Itsy Bitsy Spiders Cause Massive Mazda Recall
- Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:53pm by
Meredith Jessup
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mazda has a creepy crawly culprit in its new safety recall — a spider.
After discovering spider webs in the vents, the Japanese automaker is recalling more than 50,000 Mazda6 cars from the 2009-2010 model years in the United States and an additional 15,000 vehicles in Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
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The company said Thursday a spider could weave a web in a vent connected to the fuel tank system and clog up the tank’s ventilation. Pressure on the fuel tank could lead to a crack, causing fuel leakage and the risk of a fire.
Mazda said it was unaware of any fires, injuries or crashes in the vehicles.
Mazda spokesman Jeremy Barnes said dealers had identified 20 cases in which spider webs were found in the vents. The webs were linked to yellow sac spiders, Barnes said, but it was unclear why they were crawling into the Mazda6 rather than other vehicles.
Adding to the mystery, Barnes said the arachnoid attraction to the sporty cars — which the company has marketed with its “zoom-zoom” tagline — had no specific connection to a particular region of North America.
“Perhaps yellow sac spiders like to go zoom-zoom?” Barnes quipped.
The recall involves vehicles with V4 engines built from April 2008 to February 2010.
Owners will be notified by mid-March and told to take their vehicles to dealers for inspection and repairs. Customers can call Mazda at (800) 222-5500.
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Comments (56)
asybot12
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:45am@quagaar please do not use more than 2 big words you might be charged with mental cruelty.
Report Post »Jack007
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 9:53amI think quagaar forgot to take his meds again :|
Report Post »nepaNavyGB2012
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 1:02amSpiders?! …. Some spiders are bl@ck right? ….. Mazda is obviously RACIST!!
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:37amNotice these spiders didn’t get into the electrical system. SOOOO, buy an electric ‘green’ car and you will have no problem with spiders. Wonder if spiders are getting onto all these gas lines blowing up? haha I bet the spiders won’t bother solar hot water heaters either, matter of fact, they just don’t like solar or GE electric products, and you knowwww all those wind farms would blow them away, so why not do away with gas altogether, hmmm. Listening Obama, bet you are.
Report Post »Quagaar Warrior
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Report Post »@ hownowbrownmao
How did ya like being censored? You are SOOOOOO welcome!!! That was me, Baby!!!
I wouldn’t buy a union made product if it was the last item on the planet!!!!
Union made is crap to begin with not to mention it’s over pricing!!!
P.S. You are obviously a victim of the public school system. Try using spellcheck, punctuation check, comprehensioncheck and while you’re at it, braincheck. If you can’t find any of that in the english language, try the ebonic spellcheck software.
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ares338
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:07amSarah Pallin did it.
Report Post »hownowbrownmao
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:58pmok what does this disturbing spidey fact mean?
Report Post »Quagaar Warrior
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:32am~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Report Post »@ hownowbrownmao
How did ya like being censored? You are SOOOOOO welcome!!! That was me, Baby!!!
I wouldn’t buy a union made product if it was the last item on the planet!!!
Union made is crap to begin with not to mention it’s over pricing!!!
P.S. You are obviously a victim of the public school system. Try using spellcheck, punctuation check, comprehensioncheck and while you’re at it, braincheck. If you can’t find any of that in the english language, try the ebonic spellcheck software.
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N37BU6
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:48pmWeird how particular they seem to be. Maybe a parts bin was infested, not the cars themselves.
Report Post »David Zuckerman
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:48pm@Dustyluv
Report Post »Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:20pm
crap! guess what I own!?
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Lol! Sorry Dustyluv.
lawrench
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:58pmWait, is this an advertisement for Mazda? If I was the Mazda spokesman, I would tout how ECO-friendly this model was defined. It is so ECO-Friendly that spiders want to live in the car.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:38pmPretty cool comment, bet you could go with that one and get hired at any car dealership.
Report Post »lawrench
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:49pmBUSH LIED!!! Spiders spun webs…. wait, that does not rhyme….
Report Post »SuperSuineg
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:49pmyou wont see a gm volt on Top Gear
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:33pmExport it to Iran and give one to the 12th Imam to drive
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:44pmNo soup for you
Report Post »JEDI_GADSDEN
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:29pmSpeaking as a mechanic- THIS MAKES NO SENSE!!! It seems as though they are covering up something…
Report Post »mhills51
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:21pmI agree! A spider web will start problems in a low pressure system, but they are talking about enough pressure to blow out a gas line— Not there sorry.
Report Post »miles from nowhere
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:28pmHOWNOWBROWNMAO check your shorts there is a cob—web in there and you need recalled and do not worry we all know you are liberal piece of work that lies and distorts issues, but more importantly you are a puppet for George Soros and may even be part of his communist machine. So screw you!
