Dog chewed brake lines

Drove up to Northwest Arkansas on Friday to visit my sister and family and left my truck parked in their driveway while we went out in their vehicle. Come back home and their 8 month old German shorthaired pointer is chilling in the shade under my truck. Didn't think anything about it cause its hot and dogs like shade. Get in the truck with the kids yesterday morning and I the dash is lit up with lights for the brakes and the abs sensors. When I pressed to brakes I could hear spraying under the truck and knew immediately what had happened. Damn dog chewed the brake line up and tore the abs sensor wire in half. Long story short my truck is now sitting at Toyota of Fayetteville waiting on parts that won't be here at least until Tuesday and they are looking at $750 of repairs plus the $100 tow bill.

 

Puppies. You love them, but they can really piss you off at times.

 

That sucks bad. Sorry bro.

 

This is why cats are better LOL. Sorry about the bad luck

 

The culprit

 

I have one of those too

 

Dude, that sucks, but a hose is 10 bucks and you could just splice the wire. You'd need to bleed the brakes, but that thing could be back on the road for pretty cheap.

 

I dont have any of my tools with me and they sure don't. My brother in law is a doctor so they don't do anything for themselves

 

Sorry to hear that happened. Back in the early 1980s, when Pontiac had all rubber bumpers, we had a Doberman puppy that liked to chew on the bumper corners. Finally putting turpentine on the bumper corners stopped it. Then I had to take it to body shops and explain the teeth marks on the bumper ends. That was fun.

Our GSP is now 2 years old and I hope finally past the "puppy stage".

 

Agreed $750 is crazy. Dealer labor rates are ridiculous at almost $100 an hour. So are parts. This is a do it yourself job.

 

Hope the doctor is paying.

 

I'm willing to bet the bulk of the repair cost is the ABS sub harness, the dealer, a good dealer isn't going to splice an ABS harness.

 

That sucks! I parked my old Forester at a trail head parking lot and went for a 3 day backpacking trip some years ago. When we returned to the car, we discovered a porcupine had chewed up the front brake lines, as well as some coolant lines. Quills were the evidence left behind. Turned out to be roughly $1k in damage. Being we were far from home, I had a local mechanic to the repairs. Bottom line... I feel your pain.

 

Cats tend to damage radiator fans, so it’s a wash.

 

Been there. Punishment out weighed the crime a tad though.

 

Agreed no one wants to clean up kitty mince meat

 

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He looks like he's remorseful

 

Your brother in law is a doctor? Well shit, tell him to foot the bill. It was their damn dog that did it.

 

He’s trying to tell you that it wasn’t him that did it. It was a squirrel