXCEPT when I put it in reverse and back up into my garage. It smells like clutch to me and it happens virtually every time. We're talking less than a minute and it's obviously at very low speed. Never had another car do this. So I dunno...can anybody explain this?

 

The Wifey was blaming it on me.

Mine had it to Joe. Gone away now. As my Dad said, "It's just burning the new off".

 

Mine had the burning smell for the first 4000 miles. Tracked it down to plastic on the exhaust that looked like it might have been some sort of envelope probably used to hold some paperwork (part # etc.). It was pretty well fried when I looked at it and would have required a grinder to remove it. I just left it and the smell is gone now.

 

You might be able to put some of those smelly things right at the filter....not sure how much room there is. My grandson just takes the plastic off of them and drops them in the vents of the Explorer he drives.

As for the outside smell, switch to recirculate as soon as you see or smell the stuff and it closes of the inside from getting outside air....

 

I had the hot oily smell on my 13gt, and it only lasted a couple days. Like others have said, it's just part of the breaking in period. I noticed it the most when I parked it in the garage for the night.

 

Hmmm; maybe I can make a million bucks selling scented cabin filters. Filters out the particles, and leaves behind a fresh scent.

 

Smells like Victory....

 

I've had the oil burning smell for years....four banger fox ;-)

But with all my new cars/trucks ive owned (seemed worse with truck for some reason) they take a while to burn off the new smells...

 

I had about 13k on my 12. After some wot driving I'd pull I to the garage and it would have a funky smell.

 

Never really noticed a smell when my car was new. Only time I've smelled anything is with the cam idle tune for obvious reasons.