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04-02-2018, 04:26 PM
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 Drives: 50 ann. Rs, V6, sunroof, nav, spl Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Rochester NY way upstate 3 hours from Toronto on Lake Ontario
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Help I am going crazy
This is the 2nd time in a month that mice(rodents) chewed through wires on my 2017 Camaro. I do not know what to do. The last time it cost almost $300.00 ( the dealer gave me a break because I bought 2 new cars from him in a year. They charged me $180). This time I found the piece of wire that was chewed on in my driveway under the car.
 I do not know what it will cost this time. This is like a mini nightmare. I had the car parked in the driveway last winter an had no problems . I put some mouse poison under my hood so hopefully it will prevent more damage until I get my car in the shop on Monday. What can I do about this problem going forward.
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04-02-2018, 05:00 PM
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Drives: 2000 GMPPSV SS & 2017 ILE SS Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Bartlett, IL
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Get some outside cats.
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04-02-2018, 06:13 PM
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Drives: 16 Camaro 1SS & 82 Silverado C10 Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: VA
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04-02-2018, 06:30 PM
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You can only YOLO once.
Drives: '16 2SS & '15 Subaru Forester Join Date: Jan 2016
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Park your car inside a garage and put pine-sol all over the ground or spread pine sawdust all over. Mice don't like the smell of pine.
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04-02-2018, 06:39 PM
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Drives: 2017 2SS black on black on black. Join Date: May 2017
Location: Milwaukee
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Barn cats or Decon
My Camaro stays in the Garage and the cats can't get in there, so I put Decon and/or Tomcat traps and poison all over. No mouse problems |
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04-02-2018, 06:41 PM
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Drives: 2017 2SS black on black on black. Join Date: May 2017
Location: Milwaukee
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A friend of mine had his car outside, under a cover, and rodents got in there and pissed all over. The car was infected and disgusting and was totaled out, as it needed a whole new interior.
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04-02-2018, 07:00 PM
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Drives: 2018 Camaro SS, 1968 Camaro Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Chicago
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I used to keep my cars in an old horse barn. Kept them full of dryer sheets. If it sits for any length of time spread some moth balls around the exterior
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04-02-2018, 07:13 PM
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Drives: 2017 NGM 1SS MRC NPP Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Long Island
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Moth balls...seriously haha, put them in a Tupperware bowl with the top off in the engine bay while she’s resting. Maybe a few small bowls, one low one high or where the main problem lies. They hate the smell and I’ve been putting them in my sheds for years with zero rodent problems.
I didn’t read the post above while writing this but he’s correct.
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04-02-2018, 08:33 PM
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Drives: 2017 1LT RS Convertible V6 A8 Join Date: Dec 2014
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Shave a bar of Irish Spring soap into smallish pieces. Place it on some aluminum foil around the interior/trunk/engine bay of the car. I've never gotten rodents in my cars during long-term storage using this method.
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04-02-2018, 09:48 PM
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Drives: 2018 1SS 1LE, 2015 RAM Ecodiesel Join Date: Oct 2017
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I use those sonic repellents. One at the front of the car and one at the rear facing the garage door. And moth balls... ;-)
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04-02-2018, 09:55 PM
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Drives: 2001 Onyx Black/Ebony SS. 427/M6 Join Date: Apr 2016
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Have heard moth balls and drier sheets myself.....
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04-02-2018, 10:50 PM
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Drives: 2018 Camaro ZL1 Nightfall Grey Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Whidbey Island, Wa.
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Plug in sonic repellent and decon with a few bait traps,
No problems since
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04-02-2018, 11:00 PM
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Honda and Toyota are facing lawsuits over "SOY" based wire insulation.
Are 6th Gen Camaro's also equipped with "eco-friendly, soy-based type of insulation coating"? "Automakers including Toyota, Honda and Subaru have turned to an eco-friendly, soy-based type of insulation coating in their vehicles that has attracted the attention and tastes of rodents such as rats, mice and squirrels. The rodents have been chewing the apparently delicious insulation and exposing the bare wires, resulting in expensive repairs for the vehicle’s owners." |
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04-03-2018, 01:01 AM
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I have used dryer sheets for 2 years on my 2016 and so far so good!
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