Check your spoiler

[CWP_MS3]

This is not a Drill....

So a long time ago I overheard @voltron; tell someone to check their spoiler and make sure the nuts were tight "or you're going fishin". Well I didn't necessarily blow it off, but I sure as fuck didn't run and check.

So I'm rolling down the road, minding my own business and I hear a metallic sound in the back of the car go "ping pin ping ping". I knew exactly what it was when it happened. Instantly I was like:



So I tried "goin fishin", for like a solid 45 min or more. Lifting the hatch up and down, up and down; trying to get this shit near my magnet. Luckily, I hear it fall its way all the way to the bottom of the hatch. Finally I said fuck fishing with a magnet, and started pulling body panels. After I pulled the top trim, I get to the big bottom piece and when I pulled it off, the nut magically fucking falls out. Thank God and FML... No way I could live with hearing that shit rattle every time I hit a bump or lift the hatch.

Anyways, check your shit now because it takes 10 fucking seconds and will save you from mad frustration. I was fortunate it fell out when I pulled the panel; who knows how long that shit could have gone on for.

Don't mind the girl. No fucking clue who's woman this is, but fuck it she can be our model. I'd pee in her butt. So, the 2 little circles represent where there are 2 little plastic caps. Pop those off and there are 2 10mm nuts. Deep socket is needed. Both of those were loose on my car. Then there are about 3 more, under the main plastic trim that's in the big circle. Be careful, but it just pops right out. Those require a pretty deep socket. I didn't locktite my shit, but I intend to.



If you decide to wait and it falls... Have fun.

[Javi]

@bryansawiseone;

[Voltron]

nobody listens to the guy who blew a hole thru transmissions.


but my shits are tight lol.

[El_Diablo]

Mine rattles... time to do the butyl tape fix and make sure my nuts are still there.

[BigRedSpecial]

This shit apply to genwon?

[CWP_MS3]

No Clue. doesnt hurt to check i suppose. I imagine its probably just a pu production issue. some lazy bitch at the plant.

[Slash]

My shits as floppy as that chicks corn hole but I'm way too lazy to check it.

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[GoSpeed3Go]

same here once im done with this mickeys, im gonna go check my nuts.

[Dr. Speed]

Just ran out and checked my nuts. They were both loose (especially the right one)... not to the point where they were going to fall off yet, but the car only has 8K miles on it and I'm sure they would have gotten worse. Spoiler doesn't shake quite so much when I close the hatch now.
Thanks @CWP_MS3;

[silvapain]

I have been noticing lately that my spoiler flops more when I close the hatch...fuck.

I'll be checking this tonight.

[manila]

Thanks for the heads up @CWP_MS3; alex. My spoiler rattles like a mofo when I close it. Hopefully this fixes that.

[865ms3]

mine came loose the first couple months i had the car. it rattled down in the abyss for months until i finally "fished" it out.

[evil MS3]

Going to check mine tonight. Thanks!

No barstool for you!

[98zjdave]

My shit has been getting louder by the week. Thanks for reminding me.

[LumberJack]

Damn, definitely will be checking that shit first thing in the AM

[ms3rick]

Mine was loose as guck when I first got my car. I used done lock tight.. Fuck it

[littleloogy]

Just checked mine and after 15,000 miles...loosy goosy. tightened them and now fixed. thanks for the heads up!

[L3THAL6]

Thanks, just went down and checked mine, one was completely loose and about to fall off!

This is on a 4 month old 2013 btw

[El_Diablo]

Time to report it to Mazda North America? Plenty of people with issues. I have a feeling that its fairly wide spread throughout the gen2's.

[Tizbitz]

I'm just gonna let mine break off. When the whole spoiler makes a 75 mph rear exit from the vehicle, I will instantly be faster from the weight savings and my car will be even more of a sleeper.

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[CrawlingMS3]

I'll be checking mine. Thanks

[evil MS3]

Checked mine....definitely not tight....tightened now

A little tapa tapa taparoo...

[burn813]

Lol, @Ckmazdaspeed3; has a floppy spoiler

[silvapain]

Haha, the center nut was off and rattling around in the hatch. It fell right out when I pulled the trim piece off.

[JgamB]

/grumbles about getting out of comfortable chair to check nuts

[fredricktsang]

Ugh... I dropped the far left nut when removing it to apply loctite and now it's stuck in a place where it doesnt even fall to the bottom of the hatch... hope it doesn't rattle... 3 of the 4 were loose, and one of them was half way off the threads!!!.

[attomica]

I got my PU in January and I'm at 8500 miles now. Just went and checked and all were tight. I removed, Loctited, and replaced them all just to be sure I won't face this problem later.

Thanks for the heads-up.

[Tremmy2]

Just checked my nuts. I love it when my nuts are tight and where they're supposed to be.

[brakehard]

My right one loose too. others ok! on 2010

[H3R3TIC]

I checked this today on my GenWon.

My four side bolts were tight as hell, but the one in the center under the trim wasn't even attached. It was just chillin in the trim piece. I got lucky it didn't fall to the sides. No idea how long it's been like that. I've got 50k miles on the car. '08

[donjohnk]

I checked mine and noticed some marks on the paint. looks like the dealership must a checked it sometime...

[Alexander]

i checked my nuts, and i think im feeling a weird lump on the left one, kinda towards the bottom. anyone else feel that or is it just me?

[dsb_chicago]

Just checked mine. Loosey goosey. I had to tighten her ass up. Good looking out MSF

[Vandal]

Mine's rattling when I close the hatch, guess I'll check the nuts when I put my AT internals in on Wednesday.

[coasttime]

My shit flops all the time. I will be checking this. Its shitty that mazda did not make this shit tight. Thanks for the heads up.

[intotheice]

Note from the manual. These nuts dont need to be too tight.

Recommended torque specs for these bolts are:

7-11 Nm or 72-112 kgf-cm or 69-97 in-lbf or 6-8 ft-lbf

[CWP_MS3]

Originally Posted by intotheice Note from the manual. These nuts dont need to be too tight. Recommended torque specs for these bolts are: 7-11 Nm or 72-112 kgf-cm or 69-97 in-lbf or 6-8 ft-lbf

They don't, but perhaps locktite is in order. I haven't gone back over mine yet, but I intend to.

[silvapain]

Originally Posted by CWP_MS3 They don't, but perhaps locktite is in order. I haven't gone back over mine yet, but I intend to.

I used blue Locktite on mine for the hell of it.

[CWP_MS3]

Originally Posted by silvapain I used blue Locktite on mine for the hell of it.

That was my plan. Red seems unnecessary. lol

[Mazdaspeed3KHP]

I went to the dealership to have them fix this because I found the little 10mm nut at the end of my hatch towards where the button is when you open the hatch. They fixed it and a day later its loose again and rattling. It was the very right nut, I bet it fell off again. I'm sure the vibration from the exhaust/ having motor mounts causes the bolts to become even more loose.

It drives me nuts!

I have also owned a 2009 Mazda 3 and this 2012 MS3 and have had a rattle above the front passenger head rest. Same fucking rattle on two different generations. Fuck you Mazda fuck you...