Almost on the dot of the 10,000km mark the Mazda’s oil light came on, indicating a service was due.
Mazda offer a 10,000km-interval service program with capped pricing, this first milestone being an $320 procedure.
This makes the CX-5 one of the most expensive in its class in this regard. The Nissan X-Trail, Subaru Forester and Toyota RAV4 are all cheaper (the Toyota is just $180) and the Hyundai Tucson more expensive at $379. The 10,000km interval is about standard though.
Eager to get things sorted, we popped a call through to our local dealer, City Mazda in Port Melbourne to book it in.
It couldn’t have come at a better time too, as in the weeks leading up to the oil-light coming on, a number of us had experienced some ‘quirks’ with the MZD infotainment system.
The system would randomly lock up and reboot, both while driving and stationary and independent of paired/connected handset and operating system.
No one likes having their favourite talk-back callers cut-off mid rant, but it was particularly annoying in the middle of a phone call or when dealing with specific navigation instructions.
I now feel even more sorry for any of my partner drivers who had to deal with a crucial ‘off notes’ navigation call during a high-stakes tarmac rally. Sure it’s not quite the same â€" but the apology stands.
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