# Rodents under the hood

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/rodents-under-the-hood/178759>\
**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")\
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**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, 12:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rodents-under-the-hood/178759/3 "2021-08-16T00:25:34Z")

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I went through this last year:

> [@Hold it rat there!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hold-it-rat-there/164446):
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> It’s been a couple weeks since I opened the hood, but then, I’m only driving once a week, less than 10 miles. I find this: Luckily it looks like nothing was chewed. It’s been about a year since I sprinkled cayenne pepper around. So I gave it a good coating.

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