cx5 rust??

[Rob Ciniello]

Has anyone had any problems with rust on the body? Mazda had a history of rust problems around the wheel well's. I've heard they fixed tat problem finally.

 

[robertmazda]

Curious, since I don't live up north where rust tends to be a problem. Would rust really form on a car that at the most is 2 years old? I always assumed it would take longer.

 

[speedbegone]

I've heard that this rust issue is resolved mainly because mazda is now sourcing their sheet metal from another location.
apparently, the previous sources had contaminated metal, but this is supposed to have been adressed since 2007-2008.

as for surface contamination (tiny rust spots) they are due to the type of paint finish, and avoidable/removable by good maintenance/wash/claybar/wax. I used to have a 2008.5 cristal white pearl mazdaspeed 3 for the last 5 years and had no rust issues except from the surface rust (cwp is more prone to this).

Future will tell how the CX5 will age and hopefully not rust... I am very confident that it will not considering my last 5 years of mazdaspeed ownership was rust free.

 

[Rob Ciniello]

I had a 2001 protege and just got riff of it because it was badly rusted around the wheel wells. It was so bad that parts of the sheet metal had fallen off. To bad because the engine still purred like a cat. Great car. But it was. Time. So I bought a 2014 cx5. I really hope the metals used really are better. I hope do it to last for 10-15 years

 

[Rob Ciniello]

Darn spell check. lol