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I've stuck with regular service intervals using royal purple oil, regular service to the brakes and caliper slides. I think it's mostly due to the amount of driving I've done and the fact that 90% of my driving is highway speeds (80kph+) for hours at a time, there's little chance for...

2014 6 spd manual checking in at 366000kms. Bought it new. Only issues I’ve had were rear brakes seizing up 3 times. Replaced rear calipers once, front wheel bearings as a pair. Everything else still original. I guess keeping it maintained with regular maintenance will keep it running for...

I would like to agree with you, however, the specs on the synthetic brake grease I used and the grease used by the mazda dealership are identical in heat ratings and are both safe for use with metal to metal and rubber to metal. And yes, I am glad, however I now have to redo all 4 brakes and...

Is it common for caliper slide pins to hydro lock on the ones with the rubber bushings even after cleaning everything out of the slide pin bore and re-greasing everything? Reason I'm asking is that I recently did a brake servicing and one of the calipers decided to seize up. Took it into a...

2014 manual cx-5. At 82500km so far. Only problem was rear brake caliper slide pins seized on one wheel around 61000kms and wore through the pads and damaged the rotor. Front strut boots cracked and split. Hood needed the epoxy fix to stop it from flexing. Other than those things, no...

I am very much in agreement that zip ties are no substitute. Can you link or give some search words for your thread? Thanks

Anyone who has had their front strut dust boots replaced under warranty, have you inspected the abs wire harness to see if the clips that hold it to the front struts are still intact? I was changing over to my winter tires and servicing the brakes and found that the technicians at my Mazda...

Thanks for the pictures Skorpio. I am about to replace the front and rear pads at 80000kms. When I took the rear brakes apart to service them after the rear one was dragging, I didn't have that fancy tool to screw the rear piston back into the caliper. I used a flat head screwdriver and my...

I'm at 64000km and have noticed my rear brakes have been dragging for the last 15000km. I've serviced them myself twice by taking everything apart and cleaning it. The stickiness and dragging/grinding noise goes away for a few 1000km then returns and still seems to grind at low speeds to a...

I am new to mazdas and new to a lot of the newer brake caliper technology so I am looking for some assistance and maybe a picture or two on how to properly service the brakes on my 2014 cx-5. I am used to my older firebird and my old durango which do not have the same caliper style. I just...

Anyone have ideas on how to reinforce the windshield edge of the hood to stop it from flexing when going over bumps? My dealer tells me that it's normal and they can't fix it, but it's driving me nuts... I was thinking some weather strip foam just under the hood to take up any of the play in...

I routinely run down to the point where I can stuff 50-55L in the tank. I have found that after the first click, I wait about 8-10 seconds for the bubbling to stop. This is usually around 40-45L. From that point I slow fill till it clicks off a second time and stop.

Traded a 2002 Dodge Durango with a 4.7L. I drive about 100km each way to work every day and I could at best, squeak out 10.5L/100km in my dodge. I had installed pretty much every bolt on power adder to it as well. Got just over 340000km on it at trade in time and had a hard time negotiating...