It's like we purchased an old Honda or Fiat from the 1970's and there is no galvanized metal anywhere on the car. Too bad because any savings are negated because the body is beyond repair. All 4 alloy wheels.the paint on them bubbled/corroded up on all edges.Įxcept for the bearings and suspension the car has been quite reliable. Car is 6 years old and we're afraid the floor boards may give out. The undercoating has failed and there is rust visible everywhere. the weld seal of the door panel has failed and seperated and rust is visible. Never a scratch or dent started under the word/eblem. Right under the word Protege 5 in the middle of the hatchback the rust has bubbled almost all the way up to the window. Again, Mazda says a stone must have done it. Where the rear bumper meets the rear wheel well. Mazda says a stone must had it direectly there (both sides). The very top of both rear wheel wells.the paint has bubbled out and is eating vertically upward. In front of both rear wheel wells (the side molding worn down the paint and the rust has eatenthe entire panel away.both sides. Now with 100K miles on the car and years later it is rusting everywhere. I just wanted to reply to this thread a year after to voice an angry ME TOO! OurĢ002 Protege5 started rusting at about 40000 miles in odd places with paint bubbles. I will continue to research and explore this issue, and report here what I end up doing with my second bout with rust, and with the rust problem on top of the wheel wells at the seams, in the engine compartment. I have not had a recurrence of rust in the 40,000 mile repair. I was very happy with the work done by my body shop. You can find Krylon in many parts stores as well as major hardware and building and lumber supply retailers.įind the detail shop who does the touch up detailing for your local car auctions and you will find a shop that knows what they are doing with this problem. You can find Duplicolor in most automotive departments and auto parts retailers.
At one time I was marketing manager for Krylon Rust Tough from S-W, and handled marketing for Krylon and Duplicolor. (Krylon-Duplicolor-"Rust Tough' -Sherwin-Williams). There are specialized rust arrestors (not just a paint coverup) that actually convert rust to an inert compound and stop further rust. With the winning design and technical ZOOM team at Mazda I hope this rust issue gets addressed quickly, and if there is a technical solution for those owners who are disappointed with the performance (rust) of the vehicles they currently own, I hope the owners will be notified by Mazda of the solution. That's where the rust will usually start. Look for areas in the sheet metal where the sheet metal is feathered to a knife edge and may have a ragged look. They did this by setting the specification for the thinnest dimension for steel on the lower part of the car. Toyota did a classic quality deployment study to actually set quality specs for rust. Take the metal back so another part of the car has a thinner edge, and the rust will show up at the new location first. Rust starts where the steel feathers to its thinnest edge anywhere in the car. Toyota Camry's have a chronic and premature rust problem in the same place, just behind the rear wheels where the body panels come together. I am very upset about this, because it could keep me from driving this engineering gem for 200,000 miles. I have rust developing at the seams above the wheel well in the engine compartment. I had a body shop do both sides at that location and touch up some rust on the rear door panels.Īt 60,000 miles I have rust on the passenger side above the panel that had rust before. The leading and narrow edge of the lower panel. Just behind the passenger side rear wheel well. I had rust at 40,000 miles on my Protege5.
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