Hello all. I'm new to this forum and don't really know much about cars, so please bear with me. We just bought a used 2023 CX-5 that only has about 5,000 miles on it. I really love the car, but when I drive it, I find myself always noticing how loud the acceleration often is when I step on the gas, while driving it. I'm wondering if that's normal? It's kind of like a revving noise, as though I can hear the engine revving when I step on the gas, and it seems to happen more at certain speeds than others. Our previous car was a 2010 VW, and that's probably the sound I'm used to since it's what I had driven for so long. So I'm not sure if it's just that the Mazda is louder and I notice it because of the relativity (compared to the VW) and if the loud acceleration is normal for Mazdas or if it could be a sign that something is wrong? I asked a guy in a parking lot who was getting out of his CX-30 if his acceleration is loud when he drives, and he said it's very quiet from the inside. So that caused me to worry a bit that something could be wrong with our car? Also, I notice that our brake pedal makes a kind of squeak-like rubber noise when I first step on the brake to reverse out of our parking spot. But that seems to be the only time I notice the brake pedal make that noise -- is when I use it from a complete stop. It seems to be coming from the pedal itself and not the brake pads. I'm wondering if that's normal, too? We have another year and a half left on our warranty so if there are any issues with the car, I want to get them fixed while it's still under warranty. Any input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

 

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Ok so best advise because i read you have a WARRATY is go to a dealership.

While I would like to advise noise is very subjectiove to each person. Even if you attempted to make a video. Unless physically present and test drove your Mazda it would be difficult except a list of possibilities from members on forums.
As for the brake noise that is also something that should be looked at be a Auto mechanic or technician and not another guessing game on a forum of who wins getting it get it right.

The good news about going to the dealer is that your VIN is accessed and your concerns logged so if something does come from them you have evidence and can get that documentation if needed of attempting to have the concerns identified and hopefully resolved.

 

Thanks, Callisto. I think you're right that I should take it to the dealership. I guess my fear was (or is) that they will charge us for it, even if just for their time. We live in Zurich, Switzerland, and everything is so crazy expensive here. So I could see the dealership giving me a bill for 500 bucks just for them to have a listen to it and tell me it's normal. So I was curious as to other Mazda drivers thoughts here regarding the loud acceleration noise. I just have no idea what is "normal" for the inside of a Mazda CX-5 to sound like while it's being driven. I was even tempted to do a test-drive somewhere of a different CX-5 (that is for sale) just so I can have a listen to it while driving it to hopefully get a better idea of whether or not that acceleration sound is normal or not.

 

It is Mazda Zoom Zoom.

 

Ok so what I didn’t write in my first post because I was trying to be just another member.I AM an ASE Certified Automotive Technician. I work in a busy shop writing services orders and pre diagnostic evaluation so I know whom best qualified to do the service.Your sound description is not so uncommon for me to customers tell me on many different platforms . But unlike you I go on a test drive with them and when they hear the sound most of the time I can identify it.
Describing it on a forum and hoping someone is going so respond and say they know what it is or have herd the same thing , well how often do you ever find someone setting their sound adjustment on your radio the same as yours. ?

BTW I am assuming you checked for an exhaust leak on the rear section of the exhaust system or that the muffler was not corroded put inside?
talk a couple rags and cover the tail pipes and see if the tone increases or decreases at idle .

Like said you can try and make a short video and maybe the sound is clear and recognizable enough that someone might know or have herd it on their vehicle?

As for cost of living , well I live in California I am sure you follow politics and know this state is ridiculously expensive to live in, that is unless you are homeless or an illegal immigrant. lol

A basic 1 hour diagnostics charge in our shop is 125. Other shops close to us it’s 150, and in other parts of this state is as high as 175. Dealerships most start at 175 and go up from there.

 

