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Is the steering wheel centered when you drive straight?

I’d check the rear shock upper mount and see if that is broken. Do a search here and It’s a common issue. Unfortunately if that’s the problem, you may have to get entite OEM rear shock which comes with the top mount but the price now is tripled than several years ago. There’re some...

As I’ve been saying many times before, fallen rocker arm on cylinder #4 from the 2.5L NA with cylinder deactivation is the hardware design issue. Mazda used a cheap way to mask the problem by adjusting the oil pressure on adjustable HLAs with a PCM update but the problem could still be...

I wouldn’t trust their word unless they’re willing to put it in writing.

No, a loose oil filler cap has nothing to do with your cracked cylinder head. Even if the cap is indeed loose, it won’t have too much oil coming out if the cap is still on the filler hole. The oil lost that way is minimum which is in no way to make the head to crack! Besides, low oil level...

it’s possible. But we don’t know if those 2.5L NA’s in 2024 CX-5 has all the CD plumbings (hence it has collar control valve) but got disabled by the software, or it’s the previous 2.5L NA used in 2017 or prior CX-5’s. The VIN could have indicated the existence of the CD, but we still don’t...

Yes, it’s my fault that I didn’t tell her our CX-5 doesn’t have parking sensors ⋯ 🤪

Yes the “coolant control valve” with an internal thermostat in question is only used on the 2.5L NA with CD. 2.5T has traditional thermostat housing.

It’s funny that when my wife backed her CX-5 into the neighbor’s wooden fence and broke the tail lens a while ago, she also said she was expecting some warning beeps when the car was getting close to the fence. She’s talking about rear parking sensors on our 2000 BMW 528i, but unfortunately...

Yes, the head has never got updated on the 2.5L NA with CD.

Yes, cylinder head cracking may be happening after Mazda modified the 2.5L NA head for cylinder deactivation which is used in your 2018 CX-5. The cracked area is different from the 2.5T, and an oil leak instead of coolant leak is the symptom. The cylinder head is cracked at exhaust manifold...

So why your personal Tesla EV experience is fine and my personal experience on EVs in a “foreign country” is a “propaganda”? :unsure: Wife had a co-worker and she drove her Tesla Model 3 from LA to Dallas a couple of years ago. She had to follow a specific route by the App or she might get...

Same here. l’m eventually getting tired of it and just let it loose. Be aware not to tighten the T20 bolt more than specified torque value (15 in-lb, NOT 15 ft-lb!) or you may break the windshield based on a Mazda’s service advisory.

I hope you’d replaced the hydraulic lift adjuster on that fallen intake rocker arm, or it could happen again.

Before EVs can be more popular, infrastructure definitely needs to be ready, at least in the metropolitan area. And that definitely is lacking in the US currently. More advanced batteries used on EVs with longer range and fast charging are necessary too. Unfortunately we can’t see such advanced...

No, it’s highly unlikely. Failing hydraulic lift adjuster should be the culprit.

Fallen rocker arm on cylinder #4? It’s the problem happened on the 2.5L NA with cylinder deactivation before the recall! What model year is your CX-5?