Every fall, mice move into parked cars for warmth and shelter, then nest and chew. Protect the wiring they can reach, deter them where they get in, and don't forget vehicles in storage.
Capsaicin tape on exposed harnesses, hoses and fuel lines. It's the same Japanese-made tape Honda sells as part 4019-2317.
Chewed wiring can short, and the faults it causes tend to come and go, which makes them slow and expensive to trace.
Capsaicin, the compound that makes chilli peppers hot, is built into the tape's backing. A rodent that bites a wrapped harness gets a mouthful of heat instead of a meal.
We repair rodent-damaged wiring at our Markham shop, and wrap the repair in capsaicin tape while it's apart.
