I was driving to work the other day, engine started smoking up bad, had to get the car towed.
Turns out the I cracked cylinder head on my cx5, and even better it’s a known issue, a design flaw and one they have corrected. Yet the people with this problem are left to fit the bill. I have it sitting in the shop with a quote of almost 7 grand to fix.
I can’t afford this fix and I don’t know what to do, I wish I could just total the car at this point.
I love my car, she has been a great car and I have kept up on the services and everything, but now I’m left to deal with their flaw.
I’m out of warranty of course and I’m going to argue with the dealership and Mazda because this is utterly unacceptable and should have been a recall!
And plenty of other people had to deal with it too, thankfully nobody has been left stranded somewhere because of it.
Let me guess 2018- early 2019 cx5 amd its not a crack its a pourus cylender head. The block has oil seeping through the aluminum. Its a manufacturing defect. Take it up with mazda corporate they are good about these things.
Is the engine still good after a basic cylinder head repair? Or is this a permanent issue?
Basic repair mazda just sends a new head to swap in. No permanent damage