First I want to thank all for the posts about EVERYTHING.
I feel like an idiot for believing the service manager's 'never seen this before' attitude.
My issues are the PTU 'Smell', and the tail-lights.
I have 2009 AWD SEL at 30K miles (15 months of driving... )
PTU issue is being dealt with, now on to the burnt tail lights.
Left failed at 22K miles last August, Right has failed 2x in the past month.
Both charred badly. Replaced with 'generic' bulbs which seem to be indicated by the owners manual.
I will be pushing for resolution on the bulbs/sockets.
Although the stories about rear-end fires are frightening, are we sure that the tail-lights are a reasonable suspect?
