Blueprint's early build 2024 Mazda CX-90 PHEV

dkazzed · Sep 18, 2026, 08:06 AM

My old Mazda 3 also developed a loose driver seat. It was covered under the extended warranty we got, but good to know it was just a $38 part. Plus an hour or two of labour?

Blueprint · Sep 18, 2026, 08:25 AM

Quote from: dkazzed on Sep 18, 2026, 08:06 AMMy old Mazda 3 also developed a loose driver seat. It was covered under the extended warranty we got, but good to know it was just a $38 part. Plus an hour or two of labour?

I will try to pay for the part (at the price I found) and get them to install it for free. If not, I will order it online and fix it myself.

Blizzard · Sep 18, 2026, 10:19 PM

I remember my mom's 2012 Mazda 5 had the same issue

IIRC it was covered under the regular warranty which hadn't yet expired.

dkazzed · Sep 29, 2026, 06:38 PM

Mazda, until the inline 6 and plug in hybrid 4, has proven itself just as reliable as Toyota and Honda but it was always the little details. Driver seat came loose (tooscoops in the old forum told me to stop gyrating my hips to Adam Levine songs), both of our front wheel bearings were replaced under warranty before 100,000km, one of the clutch cylinders failed. But 177,000km on that first year Skyactiv 3 and never left us stranded. And all four of the 5s I've ever owned.

Glad to hear your plug in 4 has been fairly trouble free so far.

Blueprint · Oct 02, 2026, 08:53 PM

Quote from: Blueprint on Sep 18, 2026, 08:25 AM
Quote from: dkazzed on Sep 18, 2026, 08:06 AMMy old Mazda 3 also developed a loose driver seat. It was covered under the extended warranty we got, but good to know it was just a $38 part. Plus an hour or two of labour?

I will try to pay for the part (at the price I found) and get them to install it for free. If not, I will order it online and fix it myself.

News: part ordered, and dealer covers the whole shebang - part & installation

Blueprint · Oct 26, 2026, 03:26 PM

Filled it up with premium yesterday, tank was at 50%. Last fill-up was in August in Quebec City. About 1 fill-up per season with a PHEV, outside of road trips

Lifetime avg now sitting at 3.1 L/100 km.

RRocket · Oct 26, 2026, 05:04 PM

Quote from: Blueprint on Oct 26, 2026, 03:26 PMFilled it up with premium yesterday, tank was at 50%. Last fill-up was in August in Quebec City. About 1 fill-up per season with a PHEV, outside of road trips Lifetime avg now sitting at 3.1 L/100 km.

Yep...I think PHEV are best bet for most.