Rodents?!?!?

Illoosive · 07-25-2015, 10:38 PM

Tpm sensor went off about a couple of days ago figured it might be tire pressure...checked tire pressure and eeverything was good (checked manually) tried to reset, didn't even give me the option to reset.

Got car diagnosed turns out from what they told me that rodents chewed the wiring for my transmitter or something dealing with myTPM will update with name.

Wtf right?

fazman · 07-25-2015, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Illoosive

Tpm sensor went off about a couple of days ago figured it might be tire pressure...checked tire pressure and eeverything was good (checked manually) tried to reset, didn't even give me the option to reset.

Got car diagnosed turns out from what they told me that rodents chewed the wiring for my transmitter or something dealing with myTPM will update with name.

Wtf right?

buy a garage cat, let it rest on the hood

Alarbus · 07-25-2015, 10:56 PM

On my 06, I had mouse damage to the fuel evap line, and the associated wiring. The dealer suggested I see about getting it covered under comprehensive, which I did. It was pretty funny when the young woman from corporate called about the "moose damage to my car"! No, mouse damage. Moose damage is something else!

A tin cat is also a good option if you don't want a real cat: http://www.amazon.com/Victor-Humane-.../dp/B00004RAMU

You bait it once, and the mice the get trapped serve as a continual bait source. I usually scraped it out twice a year or so. It'll get pretty gross, but it works! Also, it says humane, but you totally just use it as I described if you don't want to be freeing mice. Much easier.

Tom K. · 07-26-2015, 10:36 AM

Thanks to owls & foxes, there aren't too many mice in my area but I had chipmunks chew up the wiring to the outside temp sensor on my E46. Since the car thought ambient was -40o, the A/C compressor wouldn't kick in - so I had to spring for the repair.

Tom

kfriceman · 07-26-2015, 11:10 AM

Yep.....Spent $700 last winter on rodent repairs to the evap line, a wiring harness and boost lines.

-Kevin

Efthreeoh · 07-26-2015, 12:47 PM

Rodent damage is why I always carry a $100 deductible on Comprehensive coverage. It is silly to have a $500 or $250 deductible.

Greyfox · 07-26-2015, 03:33 PM

Go to a zoo or animal store, ask if you can have or buy the skin that is shed from a snake. Just put it where ever you have mice.... fracking things will run over themselves trying to get out of the area.

Use to do it when I was growing up on the farm with the grainery. Lay a couple black snake skins (or catch a black snake) and turn him loose and mice/rats go bye bye.

hongsc · 07-26-2015, 09:03 PM

Buy a cat to get rid of the rodent problem then buy a dog to get rid of the cat. Now you have a real pet. Sorry cat people.

techietaichi · 07-28-2015, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by hongsc

Buy a cat to get rid of the rodent problem then buy a dog to get rid of the cat. Now you have a real pet. Sorry cat people.

TAKE THAT!

Efthreeoh · 07-29-2015, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by techietaichi

TAKE THAT!

My dogs hunt mice. They love it when they find one living in the lift...

kfriceman · 07-29-2015, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Rodent damage is why I always carry a $100 deductible on Comprehensive coverage. It is silly to have a $500 or $250 deductible.

The lower the deductible the higher the premium, even the with the $700 out of pocket over the many, many years I'm still way ahead on premium costs. The $500 deductible is also aligned with my cash-flow risk tolerance and claims history ( 1 in the last 10 years) so it makes sense.

-Kevin

mike@x-ph.com · 07-29-2015, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by hongsc

Buy a cat to get rid of the rodent problem then buy a dog to get rid of the cat. Now you have a real pet. Sorry cat people.

LOL
My dog always ended up best friends with cats, he also let them have his food

Lshaw · 07-29-2015, 11:38 AM

LOL in the winter in my old 07 335xi, something was living in my engine bay. Insulation was chewed up and torn.

Illoosive · 07-31-2015, 10:17 PM

Probably buy the part switch it out myself, service advisor said should be simple remove wheel and lining

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Illoosive Private First Class 7 Rep 144 Posts Drives: E92 328i 6MT Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: SF iTrader: (0)	Rodents?!?!? Tpm sensor went off about a couple of days ago figured it might be tire pressure...checked tire pressure and eeverything was good (checked manually) tried to reset, didn't even give me the option to reset. Got car diagnosed turns out from what they told me that rodents chewed the wiring for my transmitter or something dealing with myTPM will update with name. Wtf right?
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Alarbus Private First Class 22 Rep 128 Posts Drives: '15 F30 & '19 F36 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Philly iTrader: (1)	On my 06, I had mouse damage to the fuel evap line, and the associated wiring. The dealer suggested I see about getting it covered under comprehensive, which I did. It was pretty funny when the young woman from corporate called about the "moose damage to my car"! No, mouse damage. Moose damage is something else! A tin cat is also a good option if you don't want a real cat: http://www.amazon.com/Victor-Humane-.../dp/B00004RAMU You bait it once, and the mice the get trapped serve as a continual bait source. I usually scraped it out twice a year or so. It'll get pretty gross, but it works! Also, it says humane, but you totally just use it as I described if you don't want to be freeing mice. Much easier.
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Tom K. Major General 124 Rep 5,627 Posts Drives: '07 328iT, '13 Boxster Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maryland iTrader: (0)	Thanks to owls & foxes, there aren't too many mice in my area but I had chipmunks chew up the wiring to the outside temp sensor on my E46. Since the car thought ambient was -40o, the A/C compressor wouldn't kick in - so I had to spring for the repair. Tom
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kfriceman Lieutenant 52 Rep 471 Posts Drives: 2009 335 xDrive E90 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Ferndale, WA iTrader: (1)	Yep.....Spent $700 last winter on rodent repairs to the evap line, a wiring harness and boost lines. -Kevin
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Efthreeoh General 17336 Rep 18,751 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	Rodent damage is why I always carry a $100 deductible on Comprehensive coverage. It is silly to have a $500 or $250 deductible. __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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Greyfox Colonel 1208 Rep 2,835 Posts Drives: 2007 328xi E91 - 330k+ (miles) Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: USA iTrader: (2)	Go to a zoo or animal store, ask if you can have or buy the skin that is shed from a snake. Just put it where ever you have mice.... fracking things will run over themselves trying to get out of the area. Use to do it when I was growing up on the farm with the grainery. Lay a couple black snake skins (or catch a black snake) and turn him loose and mice/rats go bye bye.
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Lshaw Lieutenant Colonel 251 Rep 1,869 Posts Drives: 09 335i 6mt Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: NYC/Pittsburgh iTrader: (21)	LOL in the winter in my old 07 335xi, something was living in my engine bay. Insulation was chewed up and torn. __________________ 07 335xi (2007-2010) 08 Legacy Spec B (08-) 09 335i (2010-) 15 X5 xdrive 35i (2015-) 17 Forester XT (2016-)
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