Oddly enough, this just popped up: Mouse Mouth Melter.
Oddly enough, this just popped up: Mouse Mouth Melter.
dculberson (Forum Supporter) said:Mazdax605 said:I would like to do this, but I don't know where the opening is.
Check it out.
Thank you for the video. I'm not sure if I like the zip screw idea, but that's just because I worry about some sort important thing being behind there, and the possibility of adding a place to rust by drilling holes in the painted steel.
In reply to Mazdax605 :
Sorry, I am guilty of not reading your original post all the way. Mice in a daily driver is a scary situation, since they can cause so much hidden damage (and freak out the passengers.). Some good suggestions have been made here and on the previous threads, and I would be inclined to hit the little varmints every way possible. Seems like what keeps away one person's pests doesn't work as well for the next guy.
Next up:
How to remove mouse smell (dead, pee, whatever) from the interior of a car.
Brett_Murphy (Forum Patrón) said:Next up:
How to remove mouse smell (dead, pee, whatever) from the interior of a car.
In reply to Mazdax605 :
No I don't like the zip screws either. I just thought it was helpful to see the intakes and to hear that other people have had the same problem.
Are you sure it's mice? Acorns sound more like squirrels to me.
Turboeric said:Are you sure it's mice? Acorns sound more like squirrels to me.
It was definitely a mouse.
Bought some expanded metal today and both zip screws and liquid nails adhesive. Not sure what I want to use. Question is do I wait until I'm sure the mouse is gone, or cover the air intake ports with the expanded metal now? Also do you think expanded metal is small enough to keep a mouse out?
Do you guys think this will work?
Should do the trick. I used 1/4" hardware cloth in my Fit and my Tundra, and no critters since then. Your "mesh" size should be fine.
Turboeric said:Should do the trick. I used 1/4" hardware cloth in my Fit and my Tundra, and no critters since then. Your "mesh" size should be fine.
I'm probably going to be back in here soon to do the spark plug replacement. If the mesh is too small I can add some to it.
Hey guys,
Yesterday afternoon I decided that I was going to rotate the tires on my wife's 2019 RAV4. It has just about 5k miles and while it has Toyota Care for 2 years due to Covid-19 the dealer was reluctant to do the service. Not a huge deal because the 5k mile service is kinda lame with the only real meaningful part being the tire rotation. So into the glove box I go to look at the owner manual to see if the tire rotation is an X-pattern, or just front to back. I then decided that I'm going to have them do it because I don't want to be bothered with the TPMS relearn procedure.
While in the glove box I decided to pull it down to reveal the cabin air filter. I pulled it out, and sure enough there was some chewed on acorns, and debris showing we had a mouse in there. My friend that I used to work with had his daughters 2017(I think) RAV4 totaled due to mice infestation, and when she got her new 2019 they had the dealer add some sort of coverings like I had done to my Sienna last week to keep them out. I'm thinking we need to do the same thing. He's not sure what they used, and she lives a few hours away, so getting pictures of it are difficult right now.
Now this RAV4 is a lease, and we have roughly 2.5 years left on it. Not sure if we're going to keep it after the lease, but probably. I'd like to take care of this mouse problem, but I don't know what I should do about it. I could go the route I took with the Sienna, but that was sorta drastic, but I really didn't mind because it is a 14 year old van with nearly 200k on the clock. It doesn't owe us anything at this point.
I called the local dealer(not the selling dealer) and inquired about making the car mouse resistant. The service writer said they've never done it, but were aware of mouse problems in a few of their models. The service guy said that if I supplied some hardware cloth they could install it. He mentioned this without prompting by me, so I feel he's being cagy about them never doing such a thing to a car there before. Do I pay them to take care of it? I attempted to remove the air intake cowl yesterday, but the piece wouldn't come off of the base of the windshield. It feels like it's glued, but I don't know if I was just being a wimp, and not wanting to break the new car. I don't mind doing it myself, but I don't know how it comes apart, and YouTube search was fruitless.
What would you guys do?
Mazdax605 said:Turboeric said:Are you sure it's mice? Acorns sound more like squirrels to me.
It was definitely a mouse.
ohhh I thought it was a MOOSE !
Any feedback as to what I should do with my wife's 6 month old RAV4? Anyone know how the cowl comes off on a 2019 RAV4?
Peppermint extract. Drip it around the foundation of the place you dont want mice, or on cotton balls and place them around the foundation seems to work even better. I put it in the air fliter too. It smells like xmas,evidently mice hate xmas cause they berkley right off.
Mazdax605 said:Anyone know how the cowl comes off on a 2019 RAV4?
One bolt at a time I'm guessing. I haven't had to take ours apart, but hearing your story and knowing it's been an issue for us before, I might need to have a go at it. You might gain some insight by looking at the parts diagrams that are typically on the various online parts selling websites.
Been having the same problem with acorns appearing, car is parked under an oak tree and assuming chipmunks.
westsidetalon said:
I'm betting you have mice too.
RX8driver said:Mazdax605 said:Anyone know how the cowl comes off on a 2019 RAV4?
One bolt at a time I'm guessing. I haven't had to take ours apart, but hearing your story and knowing it's been an issue for us before, I might need to have a go at it. You might gain some insight by looking at the parts diagrams that are typically on the various online parts selling websites.
I had it to the point that it should be coming off, but it was still stuck at the base of the windshield, I feel like it was just wedged on there, but I didn't want to force it, and break something on my wife's new car.
After finding the acorns in the cabin air filter on my wife's 19 Rav4 over the weekend I tried removing the cowl to put some guards over the air intake like I did on the Sienna. Couldn't figure it out, but tried this hair brained idea.
Just checked it. Look what I found.
Gotta figure out how to keep them out.
What did you use for bait in the trap ?
I hate to kill things unnecessarily but the reality is sometimes their dumb asses die in there anyway, so i wouldn't feel too bad in this case.
At this point im preemptively removing pretty much all hood insulation pads just so i dont have to clean them up later. I already leave all the hoods up on all the cars that are outside the 'housecat radius' just so rodents don't take up residence. Unfortunately I can't really count on the dogs for help because one time i left my old Dodge Magnum in their yard with the hood up and they just ended up jumping up under the hood and chewing up a bunch of the wiring themselves trying to get their little shiny happy person faces down where the rodents were hiding. They did more damage than the rats. They also use the cars as jumping off points to clear the fence. Dogs are right out!! We posted a youtube video recently of some wiring repair we just did on our old S10 due to rodents.
californiamilleghia said:What did you use for bait in the trap ?
Surprisingly nothing, just set it in there on a whim.
Good catch and good riddance to the nasty critter, rinse , repeat often until they're all gone.
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