My 2009 Mazda 5 is still going strong at 230k miles and counting. Original owner. All maintenance and repairs done by myself. It's been a great car. I'm going to see how many miles I can get out of it!
Great video, I just bought a mazda5 and have been doing so much work to itz. Literally everything you said except change the fluids, I’m a little worried I might ruin the transmission. The car has 280000km and I don’t know if it was maintained previously. Do you think it would be wise to change the trans fluid or just leave it. When I checked it, it was black.
This can be a very controversial topic! Unless the transmission is slipping, I would go ahead and change the fluid and filter. The Mazda 5 transmission is generally very reliable except for the TCM (Transmission Control Module) which tends to fail around 150-200k miles. TCM failure is not related to the fluid however.
I’ve been in the same boat as you before, i decided to go ahead and do a drain and fill of the transmission fluid on my old sonata which had about 265k kilometres on it and it worked great, for about 2 weeks, then the trans starting slipping severely and i ended up just getting a new car.Prior to changing the fluid the car worked fine aside from an occasional harsh shift when accelerating from a dead stop on a hill, which wasn’t even overly harsh if im being honest, just didn’t feel as smooth as i’d like. This is honestly one of the most polarizing subjects when it comes to automotive mechanics. I’d advise you to examine the fluid, color, does it look shiny or extremely dark, smell it as well to see if it smells burnt. If it does id be weary of changing it and if you have any drive ability issues already, with that kind of mileage just drive it until it wont go anymore, save yourself the time and money.
@@liljbob3309thank you for your input, I decided to not touch any of the fluids. The car runs smooth with no issues and I don’t want to cause a issue. You are probably the 10th story I have heard with people changing there trans fluid and having there transmission fried within a few weeks and prior to that they had no problems.
Great video.
My 2009 Mazda 5 is still going strong at 230k miles and counting. Original owner. All maintenance and repairs done by myself. It's been a great car. I'm going to see how many miles I can get out of it!
Thank you for sharing this.
Great video, I just bought a mazda5 and have been doing so much work to itz. Literally everything you said except change the fluids, I’m a little worried I might ruin the transmission. The car has 280000km and I don’t know if it was maintained previously. Do you think it would be wise to change the trans fluid or just leave it. When I checked it, it was black.
This can be a very controversial topic! Unless the transmission is slipping, I would go ahead and change the fluid and filter. The Mazda 5 transmission is generally very reliable except for the TCM (Transmission Control Module) which tends to fail around 150-200k miles. TCM failure is not related to the fluid however.
I’ve been in the same boat as you before, i decided to go ahead and do a drain and fill of the transmission fluid on my old sonata which had about 265k kilometres on it and it worked great, for about 2 weeks, then the trans starting slipping severely and i ended up just getting a new car.Prior to changing the fluid the car worked fine aside from an occasional harsh shift when accelerating from a dead stop on a hill, which wasn’t even overly harsh if im being honest, just didn’t feel as smooth as i’d like. This is honestly one of the most polarizing subjects when it comes to automotive mechanics. I’d advise you to examine the fluid, color, does it look shiny or extremely dark, smell it as well to see if it smells burnt. If it does id be weary of changing it and if you have any drive ability issues already, with that kind of mileage just drive it until it wont go anymore, save yourself the time and money.
@@macanina100 do a drain and fill. This transmission is designed to have the fluid replaced. Do not flush. Only drain and fill.
@@liljbob3309thank you for your input, I decided to not touch any of the fluids. The car runs smooth with no issues and I don’t want to cause a issue. You are probably the 10th story I have heard with people changing there trans fluid and having there transmission fried within a few weeks and prior to that they had no problems.