ANTS in MY CAR!!!!

emerge · 07-04-2003, 02:31 PM

yesterday we discovered a large infestation of ants in my car! i think its due to the fact that i parked in my friends backyard the other night and there may have been an empty soda can or something in the car. anyways they are mostly clustered around the floor board of the passenger side right up under the dash. i put an ant trap in there last night, and the count has gone down but they are not completely gone. the box says they will all be gone within 24 hours. anyone ever have this problem before?

BullShifter · 07-04-2003, 05:09 PM

A customer brought a car in once with ants crawling all over inside & out.

We threw some ant traps in the car & left it sit for 2 days then removed them. 1 day later there were ants again, just not as many. Turned out after ripping the interior apart completely(headliner to carpet) the ants were nesting deep inside the foam of the rear seat bottom.

The car was still under factory warranty but they dont cover insect invasion unless its some Honda ants

Customer paid for almost 20hrs of labor @ $88 per hr, 2 ant traps, & a new rear seat bottom, & to have some bug people bomb it with some kind of chemical. Oh yea & an ozone shock to remove the smell of the chemicals.

I think his insurance ended up paying for it.

If the traps dont work, remove & check the seats & door panel. Then have a mobile auto detailer than can do an ozone shock come out. That should be enough to kill them & make your car smell "Clean". Ozone should be about $60 @ the cheapest.

emerge · 07-05-2003, 02:44 PM

Maybe i should go park it in a big freezer and freeze them to death. There shouldn't be anything in the car they would be going after, I don't understand. If the problem continues, I'm going to call the exterminator and have him spray my car. I have 700$ worth of parts coming in on monday and I can't put them in til I take care of this problem.

BullShifter · 07-05-2003, 03:50 PM

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If the traps dont work, remove & check the seats & door panels. Then have a mobile auto detailer than can do an ozone shock come out. That should be enough to kill them & make your car smell "Clean". Ozone should be about $60 @ the cheapest.

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