# 'Firefighters rescue cat from car engine'

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/firefighters-rescue-cat-from-car-engine/200229>\
**Category:** Safety\
**Tags:** corolla, toyota\
**Created:** [May 12, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/firefighters-rescue-cat-from-car-engine/200229 "2025-05-12T01:18:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/firefighters-rescue-cat-from-car-engine/200229/1 "2025-05-12T01:18:13Z")

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> **[Firefighters rescue cat from car engine](https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_0efcf9e3-14ae-4adf-837a-632c25857fa2.html)**
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> A cat got stuck near a car engine but was able to meow about the experience later on.

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**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/firefighters-rescue-cat-from-car-engine/200229/2 "2025-05-12T02:25:16Z")

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We had a 20# cat (big, not fat) that rode to the market while under the hood a few times…

Had a state trooper come to the shop after hearing a strange noise and when we went out and raised the hood, a racoon jumped out…

Critters under the hood are nothing new… lol

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/firefighters-rescue-cat-from-car-engine/200229/3 "2025-05-12T14:04:54Z")

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A friend had a couple of 20# cats (brothers) named Bitsy and Junior. The names stuck, even of they outgrew them. They were house cats and couldn’t end up stuck under the hood.

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**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/firefighters-rescue-cat-from-car-engine/200229/4 "2025-05-12T17:07:54Z")

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Back in the 80’s my brother lived in Dallas for a few years. He was driving a Monte Carlo with a V8 engine. One chilly morning he started the car to go to work and heard a horrible noise. A neighbors cat had crawled up on the warm engine to sleep. That was the end of that cat!