Macandal, did "The Guy over at Mazda Representative, Customer Experience" ever follow up with his statement that he was going to contact the selling dealership to see why they were having customers sign the form regarding prohibition of tire chains ?
It is ridiculous that dealers are coming up with these policies and Mazda Corporate doesn't know anything about it. I'm guessing that a directive did come from Mazda and their bureaucracy is preventing getting to the right level where we can get a true answer.
If you search this Forum for "tire chains" you will find several threads going back several years about what type or brand of cables and chains can be used (on 19" wheels with the standard Toyo tire sizes anyway) and with photos showing possible interference on the suspension components. And as of November of 2021 there doesn't seem to be a solution.
Buying new tires or even a full set of wheels with snow tires to use in snow conditions is a solution of course, but neither inexpensive nor practical for those of us who may only need chains a few times a year for ski trips or those times that the local roads are treacherous with the stock tires.
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