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My mom has a 2014 CX-5 with the 2.5. Honestly, this car has totally changed my opinion of Mazda. I used to think of them like Nissan or some other Japanese brand second to Toyota or Honda. But no, Mazda is probably my favorite car brand, and I'm a Volkswagen diehard fanboy. But she now has...

So last oil change I did on the cx5, I inspected the belts and they looked fine for now. No real cracks but they were starting to look whethered but nothing to be alarmed about. And 4K later it snapped on the way to work. Limped it there, got my parts delivered to me and I put the belt on. It...

My CX-5 has those absolutely terrible looking 17" wheels that came standard on my GS(Touring) CX-5. I've always hated them. I waited it out and finally the damn rubber has worn out, so this winter I took the old all seasons off and bought new winters to fit on the 17's. Now that it's spring...

I take my CX-5 in regularly to the dealership for services every 5,000 miles(8,000km). Every major service they lubricate brake slider pins, and a more thorough inspection. Every service includes checking air filters, doing an oil change, a basic inspection, etc. But the car now has almost...

My GS(Touring in USA) CX-5 has those awful looking 17" rims, so they have been demoted to winter duty. There are quite a few Mazda6 GT 19" rims, those beautiful gloss black pieces, for a good price. I want to make those the summer rims however, the tire size recommended is odd, being 225/45/19...

Got my use out of the stock, cheap all seasons on the 17" wheels(they did appauling, what an awful tire...) and ended up putting 70,000kms on them(bald now). So I bought brand new Nokian X-Ice tires on the stock 17's and threw the garbage tires out. What wheels/tires combo should I get? I do...

Up in Calgary AB, we're freezing our asses off. It's -25c without the windchill. I decided to plug the Mazda in, first time ever, and listened to the engine bay to make sure something was heating up something, and I heard a buzzing sort of noise, so I know it's working. But what type of heater...

So I had the CX-5 stored outside for a bit of winter from early September till yesterday. I did notice in the beginning of January when I just started it to let it run, I drove it a few hundred yards to prevent flat spots on the tires. Almost immediately, the traction control light came on solid...

So, I let the CX-5 sit over the winter on our acreage in a well-trimmed area where all our equipment is. I thought of a mouse issue, but didn't think it would happen to the Mazda. I let it sit in September, and about 3 times since, I started it and took it for a small highway drive. Today I took...

So I'll be travelling outside of Canada. I live on an acreage and we have a perfect spot to put the CX-5, it's like a carport. I have access to solar panel trickle chargers, should I put one on the CX-5? It sits on the dash and plugs into the OBDII port, will this work? What else should I do?

Well I finished my roadtrip to BC. I said on my initial post that I may have to tow my uncles 1,900lb trailer because his car broke down, but was fixed quickly so we thought we would not need to use the cx-5 as a tow vehicle. However, Mitsubishi never ceases to surprise, when his 2014 Outlander...

So the family is heading to Vancouver, from home, which is about a 10 hour drive(1,000km). It's going to be hot and have steep mountains to climb. I was told by the Mazda tech I talked to , after getting the CX-5 serviced, he said the car has no engine oil coolers or transmission coolers, since...

Alright so a couple weeks ago, I posted on the forum titled "AWD system is kinda crappy..." (http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123855228-AWD-system-is-kinda-crappy) Me and a friend took his 2016 CX-5 GT AWD out on some backroad trails, and it could not overcome a level twist ditch...

iActiv AWD system is kinda crappy... So me and a buddy had the day off today, so we took his 2016 CX-5 GT AWD into the mountains. We eventually took some light offroad trails that turned into pretty severe terrain. With smart maneuvering, the car did great. However, we were presented with a...

Alright so I know the Grand Touring cars with the tech package have the different gauge cluster with a maintenance minder system, but our 2014 is a mid-level Touring(sorry if I mix the trim levels up, in Canada it's a bit different with GX, GS, GT) with the regular cluster. I see when I turn the...

Alright, so when mom bought her used CX-5 last November, it came with one key, but the dealer was very nice in cutting and programming a new key so she would have a spare since the previous owners misplaced the original spare. Now, at the end of May, the original owners found the spare key, gave...

I plugged in my scan tool to see at what temps these Skyactivs run and found its operating temp be to 80celcius. Are these supposed to run this cold? The Tiguan, that the CX-5 replaced, ran at 95c and so does my Jetta TDI. I am familiar with SKyactiv tech and how that the combustion process...

It's a lazy Sunday and I want to do something. I'm thinking I'll do a compression test on the 2014 CX-5 2.5L. It has 56,000kms on it. What compression numbers should I expect? I know how to do compression test properly, so I don't need to be educated on how to do one, I just would like a rough...

Was going to take my 2013 Jetta TDI and its 50+mpg mile eating awesomeness from Calgary, AB, to Winnipeg, MB. But I had to stay home and needed my car so mom went on her own in her 2014 CX-5. She stuck to around 115km/h(70mph) the whole way there and went 80mph the way back. It wasn't windy...

I got the key battery replaced about a month ago, and all of a sudden it's giving us issues, like a dead fob battery symptoms, but weird. Sometimes, it won't unlock/lock the car on the 1st press, or sometimes even the 5th press. Yet while the car isn't responding to the key presses, the fob...