CSK 911 C4S

Came across the Obsessed Garage video where his GT3 had 14K worth of mouse damage to his car and most recently on our forum an owner talking about their rear camera wiring being eaten.

Has there been more instances of mouse damage discussed on the forum?

I can just feel the GT3 owners disbelief when the tech was telling him what he had to do to repair the damage. Disassemble the entire car replace the harness and put everything back together. I was like what... what...... :O

Yard Dog

I don't know about Porsche, but Toyota and some other car manufacturers have switched to soy based electrical coverings that are supposedly more environmentally friendly, but in any event cheaper. They have the unfortunate drawback that rodents like to eat them.

ieatfishburritos

A hot topic for me, more to come.

SaGa1113

This happened to me recently.

Got a notification on my dash to check my right rear taillight. The reverse light wasn't working nor the turn signal. Light still illuminated, however.

Brought it to Porsche for service. They initially just replaced the whole taillight and gave the car back to me. I throw the signal on and also reverse and STILL got the error notification! Clearly they didn't fix it or double check their work!

They took it back into the shop and later determined that a mouse had gnawed on the wiring harness! What was initially covered by my warranty suddenly wasn't! Ended up being a ~$400 repair to splice some wires. What really irks me though is how they Porsche tech didn't see the damage to the wiring initially and thought throwing in a new headlight would solve the problem. I didn't mention this earlier but my taillights are tinted. So their initial solution left me with mismatched taillights!

I think I should vent this in another thread lol. Sorry for the temporary hijack OP!

CSK 911 C4S

Well bummer.

I haven't seen any mice or their droppings in my house but after seeing and reading stories of damage I might as well place some d-CON pellets on both sides of the garage door.

R_Rated

I hate having a cat in the family... but I guess I just found the silver lining.

titanflyer

We have an RV that sits out under a cover during the winter. Somehow a mouse (or a family of them) decided that the roof AC unit at the front of the RV was a nice warm condo for the winter, and they didnt just chew the wiring, they chewed all of the plastics in there.. 2000 bucks for a new one. Man I hate mice...

Duke I

Watched Matt's video and immediately went out to the garage and set 4 traps around my car!

mtony

Isn't that the guy who used to make videos of detailing his 911? Then he traded it because of the stumble issue? ****ty luck!

bittrl1000

Hilarious. I did the exact same thing.

STG

Yes. That's Matt. Had a white 991.1 C2S in the past.

Needsdecaf

Yes that's him. Great YouTube channel if you like your videos on the longer side.

On this topic, thank goodness rodents don't seem to be a problem where I am. Must mean that the snakes are alive and thriving.

Porsche_nuts

Apparently, the mice got into his truck too, I mean INSIDE truck cabin and chewed up some of the plastic around the seat belts. He is going to buy a couple of cats and fill his driveway with Irish Spring. LOL.

Quadry

I have 3 traps set in my shop and the electronic noise maker (which I think is worthless).

I catch one every month or so. Just buy the new plastic ones, use peanut butter and place along walls. Hopefully it gets them before they try to live in the car.

kayjh

Due to the mild fall we had mice in our house (but not the heated garage). We live close to a 400 acre park so they are always around, but never had a problem unit this year. Hardware store poison, traps, peanut butter, hot dog, salami, cheese - nothing worked.

Called a pest control company who set feeding stations (none were eaten) and then came back a second time with this red pellet for and within 2 weeks there was not activity.

When you have a garage that is open to the fields, hard to know what to do to get rid of them. A bubble is the only solution.