The hole is a shipping hole and at the predelivery inspection, the dealer should take the rubber bungs out the bag supplied by Mazda and put one rubber bung in each side of the car. There is a Mazda part number for the rubber bung.
@@BloodRedCypher Depends where you are at. Ontario uses a ton of salt all winter, but here in Saskatchewan we typically get too cold for it to work so don't use as much of it and use a lot of sand instead. We still have salt in some of the sand though so we have to be careful to wash cars after they laid down a lot. I've heard many times from people in the US rust belt and Ontario that visit here that we have a lot of older good condition daily drivers on our roads compared to those areas. 20+ year old daily driver cars without significant rust is common.
@@DaveSimkus Not to be rude but take an educated guess. All cars, save for maybe a few custom stainless made and/or carbon bodies, are made of just plain old sheetmetal and tubing, that will rust in pretty much any water. thats why its all painted and sealed usually. Salt in water just is a way more corrosive factor that accelerates that process.
I'm happy to have a ND in California. My rotors don't even rust. But good video. Also. Just grab the panel and pull it strait up. No need for a tool at all unless you have Trump hands.
Please, please use a plastic trim removal tool. You can literally see bare metal paint chips from what you did...
I've used black electrical tape on my panel removal tool. Helps
I wouldn't use metal tool to release the side panel.
It might damege the paint.
The hole is a shipping hole and at the predelivery inspection, the dealer should take the rubber bungs out the bag supplied by Mazda and put one rubber bung in each side of the car. There is a Mazda part number for the rubber bung.
What is the bung part number of you hapoen to know
Mazda needs to get a grip...shocking that these cars rot like they do.
that is a shocking amount of rust fo such a new car
Welcome to Canada. This is actually quite fresh and clean for a Canadian car
Not really. It's seven years old. In areas with rough winters and salted roads, there are cars with much more rust at half this age.
@@BloodRedCypher Depends where you are at. Ontario uses a ton of salt all winter, but here in Saskatchewan we typically get too cold for it to work so don't use as much of it and use a lot of sand instead. We still have salt in some of the sand though so we have to be careful to wash cars after they laid down a lot.
I've heard many times from people in the US rust belt and Ontario that visit here that we have a lot of older good condition daily drivers on our roads compared to those areas. 20+ year old daily driver cars without significant rust is common.
@@Swarm509 Maybe a dumb question but can water/rain rust a car? I try to avoid winters because of the salt but can normal rain water also cause rust?
@@DaveSimkus Not to be rude but take an educated guess. All cars, save for maybe a few custom stainless made and/or carbon bodies, are made of just plain old sheetmetal and tubing, that will rust in pretty much any water. thats why its all painted and sealed usually. Salt in water just is a way more corrosive factor that accelerates that process.
I'm happy to have a ND in California. My rotors don't even rust. But good video. Also. Just grab the panel and pull it strait up. No need for a tool at all unless you have Trump hands.
another day im thankful i dont need salt for my roads lol. instead, 600 thousand potholes. Australia.
Do you drive it in the winter?