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

[UKNOWINVU2]

...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.

 

[ranss12]

Do you mean M&M? Peanut?

 

[UKNOWINVU2]

Do you mean M&M? Peanut?

Yes

 

[Joshan]

two options, I have used both.

#1 Slam on the brakes so it comes flying forward onto the floor mat
#2 Stuff a large commercial vacuum into the vent under the seat at a car wash

 

[UKNOWINVU2]

two options, I have used both.

#1 Slam on the brakes so it comes flying forward onto the floor mat
#2 Stuff a large commercial vacuum into the vent under the seat at a car wash

I will definitely try both, not sure how long i can take this noise!

 

[WilliamG]

Does this mean that all the little pieces of gravel that my shoes picked up - will end up rolling back and forth forever in my car now?

I have the Maxpider mats, and gravel/stones just roll around on them (especially under more...liberal acceleration application).

Fuuuuuuuuu.....

 

[kingkong5]

If you raise the seat up, can you get it from the back?

 

[UKNOWINVU2]

I will definitely try both, not sure how long i can take this noise!

Wait, i think you misuderdand. The M&M is NOT under the seat, its inside the car between the floor and battery compartment.

 

[UKNOWINVU2]

If you raise the seat up, can you get it from the back?

No, the M&M is under the floor. NOT under the seat.

 

[thefortunes]

Get a mouse, then a cat, then, well, you see where this goes.

 

[Puddles]

I'm sure there's an invasive species you can introduce which may or may not take care of your issue, plus bring in a whole new slew of problems.

Cane Toads for example.

 

[BluestarE3]

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.

"Melts in your mouth, not in your hands". Not sure about Superchargers.

 

[Need]

MacGyver style: chopstick and duct tape

Tarzan style: mice

 

[Evbwcaer]

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.

 

[UKNOWINVU2]

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.

OMG.... literally RFLMAO... yes I am legitimately laughing really hard right now as I type this.

 

[Jrzapata]

quick question on this where exactly is the opening where the M&M went into?

 

[brkaus]

I had a quarter slide into the rear heater duct on my S.

The mobile service guy said it sometimes requires the seat to be removed to get all the venting out.

I bought a borescope and spent hours identifying the problem and eventually managed to fish it out using a carefully shaped piece of metal, some double sided tape, and lots of luck. Did I mention hours and hours? this is how I spent Christmas vacation after listening to it for about 6 months.

Of course, this is an S. I haven't looked at the holes under the 3 seat.

 

[Need]

OMG.... literally RFLMAO... yes I am legitimately laughing really hard right now as I type this.

Was that what happened to you?

 

[N5329K]

I had a fossilized cheerio attached to a hard gob of glue rolling around inside an air duct beneath the driver's seat. This dated from the days when my daughter used glue guns and cheerios to make school projects (and she is now graduating college).
It rolled. It rattled. It drove me nuts.
I duct taped some plastic irrigation tubing to the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner, ran the seat full forward, fished the tube into the duct and switched on the machine. It took only a few stabs to suck that little sucker up.
Silence is golden.
Good luck!
Robin

 

[arnolddeleon]

I had a quarter slide into the rear heater duct on my S.

The mobile service guy said it sometimes requires the seat to be removed to get all the venting out.

I bought a borescope and spent hours identifying the problem and eventually managed to fish it out using a carefully shaped piece of metal, some double sided tape, and lots of luck. Did I mention hours and hours? this is how I spent Christmas vacation after listening to it for about 6 months.

Of course, this is an S. I haven't looked at the holes under the 3 seat.

Scopes are not that expensive. A quick search on Amazon turned this up:

https://smile.amazon.com/KinCam-Inspection-Waterproof-Semi-Rigid-Smartphones/dp/B07W5K92RL