I assume you mean in your car, where do you park the car?

Do you live in a area that is prone to this issue?

 

We live in a rural area, but the EV6 is garage kept. Mice can be a problem but are controlled with traps. My concern is the possibility that they might chew some wiring! I had assumed that the car would have been sealed up pretty well....guess not!

 

where in the car did you find the mice?

 

Catching them with traps in the front floor both sides. There is evidence that they may be in the a/c ducts ! Wonder if I might freeze them out?

 

A way bigger problem for all cars and their wiring is SQUIRRELS ......they can do horrendous damage! Mice tend to nest and simply make a mess.

 

We live in a rural area.
We have mice.
My wife bought a bag of peanuts for the birds.
The hood of the VW-EGolf has a mouse sized hole....

We are planning on selling the E-Golf but I will have to explain to the buyers why peanuts sometimes fall out of the car. The got most of a 10# bag into the hood and I have been vacuuming it out for years.

 

We live in a rural area.
We have mice.
My wife bought a bag of peanuts for the birds.
The hood of the VW-EGolf has a mouse sized hole....

We are planning on selling the E-Golf but I will have to explain to the buyers why peanuts sometimes fall out of the car. The got most of a 10# bag into the hood and I have been vacuuming it out for years.

Adopt a cat, they are good at keeping them in check. Victor makes some very good electric traps, just put a little bit of peanut butter inside, they cannot resist it.

 

Had the same problem and was freaked out. No damage found but had to clean out all the droppings. Put two of the below in front engine compartment and they haven't been back. I change out every couple months and continually check for signs. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092RXDGJG?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

Pull and check your air filter…..
Mouse Magic will keep them out if you use enough of it. Just put it where ever you see mouse droppings.

Soy based plastics are part of the problem.

Second vote for the victor electronic traps. Remember that for every mouse you catch, there are probably 10 more. Check the traps often….

 

I do know in the UK that Fox like the taste of cables as they cover them in some protective coating that Foxes like the taste of, they have been know to chew through van and car cables.

The only issue is, on a EV if they chew through the wrong cables and animal it could be a major issue for the animal, the car and a possible fire hazard.

 

Get a cat or two, it will solve your problem

 

Get a cat, some dogs are good at catching mice too.

 

yup cats are great at keeping them away
as for dogs look up Bummer and Lazarus. Its a good gin as well

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bummer_and_Lazarus

 

I've had mice get into every car I've ever owned, both garaged and kept outside as well as every house I've owned. Found their nest and a collection of acorns in the frunk of the EV6 which is garaged. Traps, cats, dogs, rodent poison will all help and hold down the numbers so definitely try some of those but unless you are able to seal up all entrances there will be a constant invasion. Some roll up garage doors can be next to impossible to completely seal and they can get through very small openings. If you call an exterminator the first thing they will do is look for entrances. If the car is parked outside all you can do is keep checking traps in the car and put out rodenticide bait. Make sure no pets can get to the bait of course.

 

I've had mice in my garage for 40yrs, I don't think there's a way to completely eliminate them, but you can control them by giving them something to eat other than your vehicle, I used to use victor snap traps, but for the last few years I've used a couple bucket traps, the kind they walk up a board to a 5 gallon bucket and end up in the bucket where they can be disposed of, it traps anywhere from a couple a week to over a dozen lately.

 

More humane than glue traps, which quite a few states have legislation in the books that ban the use of such traps.

 

Master EV tech on duty

 

Night Patrol

 

A mouse can push/pull itself through 1/2 inch wire mesh (sometimes known as hardware cloth). I know because I watched one do it. I had mice invade my backyard composter, which was made of some kind of thick composite material - they just chewed right through it. So I decided to wrap the composter with 1/2 inch wire mesh - did a great job, nice and snug, no gaps. After a couple of days I saw mice in the composter again. Poking around to flush them out I saw one actually squeeze itself, head first, through the 1/2" mesh. I had to switch to a 1/4" mesh. So any holes as large as or larger than the 1/2" mesh is easy for a mouse to crawl through. That's a pretty small gap to have to find as a mouse entrance into the vehicle.

You might want to look into something like rodotrak.com which is a cardboard station with cotton and UV powder. Mice will get the cotton for nesting, at the same time getting coated with UV powder which leaves a trail that can be seen with a UV flashlight. The idea being the mice will create trails one can follow to their entry hole(s). I'm sure one can find just the UV powder and flashlight online, and come up with your own tracking station. Reducing the mouse population in the vicinity with simple, spring loaded mouse traps bated with a dab of peanut butter also helps.

Good luck with getting rid of the mouse problem.

 

Unless you have PPF on your vehicle I would not want a cat walking on any of the painted surfaces on my vehicle...just saying...

 

It's okay, he's a Kia-Pet

 

I guarantee that you have had a cat walking on your car at some time. You won't notice unless they have muddy paws.

 

Had a peacock on my car yesterday