Blown shock

[spayne99]

Woke up to a puddle of oil in the driveway, and it's coming from the passenger side reach shock absorber. Maybe just a freak coincidence, but probably due to the massive pothole my wife hit last week which resulted in having to buy 2 new tires. Dammit!!!

 

[da1nonly]

i just had mine replaced today... it was covered under warranty... this car is supposed to be built for 6 people... i hope this isn't a common problem...

this problem is posted on this forum at this link...

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123632763

seems it has happened to a few of us...

 

[Wuster]

Woke up to a puddle of oil in the driveway, and it's coming from the passenger side reach shock absorber. Maybe just a freak coincidence, but probably due to the massive pothole my wife hit last week which resulted in having to buy 2 new tires. Dammit!!!

Something similar happened to me a few years back.

I hit a huge pothole while driving in DC. I was lucky in that it didn't puncture the tire (it was a 195/65/14 sized tire), but it did bent the strut and it leaked all over the place.

I suspect your assumption that it's related to the pothole is correct, though you may not want to mention it to the service department.

 

[opus]

When you have a warranty they are stating that the car will be able to perform on the roads given normal road conditions. Normal road conditions, especially in the northern US includes numerous potholes. If that becomes an excuse then they might as well just deny transmission work in the hills, and radiator fixes in the desert, and fuel injector malfunctions in the frigid winter. I had a smiliar issue with my GTO and the dealer eventually ended up replacing two rims becuase they stated that for the warranty to be void I would have had to have hit a pot hole large enough to have dragged the car and they couldn't find any drag marks on the bottom of the vehicle. They did however try for about a month to deny the claim, I just stuck to my guns and eventually they gave in.

 

[mazdadude]

i just had mine replaced today... it was covered under warranty... this car is supposed to be built for 6 people... i hope this isn't a common problem...

this problem is posted on this forum at this link...

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123632763

seems it has happened to a few of us...

I have been suspecting this on our 5, although I have not found a puddle yet.

I imagine this will be quite common with all the stuff you can overload the 5 with. (sssh)

 

[Antonio DiMarco]

I had the passenger rear shock go as well.

I have been suspecting this on our 5, although I have not found a puddle yet.

I imagine this will be quite common with all the stuff you can overload the 5 with. (sssh)

Not sure when your 5's were manufactured, but it maybe a case of a specific lot of defective parts. FYI my dealer replaced under warranty, no questions asked.