# My car smells like gas

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-smells-like-gas/56663>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford, taurus\
**Created:** [October 21, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-smells-like-gas/56663 "2010-10-21T05:12:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![aliciairwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@aliciairwin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/aliciairwin)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-smells-like-gas/56663/1 "2010-10-21T05:12:05Z")

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My sister can smell it better than I can…but the car truthfully smells like I could be leaking gas. Or is the vent or exhaust not working correctly?

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-smells-like-gas/56663/2 "2010-10-21T11:08:01Z")

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If you can smell gas, there’s a leak somewhere. Have it fixed pronto.