How to Protect Your Car From Rodents | Consumer Reports

hey it's Keith from consumer reports and if you're wondering why this car behind me this very expensive brand new car is being disassembled and cleaned the answer is mice you see mice and rats and other rodents they love to be inside cars they're warm they have a ton of nooks and crannies they can chew on some of the hoses and wires which sharpens their teeth they love that and it also causes a lot of very expensive damage you've also got problems like this here see this insulation has been knod away by tiny little mouse teeth and they bring that over to their nests to keep them warm good for the mice bad for your car if you don't want this to happen to you the best thing you can do is keep mice away from your vehicle so park away from places where there are going to be mice around dumpsters around trash cans if you're parking in a garage that's best but make sure that there isn't any bird seed or food or trash cans in the garage that might attract rodents and seal up the garage close the doors weather strip the windows to keep those little critters out clean up the car that scent of food also attracts rodents move the car regularly as well so even if you're not driving it a ton move it around a little bit because it'll discourage animals from taking up residence in the vehicle and if you really want to be extra careful honk the horn before you start the car that'll scare them away now if your car already has that Telltale smell that shows that critters have taken up residence inside you're going to want to get rid of them before they can do any more damage try misting some peppermint oil and cayenne pepper spray around the car and under the hood just a little bit will do the trick and mice and rats they hate that smell and taste if you're storing a car for a long period of time put some mothballs under the hood but don't put them inside the car because then your car will smell like mothballs if the rodents are winning the war and they're already in your car it is a lot cheaper to hire pest control and have them take care of the problem than to have to take apart your entire car or even worse live with some of the smells and the Damage that mice and rats and other rodents can cause

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Length: 2min 4sec (124 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 27 2022