10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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2003 Mazda MAZDA6 body / paint problems

body / paint problem

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2003 Mazda MAZDA6 Owner Comments

problem #1

Dec 152003

MAZDA6 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Rust has begun to form under the weather stripping of the doors as well as on the sash on the right front door. Car was purchased in March 2003. In a service bulletin (09-020/02) Mazda North american operations claims it is not rust but a orange/yellow surface stain caused by negative reaction with a lubricant used at the factory. However the following email is from Mazda operations stating it is indeed rust. So which is it" "October 22, 2003 owner nullunit2000" received the following E-mail from Mazda and posted it in the rust problem topic at mazda6club.com. Thank you for contacting Mazda North american operations. I appreciate the opportunity to respond to you. Mazda North american operations has become aware of a surface rust situation on the doors of certain Mazda6 sedans built at the company's auto alliance international production facility in flat rock, Michigan. When the door-sash weather-stripping is installed on the assembly line, a soapy water solution is used to ease installation of the stripping into a channel on the door. During the affected time period, that soapy solution was found to have included a substance that has caused surface rust to appear on the channel underneath the door weather-stripping on a number of vehicles. The solution has since been replaced, and vehicles built after July 22, 2003 are not affected. Mazda is working on a service procedure to correct the situation and will be notifying owners of affected vehicles as soon as possible. Please take a moment to give us your opinion about our E-mail service. Click the link below to complete a brief, online survey. www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi"F3tshlv0X57gc4nhrshlsh44 regards, lisa lasky" I certainly did not intend to purchase a car that will eventually rust through. Please look into the matter.

- Alhambra, CA, USA

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