# Spiders in the car

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiders-in-the-car/3699>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [August 26, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiders-in-the-car/3699 "2007-08-26T18:53:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![cupcake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@cupcake](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cupcake)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiders-in-the-car/3699/1 "2007-08-26T18:53:27Z")

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There are spider webs and now tiny yellow spiders appearing inside my car…and the AC is not working properly. Is there a chance a nest is somewhere in the cooling system and just hatched. What do I do? Can I fumigate with the product used in houses to rid a house of fleas?

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**Author:** ![cncop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@cncop](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cncop)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 6:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiders-in-the-car/3699/2 "2007-08-27T06:14:05Z")

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More info needed.Year/make of car?  
Do you have access to a closed garage? If so, you could try parking the car in the garage & setting off a bug bomb, in the garage.  
I wouldn’t suggest you set the bug bomb off in your car, though. Inside the car, the concentration of chemicals could cause your plastic interior to melt.

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**Author:** ![SummervilleBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@SummervilleBob](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SummervilleBob)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spiders-in-the-car/3699/3 "2011-10-15T15:51:13Z")

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Connect a hose to your exhaust pipe and the other end through a partially opened window and seal off the rest of that window with duct tape. Start the engine - GET OUT OF THE CAR - and let the fumes fill the car for 20 minutes. Then hold your breath, open the driver side door, get in, shut the engine off - GET OUT OFF THE CAR - open up all the other doors and air the car out for 20 minutes. Repeat if necessary.