Full Transmission Replacement

[Unobtanium]

We'll have agree to disagree on all points above. The C6 Z was and is insanely beautiful. When I'm out in my car and it's parked 1 out of every 2 people either engage in conversation or stare and give the thumbs up.

It's definitely a conversation piece.

The C7 definitely is more of a conversation piece than my C6 Z was, then. It rarely got a second glance from anyone. My 370Z had people following me, women running up to me gushing over how awesome it was, blah blah blah. I don't understand it either, honestly. I thought the C6Z looked far sexier myself, but apparently the people where I lived had spoken, lol!

 

[craigo]

But Mike, don't I have to start being a little concerned when I go to the NHTSA Website , http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchSafetyIssues and see so many complaints about transmission failures in 2016 CX-5s compared to its competitors ????? 17 Powertrain failures (of which 13 appear to be transmission failures) compared to 0 powertrain failures for 2016 Jeep Cherokees and 0 for 2016 Honda CRVs.. I still love my Mazda, have no intentions of getting rid of it but there does appear to be a issue with our auto trans

Keep in mind that 2016 CX5's have been on sale for many months. 2016 Honda and Jeeps have not. CX5 2016.5 models even started shipping before 2016. If we search for issues with 2015 cr-vs and Cherokees and cx-5's, we return 32 cx-5 complaints, 278 cr-v and nearly 400 Jeep Cherokees. Of course we also have to remember that those models sell more than Mazda does.

EDIT: Cherokees sold about twice as many vehicles as CX5s but that's over 10 times the complaints in 2015. Honda sold about 3 times as many CRV's as CX5s, but had 8.68 times the complaints. Sales figures found on this site: http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2011/01/honda-cr-v-sales-figures.html

 

[yrwei52]

But Mike, don't I have to start being a little concerned when I go to the NHTSA Website , http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchSafetyIssues and see so many complaints about transmission failures in 2016 CX-5s compared to its competitors ????? 17 Powertrain failures (of which 13 appear to be transmission failures) compared to 0 powertrain failures for 2016 Jeep Cherokees and 0 for 2016 Honda CRVs.. I still love my Mazda, have no intentions of getting rid of it but there does appear to be a issue with our auto trans

When I raised the overwhelming number of safety complaints filed at NHTSA for weak windshield on CX-5's, he simply discredited it as "disinformation campaign" targeting the CX-5!

I did the research at NHTSA website on 8/8/2015 and there're only 4 total safety complaints against 2016 CX5 at time (now is 43) and all 4 of them were windshield related. I checked 2014 Honda CR-V and none of 140 total complaints are windshield related. I also checked 2014 Toyota RAV4 and again zero out of 17 total complaints is windshield related. If we consider there're at least 3 times more CR-V's and 3 times more RAV4's than CX-5's for the same MY in the US, these number of complaints we'd found are even more significant!

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[td]Mazda CX-5[/td]
[td]# of Visibility Related Complaints[/td]
[td]# of Total Complaints[/td]
[td]Percentage[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2013[/td]
[td]10[/td]
[td]60[/td]
[td]17%[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2014[/td]
[td]70[/td]
[td]97[/td]
[td]72%[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2015[/td]
[td]8[/td]
[td]23[/td]
[td]35%[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2016[/td]
[td]4[/td]
[td]4[/td]
[td]100%[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

 

[yrwei52]

What's wrong with getting information from EPA? You can simply google it and found all of the numbers I posted. Please don't jump into wrong conclusion and start to accuse others posting false information. Looks like you're the one refusing to do the fact-check or you simply don't trust the government.

I meant no offense. It never occurred to me that you were trying to post false information. My remark was posted because I have learned through experience not to trust the government. If the EPA wrote it it MIGHT be true, but I would need a lot more sources.

OK. I guessed right and I'm fine with it as I don't trust everything the government says either. But for the emission information, unfortunately the government probably is the only source we can get from.

 

[StealthWyvern]

My mind continues to be boggled by people who bought CX-5's trading them on a whim for vehicles that offer COMPLETELY different capabilities. Why on earth would you bother with a CX-5 if all you need is a little car? Or a big truck? Etc?

I traded mine in a year later on a durango because the cx5 was just to small for my needs. The cx5 is just to small if you need anyone or a car seat in the back with two tall people in the front.

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[DBLXX]

I just want to say again - I traded a MB GLA250 4matic for the CX5 and the CX5 absolutely CRUSHED IT IN ALL AREAS....and I mean ALL!

I loved the CX5 and if the tranny didn't take a crap - I'd have loved it for as many trouble free miles as it would have given me. The interior was absolutely luxurious...and I could have driven it cross country with a hiccup.

Mazda has literally rolled out the red carpet to make this right and fix it.

I have nothing bad - not a single thing - to say about my Mazda experience with the exception of disappointment that the trans needs replacing at 11,000 miles and 9 months of ownership.

I LOVED the car....foe the short time I had it.

NO MAZDA BASHING FROM ME....at all.

 

[MikeM.]

According to EPA and EIA, about 67% of the electricity generated in the US was from fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum). So use your logic, Tesla's are using electricity from big generator in power plants and 67% of them using fossil fuels!

67% of Tesla's are NOT being recharged with fossil fuels! Even if 100% of the energy came from fossil fuel electricity off the grid, a full 300 mile charge costs only $11.88 (based on the rather large Model S and the national average of $0.12/kWh). That cost includes transmission line losses, the cost of the transmission lines, the cost of the generators and the actual cost of the fuel to power them. A gasoline powered car getting 25 mpg would consume 12 gallons of fuel to do the same thing. I bet you wish you could buy gasoline at under $1/gallon! Electric motors are 95% efficient vs. gasoline motors at a very wasteful 25% efficiency!

