We had a similar proble to the gentleman from Grand Juncton Colorado although our rodents were mice. A little google search turned up a product by Honda (which his Accura dealer should have known about…). It is called “RODENT TAPE” and it is an electrical type of tape that is impregnated with the …

Sounds like it would be harder for you to wrap the exposed wiring than for the mice to eat the exposed wiring – how about something you could brush on? Rodents can also enter through the body of a car and eat wires in the dashboard and doors (very expensive), and tear up the interior, so consider s…

Mice. rats and squirrels do not eat your wiring because they think it tastes good and is good for them. They probably do so because they crave some mineral or salt that is unavailable to them. Buy a small mineralized salt block at a pet store and put it under your car. It should prove more to the…

Rhodents chew continually and instinctually wherever they are because their teeth grow continually throughout their lives, and if they don;t keep them worn down the teeth can actually grow long enough to impair their ability to eat. Rats have even been known to chew brick. There is a spray on “crit…

Our 2010 Prius developed a sound, one cold morning, when the engine started up as my wife backed the car out of the garage, it sounded like playing cards in the spokes of a bicycle wheel (ahh childhood memories). Since the car was due for it’s 20K check, I mentioned it to our friendly Toyota Servic…

The general idea that you can keep rodents from doing damage by using something that keeps them away from just one area is doomed to fail more often then not. So you keep the rodent from eating the wiring or out of your heater…big deal. There are lots of other things in a car that can eventually occ…

I also have an Acura TL 2005. A few years ago while still under warranty I noticed a warning light had appeared. I took it into the Acura dealer and they said that a mouse had crawled up from beneath the engine and chewed through a wire. I can’t remember what the wire was for. They replaced it with …

Chipmonks have caused problems for me. Several years ago, my 1978 Oldsmobile stopped running about 1/10 of a mile from our house. My wife pushed me back home with the other car. I primed the carburetor and it ran for a few seconds and stopped. I had my AAA towing insurance tow it to my independ…

When Squirrels (or other rodents) eat your car's electrical wires

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Check with your automobile insurance policy agent for coverage. This type of problem occurs more frequently that you would think.

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When Squirrels (or other rodents) eat your car's electrical wires

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