MARSHALLMAY

So the other morning on the way to work I was getting a propane smell from the air vents. I was kinda worried. After work I fired up the truck, turned on the a/c and the dash started shaking like an off-balance washing machine. Turns out...



Now how in the hell this happened, I will probably never know since one, this mouse is dead and two, even if it was alive, mice can't talk. All I know is this little hairball stank to high heaven. I hope it didn't chew on anything under that dash before it fell into the squirrel cage. And no telling how long it was dead before it started stinking. Looks pregnant too...

j-man

ahhhhh, dammmm

MTL_4runner

That is nasty.

I'd like to know how the rodents are making their way inside since I've seen this happen to a few people already.

nick-m

Wow, a dead squirrel in your vents.

xsvtoyz

I wonder how long it did this?

blarchitect

I'm forever finding frogs and lizzards in my trunk!

fork

how the hell did that happen. lol

xcmountain80

You are going to eat it aren't you? Shame o let it go to waste.

Aaron

da_bigg_wigg

hah, that happened to gregbreakseverything (i dunno if hes on the forum too much anymore...) you are lucky though, at least the mouse is in one piece, unlike his was... apparently when you really crank the heat you can still sorta smell it...

xcmountain80

I would seriously stick that thing in the dishwasher and run it through a couple of cycles.

Aaron

aviator

I guess you'd call that one of those powered exercise wheels right?
Poor little thing probably just could'nt keep up...
I'm reminded of the cartoon cats tom and sylvester falling down on the treadmill and getting spun around and around... haha
I know it's not funny but the image of it could make you laugh...
as for how the mouse got in there are a number of ways... did you ever park with your window/sunroof open? if so the mouse could have got in and crawled in the vent through the cabin recirc vent by the pax front floor or in through a dash vent. Or it may have hitched a ride in a box of ? you carried in the back.
to get rid of the stink there are a number of products you can try... make sure to wash the fan wheel in a hot water solution with a little bleach to sterilize it and get the vents vacuumed out and steam cleaned if you can...
remember rodent feces can carry Hanta virus and a few others as well all of them nasty and all airborne in the "fecal dust" Nothing to be really hypochondriac about unless you have a weakened immune system or are sensitve to those viruses...
You can use it as a good excuse to justify to the wife why you need to get that expensive "california movie star" detailing job done...

Squiddy

That ain't no mouse that's a RAT...note the tail

aviator

You might be right squiddy, warnings about the diseases still apply...

mt_goat

Puuuuuu. I think it helps keep them out if you keep your fresh air vent closed while parked. I'm surprised there isn't any nesting material

osker fenix

haha thats soo funny, the same thing happened to my friend except he waited a little longer than you did..... he found remains in his

brtnjackassbordr

i had the same thing happen all of the sudden outta nowhere also in my 1997 tacoma....smells awfull like somone threw up and makes a racket but idk how it happens seens how i drove the truck everyday

Spence1016

he probably got real dizzy

Spence1016

wouldve scared the s**t out of me when i dropped the fan down

98runner210

should be nice and tenderized