[hawaiiguy]

He has a short video clip saying as a 50+ year mechanic, the skyactiv automatic transmission is not reliable and would not recommend people buy it, but get the manual transmission instead.

There are some comments posted by posters who say they are Mazda mechanics that back up what he says about auto trans problems..

https://youtu.be/fBpuS7p9gLk

 

[MrBen]

Scotty is over generalizing too much. You got to look at who is supplying the transmissions, since not every manufacture makes their own tranny's in-house.
Gen 1 Mazdas had some issues with VVT (pin)

List of Mazda transmissions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mazda uses the following transmissions in their cars.
Automatic[edit]
1980–1989 3N17B — 3-speed Jatco longitudinal
1983–1988 F3A — 3-speed transverse
1984–1997 L3N71B — 3-speed Jatco longitudinal
Descendants include E4N71B and LN471B
1986–1991 G4A-EL — 4-speed transverse also sold as the Ford 4EAT-G
1988–1989 G4A-HL — 4-speed transverse
1994–2001 GF4A-EL — improved G4A-EL
1988–1992 N4A-EL — 4-speed longitudinal
FN4A-EL — Mazda 4-speed transverse also sold as the Ford 4F27E
1989–1996 R4A-EL — 4-speed Jatco 4R01 longitudinal
1990–1998 F4A-EL — 4-speed Mazda
1991–2002 A4LD — 4-speed Ford longitudinal
1994–2000 CD4E — 4-speed Ford transverse
1994–2002 LA4A-EL — Mazda version of the 4-speed Ford CD4E transmission
1995–2000 4R44E — Ford 4-speed longitudinal
1995–2001 JF403E — 4-speed transverse Jatco
1998–2000 5R55E — Ford 5-speed longitudinal
1998–2001 A44DE — 4-speed longitudinal
2003– 5F31J — 5-speed transverse Jatco JF506E transmission
2002–2014 Mazda FS5A-EL — 5-speed version of the FN4A-EL, also used in 2006-09 Ford Focus/Milan as FNR5
2013 - Current Mazda FS6A-EL - 6-speed version of the FS5A-EL
Manual[edit]
M5 — 5-speed
M5OD — 5-speed longitudinal
G5M — 5-speed
G5M-R — 5-speed
R5M-D — 5-speed

 

[Siceci]

I don't really watch scotty anymore.

To be fair he says that about just about every auto except toyota. So take it with a grain of salt.

 

[zero_gravity]

Yeah I'm not buying this one. The current gen has been out for over 4 years now. There's a few high milers for sure. Have we had any legitimate indications that Tue trans is unreliable? Nope. Quite the opposite. Even on these forums there's very few transmission complaints.

 

[Matagonka]

That guy is annoying as heck. I don't watch him.

 

[minsanity]

Hmmmm....let's see what Jalopnik thinks....


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[arathol]

Hmmmm....let's see what Jalopnik thinks....

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[RochieWill]

I've been watching Scotty for quite some time and I've also watched the video yesterday. I think if you keep track of your regular maintenance and make sure your transmission fluid is good then people shouldn't have problems. I think the automatic in our Gen 3 Mazda's are good. Scotty always has Toyota at the top of his head and sometimes his wife's Lexus. It's pretty much his own opinion anyways.

 

[whitewash]

I'm having lots of problems with my auto transmission... I just changed my fluid at 55k and had no improvement in transmission performance. Mine has significantly more torque flare than origionally, very unsmooth troque lock out, and delayed shifting between gears....

I don't know anything about Scotty but my experience with the skyactive auto has noot been good. I suspect mine will need a transmission replacement prior to 100k.. currently at 58k.

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[minsanity]

I'm having lots of problems with my auto transmission... I just changed my fluid at 55k and had no improvement in transmission performance. Mine has significantly more torque flare than origionally, very unsmooth troque lock out, and delayed shifting between gears....

I don't know anything about Scotty but my experience with the skyactive auto has noot been good. I suspect mine will need a transmission replacement prior to 100k.. currently at 58k.

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What fluid type did you change it w/ & who did the swap, sir?

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[zero_gravity]

What fluid type did you change it w/ & who did the swap, sir?

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My thoughts as well. Its possible that this individual got a defective transmission from factory, happens to every manufacturer. Very unusual with these cars.

I'd be pushing that warranty for sure.

 

[mpp12]

I think he is a very good intention person, a regular mechanic, and a decent logic, BUT his knowledge is limited and that makes his affirmations very limited....

Think he should just make videos of things in general, not specific.....

I know mechanics that know some brands by engine, by us or eu marquet, very deep shit.... cars can vary even by market very much... by one year very much also...

 

[lkraav]

2019/2020 update: he has a "I was wrong about Mazda" video now

where he praises the in-house FW6A-EL solution as much more reliable than Jatco's prev-gen stuff.

I'm considering a Skyactiv CX-5 or hatchback 6, hence my interest.

 

[Matagonka]

He's annoying and biased.

 

[Looksoewithdamazda3]

Mazda gang .

 

[Kbus]

He's praised the newer Gen 3 models often since he admitted he was wrong.