Tire Pressure From Dealer

[mazdadude]

Just bought the car 2 days ago with 4 miles on it. It was new still wrapped on the outside and inside. After seeing this thread I decided to check the tire pressure and guess what my 17 tire pressure were set at? 51 psi !!!!

Gonna go back down and deflate. to about 37-38 psi. Havent made up my mind yet on how much higher to go over the recommended amount.

It is a shame when the dealer gets paid by Mazda to do a PRE-DELIVERY-INSPECTION on each Mazda vehicle, and it never gets done... Makes me sick!(sick)

There is a whole list of things that did not get done or checked.(nervous)

 

[erhayes]

Try to check before driving in the morning as in overnight cold. I use a digital pressure gauge. I run my 17" tires at 35-36 psig. ed

 

[4G63T]

Edit , Keeping it at 38 psi.

 

[erhayes]

A radial tire is expected to have some bulge in the sidewall at the recommended running pressure. If you over fill a radial tire so there is little or no flexibility in the sidewall, then the tread will not stay parallel to the road surface when cornering and you have lost the radial advantage over a standard bias type tire. I notice that my CX5 ties have a slight bulge in the sidewall when fill to the recommended air pressure. Do you really think you have more knowledge than the Mazda engineers when they engineer their vehicles to be the best handling? Ed

 

[Buzzer777]

It is a shame when the dealer gets paid by Mazda to do a PRE-DELIVERY-INSPECTION on each Mazda vehicle, and it never gets done... Makes me sick!(sick)

There is a whole list of things that did not get done or checked.(nervous)

Heh...I thought it was only true in the Reno area...(Most dealerships here SUCK).
ie: my 2015 CX-5 was delivered with a single sided razor blade laying the console! Nice touch!
Usually I only get to check the engine fluids! (Always in a rush to get it home, so that is my own fault!)

 

[mazdadude]

Heh...I thought it was only true in the Reno area...(Most dealerships here SUCK).
ie: my 2015 CX-5 was delivered with a single sided razor blade laying the console! Nice touch!
Usually I only get to check the engine fluids! (Always in a rush to get it home, so that is my own fault!)

Odd find...

I know I would feel a little bad about bringing my own tire pressure gauge and dipstick rag, but what's a buyer to do? It is something as a buyer that you have paid money for, it is an important part of the delivery process that is being skipped for the dealers profit, and at the customers peril.

How many times do you think a new owner drives away with the 51psi shipping pressure in their tires until their first oil change or perhaps even longer? UGH!!

 

[paris1]

How many times do you think a new owner drives away with the 51psi shipping pressure in their tires until their first oil change or perhaps even longer? UGH!!

What's amazing is that this has been going on FOR YEARS with Mazda dealers (and maybe others too?). I was on a Miata forum for about 15 years and owners were complaining about this as far back as the intro of the NC Miata in late 2005. You would think dealers would have caught on by now!

 

[Buzzer777]

The razor blade was easy ti figure out, but DANGEROUS!

Odd find...

I know I would feel a little bad about bringing my own tire pressure gauge and dipstick rag, but what's a buyer to do? It is something as a buyer that you have paid money for, it is an important part of the delivery process that is being skipped for the dealers profit, and at the customers peril.

How many times do you think a new owner drives away with the 51psi shipping pressure in their tires until their first oil change or perhaps even longer? UGH!!

Dangerous, especially if I chose to pick it up with family members (ie: little children)

Not really an odd find..I just figured that the razor blade was used to remove the factory stickers, and then carelessly left behind. These dealers are always in a rush to get new cars delivered, in the shortest time, with the least number of employees. I have never had a car delivered with 51lbs of tire pressure though. I always checked the donuts when I got home, and they were spot on! (about 60lbs)

Forty lbs seems to be where they got out the door though. (probably is the shipping psi to avoid flat spots) To be fair, never had anything much else out of the ordinary...EXCEPT...I once picked up a 2007 Hyundai Sante Fe that had about 2 inches of water in the taillight when delivered. That one was simple, since it had rained the night before and well...This is the desert...LOL

 

[zoomie888]

You are missing the fact that I am a 63 years 'young' Veteran (USAF) gal who comes on here to learn everything and anything about my CX-5. I might not know a lot about cars - but I do LOVE to drive and have from my first experience. My concern about self-deflating the tires myself has to do with the TPMS feature. I was concerned that if I did it myself, I would set off the alarm or something by not being precise. I only have the 'el-cheapo' one (silver thingy that shoots out the plastic gauge - how's THAT for mechanical jargon!). Just being overly cautious I guess. I may go ahead and get a more substantial gauge with a pressure dial and do it myself - since it is apparently no big deal.

However, I'm starting to get paranoid....I now have received TWO 'Awards' from you (one on another forum)...."The Lamest Post" and now "The Strangest Post". You must realize that not everyone on here has such expertise as you.....so please....lighten up a bit. (Not that I can't take it!)

That's a logical concern. I think when these car forums first started, it was mostly visited by hardcore enthusiasts. Regular folks who just drive the car, get oil changes and gas just kept doing what they were doing w/o any need to search for anything out of the ordinary. With all the technology in cars these days and economy having taken a hit, people are looking to save as much as they can by seeking help online to DIY so all this makes since that forums are now filled with a very diverse group of people. College kids to retired veterans. Men, women, people from all over the world from all lines of work.

This is a good reminder that we're not all gearheads. I do prefer changing my own oil and replacing brake pads/rotors but that's just me. Not for a second would I expect anyone else to touch their brake pads with a 10' pole. That's one of those things that if it goes wrong, it can go really really wrong. I only do it b/c I learned from a good friend who's been doing it for years and I learned how to do it over the course of 3 years living with him and changing out brake pads/rotors multiple times. If I wasn't lucky enough to room with him before I got married, I wouldn't be touching stuff like that.

And now with a new CX-5, I probably won't be doing that brake/rotors myself. I'm sure it's very similar to my other car, but I'm very hesitant to since it's a different brand and I'll will leave it to the "experts" I trust in my City to do this type of work. Oil change, I'll do. The worse thing that can happen with oil changes is the wrong oil, too much oil or too little oil or if you really don't know what you're doing, draining the wrong plug (transmission fluid). I don't need to mention what would happen if you did the brakes wrong.

 

[Kedis82ZE8]

And now with a new CX-5, I probably won't be doing that brake/rotors myself. I'm sure it's very similar to my other car, but I'm very hesitant to since it's a different brand and I'll will leave it to the "experts" I trust in my City to do this type of work. Oil change, I'll do. The worse thing that can happen with oil changes is the wrong oil, too much oil or too little oil or if you really don't know what you're doing, draining the wrong plug (transmission fluid). I don't need to mention what would happen if you did the brakes wrong.

Appears to be a very easy brake system to work on though... even the parking brake is just cable actuation of the rear brake calipers.

 

[fdew]

However, I'm starting to get paranoid....I now have received TWO 'Awards' from you (one on another forum)...."The Lamest Post" and now "The Strangest Post". You must realize that not everyone on here has such expertise as you.....so please....lighten up a bit. (Not that I can't take it!)

Don't worry about it Tango. Every forum has it's police Just filter out the information you can use and mentally delete the rest. You Love to drive. You have the right car and you are on the correct Forum.