My trunk under the third brake light shows rust and is starting to bubble just above the Mazda emblem. I'm also showing rust ALLLLLLL along the rear wheel wells, from the front fender to the rear bumper.
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My trunk under the third brake light shows rust and is starting to bubble just above the Mazda emblem. I'm also showing rust ALLLLLLL along the rear wheel wells, from the front fender to the rear bumper.
Ohhhhh nooooo... yeah that scares me. :gone
Take it to your dealer and get them to repair it, its sounds like the problems others are having. Its a common problem Mazda knows about. Call Mazda Canada, follow what ZoomZoom girl suggests doing...Quote:
Originally Posted by 3GFX
GREAT NEWS!!!!
I went to my local dealer (Forbes Mazda), and they are covering it under waranty!!! They wouldn't have but when they saw some bubbling they decided they'd be kind. I'm very impressed that they didn't give me a hard time. They know its an issue and decided to cover me. I'm been going to this dealer as often as possible even though its across town for me. They've always given the best service.
I've got to get the car quoted and then go from there. They're going to do the rear quarters around the wheel well as well as underneath the third brake light on the trunk.
I'll keep you updated. Depending on what they do, I may pitch the extra money to get the front bumper re painted, to many stone chips!
^^^ thats what I did. I had a few deep gauges on one my doors from driving into a snow bank that was actually an ICE BANK (lets start with the woman driver jokes). Ok I was pulling into a timmies and trying to make room for the person trying to leave out I cut the corner too much and scraped my car on the snow bank. Anyways. My body shop gave me a good deal and did an amazing job on it
I took mine in earlier this week to get the rust fixed up under warranty. They were really great and super nice and said they'd fix up a couple of other scratches while they were at it no charge.
After 4 days of taking a BUS to work.... ughhhh... I finally picked up my car today, and they only did ONE side...???? I mean they did a fantastic job on the other side, but the other rear wheel well is still bubbling. How the hell...? How could they have missed it? I'm wondering if it was just laziness or if they flat out forgot. They told me to bring it back to show the manager this week and they would "hopefully" be able to take care of it for me.
Should I be compensated for this somehow? I mean should they be responsible for paying for a rental car for me this time if they need to keep it for another 4 days?
haha this blows my mind. :whoa
I just noticed my first spot of rust on my 06! A 3 year old car with rust starting! WTF
Whatttt!!! I thought it was only the '04 and some '05's? Pooo that sucks. :( At least your coveredddd!!! :bana2Quote:
Originally Posted by Malcolm991
what area is your rust starting?Quote:
Originally Posted by Malcolm991
What a !#$^^%$#@ joke! Now that an '06 is starting to show rust, in my mind this confirms that ALL our first generation Mazda's will probably start to rust in a few years. The 04's and 05's were (obviously) the first to start rusting but now it's only a matter of time before the 06's and up start to rust too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Malcolm991
People were saying that this was only an issue on the 04's and 05's and that Mazda fixed the problem but that isn't true. think about it. By the time Mazda even started realizing the problem, the 06's and 07's and 08's were already produced and being sold. So MAYBE they were able to do something in time for the 09's but I REALLY doubt it.
The only hope you can have is that the issue was dealt with in the 2nd generation 3's (i.e. starting with the 2010). The fact that Mazda is accepting to fix the rust on a lot of people's cars is because they did a simple statistical calculation. They calculated the cost of fixing the problem in the design of the first generation 3's midway through it's life cycle. Then they calculated the projected cost of simply leaving the production/paint method 'as is' and dealing with paying out customers for the rust repair. The method that would cost them the least won out and I think we know what they decided to do.
I fear that ALL the first generation 3's will have this problem.
A big THUMBS DOWN to Mazda on this. For shame. :-(
This is extremely dissapointing
Expect to be without the car for a few days, but Forbes did a great jobon mine! Mat took great care of me at the dealership, and the giys over at the bodyshop on Weber were good too! Just had to wait for the shuttle to get home though!Quote:
Originally Posted by 3GFX
I also got some extra work done from the body shop, they were cool about it and charged me very little! Once Mazda approves the work, they will get you in quite quickly!
My work, both wheel arches and passenger doors:
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/q...zda3020003.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/q...zda3020004.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/q...3SprtGT006.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/q...zda3020005.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/q...zda3020008.jpg
attention 2004 to 2009 owners, learn how to repair rust, going to need to know how sooner then later
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...da+3+rust&aq=f
Great news since that's where I'm going!Quote:
Originally Posted by kevcol74
No need if it's covered by Mazda!Quote:
Originally Posted by mazda lover
Quote:
Originally Posted by Malcolm991
maybe at some point they wont cover it...
I wonder when my 07 will start to rust?!
March 2010Quote:
Originally Posted by Slav4ik
That's exactly my concern, Mazda is currently covering the cost of rust repair but for how much longer will they do so? When people with 07, 08 and 09's start showing up with rust damage, what will Mazda say?Quote:
Originally Posted by mazda lover
At some point they may say that the rust issue was fixed and any rust problems are not their responsibility any longer, etc, etc.
I certainly hope they don't take this approach but I guess time will tell!
I have an 04, so how do I find out if I'm past the 5 years or if I'm still covered?
Rear end was approved, but I found some rust in the front quarter panel so Forbes is sending it to Mazda Canada to see if it will be approved and covered under warantee as well. Hopefully it will and I'll have the car into the shop soon.
which dealer did u take it to?Quote:
Originally Posted by kevcol74
Forbes (Waterloo) Mazda, very quick to get me the claim... I reccomend them.
Same dealer I've gone too.
My rust is back. Its tiny tiny tiny but with the warm weather I've been hand washing my car and I spotted a tiny rust bubble where it was fixed.
So now what?