Hi All,

I didn't see this question discussed anywhere on the forum, so thought I would ask. I have the original window sticker that came with my car and noticed on it that it says lifetime rust protection. I don't know the fine print of this protection, but was curious if anyone ever tried to claim this or if Mazda would even still honor it.

 

Unless you're the original owner, I wouldn't even waste my time looking into it.

 

May have been due to a dealer-installed rustproofing or undercoat.

Dealer-applied rustproofing was a rampant cash cow in the 80's, with dealers charging heavy premium $$ for processes that varied from fairly good, to pretty much ineffective, to actively destructive, promoting rust by trapping water against the underlying metal.

As Directfreak pointed out, the warranty for these was almost always limited to the original owner.

I still have the factory warranty book for my SA at home; I'll check it tonight to see if there's any mention of "lifetime rust protection."

If you ever watched the movie "Fargo," you might remember a scene in which William H. Macy, playing the stereotypical shady car dealer, tries to talk a customer into buying "the undercoating."

 

peepers got "the undercoating" too, its really funny cause it appears to have lived in the LA area, in its 1st life, where it doesn't even rain!