I have a first-generation 5 and love it. It's such a great balance of fun and practicality. Mine's a manual and it handles much like the Mazda 3 that it shares a platform with. Good mileage, too.
I love my 2012 Mazda 5. It's the perfect car for city drivers that have small kids. I never have to worry about them banging the door of another car. Plus it turns on a dime.
In 2021 my husband and I replaced our Mazda5 2008 with a Mazda 5 2014. The second generation is a nice upgrade. Eventhough our daughter was 20 when we replaced this car with the upgrade, we bought it to haul our aging parents around. Oh btw we live is in the USA.
216 k miles on mine. It's an absolute joy to drive takes off like a rocket from a stop but going on to the interstate the horsepower is definitely lacking. Don't like the cockpit at all that swoopy closed in design is really terrible. Haven't had any significant problems with the transmission except for an axle seal leak on the driver's side. And that's segways into the biggest problem with this Mazda vehicle is anything rubber. rubber boots seals. I've spent more time replacing parts that involve rubber boots and rubber seals that crack and leak! I'm wondering if Mazda didn't use a Chinese parts supplier for their rubber. Replaced the spark plugs after I got it at 141 k and my fuel economy really took off from there. Tremendous improvement but then after about 35 k on the new spark plugs fuel economy started to drop again and now at 75 k I have replaced the spark plugs with the narrower Gapped plugs from NGK, and I have not yet figured out how much of a difference that makes but it looks like it's an improvement.
I don't think you'll get anything like that in this model--I bought one for my daughter after her 2018 graduation, and it had 120K miles on it. She's now at 140K on it, and I need to replace the original axles on each side, but it's been very reliable for the most part (did replace the original battery in 2019). She loves it, and wants to get it to 200K miles. We maintain it on a regular schedule.
@@minicomponentsystemsofthe9208 So, Mazda wanted something like $1500.00 for the whole thing, but my local garage quoted me $850.00. So, I'd check around and see what prices you get. If you're looking at a 2013, I'd check the CV boots for any grease leaking, and see if the plugs have been replaced yet (supposed to replace at 100K--I did my own, there's a RU-vid video on here that shows you how). Then just the regular things to look out for: leaking valve cover gasket, make sure the oil is relatively ok (check the maintenance receipts, if there are any). Or, just get a good mechanic to look over the car. It's a great 4-seater with decent handling, and you can carry almost anything in it.
2013 the Mazda 5 MPV was discontinued 2025 Mazda should discontinue the 2 & bring CX-10 CX-20 models out size of CX-30 than 2026 CX-40 should replace CX-4 .
