Good evening, everyone. We had a flat tire earlier this week on our 2016 CX-5 GT and when we attempted to use the included scissor jack from the spare kit, we were stumped at the owner manual's illustration vs the reality of the fit.
The image below resembles the illustration in the manual. It shows a fairly shallow groove in the jack head, where the pinch weld rail makes contact with the bottom of the groove. Per illustration, the vehicle would be lifted via force applied to the bottom of the rail.
In my case, the jack head's groove was much taller, and the pinch weld rail was pretty short, so the bottom of the groove didn't come close to making contact with the rail. If I would have raised the jack, the force would have been applied by the top of the jack head to the underbody surface above & next to the rail. This didn't seem right at all, as I was seeing plastic materials there, etc, so I aborted and did not use the jack.
I purchased the vehicle 2 years ago, so am not the original owner. My first thought was that a previous owner or the used car dealer had swapped in a similar jack (it fits nicely in its spot in the cargo area) that is slightly wrong for my year, model, or trim. But, when I searched online for images of the CX-5 jack, all the results seem to match what mine looks like -- having the deeper groove.
Very confused!
The image below resembles the illustration in the manual. It shows a fairly shallow groove in the jack head, where the pinch weld rail makes contact with the bottom of the groove. Per illustration, the vehicle would be lifted via force applied to the bottom of the rail.
In my case, the jack head's groove was much taller, and the pinch weld rail was pretty short, so the bottom of the groove didn't come close to making contact with the rail. If I would have raised the jack, the force would have been applied by the top of the jack head to the underbody surface above & next to the rail. This didn't seem right at all, as I was seeing plastic materials there, etc, so I aborted and did not use the jack.
I purchased the vehicle 2 years ago, so am not the original owner. My first thought was that a previous owner or the used car dealer had swapped in a similar jack (it fits nicely in its spot in the cargo area) that is slightly wrong for my year, model, or trim. But, when I searched online for images of the CX-5 jack, all the results seem to match what mine looks like -- having the deeper groove.
Very confused!