Recent content by mazdaman007

I came across this thread recently as I’ve been having problems with the passenger seat heater in our 2018 CX-5 GT. The driver’s seat warms up perfectly but the passenger seat takes forever and never gets as hot as the driver’s. We live in Ottawa, Canada so heated seats are pretty important to...

I'll second that about the great tire wear of the Altimax. I just took the tires off after about 12,000 KM and by the looks of things will easily get 4 winter seasons out of them. I don't how they've managed to combine great traction, good wear and low noise in one winter tire. Normally you have...

Well, the clutch was replaced on our Mazda 5 and it feels like a new car. The clutch pedal now feels the same as my 2009 Mazda 3 GT (2.3 L). Very smooth and progressive engagement. The original clutch never felt like this and was always very hard to depress compared to my 3. I'm thinking...

Update: Clutch is completely toast at 33,000 KM. Clutch pedal all the way up, engine revs but no forward progress, accompanied by nasty foul burnt smell. And of course it's not covered under warranty because it's a "wear" item. Funny thing, the 3 previous standards she has driven did not...

I hope you're right about the TSB. I had the clutch replaced under a "secret" warranty on my 1987 Mazda 323 due to clutch chatter. It did improve it but didn't totally resolve it. Based on the weather and temperature of the car I could basically predict when it would happen which sort of made it...

Yeah I'll probably go test drive another 5 to see if it's any better.

For what it's worth I've driven many different standard transmissions over the past 30 years and my wife's 2009 Mazda 5 has the most difficult to modulate clutch I've ever driven. Clutch pedal return is not linear and the engagement point is very high. I find it difficult to shift gears smoothly...

Running General Altimax Arctics on 16" steel rims, very happy with them. Here's my review that I submitted to TireRack.com "Vehicle: 2009 Mazda3 GT 4 door Tire size: 205/55R16 (unstudded) I bought these tires after researching them online and finding numerous positive reviews and then I saw...