NHTSA Complaint #11316574 — 2017 FORD ESCAPE

MY CAR HAS HAD AN ISSUE TWICE INVOLVING SQUIRRELS/RODENTS CHEWING THROUGH WIRES AND HAS COST QUITE A BIT OF MONEY. EVEN WHEN THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY THE DEALER STATED THIS ISSUE IS NOT COVERED. I HAVE SEEN MANY INSTANCES OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHERS ON THE INTERNET AND THE DEALER ALSO SAYS IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING QUITE OFTEN. I HAVE READ THAT THE WIRING COVERING HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM PETROLEUM BASED TO SOY BASED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS AND RODENTS LOVE TO EAT THE SOY BASED WIRING. MY FAMILY HAS HAD MANY CARS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY OVER THE YEARS AND THIS BEING THE NEWEST CAR IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. I WOULD THINK THAT CAR MANUFACTURERS BEING AWARE OF THIS ISSUE WOULD HAVE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION BY NOW SUCH AS SPRAYING THE WIRES WITH SOMETHING THAT TASTES BAD TO THE RODENTS OR COMING UP WITH ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SOLUTION TO AVOID THIS ISSUE AND EXPENSE TO THE CONSUMER.