Rusting on the roof?!? (pics inside)

[MAZDA Kitten]

OMGGGG seriouslyyyyyyy Mazda get your shit together.

Am I the first one to have rust on the roof? Its near the back window. WTF :bang

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[Thrizzl3]

of all places! i hope rust doesn't appear in that spot on my car. =(

[mazda lover]

WTF Mazda, I can see it appearing on the front roof area near the glass as a stone ship could cause what you have on the rear. Fix it and get rid of the car, its just the beginning I believe...I don't think its a stone chip it looks like bad paint prep or crappy metal. by the way, nice fingers...

[MAZDA Kitten]

awwww I dont want to sell her. Not just yet. I want to drive her to the ground. The car has been really good otherwise!! 180,000km! :hawt

[Thrizzl3]

awwww I dont want to sell her. Not just yet. I want to drive her to the ground. The car has been really good otherwise!! 180,000km! :hawt

wow already..20,000 more till your car needs those high milage oils lol

[Donutz]

I had the same rust on my P5 just under the windshield wiper.

[MistaChin]

of all places! i hope rust doesn't appear in that spot on my car. =(

Phil if you get rust on that spot of your car your window will fly off because of your sound system.



But damn, car cancer is hard to look at :(

[mazda lover]

I had the same rust on my P5 just under the windshield wiper.

whats a P5?

[Donutz]

whats a P5?

Protege 5.

[Dave_The_BMXER]

Protege5

That some bullshit though.

[mazda lover]

awwww I dont want to sell her. Not just yet. I want to drive her to the ground. The car has been really good otherwise!! 180,000km! :hawt


well be prepared to have the car, (will refrain from using "her") painted or it will rust away around you before its mechanics die...I feel your passion

[aris]

That sucks

[mazda lover]

I guess we all will be inspecting our cars after reading this thread...running out to the garage with light and magnify glass..
I guess Kitten your car is kept outside over night?

[MAZDA Kitten]

Nope not at all. Strictly stored in the garage every single night. I will move 3 cars to get my car in the garage :blush

[mazdabetty]

oh noo... don't you just hate that sinking feeling you get every time you find another spot? :(

I know what you mean though about not wanting to get rid of it... I feel the same... too attached now :\

[dsichewski]

That sucks! With you already having rust, will they cover this new rust? Hopefully!

[chinsterr]

See my sig, join the crew !

This is sad.

[aris]

Nope not at all. Strictly stored in the garage every single night. I will move 3 cars to get my car in the garage :blush

Do you park your car in the garage in the winter?

This is the worst thing you can do to your car..your better off leaving itout side during winter..my $.02

[mazda lover]

Do you park your car in the garage in the winter?

This is the worst thing you can do to your car..your better off leaving itout side during winter..my $.02

Probably true about the winter storage, the summer evenings with air moister is the killer. But if the temp in the garage is the same as out doors so should be the same results during the winter. The garage cuts down on the wind chill factor. I can see if its under ground parking like condos the temp could be higher. Its all open to debate, I will take my chances in the garage..no rust, only on the wheel wells...

[Flagrum_3]

Probably true about the winter storage, the summer evenings with air moister is the killer. But if the temp in the garage is the same as out doors so should be the same results during the winter. The garage cuts down on the wind chill factor. I can see if its under ground parking like condos the temp could be higher. Its all open to debate, I will take my chances in the garage..no rust, only on the wheel wells...

Only time parking in a garage would be a detriment is if it is heated, otherwise it's the best place to have your car anytime!! Reason being the salt covering the vehicle is basically dormant until 0 degrees celcius or above...Now in summer, especially overnight eg; Everynight this summer while I'm parked at work, the temp drops, by morning she's always covered in dew!...this can't be good! So point is, a roof over it's head is always a good thing, imho.


Kitty really feel for you, I know how much you love your 3 and pamper her.Hope you can get it fixed properly thru Mazda....I feel if it's repaired correctly it could last quite a while. :)


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[cwp_sedan]

That sucks!!! :(

What is it with these cars!!

[chinsterr]

My roof is vinyled . It wouldn't be a shocker anymore to discover rust underneath :(

[JSI]

I'm not liking this.......



Jeremy

[midnightfxgt]

Garage is best, wind chill does not affect your car :)

[RedRaptor]

Sorry to hear about this...

[marvin24k]

It sucks seeing spots like that on any car...

[Jeff0]

I think it doesn't matter where you park, at this yr old of a car it shouldn't had any rust like this bubbling from inside, blame the sheet metal and the paint process.

[mazda lover]

I think it doesn't matter where you park, at this yr old of a car it shouldn't had any rust like this bubbling from inside, blame the sheet metal and the paint process.


shows us that the rusting on our cars has to do with bad metal etc. Rusting from underneath which proves rust proofing will not stop the kind of rust our cars are showing. So don't blame the rust protection your car might have it won't stop the cancer at the surface..

[Malcolm991]

That sucks to see that!

[iheartmazda3]

my car also has rust bubbles on the roof aswell as the around the tail light on my trunk. I have already had my car painting for the rust issues around the bottom. But the dealership I deal with said the truck and roof were not part of the issue so the didnt do it.

[JashiK]

damn rust... on the roof... hmm

[MAZDA Kitten]

my car also has rust bubbles on the roof aswell as the around the tail light on my trunk. I have already had my car painting for the rust issues around the bottom. But the dealership I deal with said the truck and roof were not part of the issue so the didnt do it.

What part of the roof? If its at the front its understandable from stone chips but on the back.. c'mon :loco

[iheartmazda3]

they told me the same thing... i wonder whey i mean if your going to paint most of the car why not those little spots.... almost every car i see has the rust around the trunk light

[iheartmazda3]

its in the middle and its bubbling around it ,,,, and the trunk i mean how i found out is my bf was tinting my tail light and when he took the light out rust all inside made its way outside