Hello Jorben, so you comment on the smell of rubber, there is no doubt that there must be a good short circuit ... you will have to do where it comes from, some cable (+) peeled making a dough, I would not walk with the car until you find the failure, I will tell you that if you leave you removed, it may not be enough, the cars that are behind ... do not know it and .... the breakdown is also an accident. If you say that when putting it interferes with the accelerator and it smells like a burnt rubber, do not continue testing or will end up making the problem bigger. You will have to check the wiring of those elements that affect the 36 -fuse, (with disconnected battery) you can use a multimeter and check the mass insulation from the connectors of these elements (only the positive ones), well, you do not say if you have any light of the check on, you would save the work if you did a scann. Some forum partner may have already had this problem or know something like that of the Meriva. Greetings!!