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If the state of the cabin air filter can cause this then that’s probably what’s going on. This was last changed by Mazda a couple of years ago but it was bad. I’d never attempted to look at it myself but it does need replacing and I will do so ASAP. And I use fresh air mode 99.9% of the time...

Came back on Friday and with a vengeance today: water was pouring off the trim below the glove box. Absolutely insane. And of course I’m away from home with zero tools. I had a 12” cable tie and parked the car on a small knoll so I could slide underneath. The cable tie hit a hard stop 3/4 of the...

That’s such a smart idea! I’ll definitely do that. I’ll see if I can befriend a proctologist in the meantime and borrow their camera 🤔

Ok, status update. Put shop vac with reducer down to beach inflatable pump hose and shoved it into the drain. No water evacuated. Removed glove box and panel below this and got some good video of the inner workings. Spotted the evaporator which is probably around the same height as the glove box...

I’ll try hooking the shop vac up to the drain tube before starting any dismantling just in case the problem is the original blockage falling back into place.

Hi @puma, I blasted it because it was overflowing in the usual manner of cornering when the drain is blocked. So I blasted it with the air compressor and lots of water ran out onto the driveway as expected. Thing is, not 2 days later my wife comes home and tells me our nephew said he could see...

Took the afternoon off work today to see if I can fix the problem I created by blasting the A/C drain hose with air pressure. Looking at the blown up drawing of the A/C Unit it seems I must have dislodged the drain hose. I'm hopeful this is accessible from the passenger footwell. Does...

That’s a good suggestion. May get you close enough to then spy it visually.

ChatGPT is convinced it’s in the same general location as the previous generation. Did you jack the car up and rule that out?

It’s been a while since my A/C drain got clogged and, unlike last time, I approached the task with confidence and therefore didn’t read the forums before tackling. I recalled reading references to the use of an air compressor but forgot the salient parts about this not being the best route and...

Thanks for your reply and sorry for the delay - I’m not receiving an email when a message is added to the thread for some reason. I cannot explain when the shudder occurs terribly well because it only seems to occur when my wife drives the car for some reason. But I did feel it from the...

Interesting. The car has just over 90k on it now. In June ‘22 I had the dealer install a new brake booster and perform a 90k service which included transmission & diff fluid changes. If what you say is true this could have caused the problem we’re experiencing now. Let’s assume that’s the case...

Thank you for the link. I’m not convinced it’s a Ford drivetrain - are you sure about that? I stopped by Ford dealer before posting to forum and the guy said they were not the same since they parted ways in 2008. I wouldn’t consider him to be a good source of info however. But one of the...

Hi, We have a 2012 CX-9 AWD Grand Touring in VA, USA which has a very intermittent shudder. From reading many other posts it could be plugs, coil pack, solenoids or dirty ATF fluid. I’d like to simply add some anti-shudder gloop but, of course, these transmissions have no dipstick or fill tube...