I've read different posts about animals eating and damaging wiring on Sprinters. We have a bunch of squirrels in our trees and always have had since purchasing our house in 1976. We have owned many full size Dodge vans, a minivan, many various make passenger cars, and a step van over the years. This is our first diesel. I've never had any problems with squirrels getting into any of my vehicles that I know of. Up to this point I figured the Sprinters that were damaged were probably RV types that sit quite a bit.
Today as I went out my back door I saw a gray flash as one of the rats with bushy tail launched himself from the right front wheel well and scrambled up a nearby tree. I've never seen one run out from any other vehicle before this. Our Sprinter is driven most every day. This happened about noontime. It was last used 16 hours ago and sat overnight, so I believe the engine was stone cold. Does anyone have any idea why they seem to like Sprinters? I looked under the hood and everything seems OK as of now. Is there a common wire harness they seem to enjoy? I'd appreciate people listing where they have had damage so I can refine my inspections and protection if there's a particular favorite place. Maybe this will help others also. Thanks in advance. vic
Today as I went out my back door I saw a gray flash as one of the rats with bushy tail launched himself from the right front wheel well and scrambled up a nearby tree. I've never seen one run out from any other vehicle before this. Our Sprinter is driven most every day. This happened about noontime. It was last used 16 hours ago and sat overnight, so I believe the engine was stone cold. Does anyone have any idea why they seem to like Sprinters? I looked under the hood and everything seems OK as of now. Is there a common wire harness they seem to enjoy? I'd appreciate people listing where they have had damage so I can refine my inspections and protection if there's a particular favorite place. Maybe this will help others also. Thanks in advance. vic