Hmm, well I'd like to say it's unheard of but I'm afraid it isn't. It's a shame as these are a gem of a box when they are right. It usually results in a replacement box but I hope it works out to be less.
Yeah, that first link describes the feeling pretty well. Almost as if someone has rear ended you because it does appear to jerk very hard.I just happened across this thread on the UK CX-3 forum.
Which made me think of this thread on this forum.
And then we have this recent thread.
It just keeps coming back to the automatic transmission, the only serious issue I can find with this car.
I'm considering buying a new car sometime within the next few months and the CX-3 is at the top of my wishlist, but obviously I do not like the idea of a transmission that can malfunction at any minute. Hopefully there will be some kind of response from Mazda.
Anchorman, maybe sticky this thread to make this more visible and organized?
Yeah, at this point it takes a long time for Drive to just initiate in the auto transmission. Those who experienced something like this usually resulted in a swap...Hmm, well I'd like to say it's unheard of but I'm afraid it isn't. It's a shame as these are a gem of a box when they are right. It usually results in a replacement box but I hope it works out to be less.
That really sucks to hear that it happened to you after 600kms, but oddly comforting knowing I'm not the only one. Hopefully it doesn't repeat for either of us - that feeling of not getting feedback from the car when you hit the gas outside of revs - sucks...My gearbox did the same thing and failed after 600kms (Aus) your the 4th one. Mine had to be replaced, my theory it maybe one of the solenoid in the box. I sent off a customer report at mazdas request and gave them a serving as Mazda said it was up to the dealer to give me a replacement car till it was fixed. The dealer said it was up to Mazda,this went on for a week and managed to get a car for 1 day before mine was fixed. I haven't heard from Mazda in the last 6months. Best of luck, my new box has now done 4500kms. It still has some hesitation when you come up to lights and the gab disengages and then hit the gas, it hesitates as what to do, that seems to be a software problem. I ha worked in R&D all my life now 62 and have had many new cars. The worst a ford, the best a Honda euro which I still have. Can't afford mercy or bums.
PDFs are welcome!OK, let's collate these issues in one thread. All that concerns me is that we don't yet have a failure mode for these gearboxes or whether there is something the driver can do to try to avoid problems. Is it the way they are driven (no disrespect intended but is it limited to those who drive hard going off the above comment, or is the car fully stopped before selecting reverse/forward). I'm only trying to make a fair assessment.
The auto box is my favourite feature on my car. I cannot criticise it and it does not play any strange tricks. The CX-5 has the same box and the there is a UK diesel version with a massive 410Nm/310ft/lbs of torque so it should be that it can't stand heavy loadings.
I will add some pdf's for those that like a read.
Thank you very much Anchorman!.....and the twin clutches;
I'm afraid not. No doubt they are working on it but for the time being, we don't even know if the faults are all due to the same reason.Thank you very much Anchorman!
Do you happen to know or think which part of the transmission would be slipping for this kind of issue to occur?
I thought it was in my head but same thing with mine from day one , I only have 690 miles . It happens once in a while . I've used the sport mode 4 times just to test it but I personally don't care for it . I hope it's just a quick fix .Not sure if it's related, but I've noticed a slight intermittent jerk when lifting off the brake in drive. No unusual revs happening or any power delay, but resuming from a stop is met with a little "bump" once in a while. Seems to happen more often on hills, though still far from constant. Keeping an eye on it.
OK, thanks. I will log into the Mazda portal at some stage. There was a TSB on the manual box last time I looked but not the auto. I have to use an old Windows computer which takes ages as it runs Vista.For the anchorman. 600kms failure. I was nursing the car as it was new. Mine went after 3weeks of driving. My travel to work (20kms there and 20kms back). Spend first half hour in solid traffic to do about 4kms,next 14kms speed 50-60kms per hr with 4sets traffic lights, last 2kms solid traffic again. Symptoms from stationary accelerate nothing happens keep accellerating and finally the clutch mechanism comes in with a bang a big hit in your back. On the way back from work it let go, had to keep the car in gear without it dropping out so had to do a lot of rolling starts. If you find anything out I would like to know as I work in electro-mechanical R&D and use to muck around with cars in younger days. Built myself up a cooper s in the 70s. Found a real cooper s motor near the technical college I use to attend in the UK.
There are some unlucky people but they are the exception rather than the rule.Is the auto "problem" only with AWD or FWD also?
I just changed my Audi A3 for a Mazda CX-3 auto 2.0 FWD and told my wife that Mazda has no problems like the Audi.....