Hey guys and girls out there i need some help my daughter just broke one of the lift gate struts and i have no clue what the part number is to replace it. I was wondering if anyone could help out. I found them on Carparts.com for 20 dollars but just want to make sure they are the right ones. I drive an 06 Mazda5. Thanks
Lift Gate strut broke
- Thread starter Xplicit5
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- 2008 Mazda5 5MT Sport w/ Popular Package
Did it last that long? 
I cannot find the part number anywhere, but I got the right one replaced back in 07 for my 06. Just make sure that you get the correct side, it is not swappable. The ones for my 08 (which they are the same for the 06, I checked them when I had both) are Showa (L and R)
http://onlinemazdaparts.com/partloc...800&callout=21&catalogid=2&displayCatalogid=0
I cannot find the part number anywhere, but I got the right one replaced back in 07 for my 06. Just make sure that you get the correct side, it is not swappable. The ones for my 08 (which they are the same for the 06, I checked them when I had both) are Showa (L and R)
http://onlinemazdaparts.com/partloc...800&callout=21&catalogid=2&displayCatalogid=0
Yes they have lasted this long, I know she tried to close it and thought if she hung on it it would close and instead it bent in half. Just curious i noticed the red sox B in your pic and then seen NE. If i may where about you located. I am from NE as well. right now i am in the military and live in MD but NE is where i call home. Thanks for the help
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- 2008 Mazda5 5MT Sport w/ Popular Package
Yikes. Mazda5s are good vehicles, but the 2006 model (I bought mine on July 2005) seemed to have gotten all the beta parts
I live somehow close to you now (Greater Philadelphia area), hence the Wawa avatar. But yes, moved down from the Boston area some time back. As you know, once Red Sox... even as they have truly collapsed this season (I want the 2004 "idiots" back
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- 2008 Mazda5 GT
Wow, I have not heard of a bent lift damper/strut. Where exactly did it bend? Would like to see a pic. Tough lady you got there
If you want to be absolutely sure on an exact match, you migh want to buy an OEM part from one of the online Mazda dealers. Check rockauto.com for non OEM replacments and they are pretty good with compatibility. Most of these hood/hatch lift support dampers/struts are interchangeable across many cars.
1 thing to add - replace them in pairs. It is likely that after 5-6 years, the struts are beginning to wear out, and if you only do one, then the new one will wear down faster since its doing most of the work holding up the lift gate. You can probably go aftermarket w/o any real consequences except 1: doubt the non-OEM will feature the dual-stage liftgate height.
btw, I still have our original struts, AFAIK
btw, I still have our original struts, AFAIK
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- 2008 Mazda5 GT
Good point! At the same time, if you didn't mention this I would have forgotten this feature even existed! Also, I wonder why they didn’t just make the gate open up to the highest point in the first, it’s only a few inches difference.?.
I once was very happy that it doesn't open all the way: I was in a parking garage and opened the liftgate. When it was opened, I noticed an ugly steel ventilation box hanging from the ceiling just a few centimeters above the opened liftgate. If it had opened to the max position, it would certainly have been scratched. I still thank the engineer for this feature
johnknight
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- Mazda 5, 2007
Lift gate strut
I am in a wheel chair and too short to reach the gate when it it fully up.
I pulled on the strut to pull it down a few inches to where I could reach the gate proper. Apparently the high pressure in the cylinder causes it to be easier to bend the strut rather than compress it. When I could reach the gate I pulled it down properly. It went about half way and stopped. I had bent the strut into a U shape.
After I got the strut off, I noticed a small note stamped on the side, "Do not apply sideways pressure to the strut."
The dealer price was just under $70. I bought one from a parts "recycler" for $25. No aftermarket suppliers I tried could find any alternate source. Installation is easy (two bolts) once you find that one of the strut ends screws onto the shaft.
John
I am in a wheel chair and too short to reach the gate when it it fully up.
I pulled on the strut to pull it down a few inches to where I could reach the gate proper. Apparently the high pressure in the cylinder causes it to be easier to bend the strut rather than compress it. When I could reach the gate I pulled it down properly. It went about half way and stopped. I had bent the strut into a U shape.
After I got the strut off, I noticed a small note stamped on the side, "Do not apply sideways pressure to the strut."
The dealer price was just under $70. I bought one from a parts "recycler" for $25. No aftermarket suppliers I tried could find any alternate source. Installation is easy (two bolts) once you find that one of the strut ends screws onto the shaft.
John
Well just want to say thanks for all the help good looking out. Sorry i didn't think to take pics of it. So after i wrote this i went ahead and just ordered the parts from carparts.com and man what a failure that was. It was just the gas strut and no mounting hardware and it looks like the hardware is not coming off the OEM parts. i guess you get what you pay for right. So i returned them and had to pony up the 140 dollars( I replaced them both) for the OEM ones from the dealership. Oh well thanks again guys and girls.
