Breaking Mazda 3 vehicles lock assembly issue causes alarm

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This problem is with all Mazda 3 cars, and it may even be to other models, we just don’t know the extent of this issue yet. Mazda has known …

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Breaking: Mazda 3 vehicles lock assembly issue causes alarm
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Friday January 19, 2007 10:29 AM PST - By: Fabrizio Pilato
A rash of Mazda 3 owners have fell victim
to a sneaky method of forced entry to their
zoom zooms. When returning to their
vehicles the passenger side door has a
dent, and all of the items once in their cars,
are now gone. No glass smashed, no door
locks jimmied, just a side blow to the door will grant entry to the
thief.
According to a Mazda dealership that wishes to remain
anonymous, it works by someone creating a large blow in just
the right place on the door panel. It will leave a dent in the door
of course, but this dent goes past the door frame, to the lock
assembly mechanism and activates the linkage also tricking the
computer into thinking that it was legitimately unlocked by…