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- Plano, Texas, USA
You got a new rear differential for free without warranty? Good for you!
What have you done to your CX-5 today?
- Thread starter Kayger12
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This may be rare, but it happens,, If you brng your car to the dealer for all your service, even those overpriced 30k, 60k mile services, they have gone to bat for the customer to Mazda. They may argue that they know the vehicle and service it regularly, and that such-and-such must be a defect. Not saying it happens often, but it does happen
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- Miata and CX-5
You drive 5,000 miles per year or 50,000 miles per year ?
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- Plano, Texas, USA
Well, a defect of any components still won’t be covered for free by any car manufactures if there’s no warranty, unless there’s a safety recall issued. In his case, more likely the dealer ate some cost as the Mazda North American Operations most likely won’t cover a full free replacement on the rear differential without warranty.
There’ll always be exceptions, such as some free 2.2L diesel engine replacement without warranty happened in Australia.
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- 2017 CX-5 Sport
Oops, 5000 average per MONTH, this year so far is 65,000.
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- Miata and CX-5
I knew a guy who drove the type of mileage you do. He worked as sales rep covering Arizona, Utah, as well as parts of Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico.
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- Plano, Texas, USA
This’s typical how the MNAO handles the big item failures without warranty, paying partially as a goodwill gesture.
That would be one way to get full use out of the Mazda unlimited mileage warranty in Canada
Mazda Unlimited | Warranty Programs | Mazda Canada
Get information about Mazda Unlimited Mileage Warranty, a 1st-of-its kind program that offers unlimited mileage on various Mazda vehicles. Details inside.
www.mazda.ca
Westy16
2016 CX-5 GT AWD
Picked up a nail from somewhere so put the temp spare on yesterday to take the punctured one to be repaired. First time I have driven on a temp spare, I thought my front axle bearings were failing from the noise it made. Thankfully only had to drive on it for six miles total. Puncture is fixed (pull-through patch) so no more noise.
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- Plano, Texas, USA
Yes I heard the same noise when I had the stock T145/90D16 compact spare at right front when the road tire had a nail. The noise was gone once the new tires were put on. I wonder if I use T155/90D18 compact spare I also have which has the same overall diameter as road tires and will the horrible noise still be there?
What do you mean by “pull-through patch”? Did the tire store took the tire off the rim and put a patch from inside?
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- 2014 CX-5 Touring
We seem to get at least 1 nail a year in every car. I always just plug them at home. Only takes a few minutes, and have had ZERO drawbacks from the past decade of doing so.
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- 2014 CX-5 Touring
Awhile back I changed all the car's exterior bulbs, except head and fog lamps, to LED, all from superbrightleds.com. I went with the 7443 27-LED red bulbs for the rear main brake lights, but to my eyes there wasn't enough difference between the tail and brake light functions.
www.superbrightleds.com
So today I pulled them out and put in their 7443 28-LED bulbs which are a bit longer but still fit in the housing. Definitely brighter, and more of a difference between tail and brake light bulbs. And they're actually half the price of the 27-LED versions for some reason.
www.superbrightleds.com
The spec sheet lists the 27-LED red bulb as 11/36 lumens, but the 28-LED version is 45/185 lumens. I'm not sure if the difference is really that drastic, but a side-by-side comparison on the car with each bulb definitely shows the new ones are brighter.
Only problem was that I placed the order around Thanksgiving, and made the mistake of choosing economy shipping. It sat in a UPS facility for over a month, and just showed up today.
7440/7443 CK LED Bulb - Dual Function 27 SMD Tower - Wedge Base - Red
CK-wired LED replacement bulbs can fit SRCK- and SACK-compatible vehicle tail lights, brake lights, reverse lights, turn signals, or side marker lights. This dual-contact, dual-function 7443 bulb emits a 360° viewing angle for better, allover light emission with reduced hot spots. Tower-style...
