Laelkhunter
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Anyone hear of the problems with rodents chewing the wiring in their vehicles due to the wiring insulation is now made from soy based material? My son's 2019 GMC had electrical problems, and the gauges went haywire. He took it to the dealer, and they found that mice had chewed the wiring in the dashboard, creating electrical shorts. The Service manager told him that since about 2005 electrical wiring started being made with soy based insulation, whereas the previous insulation was petroleum based. Since soy based is made from grain, it attracts rodents as a food source, and they build nests in the dashboard and engine compartment using the wiring as a food source. The service manager said that they have numerous vehicles in the shop with the same problem, and repair costs start at about $1000 and go up from there.
I checked it out on a google search, and found pages and pages of lawsuits filed by owners of many different makes of trucks and cars that had rodents chew through their vehicle wiring feasting on the soy based insulation.
So, just wondering if anyone else has noticed an increase in the rodent activity in their vehicles (check the engine compartment for droppings) or worse, electrical problems that just popped up.
I checked it out on a google search, and found pages and pages of lawsuits filed by owners of many different makes of trucks and cars that had rodents chew through their vehicle wiring feasting on the soy based insulation.
So, just wondering if anyone else has noticed an increase in the rodent activity in their vehicles (check the engine compartment for droppings) or worse, electrical problems that just popped up.