Oil Leak at 7400 miles (2024 CE T CX-5)

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Heads up y’all..
Took the new 24 CE T CX-5 in for second oil change at 7400 miles. Went to a Mazda centric independent shop this time. Tech found oil seepage, driver’s side from underneath. Not sure anyone just changing the oil would have seen it. Taking it back to the dealer as warranty work.
Pics for info taken from behind dust shield while on the rack using a flash light.
 

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Ngamntcx5 said:
Heads up y’all..
Took the new 24 CE T CX-5 in for second oil change at 7400 miles. Went to a Mazda centric independent shop this time. Tech found oil seepage, driver’s side from underneath. Not sure anyone just changing the oil would have seen it. Taking it back to the dealer as warranty work.
Pics for info taken from behind dust shield while on the rack using a flash light.
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2024 CE T CX-5, does it mean it’s a 2.5T turbo? Yes, please keep us posted.
 
I haven’t, yet…. But I plan on actually going to the dealer tomorrow to show them the pictures and schedule the appointment. Hopefully is doesn’t come out sideways then.
 
GrampaSlade said:
Not that I'll be around that long, but if I have to take my 24 model in for anything but routine service before 150k miles, I think I might just lose my ****.
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Then plan to lose it as most cars these days have issues. That is what a warranty is for.
 
Everything you buy these days will have some issues. Even my new 2020 Frontier, which was at the far end of its 16yr model run had a shock go bad within 5k miles. They just don't make things like they used to.
 
RedBaron said:
You mean, like the cars they built in the 50's & 60's? 👿
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The technology from that era doesn't match up to what we are capable of today, but that doesn't mean they were built poorly. I wouldn't want to be driving my old '65 Chevy with the straight 6 and 2 speed powerglide anymore on a daily basis (especially with those 4 wheel drum brakes), but that thing was solid as all heck. No plastic.
The problem as I see it today is that everything is built to a budget, rather than built to a quality standard. Have you bought any appliances lately? You'll be lucky to get 10 years out of a fridge or washer these days. Mine are all 30 years or older. Not a single breakdown in all that time.
In my humble opinion, cars went through a bad period in the 70's and 80's when all these new smog regulations came into being. Those era cars are horrible. Car manufacturers struggled to adapt. A 350 small block V8 with 165 HP, in a Corvette. Great.
Late 90's and early 2000's things got a lot better. An early 2000's Camry or Civic are bulletproof, so I'd pass on new cars today and go back to that era.
This switchover to small displacement 4 cyl turbo engines is not working. Every manufacturer is experiencing issues.
 
yeah around the 2000s plus minus few years :)
Things went downhill after 2009-2010

Cars are supposed to not last that long nowadays. Thats why the perception thst 4 cyls with turbo wont work. They do work great but have to be replaced earlier. Same with almost anything built nowadays. Some say we reached a peak at corporate profita and only way to go further is by super consumerism throwing and replacing everything every few years.
 
Buzzman12 said:
In my humble opinion, cars went through a bad period in the 70's and 80's when all these new smog regulations came into being. Those era cars are horrible. Car manufacturers struggled to adapt. A 350 small block V8 with 165 HP, in a Corvette. Great.
Late 90's and early 2000's things got a lot better.
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EFI was the game-changing innovation, IMO.

Buzzman12 said:
This switchover to small displacement 4 cyl turbo engines is not working. Every manufacturer is experiencing issues.
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I'd argue Mazda hasn't had any issues with their 2.5T.

The only issues so far are related to a choice of exhaust valves they made over a couple of years, and a cylinder head casting issue. But nothing related to the turbo or emissions.

And before you say it, a 100K mile walnut blasting is a maintenance item, not a failure :cool:
 
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Ngamntcx5 said:
Result,
It was a leak at the turbo discharge flange. The line. flange and gasket all replaced under warranty.
Dealership was responsive and had it fixed same day I took it in without an appointment.
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Wow, it’s the first time we saw such problrm here for the 2.5T! Thanks for the update.
 
N7turbo said:
I'd argue Mazda hasn't had any issues with their 2.5T.

The only issues so far are related to a choice of exhaust valves they made over a couple of years, and a cylinder head casting issue. But nothing related to the turbo or emissions.
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Well, Mazda modified the original cylinder head of the 2.5L NA for the turbo, and weakened certain area which had trouble to support the long and heavy SkyActiv-G exhaust manifold and cracked the head with coolant leak. Mazda had to modify (re-design) the cylinder head to reinforce the cracked area to prevent possible cracking. So it isn’t a casting problem, but a design problem.

Exhaust valve stem seal issue was the result of cost cutting by Mazda switching the part supplier or re-design the seal which apparently has inferior quality.
 
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