Be careful opening the sliding doors in cold, icy weather

[Orangutan]

Because this can happen:

The plastic simply sheared:

(rolleyes) (hand)

Seven cars, never had that happen. Luckily insurance covered it this time. Part was in and repair was done by the next afternoon thankfully. I checked over on TrueDelta and someone reported a similar happening on their 1st gen 5.

 

[JingChuan]

Wow! Was the handle ever damaged before, or hit? Did you really pull the handle hard to break it? Seems like that should be a warranty item if not...

 

[Nurburgringer]

pffft, incredible. Mazda must have saved $15 per car to have that part made out of plastic instead of metal.
It looks like both sides broke - both the pivot and the "latch" end right?

Was the rubber door seal frozen to the body? How hard would you say you pulled on it?

 

[Orangutan]

Yeah the rubber seal had frozen. Both ends did indeed break. I pulled hard but no harder than I have on any other car door I've had. The door was perfectly fine previously, never damaged or sticky. Live and learn, I guess.