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Second gear is selected manually BEFORE moving the car. What you say is true if just selected while rolling.

If the gear shift lever is pulled leftward toward the driver into the "manual" position it will display the current gear while driving or sitting still. It will display "5" or "6" or whatever. Also, when operating in manual mode, say for better control on rough or hilly terrain, the transmission...

Unless the valve cover gasket is leaking or oil control valve needs replacing, why bother disturbing it unless there is some other issue. This past summer I replaced the valve cover gasket because of some oil (minor) leakage around #1 spark plug prior to changing plugs. It's a tight squeeze...

The cam lobe looks a bit chewed up.

Forgive me if I'm a bit confused here, but the car has/had a vibration, tires were out of balance/out of round and it only happens on certain types of road but yet somehow it's the fault of the car. What?!!!!

So you bought the aluminum mounts for $13.99 each, with the steel mounts (painted black) are $58.01 each. Thanks for posting this. I live in the salt belt and plan to keep my CX-5 long term.

The sky isn't falling yet. It's seepage, not much of a leak. You might spray it off with something like QD electronic cleaner (plastic safe)to remove the oil then monitor it. Looking again from the picture, that really doesn't look too bad. I'd clean it (so it's dry) for sure and see if oil...

Maybe try spraying some WD-40 or similar in the keyhole and give the mechanism a decent dousing and work the key back and forth many times. Locks can bind up from not being regularly actuated because the fob is always used. Had it happen on the trunk lock on my previous car. It felt like I had...

This starting behavior reminds me of a "dragging" starter, where the starter armature is binding. The term comes from when the armature bearings(bushings actually) were worn to the point where the armature "drags" against the field windings. A starter current draw test would reveal this. The...

Although the knocking seems to be coming from the strut, you have to consider that the stabilizer bar end links connect to the strut and may be transferring noise to the strut. I'd disconnect them first before condemning the strut. My ends links knocked at the slightest bump and when grabbing...

Another way to look at that "excessive" mileage is that unless it was a pizza delivery vehicle (and the condition would show it) is that those are mostly highway miles, which are the easiest from a wear and tear standpoint. It could be better shape than 30,000 miles city driving. I'd say further...

I can't give a recommendation but an observation I had last winter. The AGM's at Costco had a gray casing ( I guess a lot of them have a gray casing now) and were made in Germany. Same with the AGM's at Walmart. Both sold group 35 for $179. Recently at Costco the AGM's were labeled made in...

Look around a bit and don't limit your search to Rockauto. I've passed by them many times because even though their prices were good they either didn't carry what I was looking for or didn't feel comfortable with their offerings.

I drive mine into a heated vacuum chamber to quickly extract all moisture.:rolleyes: I mean, seriously, what do you folks do when it rains for days on end or there's 6 inches of snow on the ground and there's salty slush on the roads and the underside of the car and it's covered in dirty white...

Denso products are generally good quality at a reasonable price and they are an OEM supplier for various components. Might investigate them.

If it starts beeping faster, jump out of the car and run. :giggle: Maybe I watch too many spy movies.

Many years ago I saw what the OP is describing. Basically the temperature and humidity inside were such that the cold air from the A/C caused the air to hit dew point. In other words fog. The cold air escaping the vents immediately caused the warmer, moister (relatively speaking) interior air to...

And if I recall, Mazda recommends against transmission flushes anyway.

Drain and fill 2 or 3 times is an easy job. If you can do an oil change you can do a D&F.

A "place like Valvoline" --- you're brave. You might do better at a good independent shop with more skilled personnel that are actually mechanics. I would never trust any chain like Jiffy Lube, Valvoline etc with transmission related work. Just my opinion. Regarding flushes. A special adapter...