# Rodents under the hood **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** hyundai, sonata\ **Created:** [August 16, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rodents-under-the-hood/178759 "2021-08-16T00:07:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rodents-under-the-hood/178759/11 "2021-08-16T23:29:27Z")
In case OP didn’t look at the whole thread I posted before: > [@Hold it rat there!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hold-it-rat-there/164446/44): > > An update: Been a month or so since the engine compartment of my car served as a rat lounge. As of my last post I was using cayenne pepper, which thankfully stopped them from chewing anything, but didn’t stop them from hanging out. First thing I did was stop parking in the same place all the time. I move around about a half block away to break their routine. I read somewhere they don’t like Irish Spring soap. So I tucked in a couple bars, still in their boxes to avoid a possible mess from … --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rodents-under-the-hood/178759)._