Vasya > wrote:

>Car 54 wrote:
>> I have 2000 Mazda Protege that has a tremendous amount of rust on all four
>> doors. In fact 6 months after I bought the car, I had to have the doors
>> repainted. I took my car to 2 body shops recently and both guys I dealt
>> with said that Mazda's rust very very fast.

Miatas don't.

>> Why is that ? And is there any
>> warranty for that kind of stuff?
>> Tks all !
>> reply to group.
>
>My 02 Pro has rust on the bottom of the passenger side front door too.
>So much for galvanised steel..

Not necessarily. Based on experience, I would not exclude that Ford may have
found some alternative that is "just as good for several pennies less."
Three pennies saved on a Protege may not sound like much, but accumulated
over 100,000 Proteges, it allows the CEO to buy a new laptop.

Leon

> The dealer did offer to fix it, but I
>don't want to have the whole door sandblasted and repainted..
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