Thursday, March 3, 2011

Yellow Sac Spider - Mazda Recall Caused By Spiders

Mazda, Yellow Sac Spider
Scariest. Recall. Ever: 52,000 Mazda 6s Recalled For...Spider Web Fueled Fires

According to Wikipedia the Yellow Sac Spider ranges from 5-10mm in size and carries a necrotic venom that is dangerous to humans.

Mazda Recall Spiders

According to the NHTSA and Mazda, the Yellow Sac Spider has a thing for crawling into the evaporative canister vent line of 2009-2010 Mazda 6s, getting a web all up in there and potentially causing a restriction of the line. No fires have been reported, but the threat is there. And it has far too many legs.

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