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wow, you guys are good. Crash test was one. The shifter was also a mid year change with a few other things. I 'd have to look up my files but at the time, there were some upgrades that made me look for the mid year.
 
@ yrwei52, where are you?
Sorry, running around the town trying to find some nice Texas Rangers World Series Champions memorabilia! I was shocked to see the prices of these items. A simple T-shirt now is $50, not $5 ~ $10 on a Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl Champions T-shirt in 1990’s!
 
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Sorry, running around the town trying to find some nice Texas Rangers World Series Champions memorabilia! I was shocked to see the prices of these items. A simple T-shirt now is $50, not $5 ~ $10 on a Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl T-shirt in 1990’s!
LOL. We survived without you, but just barely:rolleyes:. Hope you scored a good deal if there were any.
 
Yes there was. They improved the front offset crash safety for one thing. Not sure if there were any other changes, but I don't recall any. I was bummed, 'cos the 2014.5 came out a coupla months after we bought our 2014 CX-5 :(
It seems like CX-5s built after Oct 2013 got the better crash safety rating. But the same IIHS website says those built before Nov 2013 received inferior ratings. :unsure:
 
Looking at one some of my old posts small overlap change at 11/2013 but link to info is broken now in post.

 
Looking at one some of my old posts small overlap change at 11/2013 but link to info is broken now in post.

The reason why the 2016 CX-5 crash test safety ratings went down and the Front Passenger's safety rating is a 3 and the overall rating is a 4 mainly is because:



Passenger side airbag reprogramming is a Special Service Program (SSP) A6 which is supposed to prevent fabric tear of the passenger front air bag during deployment. I also suspect this has something to do with 2016 CX-5's 3-star rating on passenger side for NHTSA Frontal Barrier Crash Test dropped from 5 stars of previous MY.

JD power rating for mazda cx5 is LOW !!!!!

That’s why I’ve been saying the 2016.5 CX-5 is the best as most of these issues on 2016 CX-5 had been fixed on 2016.5 CX-5.
 
You still get a chance at my oil leaks though :-)


2013-2016 CX-5 with VINS lower than JM3KE******838638 (produced before July 4, 2016)


Granted... it's not worth fixing on that timing cover... just keep it clean every couple oil changes.

I think that rear diff gives me the greatest long term concern. There have been leak and crack issues that have continued over the years.
 
Just some 250-300k mile examples

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‘14 CX-5 FWD w/365,061 miles

’14 CX-5 GT AWD w/254k miles

’15 w/279k

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Don’t remember if you had changed the coolant with fresh FL-22 yet?
I did, albeit slightly late per the schedule in terms of mileage. I forget exactly what it was now, but was anywhere between 122-125k, and had hit the 10 years at that point. This would have been a bit over a year ago now.
 
Approaching 136k miles and getting ready to replace front suspension components: struts, lower control arms, sway bar end links. Current links are a bit twisted, bushing on the LCA's are torn. Rear suspension is fine.

Replaced MAF sensor earlier this year to resolve a running rich CEL code.
 
Just hit 91,000 miles, seems like relatively low miles compared to some others on this post. Just did a trans fluid drain and fill and changed engine oil (5w-30). Was impressed with how dry underneath looked. Looks like I'm going the distance with this one.

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Madar: You have that oil residue on this area that required a rear main seal replacement on mine

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It was never enough to cause noticeable oil drop on dipstick though

I’d clean up and see if it comes back. Mine would reappear until RMS was replaced

 
Just hit 91,000 miles, seems like relatively low miles compared to some others on this post. Just did a trans fluid drain and fill and changed engine oil (5w-30). Was impressed with how dry underneath looked. Looks like I'm going the distance with this one.

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Aww man, I got ripped off. Don't have one of those spiffy stickers on my oil pan.😄
Are you running it without the plastic underbody covers?
 
Madar: You have that oil residue on this area that required a rear main seal replacement on mine

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It was never enough to cause noticeable oil drop on dipstick though

I’d clean up and see if it comes back. Mine would reappear until RMS was replaced

It's not residue, dry as a bone there except for the corrosion. Been like that for years.
 
If it ever turns wet there that will likely be the cause but personally I wouldn’t bother with getting it fixed unless leak was significant enough to even allow drops to make it to the ground beyond the splash shield

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