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I'll look more into it with regard to returns. But I'm inclined to think like you do here.

Possible, but when my belt tensioner was leaking, the actual tensioner was covered in a black film and yours appears to be completely fine? That said, I agree mileage is about right for the thing to leak, so seems plausible. If you take it to someone or DIY it, I'd just replace the belt while...

Did they only replace the bushings? Typically its the whole lower control arm in these Mazdas as the bushing and ball joint seem to just be integrated into the arm.

Yep, this is what got me to start doing it...albeit a little late at 71k miles for my first one, but that's when I started getting into DIY and taking a more active interest in learning this stuff. Yeah what good is threatening to sue a manufacturer when your car is dead and done. Better to...

It's not just premium, it's super premium. :cool:😂

The dipstick is under the air box. And you have to read it with the vehicle running and at a certain temperature. Accessing it with the airbox still in place is tricky so I won't say it's "easy", but it is there. You can drain and fill the fluid all you want, the fill port is there, the drain...

I suppose that's something I can look into. Seems could be a crap chute on condition of their units too though?

It'll be super obvious if the bushings look bad. The rubber gets old and tears apart.

Hey all, I had started a post about this maybe a year or two ago and then like I typically do, procrastinated about it until now when my driver side mirror is really starting to to fall apart. It started with minor vibrations in the mirror. Now it's clear the adhesive is failing between the...

I've done 110 in mine, but that was maybe 11-12 years ago now. And yeah same thing. I haven't had a ticket since 2010 or 2011.

Think I need to do that on mine lol.

I've been seeing some shorts and videos on YouTube where people are trying out the interior controls on a 2026 CX-5 and gotta say even the steering wheel buttons sound...."cheap"?

Remains to be seen I am sure. I agree that it will probably continue to sell like hotcakes. Isn't the CX-5 their best selling model? I don't think that will change. Touch and tap is just not the same as feel and press. You can feel a control without looking and know what it is and how to use...

No salt. They use mag chloride here, but honestly we haven't even had much more than 1 snowstorm all winter so far. Supposedly we'll get some more snow today. Will see. I was at the car wash yesterday and just based on what I could see through the wheels, the hardware looked fine. Rotors also...

You know I did my front suspension a year ago with jack stands and I think stuff was drooped. Now wondering if I screwed it up. :confused: EDIT: I might have jacked up the wheel hub / knuckle when I tightened down the LCA and sway bar links, but now I honestly don't remember. Might have to just...

I hope you do occasionally take it where you can gets the revs up and WOT at times. Engine with the direct injection certainly benefits from that.

Hey all, this may be a dumb question, but just curious. If I pulled off all the rotors and pads to check the condition of the wheel hub underneath, cleaned them off with a wire wheel / wire brush (do you then put on some anti-seize on the surface of the wheel hub?) if the rotors and pads are...

I've hit a high MPH in my 2014 NA 2.5L before (I-80 in Wyoming). I don't really drive like that anymore though. Amazing I never got a ticket doing that back in the day. What's even crazier is the speedometer on my CX-5 goes up to 160 MPH. As if! 😂

I have a 2014 Touring AWD (no tech or moonroof packages) bought in April 2013 (build date of 01/2013) - currently 149,250 miles. I started drain / fills on the ATF around 71k miles (did a series of 3 drain and fills each a week apart to get as much new fluid in as possible). Did it again with a...