Going to see a 5 - what to look for?

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acb13013

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• Sep 23, 2015

• #1

Hi All,

I'm going this Sunday to check out a 2012 Sport manual. Can anyone recommend trouble spots to look for? The car I'm seeing has over 60k miles. Any help is appreciated.

 

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JMJinNC

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2012 Mazda5 Sport 6-speed

• Sep 24, 2015

• #2

'12 Sport manual experience

I have this exact model, currently at about 53,000. Only issues have been a failed motor mount, spilling fuel when topping up the tank, sticky shifter, and brake vibration. Also had a bad sensor that threw a CEL. Sensor and motor mount fixed under warranty. I'll get to the brakes when they are due for replacement. I have a thread on this forum about the other 2 issues.

I'd look at tire wear, condition of struts, check maintenance history.

All in all, not too bad. Currently averaging 28mpg with mix of highway and city. I installed an UltraGauge computer (plugs into OBD) to track fuel status, mpg, power, etc.

Good luck. JMJ

 

Last edited: Oct 5, 2015

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acb13013

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• Oct 4, 2015

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Thanks, JMJ. Just before I was going to see this car, a 2013 with 24k miles showed up for only a couple thousand more and I bought it! The car is pristine - all service done at the dealer, still under factory warranty, and clearly the owner kept it in a garage and rarely parked it on the street. Poor thing doesn't know what it's in for...

 

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JMJinNC

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2012 Mazda5 Sport 6-speed

• Oct 5, 2015

• #4

Cool - enjoy it!

JMJ

 

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avidballer

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2007 Mazda MAZDA3 s Sport

• Oct 5, 2015

• #5

Its rear suspension seems to be problematic.

 

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Silentnoise713

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2008 Mazda5 GT

• Oct 5, 2015

• #6

acb13013 said:

Thanks, JMJ. Just before I was going to see this car, a 2013 with 24k miles showed up for only a couple thousand more and I bought it! The car is pristine - all service done at the dealer, still under factory warranty, and clearly the owner kept it in a garage and rarely parked it on the street. Poor thing doesn't know what it's in for...

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Congrats! I can SOOOO relate to this statement. Mine was also a pristine NNJ car and now it's got dents/dings/chips galore (none of it is my doing)! Its sad to look at/think about

 

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JMJinNC

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2012 Mazda5 Sport 6-speed

• Oct 5, 2015

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avidballer said:

Its rear suspension seems to be problematic.

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On the 2012+ models? I just replaced the tires on mine and they wore dead flat across the tread, with longer than recommended rotation intervals.

JMJ