Spiders cause Mazda Recall

Buzzard2010 · Mar 4, 2011

Spiders prompt itsy-bitsy Mazda recall - Yahoo! Cars

Is this the strangest car recall ever? Mazda has been forced to recall 65,000 of its saloon cars in the US, Canada and Mexico after spiders were discovered nesting in their fuel pipes.

- Simon

Lbatson21 · Mar 4, 2011

It's Arachnophobia all over again! Run! lol

Buzzard2010 · Mar 4, 2011

HAHA it certainly could be!!

- Simon

iggibar · Mar 4, 2011

Clearly, the fumes venting from it is something that the spiders are attracted to. I bet changing the actual lines won't help, unless they actually prevent them from getting in, but they will still nest around it. Must be a combination of the odors from the plastics mixing from the gas vapors that attracts them.

cwa107 · Mar 4, 2011

Well, add that as another one of the many reasons I will never buy another Mazda!

Kash · Mar 5, 2011

Boy, am I glad I passed over the Mazda 6 and got the VW instead

Chris H. · Mar 6, 2011

idrinorbarsaku said:
Clearly, the fumes venting from it is something that the spiders are attracted to. I bet changing the actual lines won't help, unless they actually prevent them from getting in, but they will still nest around it. Must be a combination of the odors from the plastics mixing from the gas vapors that attracts them.

Seeing as this only affects Mazda vehicles, and only one model made by Mazda (thus far), it seems that something Mazda did is what is attracting these spiders - which by the way are Yellow Sac spiders.

iggibar · Mar 6, 2011

Chris H. said:
Seeing as this only affects Mazda vehicles, and only one model made by Mazda (thus far), it seems that something Mazda did is what is attracting these spiders - which by the way are Yellow Sac spiders.

Which is why I said it might be due to the combination of vapors from those materials, because that same exact vent line is used on other vehicles from Mazda and even Ford, but those vehicles aren't being recalled.