Im glad Mazda is a great company who stands behind there products and replaced my transfer case without even as much as a complaint. I do feel sorry for those with FWD in one of these heavy beast of a vehicle though.
Im glad Mazda is a great company who stands behind there products and replaced my transfer case without even as much as a complaint. I do feel sorry for those with FWD in one of these heavy beast of a vehicle though.
Drove up a pretty good grade to go hiking yesterday and got a slight burning smell at the top. It was all paved, no grime or water on the road, and no oil change recently... Has me freaking out and thinking about this http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/show...Changing-CX-9-transfer-case-gear-oil-(photos) already at 3500 miles... Probably just paranoid, but the smell was pronounced.
sorry to hear about your problem, Voldsom, but I think you good at such low mileage, there's no known issues of transfer case failure at 3500, if they're going to go they will usually go around the 30K mark since that's when the oil starts to break down.
if you're really worried, it wouldn't hurt to follow the how-to instructions and just check the plug for any sludge or black oil, trust me no oil why be gushing out when you unscrew the plug, the oil level is below the plug, but at only 3500 I think you'll be ok, probably just overworked her going up the hiking trail.
I paid it off!!!!!!!!!
When we test drove a brand new one, there was a burning smell. I bet since it was so warm and your car had to work harder, it got a tad higher temp and burned something off. You've only driven it in the winter correct?
Hood deflector and side vents done today
@eskimo0101 I like my D5300 quite a bit, but the new 5500 is even better, thanks to the touchscreen (first for a Nikon DSLR). everything else is the same though. Really lightweight body, good features and controls, happy with it so far. Side note, funny that EXIF data that sticks around, even if you post a direct link from photobucket, a little creeeeeepy