Exposed Cabling under new transit issues

[Thorpey22]

I had to return my new Ford transit 74 plate to Hendy Ford today as an engine warning light had come on it needed to go in anyway as had a couple of recalls ! Shortly after I was called to say I had rodent damage to my wiring ? Really so I asked to be sent a picture so I could see it ! It didn’t look like rodent damage to me more like it’s got caught on something!
I was even more surprised when they said it was going to take three hours to repair and cost £486 ? So I called an auto electrician who is extremely good and showed him the photo he also didn’t think it was Rodent damage and said it’s an hours work £ 85 plus vat but he didn’t have the Ford software to reset it so had to bite the bullet and paid Hendy Ford the money , I asked for a picture of the finished job so I could check it was done and what I could do going forward to stop this happening again , omg basically they wrapped the exposed wires in duck tape couldn’t b re live it they said it anti rodent ?
But then when I kick off a bit they said I was the third person that day with the same problem????? Omg if you look at the position of the cable you can see why and if this is so common what is Ford doing about it and how many other vans are having the same problem????

[metalworker0]

the picture looks like the job that needs doing, not a job that's been done.

all the best.mark

[knobby1]

Certainly looks like common rodent damage...lots of people have suffered from it. It's not just isolated to Transits either...Several years ago our next door neighbor had his $150k Mercedes disabled by rodents...cost him a fortune to get sorted....he found a couple of dead mice in his engine bay trapped under a heat shield.

Lord Knobrot

[MinorMatt]

There is an anti rodent "insulation" tape. Its about £25 a roll (or £50 if you buy from Honda who came up with it). Its grey and has pictures of a rodent with an X across the eyes on it.

Its not poisoned - but is full of capsaicin and tastes spicy (I tried it ). I put it on the places rats were getting in to my camper and it seems to have worked

Its a common issues across many manufacturers. Modern wiring insulation is soy based in an attempt to go green - and appears much more attractive to the hairy little critters.

[metalworker0]

i say rub it with rheumatism cream . "deep heat" ,.."fiery jack" etc... rats or mice will not touch it .

all the best.mark