DID A RAT DESTROY MY $105K F450 PLATINUM???

[@Martin_from_SC]

Come on, did a rat destroy your truck? I like your videos, but thats clickbait title.

[@BTBRVReviews]

It's meant to make people curious.

[@theheartoftexas]

@@Martin_from_SC I’m currently dealing with this situation. I don’t know how extensive the damage is. I know my battery cable is partially eaten, and my fan and one turn signal are completely dead, but I don’t know what else.

[@grannygoes]

Not if Norway rats are involved. Happens all the time in Texas.

[@691plow]

As someone who enjoys different types of content on KZbin I definitely enjoy the fact you take the time to have great audio in your videos making it easier to understand what you’re talking about,thank you

[@jerryknorr679]

Lucky that you have that type of system in your truck, safed u a big headache. Thanks for sharing

[@interpim1]

My wife and I have 2 of the same model vehicle 2022 Hybrid cars. I had a rodent chew through the front collision sensor wiring in both vehicles, 1 week apart. Each repair cost our insurance $9,000 each minus the $500 deductible for each instance. I purchased rodent tape from Honda, and haven't had any issues since. (knock on wood)

[@Alfonzo0887]

".....And dealt with!" 😂😂😂 that truck is too nice to be having critters and rodents! It had to be done! 😂

[@iglapsu88]

Nice work. Good lesson for those living in areas where rodents can be a big problem for vehicle. They sure do love electronics and food. Glad you dealt with it in quick order.

[@ryanpeters795]

A ground hog chewed EVERY harness on my dad's Denali dually over the course of a week. He made a home on top of the transmission. We had to put it on the flatbed right our of our finished pole building. It took hours to figure out how to get it on the tow truck due to the electronic parking break (and no one had the release tool). We ended up using 2 floor jacks to lift the rear axel and skidded it on those onto the bed, then met the driver at the shop with the jacks to get it off. It took months to get all the new harnesses. The perks of extruding wires with economy friendly oils. It's like candy for the rodents. His truck was outside for 4 hours only because I was doing a brake job. Literally the only reason the sucker got in there.

[@bishopgeorge1333]

Ahhhh man, I hate rodents with a passion but thankfully you was able to find it and take care of it quickly.

[@misterrc51]

Rat’s does a lot of damage to your engine wire harness, replace bunch of them in the dealership, sometimes they just damage only some wires and then it’s easier to repair.

[@mcmillan1963]

We got baited😅. Field mice here in the midwest are a problem for sure. But worse are the chipmunks and the red piney squirrels. They aren't looking for food necessarily, they like chewing plastic and wires for oral maintenance. These Bastards cause $1,000's of in damages. Poison bait bars,traps and hunting skills are a must to combat these issues.

[@mattsmith3305]

Years ago, I had a small mouse crawl its way into my heating ventilation ducting on my brand-new Chevy S10 Blazer SUV. Eventually the rodent died inside the vehicle, and every time I turned on the heater, I was overwhelmed by dead animal odor. The dealer removed the dead mouse, but it wasn't covered under warranty.

[@cvo.j7893]

I live on a south texas ranch and i find my self battling rodents often

[@deltabravo1257]

I place pouches of FRESH CAB under the hood of my truck now.

[@ptcclatlptcclatl1683]

I’m glad to see your truck is as dirty as mine.

[@FulltimingBrinkley3950]

I checked the cowl area on my 2024 F-450 Limited where you think that nasty rodent got in, and I have a piece of plastic that covers that area and there’s no hole. You might want to check with a parts department and see if you’re missing that piece.

[@BTBRVReviews]

I looked at 2 other new Super Duties and both had the exact same opening where mine is.

[@bboyda4399]

Still unsure how it got past the air filter, if it is supposed to filter out dust shouldn't it filter out rats? Sorry, I must be missing something.

[@BTBRVReviews]

The filter is very flexible and can easily be squeezed by

[@blackout7615]

$105,000! No wonder my car insurance costs so much. It's ok. My kids didn't want any Christmas presents this year.

[@gcslade]

While camping, rodents got into my 3500 HD Duramax front bumper and ate the wiring harness connection to the front bumper sonar sensors. I noticed it immediately was able to find and fix it quickly. However, for over 9 months after that camping trip, I was getting a very intermittent fuel rail pressure errors and throwing codes and never thought it was related to rodents. After the dealership replaced almost everything from Fuel FIlter to fuel pump, sensors and fuel rails under warranty, it still kept throwing fuel system related codes. Finally, they decided to replace the main wiring harness and sure enough, they found the main engine wiring harness had one area that looked like it was chewed on and was the reason for all the intermittent issues. The most frustrating nine months ever on a new truck. In looking into this further, all new vehicles wire insulation smells like food to rodents ever since the EPA forced nontoxic wiring insulation that uses corn starch as an ingredient. I have double wrapped all my wire harness loom to connector openings, sprayed peppermint oil inside and around undercarriage and installed electronic light and rodent repellent noise devices inside engine compartment and under the truck. so far, so good.

