I'm taking my wife's 2021 Mazda CX-9 AWD (Skyactiv 2.5 Turbo) about 400 miles this weekend to load a 6'x12' Uhaul trailer and tow it back home to Tennessee. The trailer will contain some heirlooms from my grandmother that passes away last year. I probably could have gotten a slightly smaller trailer but some of the furniture is tall enough to warrant the 6'x12'. Our CX-9 has the factory trailer hitch and wiring harness with a tow rating of 3500lbs. Being way conservative with my figures, the total figure that will be hitched including trailer itself will probably be 2800-3000lbs; so not at max capacity at all, but loaded enough to notice. The trip will be 100% interstate except for the last 5 miles home and I always drive safely when towing so keeping it around 60-65mph on the high end.
We have 6 pre-paid maintenance visits left on our Mazda Maintenance Plan so the cost is not really an issue, but I'm curious if it's a good idea to change the oil fairly soon after towing for a few hundred miles. We do the 5k OCI per the package and last OCI was about 1200 miles ago.
We have 6 pre-paid maintenance visits left on our Mazda Maintenance Plan so the cost is not really an issue, but I'm curious if it's a good idea to change the oil fairly soon after towing for a few hundred miles. We do the 5k OCI per the package and last OCI was about 1200 miles ago.