So today I pulled them out and put in their 7443 28-LED bulbs which are a bit longer but still fit in the housing. Definitely brighter, and more of a difference between tail and brake light bulbs. And they're actually half the price of the 27-LED versions for some reason.
7443 LED Bulb - Dual Function 28 SMD LED Tower - Wedge Base - Red
LED replacement bulbs can fit vehicle tail lights, brake lights, reverse lights, turn signals or side marker lights. This 7443 dual-contact, dual-function bulb has 28 LEDs (0.5-watt SMD) that create a 360° viewing angle for better, allover light emission with reduced hot spots. Tower-style...
The spec sheet lists the 27-LED red bulb as 11/36 lumens, but the 28-LED version is 45/185 lumens. I'm not sure if the difference is really that drastic, but a side-by-side comparison on the car with each bulb definitely shows the new ones are brighter.
Only problem was that I placed the order around Thanksgiving, and made the mistake of choosing economy shipping. It sat in a UPS facility for over a month, and just showed up today.
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- Plano, Texas, USA
In theory there’s always a potential that the plug would be getting loose or dislodged during driving, especially at the highway speed. A friend of ours whose TPMS warning light was on and by my suggestion she took her 2018 Toyota Camry with only 2,000 miles to Discount Tire for a check up. The tech found her right-front stock tire had a plug (done by a garage previously) and was leaking air. DT refused to repair the tire again properly for “safety reason” and she had to buy a new (and same) tire for $220! She should just take the car to DT the first time she had the nail for a free flat repair, as DT will fix the flat with proper (safer and legal) method (take the tire off the rim and put a patch from inside) for free even on stock tires.
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- 2014 CX-5 Touring
I've only ever had an issue with a plug once, on one of my Integra's 205/45-16 tires that picked up a nail about an inch from the edge of the sidewall. I would plug it and a few hundred miles later it would start leaking again. Plugged it over and over maybe 4 or 5 times. Finally took it to get it patched and they said it was too close to the edge to patch, so I was out of luck anyway. The glob of plugs inside the tire looked rather humorous. But other than that I've never had any issues with leaking or any other failure.
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- 2016.5 CX-5 GT AWD titanium/black 2016 Miata Club ST MT white
From the owner's manual.
"WARNING
Do not install the temporary spare tire
on the front wheels (driving wheels):
Driving with the temporary spare tire
on one of the front driving wheels is
dangerous. Handling will be affected.
You could lose control of the vehicle,
especially on ice or snow bound
roads, and have an accident. Move a
regular tire to the front wheel and
install the temporary spare tire to the
rear."
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- Plano, Texas, USA
Yes, but we’re talking about strange noise with smaller compact spare tire at front, not about losing control of the vehicle. Besides, we drove a short distance slowly and locally straight to the tire store for flat repair, just don’t see any possibility of losing control of the vehicle.
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- 2014 CX-5 Touring
I've had to mount a compact spare on a car while out on the road (not at home) exactly one time in my 25 years of driving. My Integra had a front tire flat on the interstate. I decided to move a rear tire up front to ensure nothing bad happened from the mismatched tire sizes between the drive wheels, the differential etc.
I know the Honda S2000 specifies using the spare on the front only, and not the rear (drive wheels), likely due to the limited slip diff. I need to read up but I suspect my Miata with factory LSD may be the same way.
I know the Honda S2000 specifies using the spare on the front only, and not the rear (drive wheels), likely due to the limited slip diff. I need to read up but I suspect my Miata with factory LSD may be the same way.
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- Canada
As far as I can tell, the Miata doesn't come with a spare tire. Instead you have an Emergency Tire Repair Kit, assuming you have an ND.
The Owner's Manual for the NC states the same, but there is mention of an optional spare tire. In that case, it says to just replace the damaged tire with the spare, but there is no mention of where the spare should be mounted.
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- 2016.5 CX-5 GT AWD titanium/black 2016 Miata Club ST MT white
My point was that perhaps the noise that you mentioned is from the mismatch in size of the tires on the front and causing some issue with the transaxle. Not good.
