Car been sitting for a while since you no longer need to commute? You might want to check to make sure rats haven’t moved in.
Caity Weaver at the New York Times says there are anecdotal reports of nests being built in the engines of pandemic-abandoned vehicles.
If rodents get in there, they could chew through the wiring, or just leave droppings everywhere.
The best preventative advice, according to Fordham University rat scholar Dr. Michael H. Parsons, is to avoid parking over sewers and drainage catch basins, as well as starting and moving the car every once in a while.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/style/rats-car-engines.html
