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Just to update everyone, I drove the car around for a while with no issues, autozone test showed bad battery so I put in a walmart battery for $93 with 3 yr warranty. It drove just fine, no issues with battery test and no issues since. Moral of the story: don't trust Autozone guy or a...

Anyone have good luck finding batteries tat are reliable for this car? It does seem to be pretty demanding.

Yeah I hope you're right! This is my first Mazda and if the alternator is bad, then this will be my last.

Nope not the first time driving it. I drove it myself plenty. I will get back in town this weekend so I'll check it out then. The alternator issue was brought up by the guy at Autozone.

Interesting ideas guys! I am actually not in town to take a look at it myself but the car was jumped, came back to life. Then restarted again after the engine was turned off. I will get back in town Saturday and check it out with a battery. If it is the alternator, I will just pay someone to...

Yeah thats what I was wondering that it seemed odd for this thing to fail so quickly. I am not in town so my sister took it Autozone and jump starting the battery and was told the alternator failed.

The alternator on my 2013 CX-5 gave out after 60K miles. Any ideas on a good brand to get? I am think Advanced Auto, hoping to avoid OEM. What are you thughts? Also, has anyone had an alternator go bad this early?