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I know this forum has has plenty of posts related to paint problems on the Mazda3, but I'm wondering if anyone has had any luck with Miazda taking it seriously? The paint, it seems, is chronically fragile. Rock chips and surface scratches are very easy to get - If I didn't know better, I'd say there was no clearcoat on my strato blue Mazda 3 at all. Too make matters worse, I tried to fill in some of the larger chips with a paint repair product called Langka (many of you will have heard of or used this product). However, after using it, the results were not so good. I contacted Langka, described the problem, and was told that the clearcoat on the car was to blame. 99.9% of people experience no problems, I was told, but the problem I had experienced occured when the manufacturer's clearcoat was different from the clearcoat on 99% of the cars out there... And I can vouch for the product working wonders on other cars I've owned. Anyone know why Mazda's clearcoat would be different? Is it possible that there is just something wrong with the clearcoat? |
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Gracias MY for the sites, I'll check them out. However I will not relinquish my "king of question askers" title, just yet. Paint problems: I also own a new 350Z and owners are complaining about the same fragile paint issues also. I think it is the new mandated paints that the gov't is making car makers use nowadays. |
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| And I keep asking the question - is there any correlation between colors and fragility? Because my silver GT after 4000 miles has nary a scratch, and the paint seems as tough as our old '92 Camry. | |
| Just heat it up with a hair dryer and peel it off. Unless, of course, it's the screw-on type, in which case YOU are screwed. | |
I have a 2004 Mazda 3 i model. I noticed today that when i parked on a hill and go to put the transmission into reverse the car makes a loud "clunk" sound and the you can feel the car shake. It does not do this on level groud. I am guessing its just the strain from being on a hill BUT should a new car do this? Also when driving it seems that going from 1st to 2nd gear is kinda rough compared to the other gears. I have the automatic transmission. Other than that no other problems! Let me know if anyone else is having the same "hill" issue. Try yours out if u havent tried it on a hill yet and see if yours does it so i know if its normal or not. THANKS!
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... if you're using the parking break to hold the car rather than just the 'P' setting on the transmission?
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Replying to: jeremeymt (May 05, 2004 6:09 pm)  This is a bad thing. Try using the parking brake sometime. Because What you're describing IS a normal symptom of not engaging the parking brake.
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Replying to: halocline (May 05, 2004 6:27 pm) |
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Replying to: npaladin2000 (May 05, 2004 7:28 pm) Jeremey
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Replying to: jeremeymt (May 05, 2004 7:37 pm) It is what you do when you are parking it that causes the problem, not what you do when you are starting off. regards, kyfdx |
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