Originally Posted by
Withakay
I was forced to park my beautiful blue 2007 crossfire
roadster on one sunny day in my yard and there it sat, idle for a year or three. .....squirrels had
taken up residence under the hood and I was suspicious of chewed wires..
There is no telling what rodents have done to the car. Logical troubleshooting techniques (like the "Symptom-function" technique) no longer fully apply.
Chewed wires can connect circuits that are NEVER connected, how are you going to troubleshoot THAT?
My opinion? You have a parts car now. If it were MY car, I'd file an insurance claim and get what I can for it.
To be fair, I may be giving up too fast, but just wait till you see where they hid some of the wiring, getting to, finding and fixing the damage may not be easy or even practical - just wait till you find out where the rodent urine ended up - and what damage it did.
Kudos to you for posting the entire story in detail - few ever bother, usually it's "
My car is done broke, any ideas,
duh! ?"