NHTSA Complaint #11202869 — 2018 FORD ESCAPE

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING AND A STRONG SMELL OF BURNING PLASTIC/RUBBER FILLED THE CABIN. I DID MAKE IT TO WORK AND HAD SEVERAL COWORKERS SIT IN THE VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE I WAS NOT IMAGING AN ODOR. ALSO LIFTED THE HOOD TO CHECK ENGINE FOR ANY MELTING HOSES ETC AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN THAT MORNING, THE SERVICE MANAGER AND TECHNICIAN DID A CHECK AND DID NOT NOTICE A SMELL AND TOLD ME THAT THE SMELL WAS THE LEATHER SEAT COVERS THAT I INSTALLED... I INSTALLED THE FAKE LEATHER SEAT COVERS OVER TWO MONTHS AGO. I DO KNOW WHAT BURNT RUBBER VS PLEATHER SMELL LIKE. SERVICE PERSON KEPT ASKING IF I HAD LEFT A PHONE PLUGGED INTO THE VEHICLE, AFTER HE ASKED ME THAT I ASKED HIM HAD THERE BEEN OVERHEATING CONCERNS. I WAS TOLD NO, JUST SEEMS STRANGE THING TO ASK IF PHONE JACKS WERE NOT A ISSUE. SO, I AM MAKING A NOTE OF THIS ELECTRICAL ISSUE AND HOPE THAT THIS WILL NOT TURN INTO A PROBLEM.