Murky, thank you for the information. Sorry for the redundancy.Yes, it's been referred to a number of times in these forums. The 16" spare won't physically fit over the front brakes on the Turbo.
The front not only just has the bigger brakes with the 2.5T, but also it has dual-piston calipers instead of single-piston calipers on the 2.5L.Was looking through the parts/specs of the cx5 models and saw that the turbo models have bigger brakes.
Can anyone confirm this?
And all CX-9’s after 2016 MY with the 2.5T.This applies to the Mazda6 turbo as well
Yes, it's been referred to a number of times in these forums. The 16" spare won't physically fit over the front brakes on the Turbo.
Yes, if you have a 2.5T with bigger front brakes.Woah woah.. You mean to tell me that there's a spare tired on this car that cannot be used ON this car in any tire position?
Or am I reading this wrong?
It physically will not fit on the front of the turbo models.If all the spare tire does is trigger a TPMS warning, I can live with that for the "X" number of miles I need to drive on it. It was my understanding that the spare tire physically would not fit on the front wheels due to the larger brake components.
Please clarify!
…There is no law that says they have to provide a spare. Brutal.
that's actually how you're supposed to do it for any flat of a front tire. the spare is always supposed to go on the rear axleIf you get a flat tire on the front and you absolutely need to use the spare, you’d have to first install the spare on the rear. Then use that good rear tire that you just took off and change the flat on the front.
Not the most elegant solution and clearly twice the work, but it’d get you back on the road.
If you get a flat tire on the front and you absolutely need to use the spare, you’d have to first install the spare on the rear. Then use that good rear tire that you just took off and change the flat on the front.
Not the most elegant solution and clearly twice the work, but it’d get you back on the road.
that's actually how you're supposed to do it for any flat of a front tire. the spare is always supposed to go on the rear axle
You can include Mazda in that list. The MX-5 has sealant and compressor in lieu of a spare.Some cars (not Mazda) just have a can of Fix-a-Flat.