NHTSA Complaint #10811312 — 2014 TOYOTA TACOMA

RODENTS CAUSED OVER $3,000 IN DAMAGE BY CHEWING ON CABLES THAT ARE MADE FROM ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING (SOY, RICE HUSKS, WOOD, SUGAR, VANILLA, PEANUT OIL, AND STRAW; REFERENCES: WWW.SYNLUBE.COM/INCREDIBLEEDIBLECAR1.HTM ; WWW.GOOGLE.COM/?GWS_RD=SSL#Q=WHY+DO+RODENTS+EAT+CABLES+ON+CARS+MADE+IN+JAPAN ; GOOGLE: RODENT DAMAGE TOYOTA ). TOYOTA REFUSES TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGE. MY AUTO INSURANCE SAID IT MIGHT PAY (STILL WAITING TO FIND OUT) FOR THE DAMAGE, BUT THERE IS A $501 DEDUCTIBLE. TOYOTA IS THE WORST OFFENDER OF MAKING EDIBLE VEHICLES. IF I HAD KNOWN THIS IN ADVANCE, I WOULD RESEARCHED TO SEE WHICH VEHICLES HAVE EDIBLE CABLES. I WILL BE SELLING MY 2015 TACOMA ASAP AND FINDING ANOTHER PICK-UP ASAP THAT RODENTS WON'T EAT. MY BROTHER LIVES IN THE MOUNTAINS IN NEW MEXICO WHERE THERE ARE MANY VARMITS, AND THEY NEVER ATE THE WIRING ON HIS OLD CHEVY TAHOE, BUT RODENTS HAVE CHEWED ON THE WIRING OF MY TOYOTA TACOMA, AND MY MOTHER'S TOYOTA 4-RUNNER, AND A FRIENDS NISSAN MARANO. THE PROOF OF TASTY CABLES ATTRACTING RODENTS IS OVERWHELMING. MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH, AND THE TRAC OFF LIGHT APPEARED. I TOOK IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY (IN LEWISVILLE, TX) THE NEXT MORNING AT 8:50AM. NUMEROUS CABLES WERE DAMAGED AND MANY PARTS HAD TO BE REMOVED TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE. THE PROBLEM IS, IF THEY REPLACE IT WITH MORE TASTY CABLES, THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY ON THE DRIVEWAY BY THE GARAGE. THERE IS ALREADY A CAR IN THE GARAGE AND SOME TOOLS, AND MY PICK-UP IS TOO LARGE FOR THE GARAGE.