Posted on 01/09/2020 6:16:00 PM PST by nickcarraway
A Colorado man said squirrels have squeezed into the inner workings of his vehicle three times and caused about $700 worth of damage.
Gary Seago of Windsor said the trouble began in late November, when his Jeep was making unusual noises and mechanics discovered an animal, likely a squirrel, had chewed a fuel injector plug in half.
Mechanics said squirrels and other animals are sometimes drawn to the engine compartments of vehicles because they consider the soy-based tubes and wires to be a food source.
Seago said repairs were made, but the same part was again destroyed by a suspected squirrel the next day.
He said the squirrels returned for a third time a few weeks later and destroyed another, more expensive part in the engine compartment.
Seago said he is now trying to keep the squirrels away with deterrents including moth balls, strobe lights and high-pitched noises.
A Pittsburgh woman encountered a different sort of squirrel-related car trouble in October when one of the animals stashed grass and more than 200 walnuts under her hood. Holly Persic said the squirrel had apparently been using her vehicle as walnut storage for weeks.
Soy based tubes and wires?
What latte-sipping enviro-wacko came up with that idea?
Barn Find Hunter youtube channel showing a $400,000 Shelby Cobra with mouse nests in the glove box and trunk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlRKSmHgzdE
Probably the same idjits putting it in tires.
You went from horse power to mouse power?
It’s obe reason why I prefer a detached garage. You don’t want a squirrel in your house.
Some newer model cars use materials like soy that are more biodegradable than plastics. It's all part of an effort to make car parts more environmentally-friendly. A Volvo service representative at a Volvo dealer in Michigan confirmed some instances of chewed wires, though they "mostly occurred in rural areas -- not cities." A Volvo spokesperson said that an "initial investigation [into the subject] did not return any substantive info."And there you have it --> instances of chewed wires, though they "mostly occurred in rural areas -- not cities." Take that, YOU DEPLORABLES!!But JoAnn's experience with her Volvo does not appear to be an isolated case. Honda, Toyota and other automakers seem to be experiencing chewed up wires, too.
Friends of mine experienced a setback with their recently purchased 2014 Mazda 5. One weekend, they parked at a campground in San Diego a few miles from the ocean. During the Sunday return drive, the car got stuck in second gear and would run no faster than 30 miles per hour. They had to get off the highway and take side streets home.
Service advisors at their dealership confirmed that chewed wires had caused the automatic transmission to lock into second gear. The entire wiring harness had to be replaced. Their newly-obtained Mazda had a 30-day warranty so the dealership agreed, "with great reluctance", to cover the $1,200 in repairs.
Some Toyota and Honda owners say they have shelled out thousands of dollars to replace wiring. In September, 2016, a class-action suit was filed against Toyota for vehicles produced between 2012 and 2016 that used soy-coated wiring. Honda was also slapped with a class-action suit earlier in 2016 for vehicles produced between 2012 and 2015. The common denominator appears to be soy.
We’ve seen a thing or two..because we’ve seen a thing or two. Farmers insurance...dum da dum dum...dum dum dum
Oh, that’s good! $160 dollar apiece squirrel and rabbit feeders.
I knew it was an enviro-wacko thing! Bio-degradable cars!$@&#!
Liberals need to bio-degrade.
Newer Fords have a soy-based insulation on their wiring harnesses. Squirrels have chewed into it and cut the wires causing over $1000 damage to my son’s Mustang.
I am having a little war with the squirrels now. I have killed two with traps and at least two with an air rifle.
Death to tree rats!
Air rifle.
The same one who wanted environmentally friendly heat shields on the Challenger...
That’s fancy. What would it set you back to upgrade to voles.
Lucky guy. Squirrels squeezed into a car we used to own and did over $4,000 worth of damage. Insurance covered it but then the rates took a big hike.
Earth friendly materials. Wiring harnesses are now edible. I know people who have had mice eat them and cause very expensive damage. Thank the idiot environmentalists for this. No industry has been more screwed than the car industry by government demands caused by pressure from wackos.
So ... flying squirrels!?!
Get an indoor cat and scatter the litterbox remains under the engine compartment on the ground.
The smell of a predator will make the little buggers nervous and will keep them away.
Adopted an dropoff kitten who was too small to make it on it’s own outside so it became an indoor cat.
Every two months, We used to have squirrels chew the wiring on my mothers van but since the litterbox treatment the squirrels shy away from her van.
haha
Squirrels destroyed every one of my golf bags at Royal Oaks Golf & Country club in Vancouver, WA. Those squirrels were insanely clever, they knew exact spot where members parked their golf carts and walkover to the putting green. They knew the men would be gone for several minutes. The squirrels were accustomed to finding food in golf bags at the back of the golf carts. I always had peanuts, candy bars, etc in pockets of my golf club. The squirrels did not bother with the zippers. They simply broke open the golf bag pocket with their razor sharp teeth in no time flat.
One time I arrived back from putting on the green to my parked golf cart, only to see the squirrel carrying away my favorite candy bar (sweet and salty) in his mouth, and I threw my putter at him but the rodent did not drop the candy bar and just ran up the tree with it.
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