I can't stand looking at my car. It rusts at an incredible rate.
Mazda is so flippant of rust. It's pathetic. Other Japanese manufacturers had problems with rust in the 80's (keyword: had). Meanwhile, Mazda is still saying, "**** you, customers, we're still going to produce s*** that rusts out in 5-10 years." Have a look at the Mazda 3, it's just as bad as the P5.
There is a fine line that separates poor designs made from genuine mistakes, and poor designs made from unabashed ignorance, but Mazda fits squarely in the latter.
This is why a I'll never buy a Mazda again.
I can't stand looking at my car. It rusts at an incredible rate.
Mazda is so flippant of rust. It's pathetic. Other Japanese manufacturers had problems with rust in the 80's (keyword: had). Meanwhile, Mazda is still saying, "**** you, customers, we're still going to produce s*** that rusts out in 5-10 years." Have a look at the Mazda 3, it's just as bad as the P5.
There is a fine line that separates poor designs made from genuine mistakes, and poor designs made from unabashed ignorance, but Mazda fits squarely in the latter.
This is why a I'll never buy a Mazda again.
Why not get another one? They're cheap nowadays.
Not really.
Subaru has a lot of problems with rear sub frames rusting away. They have issued a recall or two.
There is a class action lawsuit against Nissan for floor pans that dissolve in 02-08 cars.
We all know about Toyota trucks breaking in half from rusty frames, and their buy-back program.
Hyundai recalled 240,000 2006-11 model cars because of rusting rear suspension. Kia has similar issues.
It's not a problem limited to Mazda.
Yikes! that is quite a lot...Every car rusts because of road salt but Mazdas rust 5,000 X faster than anything else.
Absolutely blame the car.
Yikes! that is quite a lot...
What can be done differently by Mazda that the rust proof car companies are doing? Besides fiberglass, plastic, and aluminum?