Power Liftgate Help (First Gen)

Bronco Boy

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2009 Mazda CX-9 GT

• Oct 12, 2019

• #1

Bronco Boy said:

Got home Friday after work, press the liftgate button, and all I hear is bangin' and clangin'; the ballmount tore out and cracked the interior panel.....

Now to find somebody to weld the ballmount back in place.

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Can anybody with a first gen confirm that this ballmount comes out at 90 degrees? Either an image or a verbal confirmation? The only reference I have is this image I got from Facebook of a similar repair:

This one appears to be at quite an angle, but it also is only tacked into place, so I suspect it isn't the final repair.

 

Bronco Boy

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2009 Mazda CX-9 GT

• Oct 16, 2019

• #2

Bump. Help?

 

Bronco Boy

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2009 Mazda CX-9 GT

• Oct 26, 2019

• #3

Anybody? Lil help here.

 

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youri

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2018 CX-9 GT

• Oct 28, 2019

• #4

I don't have a first gen cx-9, but scoured auto trader for photos that might help you. To me it looks like the ball mount is mounted horizontally (or almost horizontally towards the passenger side).

 

Bronco Boy

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2009 Mazda CX-9 GT

• Oct 29, 2019

• #5

Youri, thank you for your efforts. I did the same type of thing. Pretty sure I've seen every liftgate image on the net. LOL

I really need a close up of the mount to confirm/deny my thoughts.

 

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table5511

• Nov 7, 2019

• #6

Sorry for the late reply.... i'm sending you a pm for email. I'm happy to send photos of mine.
p.s. several years back this was a more prevailing topic. Seems like people who used the button a lot to close the gate had this happen eventually.
The metal on the liftgate shell fatigues and the ball & thread tears out. Your options are a complete liftgate replacement, or find a body shop
that is good at welding and will work with you to fabricate a solution to straighten the gate and weld the ball back in place somehow.

 

Bronco Boy

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2009 Mazda CX-9 GT

• Nov 7, 2019

• #7

I replied to your PM helbigtw. I have a few mechanic friends, so one of them will easily repair this for me. We just need to confirm how the ballmount sits. Can't wait to get this fixed.