2016 Mazda CX-5: hesitation when accelerating

Filed Sep 16, 2019 · Transmission · 23,700 miles · TX

When starting car and putting it into drive, then push the gas, the car hesitates to go into drive then jolts when it finally shifts into gear from park. My concern is that it takes long to go into drive from park, and the engine revs and jolts violently when it finally reads the drive gear which is not normal and is a safety concern for me.

Filed Jan 31, 2016 · Transmission · 1,800 miles · MI

Transmission began to fail at around 1800 miles. Car would hesitate to engage in gear from a stop, and also would just spin before engaging in a new gear on the highway. Dealer replaced transmission per mazda recommendation. This seems to be a common complaint on this model.

Filed Jan 7, 2016 · 879 miles · FL

2016 with less than 900 miles and a month old. Started to hesitate when placing it in drive (automatic transmission). Made a service appointment and before the appointment I stopped at a light and when I stepped on the accelerator it hesitated for approximately 5 seconds before jumping into gear and all warning lights went off and the car went into limp mode. Dealership said that they are replacing the transmission but that will take a while. They said that the mazda techs have never seen this before and want to look at my transmission. Did research on the web and found this has happened before.

Filed Jan 6, 2016 · Transmission · 4,000 miles · NJ

Bought 2016 cx-5 mid-sept, then started experiencing 5-second lags after shifting into drive in late dec (approx 4,000 miles on vehicle). The car would hesitate and jerk, as if it had been in neutral, despite pressing down accelerator gently or fully. On new years' day the car was unreliable from a stop, even after a minute pressing accelerator in drive. 5 warning lights lit up on dash including at, engine, transaxle warning, and emergency, drive acted like neutral, so it was dangerous to cross an intersection after a stop light. Couldn't get above 2000 RPM, and that after a slow ramp-up. Still worked fine in rev which eliminated some possibilities like trans fluid. Check in with the service department of mazda hamilton imports in nj 609‑587‑7600 to find out what they had to replace!

Filed Aug 28, 2015 · Fuel system, Transmission · 3,300 miles · PA

Stopped on highway at red light. Went to pull out on green, car hesitated then it felt like I was being hit from behind the transmission engaged with a big thud before I could get moving. Further on down the road it would without warning, downshift then upshift, going sometimes from 6th gear to 3rd and throwing me forward. Everytime I would stop and try to start there was hesitation from the transmission then it would slam into gear. When I was stopped on a slight upgrade, the car would drift backward a good bit, the only way to stop it was to give it more gas and the transmission would again slam into gear. During all this no engine or warning lights of any kind came on. The model I was driving was less than 30 days old with only 3300 miles on it. I am concerned, because I traded in a 2014 mazda cx 5 ( same model) and it also had to have the transmission replaced. Mazda is replacing the transmission in this 2016 unit.