# Squirrel damage

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/squirrel-damage/11551>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [March 7, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/squirrel-damage/11551 "2008-03-07T22:05:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![accokeekmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@accokeekmike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/accokeekmike)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/squirrel-damage/11551/1 "2008-03-07T22:05:14Z")

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Is there anything that can be done to protect your car or truck from squirrels that think engine parts, particularly wires, are food? That is giving squirrels the benefit of the doubt, it may just be acts of vandalism.  
  
  
  
 Mike from Accokeek

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/squirrel-damage/11551/2 "2008-03-08T15:11:13Z")

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[http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/NTESearch?storeId=6970&N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=owl&Nty=1&D=owl&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Dx=mode+matchallpartial](http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/NTESearch?storeId=6970&N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=owl&Nty=1&D=owl&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Dx=mode+matchallpartial)

People I know who have rodent problems with their vehicles set up one of these. And from what I’m told, it’s pretty effective.

Tester