# Ask Someone: Terrible Odor in a Chevrolet Cruze

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-someone-terrible-odor-in-a-chevrolet-cruze/112581>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [February 21, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-someone-terrible-odor-in-a-chevrolet-cruze/112581 "2018-02-21T06:43:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![P27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c67d28/32.png) [@P27](https://community.cartalk.com/u/P27)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-someone-terrible-odor-in-a-chevrolet-cruze/112581/1 "2018-02-21T06:43:29Z")

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My Chevy Cruze has a terrible Oder any reason it’s so bad that the smell will make its way into the house.

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**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-someone-terrible-odor-in-a-chevrolet-cruze/112581/2 "2018-02-22T02:23:30Z")

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What kind of smell, burning, musty, moldy…?

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-someone-terrible-odor-in-a-chevrolet-cruze/112581/3 "2018-02-22T03:31:00Z")

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Year,  
mileage,  
kind of smell,  
conditions under which it happens,  
maintenance history,  
recent repairs if any.

Give us more to work with. It could be anything from a dead mouse in the ductwork to a banana peel under the seat to sulpher dioxide in the exhaust.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-someone-terrible-odor-in-a-chevrolet-cruze/112581/4 "2018-02-22T03:40:04Z")

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If you’re unable to identify the odor, let’s assume it’s gasoline.

So, park the vehicle outside the garage until the odor can be indentified.

Tester

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-someone-terrible-odor-in-a-chevrolet-cruze/112581/5 "2018-02-22T03:44:39Z")

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> [@Tester](#):
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> If you’re unable to identify the odor, let’s assume it’s gasoline.
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> So, park the vehicle outside the garage until the odor can be indentified.

Good suggestion. I second it.