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All 3 parts were Gates. No problem getting the water belt on. The serpentine belt was a tad more difficult - I had to get the belt tensioner FULLY extended to get the belt on.

I did the job myself. Ordered the parts as a kit from RockAuto. Hardest part was removing the water pump belt - ended up just cutting it off. Accessing the tensioner from within the wheel wheel is a little tight and tricky. Make sure you have a long 17mm wrench for maximum torque.

UPDATE: Replaced the belt tensioner and both belts. Noise gone!

I'm just about to turn 70k miles. The belts, tensioner and water pump are all original.

All, I've got a rattle-like noise at 1200-1400 RPM coming from the engine bay but only when the A/C is running. A/C itself is working fine. When the rattle can be heard, I can turn off the A/C and the rattle stops. Assuming it's A/C related, is the compressor going bad? Or is it belt...

Had this exact same problem with my liftgate this morning. Unhooking the negative terminal fixed it.

Oh man, I'm sorry - my bad.

Over on the reddit CX-5 subreddit, there's a list of links on the right side of the page to all the year's manuals.

My 2017 GT has 39K miles and I'm still on the original pads :unsure:

2017 owner here. For the engine filter, I've been using the AEM 28-20480 Dryflow Air Filter. For the cabin filter, EPAuto CPJ6X (KD45-61-J6X). Both on Amazon.

I'd like to throw this gentlemen's oil testing blog out here as I don't believe it's ever been referenced (no, it's not Bob the Oil Guy): 540ratblog WARNING: There's hours of valuable reading there, and the blog itself is just one very long webpage! Here's a hint for reading: search for...

I'm real curious to know if the entire vehicle was repainted or just the affected panels.

Last Summer I bought the Eibachs from TireRack for my 2017 GT AWD. I still have the original box - the part number is E10-55-021-02-22. I'm running 20 inch wheels with 245/45-20 tires. Looks and drives perfect. Very happy.

As I was driving past my Mazda dealer on my way to work this morning, they had a CX-5 Diesel parked on the lawn out front, with a big sticker on the side that says "2019 CX-5 Diesel - $8000 OFF!". Guess they're not selling well.

Anyone else think Mazda needs to up their warranty game and go up to at least 5 years/60k miles?