Mazdas Are Full Of Spiders?

By Mark Lorenz on March 3rd, 2011

That’s…the most terrifying thing I’ve heard today. And I just watched Food Inc., so my quota for terrifying is presently pretty high.

In what has to be a case of either nature fighting back against us in the most bizarre ways possible, or spiders deciding to suddenly manufacture cars, Mazda has recalled 65000 cars because of a SPIDER PROBLEM. Which means spiders can make our cars stop functioning. Which means I’ll never sleep at night. Because the image of egg sacs bursting in my car and creepy crawlies making it extremely difficult to steer as they tear into my flesh with their steely fangs will be haunting me for at least the next fortnight. Have spiders finally found a way to turn the tide and have us stop killing them? By sabotaging our sweet, sweet rides?

Spider nests in tiny rubber hoses linked to the fuel tank could possibly cause pressurization and ventilation problems – causing the vehicles to jam and catch fire. As if we needed more proof that Mother Nature was finally fighting back.

Dealers found 20 cases of spider-cars across the country. To be fair, good for Mazda. Other companies will only recall their cars after massive problems with brakes and transmission – Mazda will only halt their production for surreptitiously killer spiders.