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    CX-5 Front Washer Pressure low

    Its a check valve, that's what the "no return" means. It keeps the tube full of liquid so you don't have to pump all the way from the reservoir to the spray nozzles each time you want to spray. It would take a lot longer to prime and get spray and require a lot of unnecessary work for the pump.
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    Rear brake job price reasonable?

    Surely they mean your pads are at 3mm. No way the rotors are 3mm thick, that's a little over 1/10th of an inch.
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    Guide ATF Drain/Fill

    Back on topic. With the transmission being a closed system, Mazda probably puts in the minimum amount they know is sufficient, and they probably do it very precisely and repeatably. This is hypothetical, and I pretend no special insight into automatic transmissions or Mazda's in particular...
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    Guide ATF Drain/Fill

    Those are not necessarily contradictory. If you fill it to max and it gradually is consumed, and you top it off when it gets near min, its condition most of the time will be between the Min and the Max and its average level will be near that midpoint. If it were filled to the midpoint, and...
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    Guide ATF Drain/Fill

    Halfway between Min and Max is the correct level. More than max is overfull. Less than min is underfilled. Anywhere in between is acceptable operating range. If you expect to consume oil, it makes sense to put it above the mid mark, but Max is the limit, not the target.
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    Guide ATF Drain/Fill

    Measured with the engine running and at a certain temperature.
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    Can We Still Trust Japanese Car Manufactures Especially on Safety and Reliability?

    I've only read quickly, but apparently Deutsch Welle claims it only affects Japanese Domestic market: https://www.dw.com/en/toyota-apologizes-as-japanese-car-testing-scandal-widens/a-69258367
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    Unsettling Experience with Stealership: Transmission and spark plug service

    Thanks for the follow-up. From the video, I might just go straight to the resistance test.
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    Unsettling Experience with Stealership: Transmission and spark plug service

    I think, at least in the past, that Amazon sometimes pools inventory for fulfillment. When fulfilled by Amazon, it may not be the vendor's fault.
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    Downgrade firmware?

    In my experience with Android Auto, I believe that sometimes it is updates to Android Auto and/or my phone that cause problems for one to many weeks until they quietly get resolved with future updates. It may be coincidence that the problems are occurring after your update (assuming they...
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    Possible Damaged Caliper - Brakes/Rotors Change By NuBrakes

    Thanks for thorough follow up with forum after you got your issue resolved. You didn't leave us hanging :)
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    2013~2016 What size are CX-5 Lug Nuts?

    That number is 94. I'm baffled that people have a problem with Mazda's spec. The spec is 94. You might ask, how important is it to get almost exactly 94? Well, anything between 80 and 108 is fine according to Mazda. Giving a a spec range of 80-108 answers both questions at once. I suspect...
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    2013~2016 What size are CX-5 Lug Nuts?

    Do you prefer 94 with a 15% tolerance?
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    Possible Damaged Caliper - Brakes/Rotors Change By NuBrakes

    Good eye. It looks to me that the clip is meant to be inside the channel and bias the pad upwards in the picture. The OPs clip is hung up on the outside of the channel which would prevent the pad from sliding in towards the rotor, probably causing it to get cockeyed. Looks like it was done...
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    The Next-Generation Mazda CX-5 Will Be Hybrid

    That's almost exactly my situation. And my wife has an electric car so we already have the charger. I was hoping the CX-70 would fit the bill, but its just a configuration of the CX-90. I parked by a CX-90 at Costco and it is huge compared to the CX-5.
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    Wheel question for 2018 CX-5

    I did a lot of searching when I bought wheels for my 2018. I replaced the 19s for summer and also bought a set of 17s for Winter. You can get a larger hub bore and use hub centric rings, you just don't want to go smaller. Generally Hyundai, Kia, and Mazda all use the 67.1 I got a very...
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    Is Sport Mode faster?

    Yes, the only time I use sports mode is when towing.
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    Extra brake job steps…

    I do those things, although not removing all of the grease with brake cleaner, that's a good idea. I replace the brake fluid before any of this, then don't open bleeder while compressing caliper. Its new fluid in there before I start. It takes me a long time, but I only do it once or twice a...
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    Mazda is advertising CX-5 models without Cylinder Deactivation and i-stop

    Where's the 10% worse claim. Maybe I'll regret it, but I have a hard time mustering concern over the CD on my 2018. I enjoy watching the real time MPG go into coast mode. It's possible that if I were planning on keeping this car for 20+ years like my Acura, I'd feel a little differently.
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