As if the airport experience wasn’t trying enough these days, passengers parking their cars at Denver International Airport are experiencing a new menace: car-eating rabbits.
NBC affiliate KUSA reports that Dexter Meyer parked his brand-new Turbo Diesel Volkswagen Jetta in the Pikes Peak Parking Lot at Denver International Airport and headed out for a nine-day vacation.
When he returned and started his car to leave the airport, the problems began. "I turned on the ignition and all these lights started flashing. I pulled out the manual and it said I had a big problem so I took back to the dealership," Meyer said.
"The service manager said, 'Your wiring has been eaten by a rodent probably.' I said, 'I live in Stapleton.' 'I'm not aware of any rodents running around Stapleton.' And then he said, 'You didn't have the car parked at Denver International Airport did you?'
Meyer filed a complaint with the DIA Risk Management Department about the damages.
"They said they were aware of the problem but basically said we don't know how to solve it... They said ‘We have a fence,’ and I said, 'I understand that, but it's clearly not working,'" he said.
After spending $238, Meyer's car is like new but he wants airport parking lot customers to know what happened to him and be aware of the problem.
"I'm just concerned people know and that the airport is at least notifying people," Meyer said.
Airport officials told KUSA they see about a dozen of these claims every year. They declined to be on camera or release a statement to KUSA about Meyer's incident, saying that it's impossible to prove it happened at the airport.
A service manager at Larry Miller Dealership in Lakewood, where Meyer took his car, confirmed to KUSA the car was repaired for damage caused by rodents or rabbits. He also confirmed that the dealership has seen at least a handful of cars come in recently with the owners saying their car warning lights came on after being parked at Denver International.
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