Any ideas how to retrieve... (don't laugh)

[WarEagleX]

...a dropped M&M peanut into a hole under the driver's seat, apparently there is a large open area under the floor about the width of the car and 3 or 4 feet long.... NOW, every time I turn, accelerate or decelerate I can hear the M&P rolling around under the floor, IT IS SOOO ANNOYING!!! My initial thought is, take it to a supercharger and let the battery warm up to melt it but not sure that is the best solution from a sanitary perspective. My other thought is to take the drivers seat out to get a better look at it but it will most likely be pushed to one of the extremities of the cavity it is stuck in.

Just leave the door ajar overnight and I'm sure a rat will get in there and eat if for you.

 

[BluestarE3]

Just leave the door ajar overnight and I'm sure a rat will get in there and eat if for you.

Plus all the wiring!

 

[winsrufer]

If you have a Harbor Freight near you, maybe you can try with a $4 snake tool.

10 ft. Spring-Steel Drain & Trap Cleaner

This snake is pretty small and flexible (only 3/16in in diameter but 10ft in length). If you wrap a small piece of duck tape as mentioned in an earlier post, you might be able to catch it by swinging it around then pull the M&M towards the opening.

 

[Fresnel]

If you have a Harbor Freight near you, maybe you can try with a $4 snake tool.

10 ft. Spring-Steel Drain & Trap Cleaner

This snake is pretty small and flexible (only 3/16in in diameter but 10ft in length). If you wrap a small piece of duck tape as mentioned in an earlier post, you might be able to catch it by swinging it around then pull the M&M towards the opening.

How would you see the M&M with the product you linked?

 

[BulldogsRus]

Is nobody going to quote Tommy Boy??

The Supercharger will not melt the M&M, it has a thin candy shell....surprised you didn’t know that.

I think your brain has a thick candy shell.

 

[Casmium]

Oh my god, for a month I keep hearing something rolling back and forth and everyday while turning, I would search the car and not find anything, then mysteriously it was just there, it was a skittle. Not sure what the chances of it falling in and then out where but it must explain why my days of searching resulted in finding nothin.

 

[Fresnel]

Oh my god, for a month I keep hearing something rolling back and forth and everyday while turning, I would search the car and not find anything, then mysteriously it was just there, it was a skittle. Not sure what the chances of it falling in and then out where but it must explain why my days of searching resulted in finding nothin.

That's interesting it could fall back out. I haven't looked at the hole yet but I imagined it to be a hole into a lower part of the frame. I guess that isn't the case? Because I don't see how it could bounce back up through the hole if it is. I really gotta look into this before it happens to me.

 

[UKNOWINVU2]

Oh my god, for a month I keep hearing something rolling back and forth and everyday while turning, I would search the car and not find anything, then mysteriously it was just there, it was a skittle. Not sure what the chances of it falling in and then out where but it must explain why my days of searching resulted in finding nothin.

Please tell me how it fell out!!!!

 

[Casmium]

Please tell me how it fell out!!!!

Still a chance it could have been a second skittle, maybe the first just melted in place, I have two kids and everytime you shake out the car seats more stuff falls out of them

 

[derotam]

Still a chance it could have been a second skittle, maybe the first just melted in place, I have two kids and everytime you shake out the car seats more stuff falls out of them

Gotta shake the kids too, things stick to them!

 

[ceekz]

I just read all four pages hoping to find out how this was resolved. Update, please!

And thank heavens it wasn't a piece of cheese or something destined to get furry and stinky over time...

 

[fsl2102]

Please tell me how it fell out!!!!

This post has some pictures show the car floor underneath the carpet, it may help you get some idea.
Sound Deadening Model 3

 

[C141medic]

This post has some pictures show the car floor underneath the carpet, it may help you get some idea.
Sound Deadening Model 3

Interesting. So, there are small pockets underneath the carpet where items can get trapped in if there’s an uneven area in the carpet seam since it’s two separate pieces and not one continuous roll. Those two pieces of carpet should’ve been velcroed together from the factory to prevent these issues.

 

[C141medic]

What’s even funnier about this post are some of the responses on how to remove the offending nut. These types of troll posts as the one from the OP are getting ridiculous on this forum.

I retract the above post as apparently it’s a legitimate issue. Apologies to the OP.

 

[UKNOWINVU2]

I have not heard the very soothing noise of an M&M rolling from side to side with every turn for 2 days now. I fear the worst, my M&M..... is gone.

Truth be told, I am not sure if it has been lodged somewhere or had the candy coating chipped away from the banging side to side and then melted. My son and I did look around the car floor and did not see an M&M so im guessing its still in the car in some capacity.

RIP M&M... you sometimes will always be missed...

 

[derotam]

I have not heard the very soothing noise of an M&M rolling from side to side with every turn for 2 days now. I fear the worst, my M&M..... is gone.

Truth be told, I am not sure if it has been lodged somewhere or had the candy coating chipped away from the banging side to side and then melted. My son and I did look around the car floor and did not see an M&M so im guessing its still in the car in some capacity.

RIP M&M... you sometimes will always be missed...

Don't be alarmed when the mouse hops on your shoulder and asks for another M&M. haha

 

[Florafauna]

I do hope this is going to be made into a Hollywood blockbuster.

I wonder who would play the lead. In fact who is the lead, the M&M or the OP?

 

[mcdull88]

How big is the hole on the floor and is there only one spot with this problem? Ordered a Model 3 and wondering if there is any kind of mat/protective sheet I can put on top of that opening to prevent things falling through that hole.

 

[MP3Mike]

How big is the hole on the floor and is there only one spot with this problem? Ordered a Model 3 and wondering if there is any kind of mat/protective sheet I can put on top of that opening to prevent things falling through that hole.

I think, but am not positive, that the opening is the rear floor vent for the HVAC system, so you wouldn't necessarily want to block it.

 

[UKNOWINVU2]

ITS BACK!!!! GRRRRRRR!!!!! I officially do not like M&M's anymore!