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I know its a month late reply, but 1st guess is it sounds transmission related. I would take a look at what your tach is showing when this problem occurs. May give you some insight on what is the source. I read some of the early comments in this thread saying 0.5 second throttle delay is...

Character is backwards to what you would expect of a 2500cc gasoline turbo engine. Response from idle feels better than response at 3500 rpm.. I'm curious to see a dyno sheet.

I'm with JPL, I'm super happy it even has 2nd row vents! IMO cars have too much crap that doesn't matter and not enough of what does matter. IE gizmos vs. driving well.

Drive it. Romp on the gas pedal from a stop light, toss it around some turns. If you're still thinking about air vents after that, then its not a match! No harm no foul. To me the high rpm power actually feels flat with this 2.5t, but the mileage is great and the low end is AMAZE. Can't...

Just another anecdotal share. I recently spent a few days in a desert area with 110F+ daily temps, low humidity. Similar deal to the last trip, 5up and CX9 fully packed. I realize everybody is different, but I was satisfied with the AC. We did leave the AC controls maxed out for perhaps...

:Eagerly awaits pictures: I didn't know roads existed at 16,000 ft, that is nuts! I clearly remember in the local mountains @ 6000 ft I could feel a big power loss in my normally aspirated vehicles.

I agree especially strongly with this part. Good handling and responsive acceleration improves safety for sure. A lot of people look at safety as only crash ratings, with handling/power as totally separately. But that is wrong! Yes you would have to move up in price range to find...

Wow 22 is great.. how fast were you going? Agree with everything you said. I have run three child seats across the back of cars before, no problems, while I watched neighbors with 1 or 2 kids switch to minivans. Cars can work very well with kids, nothing against vans if that is what is...

When I test drove the Highlander, the salesman was pushing the reliability angle. "I see this as a vehicle for your family for the next ten plus years." Said something like this repeatedly. It is a good point, there is validity to this. IMO Mazda is more aggressive than Toyota in utilizing...

We run the 3rd row regularly in teh CX9 and it does fine. Even when we have 5, its usual preference to not have to sit elbow to elbow 3 across in the 2nd row.

I find it acceptable also, and agree the merits of the car out weigh a less powerful AC system.. *for this location near the coast in a mild climate area. Living in Phoenix or Vegas, the balance would have come out different.

How do people drive? For me the vast majority is either in bumper to bumper city street congestion, or going dead straight at cruise mph on the hwy? And thats if you're lucky, otherwise its congestion on both.. Does driving matter under these conditions?

Mazda is betting that driving matters. They may be wrong though, maybe driving doesn't matter. Amazing to me is how terrible other brand offerings feel to drive, and people seem fine with it.

Great post, nice to know it is easy to remove the seats! I should have thought of it. Yeah our stuff was packed so tight against the rear hatch I could barely smash it closed. Zero window visible. Two tents five sleeping bags, 3days of stuff, etc. But hey, the CX9 is able to do this type of...

Didn't notice any difference, pulled like a diesel as usual. I was online shopping on hitch carriers. Man it adds up quick, you need #1 the hitch, #2 the carrier, #3 the the carrier bag. I'm preferring avoiding any roof top deal where we would take an MPG hit... Not really wanting to risk...

You know that brings up a good point. It would be interesting to try packing with the 3rd row deployed for cargo... we never tried that! I will try that next time to see which way is better. We only tried packing with the 3rd row folded down. Not that I am regretting the switch from the...

4+1 cargo space input.. We just returned from a camping weekend, not with 4 humans +1 dog, rather 4 adult sized humans +1 kid sized human. My viewpoint is not coming from something smaller like an X3, but rather coming from a minivan with much more space.. With the CX9 it was pretty tough...

I did some checking and here's an update for anybody interested. This noise is a non-issue for most people I asked. However the vibration/noise/whatever you want to call it, it makes me feel uncomfortable and I hate it. Like it messes with my inner ear or something. And background on the...

Uhg, I'm sorry you are also experiencing this noise, but kind of a relief to know I'm not crazy.. I've got a 17 base model.

2017 model, I don't know if its just an issue with my ears being overly sensitive or what.. I'll try to get some other people in there while I am noticing it and see what they say.