Just stumbled across this when searching the forums.
I bought a 2017 CX-5 with 31,000 miles on it. About a week or so into owning it the temps dropped and I noticed a crunching/creaking noise coming from the front end. Happens any time the suspension is flexed in any way, even driving straight at low speeds over normal road undulations. The noise is most noticeable when turning into driveways or through an intersection to turn.
I have only put 1,400 miles on the vehicle since purchasing it in November due to working from home, so I was just going to wait until my first service in April to bring it up (CPO comes with 12,000 mile warranty). I’ve been trying to ignore it because I was a problem chaser on my Tacoma and it made me miserable (they were legit issues, but it was so annoying wasting half of my days in the dealer over three years; also have a front end rubbing/creaking noise on my Elantra for the last 40,000 miles and the thing is still great so I’m hangin’ on hope!). I did see the TSB for the control arm/strut , but not necessarily the one for the sway bar links/bushings. OP, do you have that on hand? I think it likely applies to the CX-5 as well. Also curious how many miles you put up with the crunching noise. I’ve got a slight oscillation from the front end when coming to a stop, and my headlights seem to bounce a bit so I wonder if it’s related.
Hope I don’t get the runaround.