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Hi folks, I'm in contact with a german Mazda5 forum. They have the same problems with the sliding doors. Here in New Mexico i didn't recognized this problem with my Mazda5 sport. The humidity is to low. The germans explain, mazda would use the wrong grease for the locks. Mostly they have the problem after a car wash during frosty weather. A sealing of the locking system was recommended by the mazda dealer. Bye 
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Replying to: dragonbug (Jan 19, 2006 7:57 pm) |
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With all of these door latch problems, I wonder why they don't just use regular doors and put some rubber stripping along the edge to prevent dinging another car. Plus, with kids in the back seat you should be using the child locks on the rear doors anyways, so the kids back there don't even have the opportunity to open the door from the inside. A normal door has much less chance of having anything go wrong.
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Replying to: bobw3 (Jan 20, 2006 12:13 pm) |
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Replying to: bobw3 (Jan 20, 2006 12:13 pm)
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Replying to: jbollt (Jan 20, 2006 1:07 pm)
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Replying to: bobw3 (Jan 20, 2006 5:13 pm) And my point (that I didn't seem to make very clear when I posted the above note) is that there have been sliding doors for a very long time, and we have'nt seen the kind of problems with them that apparently is becoming evident with the M5. Perhaps it is just a design flaw on this particular latch. I'm sure Mazda will step up and provide a fix promptly. BTW, I had the oportunity to drive one yesterday...very nice package indeed... If I was in the proper demographics, I would definately consider one. But...Empty nester here.....don't need 6 seats, and prefer just a little bigger vehicle...bought a Highlander just about a year ago.
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Replying to: jbollt (Jan 20, 2006 7:22 pm) |
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I live in Colorado Springs and have been reading with interest all the issues folks are having with their door latches. Hasn't been an issue for me but of course I washed the car yesterday and today my wife calls me and tells me the door won't latch! First thing I thought of was Edmunds forum and told her to hit it with a hair dryer. That worked and she is on her way but I can vouch: it happens and it is related to water in the mechanism. I called our dealership and spoke to the service manager. Of course mazda hasn't released any information to him and he has heard nothing about it. Surprise! I am annoyed at the fact that we seem to be doing the Q&A for mazda and have been charged ~20k for the honor. The service manager is a good guy with good customer orientation so he is trying to dig up some information from mazda. Will let you know what he says! Other than that love the car. Filled it up yesterday for 23 dollars. haha.
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Replying to: broncos730 (Jan 23, 2006 8:04 am)
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