# 2014 Dodge Caravan - fuel smell after sitting

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dodge-caravan-fuel-smell-after-sitting/127806>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** caravan, dodge\
**Created:** [October 29, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dodge-caravan-fuel-smell-after-sitting/127806 "2018-10-29T23:44:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![robertnegrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@robertnegrin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/robertnegrin)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dodge-caravan-fuel-smell-after-sitting/127806/1 "2018-10-29T23:44:14Z")

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fuel smell at times when van not in use sitting for a couple of days

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**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dodge-caravan-fuel-smell-after-sitting/127806/2 "2018-10-30T13:56:40Z")

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Park the vehicle on concrete for a few hours and see if you have a puddle that would indicate a leak.

This may be a serious matter and you should have this fixed before you have a fire…with you in the car.

Yosemite