Oil Dipstick Hard to Read (2018 CX-5)

Hi All,

I own a 2018 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring. Every time I check the oil, I seem to have a hard time reading the dipstick. I posted a picture. It seems that the bottom hole has oil in it, and that there is no oil on part of the right side of the dipstick. Its has been 4,000 miles since the last oil change. No oil pressure light, and no low oil light either. I flipped it over and it looks the same.
 

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A couple of questions:

  1. Are you first warming-up the engine until everything's at operating temperature, before attempting a reading?
  2. After shutting off the engine are you waiting 5+ minutes before attempting a dipstick reading, to allow all the oil to settle?
  3. When you remove the dipstick are you first cleaning it, reinserting, then removing for the reading?

 
A couple of questions:

  1. Are you first warming-up the engine until everything's at operating temperature, before attempting a reading?
  2. After shutting off the engine are you waiting 5+ minutes before attempting a dipstick reading, to allow all the oil to settle?
  3. When you remove the dipstick are you first cleaning it, reinserting, then removing for the reading?

I checked the oil a couple hours after shutting off.

I am cleaning the dipstick, reinserting, then removing for reading.
 
Looks nearly full to my eyes also. The top edge of the oil level looks to be about 1-1/2 hole diameters below the top hole.
 
Yep, echoing others, that's a pretty clear reading to me. I think you might just need to get used to it. Just a trick of the light that makes it seem like there's no oil on the right side.
 
I always use a small flashlight set at an angle. Once you hold the dipstick in front of the light it's pretty easy to read.
 
Update: I checked it again in daylight, and now can clearly see the oil level.
 

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