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@yrwei52 Thanks for the info. I think I ran across the "squirrelly" post yesterday. Good info there. I checked the sway links and they don't seem to move at all and the boots look in good shape. I ran across this video which was helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfR6hGUnDO4&t=216s The...

Price sounds about what I was thinking. Parts are almost $400...I want to say shop rate around here for dealerships is nearing $190/hr which blows my mind. I have an independent mechanic I know but he may not want to work on a Mazda...but he's way more reasonable. I still need to do a couple...

I’m leaning towards just replacing both arms so I can start “fresh” so to speak. I didn’t even realize I could theoretically just replace that single ball joint but the time it takes to remove and pop a new one back in is probably similar effort as just replacing the entire arm.

While doing my brake bleed this weekend I investigated a clunking sound coming from the front end suspension. What I found was that the passenger side ball joint has some slight movement in it and I'm assuming this is the dreaded failure a lot of people are seeing on their CX5s on the forum. The...

@Conrad 16.5 I used a piece of tubing that came with the brake bleed bottle I bought. It's similar to aquarium tubing but thicker...which limited access. I wish I had some aquarium tubing on hand because the may have reached down a bit further. I'd love to just take apart a reservoir to see...

Did the bleed today. Aside from some issues using the Motive brake bleeder it went relatively smoothly. I was able to suck a large majority of the old fluid and black cloudy bits out using a 1/4 tube that was more flexible. There’s not way I was getting that tube all the way to the bottom of...

@yrwei52 Yeah, I don't really know to be honest. I think it's either deteriorating brake fluid (several videos on YT show their fluid looking similar or much worse to mine) or the lines themselves. They ended up just putting in new fluid. If I were to replace/remove the reservoir, what's...

So my filter basket is missing...I'm guessing the tech who maybe did the last bleed omitted it. I tried to stick some standard 1/4 plastic tubing into the reservoir...yeah, not gonna work. I can get it into the first "level" but it hits the next "baffle" and won't go any further. Plus the...

@Conrad 16.5 Thanks for the info. So does your plastic tubing reach the bottom of the brake fluid reservoir? I have black cloudy "stuff" in several areas of the reservoir (probably at each baffle level...not even sure those are baffles). Even if I can get a tube to the bottom I can even use my...

I know nothing about the inner workings of a master cylinder but do you think sucking that cloudy black stuff through the cylinder could cause a problem? The stuff is really weird…it’s not chunks or anything remotely solid. It’s like dust suspended in the fluid.

@murky I haven't really explored the reservoir but it looks like there are baffles in the way to be able to stick a hose down towards the bottom, right?

Looking to do a long-overdue brake fluid exchange/flush on my 2015 CX5 GT. Fluid desperately needs changing but I have what appears to be black cloudy bits floating around in my fluid. Could be deteriorating brake hoses or even the underside of the cap deteriorating. I'd like to try and clean...

@ruthrj Thanks for the insight. I think I'm going to hold off on doing any further drain/fills. You're right about the car care nut. He even thinks it's useless to change your tranny filter as it doesn't get that dirty and like you said, he preaches leaving some of the old fluid in there on...

Thanks! The wife drove it and she drives like the elderly so yeah, nothing aggressive.

Did a drain/fill this weekend. Everything went well. But long story short I ended up not putting enough in because I measured the level with the car off (yes I know, stupid). Turns out once I measured correctly with the car running the fluid measured maybe 1/8” above the bottom of the...

Definitely dirty…like black (dark brown when on a white paper towel). I just keep hearing the warnings of draining too much fluid and losing the “good debris” from the clutch material in the fluid and then your tranny starts slipping…is there any truth to that?

2015 CX5 GT. I'm one of those that bought the "lifetime fluid" claim and never changed the tranny fluid. I wised up recently and just did a drain/fill this past weekend. I have about 95k miles on the car. I got out about 3.3 quarts. Transmission feels fine...doesn't feel any better or worse...