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Mazda just revealed the updated CX-5. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a65351814/2026-mazda-cx-5-revealed/ Exterior looks like a nice evolution over the current CX-5. It's exterior dimensions will be larger than the current gen, hopefully improving the interior cargo room and passenger space...

You typically can't weld on the bellows of a flex pipe, you'll most likely just end up burning through the bellows as they aren't very thick. Unfortunately, you'll probably need a new pipe assembly.

Just thought I would follow up with what the dealer found for my latest issue. After bringing it to the dealer and having them do the diagnosis, they found the oil pressure control valve failed. So I'm assuming it was getting stuck open and the oil pressure would drop and upon restart, the valve...

I have used mine mostly on flights for vacations. One was to Antigua for our honeymoon, then to Italy, and lastly another vacation to Mexico.

Unfortunately, I don't like the looks of the sedan version of the Mazda3 and I most likely need something bigger than a Mazda3.

That was one of my thoughts too. I just couldn’t get as comfortable in it as I wanted to. Like it fine and I could deal, but not something I would want to pay money to live with.

I haven’t really considered much yet, since dumping it really only became a thought yesterday. But I know I don’t really like the CX-5 when I have had them as loaners. The seating position and center console leaves a lot to be desired for me and I much prefer the -50 to the -5.

I have been thinking about trading it in for a newer CX-50 and may depending on the deal I can put together with them. But I don't think I'm gonna limit myself to Mazda.

Wish you the best with yours! I'm hoping I just got a bad egg. Yeah every manufacture can make good and bad cars on a individual level. It appears that I just got a bad one from a normally reliable brand.

Looks like its just the 2.0L. Link That's what I'm thinking too, like I won't be in a made dash to find a replacement vehicle. But hopefully, I should be able to set myself up for getting out of this vehicle with as little monetary damage as possible.

The Mitsubishi dealer near my house does have one for sale. :LOL:

Its a red flag now. It feels like I got a Friday afternoon car right before a long weekend.

Thanks, that kinda what my feeling right now are. Once I get it back from the dealer, I will probably start shopping around to unload it. Sucks cause I just paid it off in April. If the complete reseal would have been the end of my issues, I would probably have been fine. But the list keeps...

Out of curiosity, at what point would you call it quits on a vehicle? I'm currently in a dilemma, I have a 2023 Mazda CX-50 that has been having more problems than one would expect with a 2.5 year old car and only ~38k miles. It is currently in the shop for a low oil pressure issue. TBD if its...

Glad you caught it before it completely failed on you. I'm hoping this is a one off failure for the 3.0 Duramax and doesn't become common, its great driving powertrain. I haven't heard of a ton of problem with lower end failures on the 3.0L. Hopefully the 6.2L gives you less trouble than the 3.0L.

Thanks for posting. Looks good to me. What's the plan for the next OCI?

My guess is the they don't have a plan to meet future emissions requirement and its just gonna sit where its at in terms of emissions regulations. If/when they get tighter, it will just go away again.

I would also assume the 3.0L is the pent-roof, high tumble/swirl combustion chamber design. Its probably the only way to get combustion to happen fast enough to avoid knock. The 3.0L very much a monster engine and I hope it holds up well. It has one of the highest BMEP I have seen on a...

And to think the 5.7L is now running on that same electrical architecture. :LOL: Hopefully they get those electrical issue sorted, but it sounds like it might have been a rushed project from the article I read.

I would be really curious to see the BSFC map for both of the engines to what the efficiency of combustion is. I'm sure they looked into updating the 5.7L but the 3.0L hurricane was probably already on the drawing board and they didn't think an update to the 5.7L would be worth once the 3.0L...