Vehicle
Mazda 5
The compact MPV with sliding rear doors, sold as Premacy in Japan — the same vehicle, and a useful second search term. It is built on Mazda 3 mechanicals, so 3 information covers the powertrain: the MZR 2.0 and 2.3 petrols and the Ford-Mazda 1.6 and 2.0 diesels in Europe. Two faults are its own rather than the 3's. The sliding doors run on electric motors with position sensors and pinch protection, and they are the commonest single complaint — a door that stops or reverses reports a position or obstruction code, not a motor failure. And on 2.0 petrol cars sold in Europe the variable valve timing actuator and its oil control valve foul on extended intervals, which shows first as a rattle on cold start.
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Generations
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First generation (CR) 2005–2010
MZR petrols and the Ford-Mazda diesels in Europe; the sliding-door motors and their position sensors are already the model's own fault.
- Body styles
- MPV
- Platform
- Ford C1
- Engines
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- 1.8 MZR — petrol
- 2.0 MZR — petrol
- 2.3 MZR — petrol
- 1.6 MZ-CD — diesel
- 2.0 MZR-CD — diesel
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 4-speed automatic · 5-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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Second generation (CW) 2010–2018
Adds SkyActiv-G on later cars; the 2.0 petrol's valve-timing actuator and oil control valve foul on extended intervals.
- Body styles
- MPV
- Platform
- Ford C1
- Engines
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- 1.8 MZR — L8-DE · petrol · 93 kW (125 hp) · 167 Nm (123 lb-ft)
- 2.0 MZR — petrol · 106–110 kW (142–148 hp)
- 2.0 SkyActiv-G — petrol · 106–110 kW (142–148 hp)
- 1.6 MZ-CD — diesel · 85 kW (114 hp)
- 2.5 — L5-VE · petrol · 125 kW (168 hp) · 226 Nm (167 lb-ft) · 4-cylinder, US market 2012-2015
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 5-speed automatic · 4-speed automatic · 6-speed Skyactiv-Drive automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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