All CX-5’s are assembled in Japan, hence all brake pads should carry the same part numbers, presumably are made in Japan too like we see in the US.
Not true at all.
There's a plant in China that produces CX-5s for China, a plant in Russia that produces CX-5s for Russia, a plant in Malaysia that produces CX-5s for Southeast Asia, etc.
The Japanese plants do export worldwide, which includes South America. I just wanted to know if the Mexico plant, which exports to North and South America, as well as Europe, also produced CX-5s. I thought that if they did, it may just be that the South American market gets different brake pads. But it seems that the Salamanca plant only produces Mazda2s, Mazda3s, and CX-30s.
I probably should have just googled this info in the first place.
As I mentioned in my original post the morning I drove to my Mazda dealership for the 15000 kilometer service I noticed that at stoplights along the way the brake peddle was slowly descending while I had my foot on the brake peddle almost like it was losing brake fluid. This was a first since I purchased the car. I figured something was fishy so wasn't surprised they told me I needed new pads. But I am hard put to explain why the pads were worn out at the equivalent of 9300miles down hill drive or not. As a poster above mentioned the original pads as well as the car came from Japan. Nothing to do with Mexico where I believe the Mazda 2s sold here are assembled.
Also I can easily imagine that if I replaced the pads with non Mazda components the 3 year warranty would be in jeopardy. I know there is some flexibility with warranty rules up there but not here, different country. Add to that it's very unlikely that upgrade, non Mazda pads are available anywhere here except maybe, just maybe Bogotá.
Regarding the issue you brought the car in for (brake pedal sink), I don't think it is pad-related. It could be related to a brake fluid leak or master cylinder leak.
If your warranty explicitly states that you cannot use non-Mazda pads, I guess the only solution if you want to keep your warranty intact is to use more engine braking. If you are able to upgrade the pads, I would do that considering your daily commute, but I understand how difficult it may be to find/get them.