Thanks again for your response and for the suggestions. I don't think it's an exhaust noise, as I think it's more the sound of the engine when I accelerate / press on the gas while I'm driving. The sound comes from the front of the car (not the back) and definitely sounds like an engine noise -- the sound of a car accelerating. It just sounds like it's a bit loud while I'm driving, but I have no idea if that's normal or not since the car is new to me.. But I can try your suggestions regarding the exhaust to see if that alters the sound at all. I had even tried searching for review videos on youtube of people driving inside their CX-5s just to see if I can get an idea of what their CX-5 sounds like from the inside, as they drive it. But yeah, that's exactly why I've been hesitant to take the car to the Mazda dealer here. I don't like the thought of being charged hundreds of dollars only to be told that nothing is wrong with the car and that the sounds are completely normal. It would be cheaper (free, even) to first test-drive another CX-5 somewhere and then listen to how it sounds as we drive it and then compare that sound to ours.
I guess I had it in my mind that this is a forum where people can ask questions about the Mazdas, so that's why I had posted about my issue here -- to see if I can get an idea from other Mazda drivers of whether or not their acceleration sounds a bit loud while they drive.
Yeah, I've heard California is crazy expensive (I'm American, actually, but have been living in Switzerland since 2009). It is the lack of affordable housing in California that is the reason why there are so many homeless people there. In the area where I'm originally from, many of the homeless people were war veterans. So sad. As for immigrants, I'm not sure why anyone would want to move to the US at this point. lol. But I know a lot of the immigrants from Mexico come to the US to escape the violence of drug cartels down there. I guess that's what America was built upon and what many of our ancestors did -- come to the US to try to make better lives for themselves. Even Trump's own grandfather AND his current wife had come to the US for that reason.
Anyways... Thanks again for your help and suggestions!

 

Forums are a good place to get ideas about "some" concerns. Noises like you describe not so much. Remember that you have a undercarriage complete plastic cover that can carry sound in a different location then where you think they are coming form.
I keep also suggesting although I often cancel them out for poor quality recording is at least try to make a short video?

OFF TOPIC:
As for the other comments what is happening here I looked and Switzerland has harder and stricter regulation regarding people coming into that country and if what is happening here even started in Switzerland and it would have been halted in the first week if not first day. This is not politics but control of who comes into a country.
Immigrating to Switzerland: Laws and Requirements - Studying in Switzerland
Sorry but it BS and I for one did it correctly and it cost almost a year and several thousand dollars to bring my Wife to the US. Using the legal prosses . And then another few years before she could become a USA Citizen. And no hand out from our Government in fact you would think that her process would have been faster considering she is a Clinical instruction for Nursing with more degrees and education then most coming to live in the US. So really a benefit for our country not a BURDEN to this country like the invaders in the last 4 years!
This was a quick search about the immigration information to go into Switcher land.
I also suggest that other in countries not only the US look into the basic and longstanding requirement for immigrants to enter your country before condemning the US for the 10 of thousands of what most countries if you look into it would be called an invasion!

Ok Back on topic:

 

Okay, thanks again. I will try to remember to take a quick video of the sound with my phone sometime tomorrow (it's night here now). I can't promise anything regarding sound quality though!

Back off topic... :P
Yes, people can't legally just move to Switzerland. But one in three people here are immigrants, and there are many refugees living here, In fact, every village here is now required to house refugees from all around the world (not only Ukraine). So the culture here is VERY diverse. And we manage to all live together very peacefully and respect one another's cultural differences. I do agree that illegal immigration into the US is a problem but what I see happening is that a lot of Americans very easily dehumanize those people to a point where they condone families being torn apart, children being separated from their parents and basically put in cages, etc. THAT is what I have a problem with. It's inhumane. And I think a lot of people in the US try to dehumanize immigrants because they feel that somehow validates their racism or their hatred of immigrants. It's all a bit frighteningly reminiscent of what Hitler once did when he convinced Germans that Jewish people were "evil" and deserved to be separated from their loved ones and put in camps. Anyways, back on topic... Thank you again for your help here. And I wish you and yours a nice Thanksgiving!

 

Off Topic response to last response from OP
Ya they are not immigrants look up the word immigrant and invader!!
And you are using poor world events as examples? Rally dude **** Germany wtf !??? You do realize that these invaders come from no less than a dozen countries origins of nationalities or birth heritages and religious beliefs. They are cheating our system and costing us Billions. Switzerland does not come near to doing the same thing as well other countries don't either. When some hand outs and the free ride ends will see how many run back to the border and go to another country maybe Switzerland and then you can get experience first hand
I have already had an altercation with *2 that mistaken me to be another poor US victim , well that didn't go well for either. They will be deported but perhaps not in the same physical condition as they invaded here. My case, I am following that progress with the my local law enforcement and ICE.
Ok off rant unless you want to continue. it clears you do not have first hand experience what going on.


And yes have a great holiday Thanksgiving as well


* if you are wondering you can look at the thread titled "what do or did you do for a living"

 

If there are any CX-5 drivers out there, I would really appreciate your input regarding what the acceleration sounds like, from the inside of the SUV as you drive it and whether or not it is sometimes rather loud when you accelerate. Thanks