On 5/31/2017 3:15 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/31/17 2:38 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/31/2017 2:29 PM, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 12:06:05 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Picked up the new Pathfinder last Saturday early evening.
Drove home and when I exited car I noticed a slight electrical
burning odor. Seemed to be from under hood. Figured it's new (only 3
miles on it when I picked it up) and it was probably normal as new
components get hot.
Sunday I noticed it again. Not as strong but still an electrical type
odor. By the end of Sunday the odor was gone and I forgot about it.
Monday arrived cold and rainy. Temps in the high 40's. Drove to
pickup
coffees for Mrs.E. and I and realized I had no heat. Had the
temperature setting to max (90 degrees). No matter what I did, manual
mode, auto mode, front heat, rear heat, it just blew cold air.
So, it's back at the dealership to be fixed. I have a hunch what is
bad
so I am interested to see if I am right. I think the damper control
actuator either stuck or was bad from the get-go and it basically
burned
up the coil that operates it which would explain the electrical burning
odor.
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Maybe a good thing you live where you do. I wouldn't have known
until October. 
I'm sure they'll have you straightened out in no time.
LOL. I thought about that. Sunday was in the 60's, so I didn't
notice the lack of heat. It wasn't until Monday morning when it was
in the 40's.
Good luck. My Tacoma has almost 15,000 on it since talking delivery in
March 2016. It's going in next week for the 15,000 mile inspection,
service, and tire rotation. I have *no* list of items to fix. Wife has
6,500 miles on her 2017 Camry. No problems.
I am not concerned. I will be if it starts having other problems
though. The Altima was trouble free for the year plus that I had it.
I think it's more of a fluke that an electro-mechanical component went
bad or was bad to begin with. It only had 3 miles on it when I took
delivery.