Well my wife's 2009 MX5 has done 5000klm and now has a oil leak from the gearbox.
Last week after driving home she noticed a strong smell, I checked it out and there was "truckloads" of oil under the back of the car dripping down onto the exhaust. At first i thought it was coming from the diff as there was plenty of oil dripping from it. But it seems it was just residue flying back from the gearbox.
I took it in to Mazda and they replaced the rear seal on the gearbox extension housing under warranty. After doing less than 200klm since then, it is again leaking and seems to be worse.
Not really happy but these things happen i suppose. The worst part is that whilst the dealership was able to provide a car for my wife to use, which was good, the worst thing is, that if someone hits her or she damages it in any way she is up for an excess of $2000.
Now that is a bit steep. Especially since they didn't know if, after it was fixed last week, that it was actually test driven to check out the repair.
Has any one heard of an oil leak from the gearbox extension housing??? Is it common with the 6 speed??
Damo