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My stock Toyo A36s held up well sound and handling wise. Never got louder, just didn’t last too long against other options on the market. I replaced them today with 29,500 miles of use. There was still at least 5/32nd of tread on the inner and outer portion of the tread, but it was nearing the...

Shoot, it’s going to vary between pad manufacturers and vehicle makes. Need to do whatever they suggest or makes your comfortable.

You’ve got this! It was pretty satisfying getting rid of a shimmy on my new to me Titan. One of the caliper pins on the front wheel was bone dry. Pads appeared to be metallic brakes plus style cheapo material. Rotors were likely original. Brand new Raybestos element three pads and rotors all...

Do you have any long downhill descents? Folks tear their brakes up big time on our small mountain. You can often smell hot brakes at the bottom from being dragged the whole way down without downshifting. That’ll screw rotors up and can cause a shudder. As Baron suggested, it can be compounded by...

No problem! I can’t remember when Mazda changed the recommendation, but I remember that tidbit of information from Yrwei Post in thread 'Question on CX-5 Rear Diff fluid change' 2013~2016 - Question on CX-5 Rear Diff fluid change My ‘23 for sure calls for SG1 GL-4, but the first gen called...

Stick to Mazda SG1 (or a GL-4 equivalent that states SG1 equivalent) fluid to be on the safe side. I was going to use Amsoil 75w-85 until I double checked the required spec, and I didn’t want to use GL-5 in a GL-4 application.

Wouldn’t need any Loctite if M6 is the right size. Double check the spare nut you have from the other side of the spoiler on the m6 post in Home Depot. If it fits, you’re golden. Those lock nuts would work fine

Don’t forget to buy some loctite when you go to the hardware store! I did what N7 recommended years back on my ‘13. Sorry I don’t recall the size.

No problem! I fell down a rabbit hole looking up wear and transmission contamination and stumbled on old papers from Eleftherakis and Khalil (90’s). Thanks BITOG! They found 75% of transmission contaminants originate during the first 5k miles of use and then the transmission enters a steady...

Wish we had some cat/trailer scale numbers for front vs rear wheels. Gross weight is max allowed spec, and we can only guess the distribution of the curb weight. Even though the front jacking point is slightly behind the front wheels, jacking the front of the cx-5 up requires more effort than...

Hey all! Transmission pan drop with filter and fluid replacement went well this week. 30k miles on the car and transmission filter for reference. I cut some of the filter media out for grins and giggles to see what its catching. Nothing crazy in there. I dried it out by pinching the media in a...

Woo! Got her refilled and no leaks. Another quart drained overnight as I left the drain plug out. About 5.3-5.4 quarts drained total. Needed 5.6 quarts to get to the block on the dipstick, temp was about 130F by the time I got the level right. Only 7 minutes or so at idle got the transmission...

Beautiful. 13 years later and this is the code I needed for my 23 Turbo CX-5. What a lord.

No worries, thank you for the advice. Per Michelin the CC2 is the US tire and will remain the US model for several more years. I experienced no discernible loss in mpg on my RAV4 hybrid (38-40 mpg) so no concerns for the CX-5 already getting only 26 mpg overall. Never hydroplaned the CC2s and...

I agree, I’m very happy with the CrossClimate2’s on my RAV4 hybrid. 45k miles on them and no complaints. The eco Michelin tires that were stock weren’t fantastic but I didn’t expect much from a stock fuel efficient tire :D I’ll likely get CrossClimate2 for the CX-5 as well.