Things You Should Never Leave In Your Car

Some things should never be left in the car. If you are lucky, well, nothing happens. If you are less fortunate, they would “pop” and create a mess in your car and that is still manageable, but if you are really unlucky, well, you can even lose your car or getting yourself in a dangerous situation. 

Before any other complicated precautions, here are some of the things you should not leave in your car.

Lighters 

Lighters may be tiny, but they can be lighted when overheated. The flammable fuel inside these little plastic tubes can expand and breach the lighter casing when exposed to high heat, creating a fire. Whether the heat in the car will cause combustion is a subject of debate, but why take the risk? 

 “It's important not to keep flammable liquids in your car, especially in summer” - Dunn

Plastic / Glass Bottles

A clear plastic bottle of water magnifies the sun’s rays and starts to light a car seat on fire, like the magnifying glass experiment we did at school. But the greater risk may come from bisphenol A (BPA), a potentially harmful compound found in most clear plastics. The FDA maintains that BPA is safe at current levels of exposure in foods. However, there are studies that have shown an increased release of BPA from plastics at higher temperature, so don’t take the chance of adding more of this chemical to your drinks.

Electronics

You’d never leave home without your smartphone, so why risk leaving it in a hot car? Keep it in your pocket. Many phone manufacturers list optimal temperature windows and specifically warn against leaving your device in your car, where it might shut down or start to suffer damage. You wouldn’t want the battery to expand, or worse, explode.

Sunscreen

Tossing a tube of sunscreen in your bag is always a smart idea, but be wary of leaving the bottle in your vehicle; exposing sunscreen to high temperatures can shorten its shelf life. Besides losing efficacy, your protective SPFs may end up a big smelly mess, if the heat blows the cap open.

Deodorant

Look at the label on your deodorant, and you’ll probably see a storage temperature recommendation. That’s because pressurized cans are particularly sensitive; outside of that temperature zone, the contents may expand, which could cause the can to crack or explode.

Let me know what is thing above that you always leave in your car, or other things that above did not mentioned. 

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