What would you do, if animals were eating your car? This week on Car Talk, we got a call from Devon in Michigan. (You can hear her call right here. ) Her '93 Jeep is steadily being munched by animals -- including, most recently, an opossum that gnawed his way through her car's wiring. How …

You could also try one of those pest-repelling boxes that you plug in and set to different intensities of unpleasant sound. They supposedly emit sounds at frequencies that animals from rodents up to raccoons find noxious. I know they’re definitely noxious to humans! – and my mom plugged it in reli…

I moved from the city to the country (northwest WI). The first fall I had mice building nests under the hood of my Mazda. The next year I bought a new Toyota Corolla and they invaded the car as soon as the temps dropped. This time they were able to get inside the car. Everywhere. When I opened t…

The urine should work. It has worked for me in keeping ground hogs away from my garden. In case you did not know, the moth balls are considered hazardous waste and should be disposed of as such. Good luck!

According to my wife, the reason animals are attacking your vehicle and not the neighbors is because the animals can smell the baby food and milk that you give to the baby while in the car. Suggestions: 1. Wash the car seats well, 2. Place a towel under the car seat to catch food or milk and then …

I love the dryer sheet idea, a lovely non toxic solution and much easier than mine. If neighbors don’t have the problem, you should be sure you don’t have anything in the car or around the car that might attract them. Food would be the most attractive either dropped or left in the car, otherwise i…

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Try painting the wires with Tabasco sauce. It has worked for us. we were amused when it first happened …the work order at the shop said “critters under the hood”

I tried Fresh Cab. It does smell good, and seemed to work for maybe a month. But it’s pretty expensive if you have to keep buying it.

To deter animals from the the area around the car try this: Put ammonia soaked rags in a coffee can (or similar) punch holes in it and put in the area where want animals to leave. Maybe place the cans under the car, not in the car, making certain not to fumigate the car interior. it is unlikely th…

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m_rath July 24, 2010, 3:09pm 10

I suggest placing poison bait stations around your car and house. You can buy these at Tractor Supply store or have a proffesional pest control service place them for you. We have used these for years around our house and have eliminated all the previous problems we had with mice and other animals getting into our house and garage.

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