Post by gotabekidding on Feb 20, 2017 23:33:33 GMT
Rats have been busy!!
Soy is being used as an ingredient fro the plastic that covers your wiring harness(es)
Unfortunately, it is like ringing a dinner bell for rats!!
"Some newer model cars use materials like soy that are more biodegradable than plastics.
It’s all part of an effort to make car parts more environmentally-friendly.
A Volvo service representative at a Volvo dealer in Michigan confirmed some instances of chewed wires, though they “mostly occurred in rural areas — not cities.”
Honda, Toyota and other automakers seem to be experiencing chewed up wires, too.
Friends of mine experienced a setback with their recently purchased 2014 Mazda 5.
One weekend, they parked at a campground in San Diego a few miles from the ocean.
During the Sunday return drive, the car got stuck in second gear and would run no faster than 30 miles per hour.
They had to get off the highway and take side streets home.
Service advisors at their dealership confirmed that chewed wires had caused the automatic transmission to lock into second gear.
The entire wiring harness had to be replaced.
Their newly-obtained Mazda had a 30-day warranty so the dealership agreed, “with great reluctance”, to cover the $1,200 in repairs.
Some Toyota and Honda owners say they have shelled out thousands of dollars to replace wiring.
In September, 2016, a class-action suit was filed against Toyota for vehicles produced between 2012 and 2016 that used soy-coated wiring.
Honda was also slapped with a class-action suit earlier in 2016 for vehicles produced between 2012 and 2015. The common denominator appears to be soy.
Alas, no green deed goes unpunished."
That is an excerpt from an article .
Just because you can - does not mean you should!!!
Soy is being used as an ingredient fro the plastic that covers your wiring harness(es)
Unfortunately, it is like ringing a dinner bell for rats!!
"Some newer model cars use materials like soy that are more biodegradable than plastics.
It’s all part of an effort to make car parts more environmentally-friendly.
A Volvo service representative at a Volvo dealer in Michigan confirmed some instances of chewed wires, though they “mostly occurred in rural areas — not cities.”
Honda, Toyota and other automakers seem to be experiencing chewed up wires, too.
Friends of mine experienced a setback with their recently purchased 2014 Mazda 5.
One weekend, they parked at a campground in San Diego a few miles from the ocean.
During the Sunday return drive, the car got stuck in second gear and would run no faster than 30 miles per hour.
They had to get off the highway and take side streets home.
Service advisors at their dealership confirmed that chewed wires had caused the automatic transmission to lock into second gear.
The entire wiring harness had to be replaced.
Their newly-obtained Mazda had a 30-day warranty so the dealership agreed, “with great reluctance”, to cover the $1,200 in repairs.
Some Toyota and Honda owners say they have shelled out thousands of dollars to replace wiring.
In September, 2016, a class-action suit was filed against Toyota for vehicles produced between 2012 and 2016 that used soy-coated wiring.
Honda was also slapped with a class-action suit earlier in 2016 for vehicles produced between 2012 and 2015. The common denominator appears to be soy.
Alas, no green deed goes unpunished."
That is an excerpt from an article .
Just because you can - does not mean you should!!!
