Hey all,

I received my cx5 back from a collision center and one of the repairs was to my radiator bracket. Although it was repaired, the entire radiator assembly wobbles. I don't remember this occurring previously but I'm curious if anyone else's 2016 cx5 does the same thing? When I went back to the collision center, they told me this was normal and wouldn't hurt anything.

Here's a video of what I'm talking about:
https://streamable.com/yy454r

 

That shouldn't be like that on any vehicle.

 

Any "wobbling" is going to eventually result in leaks down the road and on the road, driveway, garage floor...you get the idea.
Try and get your money back but I would heavily suggest you have them do no more work on your vehicle.
Take it to someone who knows what they are doing.

 

Ditto. I'd check the rest of the car to see if there's anything else botched by the place that did the repairs.

 

LOL... define wobble? Because YES the radiator is a semi lose fit to prevent damage.
you all open your hood and with your right hand gently grab hold of your upper hose and lightly jiggle it back and forth. Because many 4 cylinder engine will develop both mechanical and harmonic vibration it has been a long-time engineering practice on many platforms for at least a decade to have soft mounts for the radiator and to allow them a little movement.

 

I'm aware of the radiator rubber mounts, been that way on water cooled motorcycles for decades.
But I would disagree that the wiggle shown in that video is normal at least it is not on any of my vehicles.
My guess is either they didn't put the correct number of grommets back in or some of them have failed.
However, that is my opinion based on my experience and I'm not an ASE

 

That is exactly normal. I would make a video but I am off to a Turtle park with family. Wait until grim_reaper responds .

 

here to save debates?

 

They do have a bit of wobble to them.

 

A "bit" of wobble I would agree with..