Check the belts (visual) when you check oil. Ive run many belts over 100k in central Texas. Foolish maybe but havent had one bust loose in over 20 years
Threw my serpentine belt today
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I'm running the OE belt 17 years
I changed the belt on my 2014 CX-5 back in 2021 when I gave it to my wife's daughter at ~90k miles.
Original belt and original tensioner.
Tensioner had just started to weep, so it got replaced, too.
Old belt was still in good shape, being 8 years old.
Honestly, I feel that Mazda's quality has been decreasing ever since they got into bed with Toyota.
Their business decisions have been very suspect with Toyota holding the purse.
Original belt and original tensioner.
Tensioner had just started to weep, so it got replaced, too.
Old belt was still in good shape, being 8 years old.
Honestly, I feel that Mazda's quality has been decreasing ever since they got into bed with Toyota.
Their business decisions have been very suspect with Toyota holding the purse.
Being closet Fords once upon a time wasn't that better. And one guy I knew had a Mazda 6 in fine cosmetic condition blow a power steering pump. He never fixed it.
JHZR2
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That does seem really low. When I did the TB on our odyssey at 100k, I changed the serp belt. Both it and the TB looked as new.
I’d be concerned about a bearing or something with an issue…
I’d be concerned about a bearing or something with an issue…
The water pump has a separate belt and it has electric steering. The serpentine belt only runs the alternator and AC, and the tensioner is new so there are really only two possibilities. I wish I had told him I wanted to see the old tensioner.
Mazda seems to still use black licorice for belts; I don't think their material is EPDM.
Always check those belts at every LOF and replace at the first sign of cracking. They DO crack.
Always check those belts at every LOF and replace at the first sign of cracking. They DO crack.
LOF? Lube, oil, filter?
yes
Is there a case for an aftermarket belt here, or stick with OE?
I put an OEM on it because I bought it at the same time as an OEM tensioner, but the next one will probably be whatever they have in stock at NAPA.
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