Kitten was stuck by my battery

[Shygar]

This morning I went to my garage and heard meowing, which was strange because I don't have a cat. Sounded like it was coming from my truck but I couldn't see it anywhere. I pulled it out of my garage and put it in extract mode but couldn't see it anywhere but it was meowing like crazy.

So I decided to go to Tesla Dublin and see what they could do. Service at Amador Plaza is closed on the weekends but it's open at Houston Place in Dublin. I went in and the first service advisor's guy reaction was that they couldn't do anything and I should call animal control. I asked if animal control was going to take apart my truck. So he went and talked to one of the Cybertruck techs and he agreed to give it a try for the diagnostic fee of $265. So I agreed and in about 30 minutes he had the cat out. It was about 1 week old and was hiding behind the battery. He told me there's a lot of space in there so he wasn't surprised that it was there. So just a heads up if you have any cats near you that are pregnant to be careful. Cats can easily get in there it seems.

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[CyberGus]

Seems to be a recurring problem. Should we complain to NHTSA? ?



https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...ruck-survives-with-8-lives-video-added.30231/

 

[mongo]

Seems to be a recurring problem. Should we complain to NHTSA? ?



https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...ruck-survives-with-8-lives-video-added.30231/

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They would then need to address all the ICE vehicles with warm engines and exposed serpentine belts (along with higher power cooling fans).

 

[misdemeanor]

My truck will be parked outside 99% of the time. Any ideas on how to deter animals from getting in there? A bunch of my neighbors park their vehicles outside, but I haven’t heard of any that have had issues with animals getting in. We’ve got a lot of stray cats that roam the neighborhood so that worries me.

 

[Beamerino]

There is nothing to do. The universal cat distributing system at work. To paraphrase Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park, “Cats will find a way”

 

[Shygar]

My truck will be parked outside 99% of the time. Any ideas on how to deter animals from getting in there? A bunch of my neighbors park their vehicles outside, but I haven’t heard of any that have had issues with animals getting in. We’ve got a lot of stray cats that roam the neighborhood so that worries me.

I asked the guy that and he said maybe try wolf/coyote urine or something like that. He said there's really no way to seal that up perfectly.

 

[noobla3]

Oh no. Couple of my neighbor’s cat like to hang around where I park the CT because it’s got direct sunlight. Hope they don’t go crawling up in there.

Might have to meow a couple times before I drive off ?

 

[Pulaski]

My truck will be parked outside 99% of the time. Any ideas on how to deter animals from getting in there? A bunch of my neighbors park their vehicles outside, but I haven’t heard of any that have had issues with animals getting in. We’ve got a lot of stray cats that roam the neighborhood so that worries me.

My truck has been solely parked outside in rural Wisconsin since May 2024 around plenty of stray cats and other critters. No cat burglars yet. I wouldn't worry.

 

[Bobo_LaDouche]

Cats are fine. Rats are not.

 

[CyberGus]

We’ve got a lot of stray cats that roam the neighborhood so that worries me.

At least the cats will keep out the rats ?‍

 

[Shygar]

My truck has been solely parked outside in rural Wisconsin since May 2024 around plenty of stray cats and other critters. No cat burglars yet. I wouldn't worry.

Not a problem until you get a kitten in there.

 

[Pulaski]

Not a problem until you get a kitten in there.

Valid point haha

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