Rodent Damage

[msaunders9430]

why are we accusing the op of leaving food in his car?

Probably because people sometimes can for whatever reason interpret a suggestion as an accusation.

Fortunately the OP didn't.

 

[Chrry]

Here is my story. A couple of weeks ago, I drove to work and parked my Lucid AT, and all was good. At the end of the day, I got in the car and got the driver system fault screen, and the vehicle was not driveable. Had to get it towed to the Lucid service center. After a day or so of trying to figure out what was wrong, they thought it was a faulty accelerator pedal. After replacing that part, it did not solve the problem, and they had to go digging. It turns out that some of the wires were damaged by what they feel is some rodent (see photos). They concluded that after they saw the "insulation" disturbed. I have never had such an issue with any car I have ever had. I never knew this was a thing until this happened (now I hear it is very common). The unfortunate thing is that the small section of wire that was damaged has resulted in the whole harness needing to be replaced. This has required that a lot of the car be disassembled to get this done, including removing the battery pack. The job is almost complete, and apparently, it should be ready this coming week. I sure hope it drives the same way and has no issues. Unfortunately, none of this is covered under warranty, which I guess is understandable. I have decided not to go through insurance as I have a high deductable, and I am worried about what this means later on with insurance, etc.. I have been quoted at least 10K to fix as this is very labor intensive. There is some access from the wheel well that can get directly into this area, and I am sure they were able to find some tasty items to nibble on. I have been a massive advocate of this vehicle and will continue to be (hopefully), but I now have vast concerns about this happening again. I would love it if Lucid could help with some of the costs associated with this, as I feel that such an expensive car could have some way to isolate access to these areas. I don't know what to say or what I can do, but I would appreciate any advice anybody could have on what I can do to prevent this in the future or if they feel manufacturers could be doing a better job of preventing this. I know that this can happen to any vehicle, including high-end ones. What is everybody's thoughts?

My neighbor had a Toyota forever. She decided to trade it in and get a Mercedes… but the rats liked it too. She had to get all of the wires replaced and it took weeks. We’ve heard that if you put a fabric softener sheet somewhere (?) in your engine, they won’t go there.
Not sure what’s wrong this time but she’s had a loaner for another 2 weeks. Maybe I’ll just have to convince her to switch to the Luci side!!!!

 

[lucid eye]

So I got my car back yesterday and I just wanted to thank the service team for doing an amazing job getting my repair done. It took a lot of labor to replace the harness that got damaged and they were very helpful, understanding, and I was concerned that I would be having issues after but everything is working great. They even had a senior tech come up from Arizona to Toronto and he spent a week working on my car. To be honest, I was very concerned when I saw everything taken apart but all works great. I resorted to driving my old Model S for two weeks that I forgot how amazing the Lucid drive is in comparison.

Thank you everyone for all the advice. Now to make sure this does not happen again.

 

[Cosmo Cruz]

Rodent damage is common. I know a guy in Nude Hampster who parked his one-of-seven made Volvo v70R 6-speed manual in Sonic Blue with Atacama leather. Thank goodness his garage was detached from the house:

I've had three cars eaten by mice: V70R, SL600, and E63s. Best bait for mice is wiring from a Mercedes.

Here is some of one intake duct from the E63s. The air ducts are a favorite point of entry. They had made a nest of the air filter media. I started setting snap traps in the garage. I caught 23 mice the first month...all in the garage. There is no food, other than the wiring on the Mercedes. These are white-footed mice...common to our area, as are deer ticks and white-tailed deer = the perfect storm of Lyme disease

So if you have rodents eating wiring in your area, don't park the cars near the house.