Not to resurrect an old thread but I used an OBD reader connected to the Torque app and was able to monitor my transmission temperature on my 2013 cx-5. I did this because my tranny began whining and and I had sudden decrease in MPGs. Ultimately, Mazda replaced the transmission at 32k miles. It...
Mine got worse the warmer the transmission got. I.E. running around town for a 30 minutes would bring about minimal noise, but 2 hours at 80mph made that sucker unbearably loud.
For me, pitch changed with speed. The faster the speed the higher the pitch. At 80, the pitch was definitely close to that. My Mazda dealer just called, new transmission should be here by Thursday and possibly installed by Friday.
@ MikeM: That is exactly the noise! If you follow the speed, I slow down and then Increase it. If you watch the tach, it jumps way quicker than the sounds. Sorry for the awful recording, it was so annoying my wife rolled the window down because she was getting a headache.
Hi All,
Maybe I can shed some light, as I had this problem and now have a new transmission on the way. I have a 2013 CX-5 AWD. I began to notice the noise shortly after I bought the car around 30k miles. I noticed it on a long road trip, after about 4 hours of driving a slight whine. The noise...