new mazda bt50 bullbar near falls off

Hi Don,
Just viewed your facebook video, I can certainly understand your distress.
Keep your cool when communicating with the dealer, take photos & this video as evidence also keep a note of all dealings, names & outcomes of this dispute.
Post the outcome,..... will be interested to hear..... heres hoping it is fixed with a minimum of iinconvenience & further distress.

that's Wat the guys from EGR who make the bullbar said is acceptable, so the guy from dealership says, I rang egr but they never bothered calling me back.... Next will put on you tube under "2012 bt50" as will promote the dealership ;(((

Don,

I don't know if this is the actual situation with the Mazda but I had a similar problem with the Navara. The Bull bar is mounted to captive nuts welded into the front horns of the chassis rails. If these are nut-certs or spot welded, the nut inside the chasis can work or break loose through over tightening. This will then prevent the bar from being tightened further.

Another factor is that the bars are not supported against vibration by any form of gusseting. If the bar is simply mounted with four bolts into the chassis rail without any form of support extending from the bottom of the bull bar to anchor points further down the front chassis rails, then you may have issues.

I'll endevour to dig out a photo of the issue.

Cheers Mick

I had a similar situation with my Tow Bar. They had used bolts with too long a shank on them which meant that when the bolt was fully home up to the shank in the nut it wasn't tightening up against the tow bar.

Took em out and replaced them with shorter shanked bolts.

Hi don d1. I have a 2008 BT50 fitted with the Mazda aluminium bar. Had done 75000 klm and both the mounting brackets snapped off at the same time on the CSR last year. Much to the delight of other travellers we met, continued with the bar tied to the roof rack and had the mounts repaired at Kunnawaritji.
Advised Mazda in Brisbane and was requested to drop the vehicle in for inspection when I got back.
Mazda not only replaced the bar and the LH wheel guard at no cost, they lent me a car for the day and even refunded the $100 paid to have the welding done. I can't speak highly enough of their service.

Good luck,
Mike

don d1

Bloody hell mate ....

Get all the Video evidence you can !
Get every conversation on tape.

Find an honest Dealer, that will pick up the Warranty, and above all let Mazda themselves know

Cheers
Bucky

Don

Just in case that video is stored in the Facebook file server, download a copy to your PC in case faceboook "clean" up. PC/laptop at home is preferable to a mobile device. A lot less chance of losing it either accidentally or by theft.

If things continue being pear shape get a report from the NRMA or your state car motoring body. Just have it handy.

Don't be a bit surprised if the apparent "shrugging of" is a ploy. Stick with it and don't blow your boiler at them. Cool, calm and collected and make notes if you cannot actually record the conversation. Be diplomatic in asking if it is okay if you do any recording. Just to protect your interests is a good one.

Best of luck. We just made a claim on a set of four mud tyres and the dealers met us half way. We are happy with that. I shut up for once and it worked.

Hopefully I am not telling you to suck eggs mate.

Phil

Hi Don,

Interesting to read your post & noticed that you mentioned EGR. I have just bought a 2010 Ford Ranger & it came complete with front & rear ARB bars, but was fitted with an EGR canopy.

The car has been fantastic, but I have had constant issues with the canopy. Leaking windows that were replaced but still leak and a crack in the corner of the canopy that is slowly growing. I must admit though to both Ford & EGR's credit, they have both been fantastic. Ford chasing up the initial replacement of windows then again with EGR re crack & windows. An EGR rep came out & looked at the cracked canopy & immediatley agreed to replace it free of charge - I was expecting nothing less, but have not had any problems with their service so far.

Hopefully the newly fitted canopy will be better than this one - they assure me it will be? Good luck with your bar....

Cheers,

ECB now have an alloy bull bar availably for the new BT 50, starting price $2220, just in case anyone is looking for an alternative to the Mazda one.