I have never turned my vehicle off while pumping gas in my life and have yet to have an issue. Especially coming from a Northern state where it gets pretty cold you see a lot of people doing the same thing. What is the potential risk or is it all just a myth?
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Don’t see anyone mentioning it, so I’ll chime in.
The car does produce static electricity and does pose an extremely small (albeit real) chance of causing an explosion. But the static electricity doesn’t just disappear just because the car has been shut off. The threat remains until the electricity is discharged.
But the greater concern is actually dozens of cars idling in a covered area, filling it with carbon monoxide.
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