Fumes/burning smell through air vents ?

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Originally Posted by Jof

Hello Everyone !

Hope some one can help me ? Just brought a 02 Yaris, only 48000 miles on the clock. Noticed sometimes only sometimes there has been a smell of burning/fumes through the dashboard airvent. The water temperature light flashes briefly on start up and noticed this symbol turned red then disappeared. Checked the coolant level and its all topped up fine. any ideas anyone ? :)

Welcome to the board and congrats on your Yaris. Take care of it and it's gonna take great care of you. Members here with 300-500k miles. Bullet proof, minus an occasional water pump and some say a clutch or two.