And for safeties sake, let*s say drain and fill of transmission fluid (not flush)
I drained and filled mine 3x at 50k miles. Will do so again at 100k miles. I wasn*t going to recommend it as its not called for in the owners manual. As last poster said do some research. No need to open a can of worms on the lifetime fluid argument.
Lifetime fluid really isn*t lifetime fluid. I think most who educate themselves understand that concept. As far a flushing vs fill, I prefer all of the fluid to be exchanged at once. It*s what the dealer recommends and I*ve got a good friend who works at the local Mazda dealership. I*ve always serviced the transmission this way on every vehicle I*ve owned without ever having a problem. I think problems are more likely to surface when service is neglected and someone tries to have the transmission flushed at a high mileage after it never being done before.
I*ve had the transmission in my CX-5 flushed 3 times with no issues and I*m sure I have one of the highest mileage CX-5 on the forum.
Lifetime fluid really isn*t lifetime fluid. I think most who educate themselves understand that concept. As far a flushing vs fill, I prefer all of the fluid to be exchanged at once. It*s what the dealer recommends and I*ve got a good friend who works at the local Mazda dealership. I*ve always serviced the transmission this way on every vehicle I*ve owned without ever having a problem. I think problems are more likely to surface when service is neglected and someone tries to have the transmission flushed at a high mileage after it never being done before.
I*ve had the transmission in my CX-5 flushed 3 times with no issues and I*m sure I have one of the highest mileage CX-5 on the forum.
Are you sure your Mazda dealer actually flushed the ATF on your CX-5? SkyActiv-Drive 6-speed transmission has no ATF lines coming out to a ATF cooler like most other automatic transmissions, hence theres no way your Mazda dealer can use an ATF flushing machine to intercept the old ATF and feed fresh ATF via the AFT lines. Not until recently some vendor starts to offer a special adapter for hooking up the ATF flushing machine. But that requires the removal of an attached transmission fluid cooling device, and its not approved by the Mazda. Which means most likely Mazda dealers wont use such unapproved special adapter to flush the ATF.⋯ I*ve had the transmission in my CX-5 flushed 3 times with no issues and I*m sure I have one of the highest mileage CX-5 on the forum.
I*d replace the serpentine belt and water pump belt. Inspect the belt tensioner, replace if leaking. Inspect water pump to check for leaks, should hopefully be fine though. Top off coolant to F if low. Alternator is fine, no maintenance required. You will need to replace the coolant down the road (10 years or 200k km, every 5 years or 100k km after that). Replace brake fluid every 3 years.
Give the car a good bounce at each corner. Push down and keep building on each bounce with a good downward shove. Stop when you can*t take it anymore. If the car keeps bouncing replace the shocks. Mine are still good (*13 with 73k miles).
Mazda have issued a new bulletin telling owners that transmission oil should not be changed because it is unnecessary.
Mazda have issued a new bulletin telling owners that transmission oil should not be changed because it is unnecessary.