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Hey Guys,
First off, hope this doesn't happen to anyone here and this is a one off hiccup of these cars...
Secondly, absolutely love my CX-3... Have it since September '15 with about 8700 miles driven. Wifey and I like to travel a little bit.
The problem...
Live in NYC and went to PA for the weekend, as we do often (almost every weekend). This is roughly a 115-mile journey one way. On our way back home today, we were in the last leg of the journey, about to cross the GWB when we hit some heavy bumper to bumper traffic. At this point, we stopped the car, as one would in such traffic, waited until everything motioned so that we can start rolling up. Release the brake to roll forward, nothing.. Thought that due to the incline, I would need to push the gas - nothing, just revs... and then it would grip, jerk and go. Once I thought it was the transmission, I didn't rev as I didn't want to cause more damage. Waited for the tranny to grab hold and start rolling.
At a steady slow roll, I crossed the GWB only to call Mazda roadside while parked on the side of the road in Harlem, to get towed to the nearest dealer. (It's a Sunday, all service departments are closed - have to head out tomorrow (Monday) morning)...
At this point, when in drive, it takes about 30-45 seconds for drive to engage. When on an incline, it will roll downhill and drive will engage after the 30-45 second mark. No other slips, all other gears seem to be fine, driving at speeds appears to not be affected - only the initial release from neutral... Reverse is not affected...
Either way - just wondering if someone experienced this? Is this normal? Why would it take so long for the transmission to engage after jumping into neutral on stop?
Saddest part was sitting in the cab behind my baby getting towed...
Still looked great. 
First off, hope this doesn't happen to anyone here and this is a one off hiccup of these cars...
Secondly, absolutely love my CX-3... Have it since September '15 with about 8700 miles driven. Wifey and I like to travel a little bit.
The problem...
Live in NYC and went to PA for the weekend, as we do often (almost every weekend). This is roughly a 115-mile journey one way. On our way back home today, we were in the last leg of the journey, about to cross the GWB when we hit some heavy bumper to bumper traffic. At this point, we stopped the car, as one would in such traffic, waited until everything motioned so that we can start rolling up. Release the brake to roll forward, nothing.. Thought that due to the incline, I would need to push the gas - nothing, just revs... and then it would grip, jerk and go. Once I thought it was the transmission, I didn't rev as I didn't want to cause more damage. Waited for the tranny to grab hold and start rolling.
At a steady slow roll, I crossed the GWB only to call Mazda roadside while parked on the side of the road in Harlem, to get towed to the nearest dealer. (It's a Sunday, all service departments are closed - have to head out tomorrow (Monday) morning)...
At this point, when in drive, it takes about 30-45 seconds for drive to engage. When on an incline, it will roll downhill and drive will engage after the 30-45 second mark. No other slips, all other gears seem to be fine, driving at speeds appears to not be affected - only the initial release from neutral... Reverse is not affected...
Either way - just wondering if someone experienced this? Is this normal? Why would it take so long for the transmission to engage after jumping into neutral on stop?
Saddest part was sitting in the cab behind my baby getting towed...