I have just received my 2.0 GLS today. Everything is ok except there is sound and slight vibration when I press the brake hard. SA said this is just temporary, it will be ok after a while. Anyone experience the same? Still to me the CX5 brake is not good.

Thanks for the info that it's normal. I'm sure it's much more challenging for your 2.2d than my 2.0. I did feel that I couldn't slow down enough to go over hump when test drive the 2.2d. Got to get use to it over time.

I will seriously suggest you to go for the GLS instead. To add on you can't even get 1/3 of the list of missing features and equipment from the GL with the price difference. List as below:

Exterior
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LED daytime running lights
LED rear combination taillights
Piano black door pillar garnish

Interior
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Keyless entry
Metal & Wood dashboard trim
Power-adjustable 10-way driver’s seat
Leather seats
Navigation function for MZD system

Safety
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Four front parking sensors
Adaptive Front-Lighting System (AFS)
Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM)
Rear Cross Traffic Alert
Smart City Brake Support (SCBS) – front

The button is just in front of the power windows switches, beside the window lock button. But night time very hard to find it, no light. Found quite a few stupidity in CX5.

Wow, that's quite a long wait for Sonic Silver, lucky I didn't waited that long. Congrats and enjoy your ride.

This is really another stupidity of the CX5, when stop and pick up passengers, want to open the doors also got to use the latch. Also there is no actual food rest, only carpet that become so dirty and difficult to clean after put my foot there.

Bro, what help do you need from us?

SRC still the most outstanding color, all other colors I think no much different. Did you threaten to cancel? Sometimes that helps. Seriously if you really need the car fast, the wait is killing. If your car really arriving in 3 weeks time, please spare 1 more week for the registration etc, so another month.


Good idea.. but got to install a shoes rack inside the car..
For this I missed my Civic foot rest, it was really a nice one.

Same here still on 1st tank within 2 weeks on Shell 97 from SA.
I will only pump 97 going forward, need to try all the different brands, but I think BHP is the best from past experience.

I made the detailing process very simple, just wash clean with Turtle wash and wax then apply the Fusso coat, kao dim.

I have the same concern with you as many said shouldn't apply rain-x on front windscreen.

Yes, mine is like this, quite like it as well.




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Yes very good info indeed, I have watched that before and for few others like the CRV, Forester, Tiguan etc. There might be differences for the China market, but there should be high similarity as well. This is mainly about underneath the car and the build quality there determine how well the car drive.


To me the CRV win only in space and nothing else. The driving dynamic, refinement and NVH is definitely better on the CX5.

Same here.. released the air immediately after collecting the car and pump only 230kpa as per recommendation for 17" none full load. Super comfortable and quiet.

I test drive both the 2.0 and 2.2D twice, still end up buying the 2.0.. kekeke.

This post has been edited by Ivan_T: Aug 13 2018, 11:29 AM

Yes, my SA recommended Tmn Equine SC also. How is the service there? Need to do booking or not? Open Saturday?

Definitely the 2.2D for its 420Nm torque, the more complete i-Activsense suite, full color LCD display instrument cluster, not forgetting the super good FC. But ofcoz the diesel engine noise can still be a little annoying. But the 2.0 engine also sound like a diesel engine ...

Any surprise like made in Japan ..😂

Yes, JPJ or puspakom compliance is the only reason they choose the VLT 85% for the front, else the VLT 70% for the side will provide much better TSER. I believe no choice but to install a 2nd layer for front.

I think this is not apple to apple comparison. The reason that European octane ratings (same as Malaysia) seems higher than American ratings is because Europe and Japan only use the RON numbers. American and Canadian fuel uses an octane number derived from the average of the RON and the MON numbers. American fuel pumps have the designation R+M/2 to designation that the octane rating is RON plus MON divided by 2. So it is not exactly the same as the RON number we have here.

The latest CX5 2.0 engine is with lower compression ratio of 13.0:1 compared the one in 2018 at 14.0:1, so maybe using RON95 is not a problem at all. But for the 2018 model I think better use RON97. I seriously don't understand why Mazda tune the lower compression engine to give more power than the higher one, then what is the point of having such high compression engine in the 1st place?

The extremely high compression ratio caused the 2.0 engine to clatter like a diesel engine. I'm not sure if that is causing the annoying problem of car body vibration during idling which is my major problem. SC has replaced the Top engine mounting, the vibration has improved but not solved. The steering is with lesser vibration but the body (including the seats) vibration is still obvious. Anyone having the same problem?

The NVH is acceptable but not great. The main noise is still from the tyres which I believe can be improved by using quieter tyres. The NVH is definitely better than CRV but not on par with Forester.

I'm surprised that you have changed so many parts under warranty, my car is over 2 years and the only problem is the vibration which SC change the Top engine mounting but problem remained. Maybe my mileage is still very low, hardly drive. I think I need to change to another SC to fix this Vibration problem.

Don't think you understand the reason. The requirement for high Octane fuel has nothing to do with if the car is Luxury or not. Mazda skyactiv petrol engine is with the highest compression ratio compared to any engine in other cars. You can't find any other petrol engine with 14.0:1 compression ratio, only Mazda has it. Due to the high compression ratio, there is higher chance of knocking with lower octane fuel that can damage your engine in the long run. The high Octane fuel has got higher knock resistance. Knock resistance is a fuel’s ability not to self-ignite and burn in an uncontrolled way while the fuel is being compressed. This means that the air-fuel mixture in the engine is not ignited only by the ignition spark, but also by compression pressure.

Mine is less than 15k km..

You can try this see it is the same or not. For my case, when idling (gear either on P or N), I turn off the aircond, the RPM will drop to the lowest, to ~600 RPM.
I will feel the car body, the car seats all with minor vibration, the feeling is like you are on a massage chair. The feeling is lesser at 750 RPM.