[@deltabravo1257]

I've heard and read that the wiring loom is sometimes made from a soy based product, which is like "food" to a rodent.

[@texillini1]

Those deterrent pouches may help deter as well.

[@shutupstoopid4518]

That's why I stick with xlt trim level, no self respecting rat would be caught dead in a lower trim level....Merry Christmas

[@risusrules]

Had similar issue with my 1 ton dually. Service manager said that modern vehicles went with a seed or corn based oil coating on wires vs a conventional petroleum based oil wire covering, that rodents apparently love. When I asked why in the world they would ever do that, he only shrugged and said we apparently needed to save the planet.

[@crystaldickerson5136]

@@risusrules yep! Had one chew through the vents in my dash up under my windshield. The dealership told me the same thing. Luckily, they didn’t destroy any wiring.

[@Lovinglivinghowardstyle]

Not sure why but Ford Motor Co uses soy oil in their harnesses. All vehicles are subject to them but as a independent repair shop in a very rural area, we repair 20 to 1 ratio Ford compared with all other companies. Just completed a 8hr and lots of connector replacements on a moderately new Ford suv

[@philsalsbery9994]

Sorry you've been dealing with rats, JD, first in your 5th wheel, now in your new high $$$ truck. Our neighbor had one get into their Honda EV in their garage. It nested up in the dash behind the glove box and chewed up the wiring badly, then died in there. It had to be removed in pieces, awfully disgusting. Insurance covered it! Hopefully with your perseverance, you'll have no further problems. We've had them in our yard here in California, but a bit of peanut butter and a couple pieces of dog kibble on a snap trap, and I get them every time, which thankfully is not often.

[@BTBRVReviews]

Thank you my friend

[@karenr67]

Those little buggers can do some damage. They got in our stored camper. I had to remove everything in camper and sanitize everywhere. It had a bad smell.

[@kountrygaming323]

Had some kind of rodent chew some wires under my F150 only for me to discover this when it shorted and fried my whole system.. learned after that the wires have peanut oil in them…

[@JT-1969]

Hi JD. Ford vehicles are the worst for mice, rats, squirrels etc chewing the wiring. I live in Indiana, had two neighbors that squirrels got into the engine bay of their vehicles that sit outside, chewed up the wiring so bad they had to be towed to the mechanic to get repaired. Mechanic said the wiring Ford uses has something in it that the rodents like and will go after time and time again. Better get some rodent control to prevent future problems.

[@hochhaul]

Probably the same "sustainable" wire insulation Toyota used. Rodents love the stuff.

[@dbsmithy]

After doing your preventative maintenance, have you set up and baited new traps?

[@BTBRVReviews]

I have, but I've also not had any sensors trigger for interior movement

[@misterrc51]

@@BTBRVReviewsJD keep an eye on your steel wool, make sure they don’t rust.

[@BTBRVReviews]

It's stainless steel

[@misterrc51]

@@BTBRVReviews I know, I seen them at work sitting on the floor wet and have rust on them, stainless steel is rest resistant but not rust proof.👍

[@craigwilliams1073]

That's Crazy!!!!

[@scottmulrooney8483]

All that probing, did you at least buy your truck flowers?!?

[@406crusader4]

That truck is a piece of 😂

[@BTBRVReviews]

Piece of "smiley face?"

[@meehere7414]

When a 94 chevy 3500 dually 6.5 turbo diesel all mechanical is priceless just saying

[@stansbornak8116]

Why did you pay over 100K for a truck?

[@RamblinRoadies]

You haven't priced new trucks?

[@charlesklaus6290]

It's an F450 Platinum. Go price one yourself.

[@lb7wade518]

They should have stopped using the soy based wire!! That is a liability on Fords part! They are aware of the issue

[@boblash7489]

where do you put your trash,,,,,i ave never had a rodent problem cause i burn my trash daily,,,,that is what attracts rodents to your property in the first place,,,,,my truck sits outside and never a problem and i live near lots of trees and woods,,,same with my house i burn trash daily,,,,,never pu trash in trashcans

[@UraniumFever88]

new wiring harnesses are made of vegetable oil. modern junk

[@chrisreynolds7482]

Seems like you are having some rodent issues on your property. 🤪

[@BTBRVReviews]

More people than you think are.

[@chrisreynolds7482]

@ oh yeah. We had a heck of an issue a few years ago where our camper was taken over by squirrels. It wasn’t fun so I certainly empathize with you. (And them)

[@3500Vpr5]

I have a Chevy 3500 we don't have those problems. That's a Ford issue.😅

[@williamhellmuth6859]

Oh really My son has a brand new 3500 Chevy . The rsts or mice have chewed the hood insulation over the turbo and the wiring below it . Not just a Ford problem bucko.

[@BTBRVReviews]

Not what folks with Chevy's in the comment section are saying

[@kennethclarke4748]

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