Animal storing food in my car?

Yes - DH runs into this sometimes. He restores old cars and he will find nuts, nests, etc under the hood. Most of the time, they have ate through the wiring so be glad that hasn't happened yet!

We had some sort of animal storing food in our van. It all started with a strange noise while driving, coming from behind the radio/heat control area. The noise got so bad we took it in to see what was up and they took pictures of a nest/nuts/nut shells in the fan area behind all the electronic stuff. Unfortunately, the noise didn't go away even after cleaning it out, but there was definitely an animal taking up shelter in our van. I later read that Toyotas use some sort of wire casing that is appetizing to critters, and this was a common problem. We no longer have that van.

We know a college student who didnt drive his car too often. He went to Meijer, came out after shopping, and realized that his car was on fire in the lot. The fire was caused by a squirrel nest under the hood

Was it Tande who ended up with the mouse mobile? Yes small animals will take up residence in your car! Cats climb up on warm engines in very cold weather too.

Oh yea!! very common! Happens all the time up here. Mice like to make nests and store things under the hood, esp when it's still warm. We had outside cats, and the mice were carrying the left over cat food and storing it under the hood. Other people have had nuts, twigs, etc. They also like to make a nest of your air filter. I guess dryer sheets under the hood and glove compartments are suppose to deter them.

My neighbor was driving her minivan when the check engine light came on. Made it to the mechanic. Guy pops the hood and a squirrel jumps out! Had chewed through some wires too.

Makes me want to peek under my hood tomorrow!

The mice used to build nests in my car when we lived in the country. We had to keep mouse traps in it. We still do now that we are in town cause where we park our cars is an area of mice and other critters.

Ugh. A few months ago we literally were driving a car to drop off for a trade-in we were doing and it was handling funky. Pulled over, and found something had nested, chewed up a bunch of stuff, and even chewed through some of the wiring. Effers.

We had to fix it before we took it in, because we’d already done the deal and signed the papers.