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It's happened to several other 2018 owners in the last couple months. See this thread for more info: https://www.mazdas247.com/forum/index.php?threads/air-conditioner-weird-burnt-plastic-smell.123869943/ In my case, the dealership replaced the engine. As of November the engines were...

The Reddit poster is correct that the 2018 engines are backordered. My dealership had to wait about a week longer than expected to get mine in. They finished the replacement yesterday. Here's what the invoice says about the repair: "Burning smell / found oil leak from cylinder head / Replace...

I can't imagine the number is anywhere near 50,000. But it's concerning that at least 3 low-mileage 2018 CX-5s all suffered the exact same engine oil leak, resulting in an engine replacement by the dealer, within a week of each other. The odds of that happening from random chance, as opposed to...

Well this is concerning. Here's a post from a Reddit user, whose dealership said there are a large number of engine failures on the 2018s, so many that engines are on back order (gotta think they were overstating it with the 50k number):

They told me it would be a new replacement. I was shocked to hear leaking gaskets at 13k miles too, but I have a good history with this service department from the '07 Mazda3 I had before this CX-5, so I have no good reason to question the diagnosis. Makes sense that the "burnt rubber" smell and...

Registered to reply to this. I had the exact same issue start within the last week on my 2018 CX-5 with about 13k mileage. Started with just the burnt rubber smell after AC/heat ran for about 10 minutes. Then last night I stopped to check the mail after a 15 min drive and noticed smoke coming...