Mechanics are accustomed to rescuing cars and trucks, but a service team in New York can now add animal rescue to their resumé after pulling a distressed kitten out of the engine bay of a GMC Sierra 2500 Duramax.
According to a report from Automotive News, a customer rolled into West Herr Chevrolet in East Syracuse earlier this week stating that they had heard meowing sounds coming from the front of their Sierra diesel pickup. Apparently, the owner had heard the noises after driving home from the hospital for – get this – a CAT scan.
After arriving at the Chevy dealer, service staff says it immediately heard the meows. After closing the shop exits to prevent an escape, the team got to work inspecting the GMC Sierra front to back to try to locate the distressed feline.
After tracking down the meows, the service team decided to begin dismantling parts of the truck. It was then that Service Adviser Jim Gustina and his team discovered a kitten trapped behind the windshield wiper transmission, roughly only nine weeks old.
After pulling the scared little fluff ball from out of the truck, the team discovered the kitten was dehydrated and overheated, but after giving it some fluids and a few bites to eat, it seemed to relax. One of the service team members brought back a cat carrier. The truck owner expressed his gratitude by buying pizza for the team.
Gustina, who has five other cats, ended up adopting the kitten, naming it Diesel. The dealership received public recognition for its efforts, while fans sent the service team gifts as well, such as food and various kitten care supplies. The dealership even made a $500 donation to the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Diesel’s honor.
Kudos to the team for going above and beyond their regular duties to save little Diesel.
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Comments
Glad to hear that the cat was not hurt and that it got adopted. Those mechanics did a fantastic job!
Congrats on the toxoplasmosis! Enjoy your new life of mental illness!
Good work saving the kitten!
If a kitten can get trapped in there, then so can a mouse or a rat. Maybe an OEM supplied fix is needed to keep mammals from being able to crawl into the vent/window areas of vehicles.
Cute little dude, and his new name is apropos, since he’s the color of smoke. 😉
Good news! I hope to get updates on the little kitten.
Have a friend who has a cat named “Dash” that got her name for getting stuck in my friend’s vehicle dashboard.