Cylinder shaped part dangling near rear wheels on Mazda 3
The dangling cylinder-shaped parts near the rear wheels are likely components like the rear shocks or exhaust hangers, which can be dislodged or damaged after hitting a severe speed bump. Attempting temporary fixes with steel mesh tape and exhaust putty is generally unsafe and ineffective for structural or suspension parts, and can prevent the vehicle from being safely driven.
What the numbers show
Counted from the threads quoted below. How we count
- The most recent one is from October 2026.
- This comes up 14.0× more often in r/AskMechanics than across the site as a whole.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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Cylinder shaped part dangling near rear wheels on Mazda 3
- 1Asking online for advice and community confirmation on whether the part is safe to ignore.Did this help you?
- 2Asking online for verification before attempting repairsDid this help you?
- 3Inspecting the undercarriage to distinguish between componentsDid this help you?
- 4Cutting off the hanging piece of materialDid this help you?
- 5Posting pictures on automotive forums to ask mechanics for identificationDid this help you?
- 6Putting the car on jack stands to inspect and bend flexible parts like heat shields back into placeDid this help you?
- 7putting the plastic back in placeDid this help you?
- 8ripping or cutting the loose piece offDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I went outside and saw under my driver side door of my 2025 ford bronco sport a piece of fabric carpet looking material broken partially and hanging. I’m just wondering what that part is that called and how can I go forward fixing it?”source ↗
“I saw this hanging underneath the car the other day. Can anyone help me identify the problem?”source ↗
“This this cylinder shaped thingy is dangling on both of inside right and left of my rear wheels.”source ↗
“Is this drivable? 2025 Mazda CX 5. No idea how this happened just saw it when I returned from it having been parked for a while”source ↗
“I hit a bad speed bump and I am thinking of using steel mesh tape and exhaust putty, will it work?”source ↗