Honda's Solution to Stop mice nibbling Car Wires

David Fowler bought a 2012 Toyota Tundra hoping that it would be his last vehicle that he would have to purchase, however couldn’t get his head round why the engine stopped working considering there was only 17,000 miles on the dash. So he brought the Tundra to a mechanic for inspection to see if he could find the solution.  The mechanic simply stated that a rodent had chewed the wires in the engine causing the engine to stop working.

Upon hearing that a mouse had nibbled wires throughout the engine David said “I think this is just a way of you trying to receive more money out of the customer, as I have never heard of this before”. However Goyanes spoke saying that is the common reaction whenever customers are told about rodents chewing through their engine electric cable and that in one case he actually had to convince a woman by showing her the rat droppings which was left inside the compartment of the engine. Goyanes said there are several times a year he would see cars that have had the wire chewed through, believing that it was caused by the coating on the wires as the key ingredient is soy, which apparently is like ready made food attracting the unwanted pests.

While the soy containing electric wires are impacting many manufacturers Honda has decided to solve it by adding a spicy chemical to the wires so that mice will have to find another source of food. David Fowler then complained to Toyota saying “it should be covered under warranty especially if the manufacturers are aware that this happens.”

The simplest thing to do is to just grab a flashlight every month and just have a check to see if any damage or droppings are present to catch the problem early.