A few days ago, I started my Rubicon up in the morning and the sway bar light started flashing at me. Strange. I must have hit the button when I parked it the other night. I pressed the button. Nothing. I pressed it again. No go. Maybe it needs to go into 4WD. I shifted it into 4WD high. It didn't go (at least the indicator light didn't come on). Hmmm. Not sure what's going on.
Took it to the dealer today. They called me a few hours later. Pack rats had been busy chewing up my wiring. They need to order some parts. Won't be done until next week and will end up costing me about $300. #$%&ing pack rats.
We've had issues with them in the Sentra and are old RV. One time I packed up the RV and we set out for a weekend of camping. My wife was following me in the 4WD truck. I turned off our street and went down a hill. The RV started back firing. It had never done that before. It was running terrible. I turned around and headed back up the hill to take it back home so I could look into the problem. Going up the hill, I had to jamb on the accelerator to make it up. My wife told me that when I did, a few sparks came out of the exhaust, then bam, a huge pack rat nest blew out. No more problem after that (at least for that trip).
They got me later when they made a nest on top of the gas tank and I had to spend $700 to get the tank dropped and the fuel pump replaced.
Pack rats are so cute, but they so destructive!
Hopefully, I will be able to park the Rubicon in the garage and they won't be able to chew it up any more. Just goes to figure. The Rubicon can best just about any size hill or rock, but a little rodent takes it down like a wet sack of cement!
Have fun and be safe!
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