Pull over safely, vehicle is shutting down.

[Burly11]

Could this be a paint issue ? Could it be rusty water.?

Took it for a wash and it didn’t come off now I have to buff it off

 

[pl8dlikafiddle]

Could this be a paint issue ? Could it be rusty water.? View attachment 775155 Took it for a wash and it didn’t come off now I have to buff it off

Looks like a bird may have gotten into a bag of Taco Bell....and the car happened to be below the bird when it let it fly. Or could be someone purposely put something there.

Buffing it out with some light rubbing compound or polish would be my first step.

 

[Drivin]

it's not an "engine" - it's an electric motor... engines burn fuel

That would be false.
Engines: "a machine for converting any of various forms of energy into mechanical force and motion" Merriam-Webster

The more you know!

 

[ZenRockGarden]

That would be false.
Engines: "a machine for converting any of various forms of energy into mechanical force and motion" Merriam-Webster

The more you know!

You could also be dictionary accurate to call it a "transformer" or "converter" since it's converting electricity into rotation. However we already have a specific term for exactly what it is - it's an electrical motor.

 

[Drivin]

You could also be dictionary accurate to call it a "transformer" or "converter" since it's converting electricity into rotation. However we already have a specific term for exactly what it is - it's an electrical motor.

Yes, that is a more specific term, but if you want to use specific terms, then you should call it an IC engine (or ICE) to distinguish it from a non-IC engine.
Regardless, that doesn't change the fact that saying it is not an engine is incorrect. That would be being dictionary inaccurate.

 

[Burly11]

Looks like a bird may have gotten into a bag of Taco Bell....and the car happened to be below the bird when it let it fly. Or could be someone purposely put something there.

Buffing it out with some light rubbing compound or polish would be my first step.

Buff worked

 

[Terica]

Rear engine went out. They are ordering a new one. I asked how does a brand new engine just go out. Reply it happens faulty equipment. Can will be ready sometime this week. They gave me the S loaner in the meantime

How did they determine the cause? My S has done this about 6 times, they refuse to consider a faulty motor and cannot reproduce the event because it's random.