Is my car making me sick/drowsy?

[Sa Calobra]

I've only had it a few weeks as a stop gap car however I get really drowsy on the motorway- which then seems to wipe me out after. Is it the car or some thing viral.

Can it be an exhaust gasket?!

[Chris Hinds]

Surely the answer has to be... if it even *could* be, then get it checked. And have a window down until you do, in case.

[fatboy b]

Is it a BMW? They normally make me fall asleep when driving them.

[anonymous-user]

Entirely possible that there's something leaking into the cabin - get it checked.

[Xtriple129]

Very possible. I had an old Supra that used to make me very drowsy on my way home, I thought it was the drone of the exhaust at cruising revs but after I put a new hatchback seal on, I was magically cured!

[Sillyhatday]

My MR2 was leaking exhaust/petrol into the cabin. Gave me a headache and made me a touch drowsy, seems to have gone after properly sealing up the exhaust. So yes, entirely possible.

[speedtwelve]

Chemical stick-on CO detectors are cheap. Run the car (without you in it) and see if you get a colour change with a detector inside and doors/windows closed. If it is CO leaking into cabin it may only be happening at speed?

[bitchstewie]

They haven't put a cheap air freshener in it have they?

[Crumpet]

I had a leaky exhaust manifold that did this. Usually you'd expect it to be noisy but in this case it was silent, but there was a tell-tale area of black soot where the manifold bolted on.

Also had it the other day when the boot of my Dad's Volvo 940 wasn't properly shut. Somehow it manages to suck exhaust fumes into the cabin so a boot seal could also do it.

[Hoofy]

Isn't there an area of low pressure behind the car hence fumes can be sucked in if the window/boot seal isn't good?

[Order66]

There was something in the news a few months ago about a young couple who died from CO fumes leaking into the car after a botched DIY mod......its a very real risk, get it checked. Do you have a CO detector in your house? Take it into the car.

[The Moose]

Wasn't a Ford Explorer was it?!

[caelite]

bhstewie said:

They haven't put a cheap air freshener in it have they?

Was going to suggest exactly this, the little tree ones make my mum really nauseous.

[Sa Calobra]

caelite said:

bhstewie said:

They haven't put a cheap air freshener in it have they?

Was going to suggest exactly this, the little tree ones make my mum really nauseous.

Not me. I don't smoke.