Report Post »hownowbrownmao
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:55pmwhat part of buy American to I have wrong hero? If glenda thinks that supporting American industry is wrong I know where to find thousands of marionettes that will dance along, personally I wish only the best for our American industries and find it unbelievable that other Americans are shortsighted enough to wish them to fail and if not repeating every damn fool thing I am silly enough to listen to on becks show somehow make me a liberal well wood I truly have been called much worse. thanks
Report Post »calamari12
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 9:01pmI agree with HOWNOWBROWNMAO, if I could afford to buy American I would. Unfortunately, the unions have made it next to impossible for me to buy a quality car from an American company. Here‘s hoping that this spider problem isn’t going to hurt Mazda but maybe it will help some American company step up and fill the gap.
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:23pmIs that one of those cars that runs off batteries? I saw a prius get hit by a suv and the batteries spilled all over the road. They had to call the haz-mat team out to clean it up. They had all 8 lanes shut down for over 4 hours. There wasn’t much damage at all to the suv while the prius disentigrated
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:23pmRemember when America had SAC? Strategic Air Command. They went Zoom – Zoom. And these Heros were never yellow. . Americas owners ( Actual Taxpayers) should call their Reps, Sens. and the Whitehouse and let them know what they think.
Just Dreamin
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:16pmAdd your comments
Report Post »hownowbrownmao
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:23pmvery heartening, very very heartening……..
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:15pmI crashed into Mazda once…. I rode around for 3 days with that thing stuck to the front of my truck. It was really hard to pry it off the front grill.
Report Post »asybot12
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:40ammine was blue , what color was yours ( it was a bright clear sunny blue day for me )
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:11pmNot suited for buyer with arachnophobia
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:10pmNow I wonder what’s to keep those spiders from crawling in from somewhere else?!
I already have to spray the heat pump for ants to keep it from shorting out! (About time to do that again, too.)
Report Post »hownowbrownmao
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:09pmoh glendaaaaaa, where are youuuuuuuu?
Report Post »lillianrose
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:37pmWhere’s Joe been Hiden?
Report Post »Quagaar Warrior
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:31am~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Report Post »@ hownowbrownmao
How did ya like being censored? You are SOOOOOO welcome!!! That was me, Baby!!!
I wouldn’t buy a union made product if it was the last item on the planet!!!
Union made is crap to begin with not to mention it’s over pricing!!!
P.S. You are obviously a victim of the public school system. Try using spellcheck, punctuation check, comprehensioncheck and while you’re at it, braincheck. If you can’t find any of that in the english language, try the ebonic spellcheck software.
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Tnredneck
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:08pmWhat’s a Mazda??
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:25pmSomething a million times better than a GM product. I LOVE my zoom zoom!! Most of mine was assembled here in the USA and it was the best purchase I ever made. I spend 150K + miles a year on the road. I have almost 500K miles on it and ONE repair that was not an oil change.
Report Post »FGM It is the only brand of car I will ever drive again…
lillianrose
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:30pmWe bought a mazda truck in the 80′s, when they actually backed their products- had a bumper to bumper warranty, still running great. I would not want buy them today- they switched out engines- with cheap oversea ones.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:03pmBuy American
Report Post »Dick Blitskreig
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:59pmNow that’s a good pile of B.S.
Report Post »miles from nowhere
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:59pmMakes me wonder if Obama had something to do with this, so his little crappy GMs will sell?
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:13pmMuch like the bees, the spiders know…
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:14pmWow, for years there have never been problems with Japanese cars, I have 2 friends that have mazda’s, and never have had problems. Suddenly since Obama has been in office, Japanese cars are now lemons, maybe if they had UAW support, they would suddenly get better. Alyinski model. Next I would bet suddenly Fords start having problems.
Report Post »conservativeme
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:14pmNah – the problem was inherited from the Bush administration!
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:16pmWow, that is really an intelligent comments to make – Obama did it!!!! LOL You people on this site are losing your minds!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-HF
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:20pmcrap! guess what I own!?
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:31pmIn other news: The Chevy Volt sold 281 copies last month. Perhaps Professor O’Barry could discover that Mazdas actually cause cancer.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:39pmHi, Miles-
I’ve been thinking about the recent story about Col. West and about the one where he stood in the CAIR executive’s face.
I would LOVE to see West and Obama debate!!!
Report Post »lawrench
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:46pmBUSH lied and spiders spun webs…. wait that did not rhyme….
Report Post »lawrench
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:48pmBUSH lied! and spiders spun webs…. wait, that does not rhyme….
Report Post »lillianrose
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:36pm@Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra- Ford has had issues too. The computers in the ‘80’s models gave headaches and my ‘84 mustang had to have the filter chgd frequently, 90′s have electrical issues- ‘95 esp. bad. I understand they have improved since.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:48pmLets send these spiders to the WH. There are a couple of “A” holes there that need clogging
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:01amSo this time there has been found to be a literal “Bug” in the vehicle; spiders in the vents, that could be one mess if say one crawled out onto the driver, startling them, and the resulting mess on the roadway could be imagined easily.
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