rodent damage

As the title says - foxes have eaten my wiring again only 5 months since last time. I mean this time they were kind enough to munch my oil sensor on bottom of engine, rather than the NOX sensor again - so we're not running out of cable to splice. Wahoo. This is a serious post to see peoples...

So had roadside assistance out today as the van was in limp mode and Christmas tree on the dash. Turns out a fox / rat / whatever chewed through my NOX wiring and some other bits. Had a search on the forum but couldn't find anything from experience to see what methods have worked to prevent...

Hi all, my friend's 2015 T5 4wd 1.9 Transporter, which started showing warning lights on the dash - engine management light flashing, DPF sooting up and Cat I believe. He took it in to a dealer who said the cables had been chewed (by the foxes he foolishly feeds every night!). The damaged cables...

Crap!!!!! Found some shredded paper in my van 2 days ago. Then when I looked closer, mouse droppings! I have a fully converted camper van, seats, wardrobe cooker etc. The more I looked behind drawers the more I found droppings. Trap down. Next day 1st one caught. Cleaned trap, and snap...

Hello everyone, I have a small question and I hope someone can help me. So brace yourselves, I have quite a story below I have a 2016 T6 4motion 2.0 TDI with a CXFA 150hp engine and 50,000 km mileage. History: A cable gnawed by a marten, hence a repair and installation of a marten deterrent...

Hi everyone, does anybody recognise this loom? I moved my T6 2016 Caravelle and this was underneath it! Can't help thinking it's not a good thing. Drove fine last time I used it.

I have just heard from my VW dealer that the reason I have been getting an "ad blu" warning message is due to rodents chewing through the cables under the ad blu tank. Apparently they can smell the sweetness of the ad blu and try to chew through to get to it. This is going to cost me £1800 which...

hi folks, I’m new here but hoping you can help. Just took the van in for its first service, and it wasn’t good news... Garage noticed some chewed wires that are attached to the exhaust. These apparently link to two sensors, and will cost over £1000 to fix. They are saying they can’t replace the...

I have a EML on my dash in my 2017 T6, A guy up the road plugged in his diagnostic tablet and its got a fault showing reductant heater open circuit. He’s tried resetting it and it comes back. Does anyone know how to fix it or where I should look? I’ve checked all the fuses and they seem ok

Hi All, I am sure this has been asked a million times so apologise in advance if it has. I did check through the other forum notes but could see anything about this particular issue. So we bought our new T6 yesterday and were on our long drive home. I stopped at the services for a quick...

been having intermittent warning light and stop start errors with limp mode for the last week, plugged into vcds today and got these faults 3 Faults Found: 16056 - Oil Pressure Switch P164B 00 [108] - Malfunction Intermittent - Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear...

Hi all, my T6 dsg 21k on the clock. 17plate no warranty :( Has quite a few times now when trying to start. The engine just shakes but does not fire. Eventually after continues goes it does start? Anyone had this before :/ Thanks in advance, Paul.

Hi Guys, I’ve got a 68 plate T6 combi which I took in for first service at VW 3 weeks ago as I wanted piece of mind for driving to SW France for a holiday. Prior to service I had the oil light on on the display although level was fine, this turned out to be because of rodent damage to cables...

Hi guys ! I can’t find better place to read and learn about T6 than here :laugh: In France, there is no such communities over a vehicule, excepté for classic Ines. Last year, I asked advices to lower my future T6 because I own an underground garage: And today, I can introduce you my T6...

Flashing oil sensor light has come on, message says: workshop. Just wondering how urgently it needs to be taken there. Van is ten months old.

Parked my 5 week old T6 up at my daughters for 5 days over Christmas. Jumped in the van to head home and the dash lit up like the proverbial Christmas tree! warning me that engine oil and add blue were low. I checked the levels and all seemed fine so put it down to an electrical fault. I dropped...

so not VW related but my wife came in last night and said the rear light pod on her A5 wasn’t working at all. My immediate thought was a fuse had gone but on checking they were all ok. Had a look this morning in daylight and on taking the light out it was obvious why it didn’t work. A mouse has...