OK, got an update. Had the car about 1 1/2 years, got hit in front, went to body shop for repair. 1 week out of shop. rivets broke on driver side mount for lift support on the body. I went back to the body shop for advise on repair. The guys looked at the bracket and noticed that all of the adhesive came off on the metal bracket, and none had stuck to the body of the car, meaning that there was little or no prep work to the body ( sanding or scuffing ) plus the type of adhesive they saw on the bracket was not a very strong one to begin with.So they proceded to grind off the old adhesive on the bracket, and use 80 grit sandpaper to rough up the mating surface on the body. With new rivets ready, they used a product made for gluing body panels together on high end autos, made by 3M , forgot the name, and we glued and riveted the bracket back on. I was told to let it set for at least 24 hours, then re install the supports. Well this worked great for 1 more week, then the one on the passenger side did the same thing. Seems as though the adhesive turns loose, then the rivets fail. I'm going today to get the other one re installed. I'm not sure why this is happening after only a little over a year, unless temperature, or the number of times the hatch is opened or what. I wash my car pretty often, and I open the hatch every time to wipe down everything, plus I've got my bag of detail products in the back as well. I took some pics of the bracket this time , and you can see that the adhesive is stuck to the metal bracket fine, but the surface that was stuck to the body is smooth, so it did not adhere very well. I hope this prepares the rest of you guys for what seems to be a common occurance.
Later,