Sway Bar Problems of Mazda MAZDA5

Front sway bar bushings were replaced no less than 3 times by the dealer under warranty. The symptom is a clunking or thumping noise on rough or washboarded roads. The sway bar is . 908 inches in diameter and the wall thickness of the bushings is approximately . 25 inches. They are rubber from Mazda and apparently, changing them every 20k mi or so are not adequate for the application. Seems that there is a known issue by Mazda for this but one of the busining that was just removed 2/3/18 was torn nearly in half across between the sway bar and the cross member. If these were ignored and the bushings completely fell out of the brackets ther would be enough movement of the sway bar to cause interference in steering the vehicle due to the fully articulated design of the sway bar endlinks. This has the potential to be a deadly issue.

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Mazda 5 started making rattling noises whenever I drive over a rough road. I googled the problem and found out it¿s very common in many cars built after 2005 and the solution is to replace the sway bar bushing. This will happen to every Mazda 5 and similar I. E Mazda 3. Mazda know there is a issue and no recall. The bad bushing affects the steering to feel less precise than it usually does, since the sway bar moves around terribly. As the vehicle corners, the car feel less steady, with poor handling. There is a TSB out for this problem bulletin 02-002/11.

Loud clunking noise in left/front over uneven surface. Worse during cold weather. Checked by independent dealer then by Mazda dealership. Told sway bar bushings were the problem. Car was under warranty at time of initial complaint, but technician was unable to hear it. [bushing warm by the time I got to dealer]. Claim made to Mazda to repair under warranty but was declined. Internet search shows this to be a known problem on this model.

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