RUSTY DOOR HINGE BOLTS ON 2008 MAZDA CX-9. THERE ARE FOUR BOLTS ON EVERY HINGE AND TWO HINGES PER DOOR. HALF OF THE BOLTS ARE PAINTED AND PROTECTED, THE OTHER HALF ARE NOT AND THEY ARE RUSTING. ALL OF THE BOLTS THAT SECURE THE DOOR SHOULD BE COATED---IN THIS CASE HALF ARE AND ONE HALF ARE NOT. THIS COULD LEAD TO A HINGE FAILURE. *TR
2009
SERVICE BRAKES
2009 MAZDA CX-9 - ON 5/19/2013 THE BRAKES WERE FINE. THE MORNING OF THE 20TH MY WIFE RETURNED HOME FROM WORK, AND SAID SHE HEARD A HISSING NOISE FROM THE BRAKES. I DROVE THE CAR TO WORK LATER THAT DAY AND NOTICED THE HISSING SOUND. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT NORMAL AT FIRST THEN BEGAN TO GET HARD AND THE CAR COULD BARLEY STOP. *TR