Spiders Are Still Causing Major Problems For Some Toyota Owners

Matt Imholt recently got into his 2015 Toyota Camry, and noticed it smelled of mold.

“It was overpowering,” he said. “You don’t even want to be in the vehicle, it smells terrible.”

He tracked the source of the smell to wet carpet, and discovered that water was dripping onto it.

“The carpet under here has gotten so moldy and mildewed that they have to replace the entire carpet in the car,” he said.

But it wasn’t caused by rain, or a spilled drink. Imholt says the dealer diagnosed the problem as an attack of tiny spiders.

“A spider had crawled into the air conditioning line, and it laid a web that caused the AC to leak,” Imholt said.

If this seems vaguely familiar, there’s a good reason. Four years ago Toyota issued a recall for this very problem: spider webs blocking the air conditioner drain.

Toyota recalled 870,000 cars in 2013,after air conditioning water dripped into the car’s electronics, shorting the airbag control module in dozens of vehicles

At the time, Toyota heard about three airbag deployments as a result of this problem.

They also learned for 35 cases of airbag warning lights turning on because of the spiders.

But Imholt has a slightly different problem: His air conditioning tube drips onto the carpet, not electronics.

So even though his 30,000-mile car is still under a full bumper-to-bumper warranty, he says his Toyota dealer would not repair it free, because it wasn’t a mechanical issue.

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How dense are these webs??

 

No clue, and I hope I don’t find out the hard way lol

 

So basically make sure your insurance policy covers fire



Only a joke because insurance fraud is a serious crime