Thick white puff of smoke. AC blowing warm.

Elboy

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I was driving yesterday in the afternoon and i look in the rear view mirror to see a very think white cloud of smoke coming from my car. Not sure if it came from the hood or the exhaust. This lasted about 5-10 seconds. Pulled over and nothing was smoking from the engine bay but did smell some type of burnt odor, very faint. It was pretty hot yesterday at 100+ f and my AC was on and blowing cold. I just realized now that my AC is blowing warm.

I plan to take it in the dealer but would like to know anything about the problem ahead of time if possible.

Any help on what it could be or what I should check for would be appreciated!
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I was driving yesterday in the afternoon and i look in the rear view mirror to see a very think white cloud of smoke coming from my car. Not sure if it came from the hood or the exhaust. This lasted about 5-10 seconds. Pulled over and nothing was smoking from the engine bay but did smell some type of burnt odor, very faint. It was pretty hot yesterday at 100+ f and my AC was on and blowing cold. I just realized now that my AC is blowing warm.

I plan to take it in the dealer but would like to know anything about the problem ahead of time if possible.

Any help on what it could be or what I should check for would be appreciated!
I’d like to see if I could assist with your AC concerns. Can you please send over a message with your VIN and estimated mileage so I can start looking into this on my end?
 

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I was driving yesterday in the afternoon and i look in the rear view mirror to see a very think white cloud of smoke coming from my car. Not sure if it came from the hood or the exhaust. This lasted about 5-10 seconds. Pulled over and nothing was smoking from the engine bay but did smell some type of burnt odor, very faint. It was pretty hot yesterday at 100+ f and my AC was on and blowing cold. I just realized now that my AC is blowing warm.

I plan to take it in the dealer but would like to know anything about the problem ahead of time if possible.

Any help on what it could be or what I should check for would be appreciated!
what engine do you have Elboy? This sounds sooooo familiar, it happened to me 2x with the 2.0 Ecoboost - in both case, the engine suffered coolant contamination
 
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Elboy

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what engine do you have Elboy? This sounds sooooo familiar, it happened to me 2x with the 2.0 Ecoboost - in both case, the engine suffered coolant contamination
Yea I have the Badlands with the 2.0. Aw man sorry to hear it happened to you to. Did you experience any other symptoms?
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