Thanks for info,nc_dude! I'll have that checked out as well as the cylinder deactivation recall.

 

Hi all - for those that have done the recall, has your mpg dropped? Wife’s car and she drives ‘aloha’ (55 mph in right lane) and went from 27.5 to 24.6. Anyone else have a noticeable drop?

 

I had the recall done about 5 weeks ago. No noticeable change in my mileage (city or highway).

Wade

 

Yes, same, I feel like that my fuel consumption increased, like from 25mg to 21 on the same kind of trip (house to work).

 

I am seriously suspecting now that they disabled it either fully or in most driving conditions. If yes, they will need to do some type of reimbursement to customers.

 

The 2019 Mazda 6 (also under recall) displays the CD status on an economy screen. A member on another forum from Europe reports that the CD appeared to be inactive for the first approximately100 km after the recall, then began working essentially the same and as frequently as it did before the recall. He surmised that the delay was related to the learning of the ECU. If true, CD has not been deactivated.

 

I did almost 500 since the recall and things didn’t improved. I’ll try to monitor more carefully my fuel consumption and see.

 

No noticeable decrease in mileage. Took mine in for the recall. Worked fine for about a week and it's back to the herky jerky transaxle. I need to have the cylinder deactivation completely disabled. My 2014 Mazda 6 NEVER had this problem.

 

Can’t believe what a difference after the update - actually accelerates like it should without the massive pause before downshifting and then trying to catch up. I was so excited & hoping the problem was solved, but now I see from what your saying that it’s going to go back to that jerky, unresponsive behavior. If you find a way to get the CD disabled, let me know!!! My older Mazda 3 didn’t do that and my fiancé’s new Mazda 3 doesn’t do it either - very frustrating!!!

 

That’s very upsetting to hear. I was hoping the CD was disabled completely and my CX-5 would finally perform like a Mazda should, but it seems it will return to doing what it did before the update. There should be a choice for “eco mode” like other cars have so you can choose between better performance or better fuel economy.