But that's not very relevant considering most Model S owners charge their Tesla's with the solar panels mounted on their garage or house. This is as close to zero emissions as you can get and, even though solar panels are only rated for 25-30 years for warranty purposes, actual experience shows they last 50 years or more!

But people love being the mouthpieces of big oil money to slow down the death of a very lucrative industry in the same way that global warming deniers plant seeds of doubt that slows action on climate change. Never mind that green energy technologies provide millions of high paying jobs and that number is growing rapidly. My small town has two oil refineries but it also has a manufacturing facility making state of the art wind generators for utility scale deployment that employs hundreds of people.

The answer to the looming disaster that is climate change is not to denigrate electric cars because a small percentage of them are charged with coal (because even that is better than an inefficient gas engine). Also, coal is a rapidly shrinking percentage of our nations electrical power. There will be no more new coal powered generation plants built because they can't compete economically with cleaner forms of electricity.

 

[TimelessMazda]

What people fail to mention is the cost to build the batteries.

Battery manufacturing sites also have a very large fallout.

 

[fdew]

What people fail to mention is the cost to build the batteries.

Battery manufacturing sites also have a very large fallout.

Vs a 4 cylinder gasoline powered engine / heater. We can grow those organically.

Cars (all cars) need energy to build and to run. I require Peanut butter and for peak power chocolate.

 

[Lbear]

I just want to say again - I traded a MB GLA250 4matic for the CX5 and the CX5 absolutely CRUSHED IT IN ALL AREAS....and I mean ALL!

I loved the CX5 and if the tranny didn't take a crap - I'd have loved it for as many trouble free miles as it would have given me. The interior was absolutely luxurious...and I could have driven it cross country with a hiccup.

Mazda has literally rolled out the red carpet to make this right and fix it.

I have nothing bad - not a single thing - to say about my Mazda experience with the exception of disappointment that the trans needs replacing at 11,000 miles and 9 months of ownership.

I LOVED the car....foe the short time I had it.

NO MAZDA BASHING FROM ME....at all.

Cool post! Thanks for being upfront (cool)

What was that bad about the Mercedes GLA250?

 

[ALafya]

According to EPA and EIA, about 67% of the electricity generated in the US was from fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum). So use your logic, Tesla's are using electricity from big generator in power plants and 67% of them using fossil fuels!

Some countries who have much less natural resources use very high percentage of petroleum to generate electricity, which in fact using gas while your Tesla is charging.

Just remember coal is the leading fuel source for power plants representing 39% of the electricity generated in the US. But coal combustion is more carbon intensive and accounts for 77% of CO2 emissions from electricity sector!

http://www.afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/..._emissions.php

Even in mostly-coal states like WY, WV, electric vehicles still have lower carbon footprint, though Hybrid have even lower footprint there.
In California and New England electric vehicles have significantly lower carbon footprint.

 

[Unobtanium]

Nevermind the "impact of batteries". We need to do something about vegetarians. They are eating all of the oxygen producing plants while us meat-eaters are trying to eat all the cattle and other methane producing, atmosphere destroying livestock!

 

[DBLXX]

Cool post! Thanks for being upfront (cool)

What was that bad about the Mercedes GLA250?

Easy....MB designed the base model to make you feel like you had purchased a poor mans MB - which I had.

It was the worst car I'd ever owned.

 

[CX5_Pete]

Nevermind the "impact of batteries". We need to do something about vegetarians. They are eating all of the oxygen producing plants while us meat-eaters are trying to eat all the cattle and other methane producing, atmosphere destroying livestock!

Its funny how people stand up for animal rights and refuse to eat meat and all that. Well what about vegetable rights? They are living creatures too! These barbaric vegetarians buy their organic vegetables that are grown with no love and care. Then they just consume and release their horrible scentless flatulence on the population. As a lover of growing vegetables I think vegetarians are horrible people*.

(*There is sarcasm in this post)

 

[Seabright]

Back to original questions - I have an inquiry by email to Mazda USA and will be calling a few local service managers to see if they know what is going on and if they have a solution to the tranny issue.

 

[Unobtanium]

Back to original questions - I have an inquiry by email to Mazda USA and will be calling a few local service managers to see if they know what is going on and if they have a solution to the tranny issue.

Careful. In New York that phrase may earn you a hefty fine.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/01/20/ny-transgender-discrimination/

Regardless, I'm curious what Mazda USA has to say. PC or not.

 

[Seabright]

Mazda USA says there was a part problem in some of the early 2016 6 speed transmissions that was rectified in product builds on or after August. Perhaps there are other gremlins lurking, but this seems to make sense. They were very helpful.

 

[Tccox]

Well, hope they're right because I have a August build CX-5

 

[Seabright]

Well, hope they're right because I have a August build CX-5

If you have any concerns, call Mazda USA (with your VIN). I was impressed with their customer support. Way, way better than Acura or BMW. Or talk to your service manager.

 

[craigo]

Mazda USA says there was a part problem in some of the early 2016 6 speed transmissions that was rectified in product builds on or after August. Perhaps there are other gremlins lurking, but this seems to make sense. They were very helpful.

Good to know, thanks for the update. I'll keep an eye out for bulletins that appear - there will very likely be one.