I had an early production 2018 which did not come with AA/ACP, later production did. We were told by the dealer we would get it for a nominal fee. When the time came to get it, the nominal fee was $600 CDN…
No longer my problem. Wasn’t going to take a chance on having to pay the $10K head replacement in the future even though Mazda Canada extended the engine warranty 5 years. We are now the owners of a new Camry hybrid. Good luck to who ever buys our used MX5 off the Toyota lot…
For an extensive repair like this, did they give you a loaner?
Mine just cracked too, but they don't say much,
Firstly, please tell us the model year、trim level、and the mileage of your CX-5. Also tell us the engine type, a 2.5L NA with CD、or a 2.5T turbo?
2019 GT . not turbo. in the high 40s. maybe 48000.
You should get most answers from here:
It depends. Some had waited for as long as 6 months due to the cylinder head shortage. 2 weeks waiting in your situation is excellent.
It shouldn’t unless you leave the low oil level situation for too long.
For as long as your powertrain warranty. In US it’s 5-years / 60K miles. In Canada it’s 5 years / unlimited miles.
Good question. Not like the 2.5T, there’s no specific TSB issued by the Mazda for this cracked cylinder head problem on the 2.5L NA with CD. The only related TSB is to have the Mazda dealer ordering a cylinder head “set” with a new part number for the head replacement job. I’d assume the new head is the same as the original one but the only Mazda knows. There’s a Russian / Ukrainian video showing the weak area of his cracked head which he believes the area is to thin comparing to other heads.
just the whole cylinder head with valve train pre-installed based on the TSB description. But you should ask this question to your dealer for more details.
Yes there’re some other problems on this 2.5L NA with cylinder deactivation. But the major ones are switchable hydraulic lash adjusters and may be the engine mounts. Front timing chain cover gasket leak should be minor. Not sure the new cylinder head “set” would actually come with the newly revised switchable HLAs.
Mazda dealers have the best knowledge and personal to handle this problem. If you have powertrain warranty, why would you want to spend money to have an independent shop to fix the cracked head?
No way.
See above.
Everybody has different situation and thinking. When you read the threads mentioned above I believe most people would keep the CX-5 for a while after the head replacement. But some like Emby at the post #23 in this thread he simply get rid of his CX-5. That’d be what I’d do too.
See above. You have to make your own decision from your situation.
Hope my answers can help you to make a better decision for your situation on your CX-5 which definitely is unfortunate. Keep us posted.
Here's a case of a CX-5 mysteriously morphing into an MX-5.
First it was a head gasket and then it became a cracked head two sentences later. This from a "mechanic".
thanks for the help.
Yes from a “mechanic”.
I thought something was off with that Rabbit guy. His CX-5 doomposting was over the top.Users RickyBobby and Jack Rabbit have both been permanently banned from Mazdas247.
After some investigation, it is clear that Jack Rabbit created the RickyBobby account. He then posted as if he were a new user/different person, in order to fabricate an instance of engine failure and create/spread fear, uncertainty and doubt against Mazda. I will leave the posts from both of his accounts up so others can see what Jack Rabbit has done, and why he was banned.
Creating multiple accounts is not grounds for an immediate ban. Sometimes people forget they have an existing account, or they have forgotten their password. However, creating an additional account for a negative purpose, as Jack Rabbit has done with the RickyBobby account, is absolutely unacceptable.
While we at Mazdas247 are not associated directly with Mazda, constructive criticism against the brand is generally ok. A good example of this is a thread like this one:
Got rid of my CX-50 Turbo Premium (long post)
Hey guys, it's been fun and I wanted to say that I really thought I would love the CX-50 and I just don't think it was a good fit for me. There are just some things a test drive won't be able to uncover until owning a vehicle long term and I ultimately traded the CX-50 Turbo Premium in for a...mazdas247.com
However, attacking/bashing/instigating/trolling/spreading FUD etc. is unacceptable and will result in a warning, temp ban, or permanent ban as determined by the admin/moderator team.
Let's continue to do our best to maintain the good community that we have here!
No question about that, and you most certainly did what needed to be done. It's really sad that he became so carried away by this stuff that he would stoop to fabricating incidents.
Thanks for keeping this forum clean and I hope our friend will find a solution to his problem (repair under warranty and/or trade in for another vehicle) but I guess we'll never know.
Interesting timing. I had a run-in with someone spouting similar misinformation on another forum. This individual was stating that ALL of the turbo engines Mazda makes are failing. I chimed in with my experience (none suffering this one particular issue he was going on about) and he was not having it.
