NOTE: Maintenance in this section covers the rear wheel bearings on front wheel drive cars. These are the only wheel bearings which require periodic lubrication on most front wheel drive vehicles covered by this manual. (Mazda does not require periodic lubrication of the rear wheel bearings on rear wheel drive vehicles covered by this manual.) For drive axle bearing information, please refer to Section 7 for rear wheel drive models or Section 8 for front wheel drive models.
Applicable rear wheel bearings should be repacked with lithium grease (NGLI No. 1) every 30,000 miles (48,309 km) or 30 months, whichever comes first.