Miata Mailing List: August 1993, Message #32
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   From: jwa@yog-sothoth.dcrt.nih.gov (James W. Adams)
Subject: Re: window regulator woes
   Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1993 17:22:32 -0400


Kenneth J. Buck epistolates:
>
> > From:  Alex M. Postpischil
> > Subject: window regulators
> >
> > So, has any one else had their right side power window regulator break?
>
> no, but my wife's driver's side window regulator has gone twice.
> from new, it lasted about a year, then the replacement has lasted
> about a year.
> the symptom is that the handle doesn't turn and you can't roll the
> window down any more.
>
> knock on wood, but so far mine has been okay (3.5 years).

Both mine (manual, '92a) failed within 3 months of purchase.

A friend just had his right-side fail as well.

I wonder if there's a trend here?  (maybe a bad run of regulators?)

In all, I love my Miata, but I'm a little disappointed at Mazda's
current quality control.  I had the car back to the dealer four
times within three months for things that shouldn't have happened,
IMHO.  I owned a '80 RX-7 (purchased new for $8,500!) that *never*
went back for any warrantee work at all.


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