CaribouMainiac
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- 2013 CX-5 Sport-manual
Thought some on here might find this interesting....
While driving today, all of a sudden, just about every warning light in the dash came on, some were flashing.... and the light in the push button start was also flashing....
I then noticed that I no longer had power steering..... the vehicle was "jerky", and I could hear weird sounds coming from the back (or maybe the transmission)
.... so, I pulled into a gas station, to stop the car engine (thinking / hoping things would re-set ).... Nope... the engine would not shut off !
So.... being only about 10 miles from the dealership where I purchased the vehicle... I drove straight there.... I showed the "greeter" the dash, and he said "that is unusual"... we'll check that out, right away.
I also noticed, while driving those 10 miles, that my "miles per gallon" were dropping fast. ( I usually get between 31 and 33 mpg, around town.... I don't do the hyper-mile thing, but I will shut the vehicle off, if I know I'll be sitting for a minute or more. )
Of course, I was thinking.... The computer in the vehicle had crashed. Here is a hint as to what was going on..... Over the last 4 months I had installed one of those "Snap-Shot" devices from the Progressive Insurance company, and just before all the dash lights went on, it "beeped" in the way it does, when you stop quickly. (but, I wasn't stopping, I was driving at approx. 50mpg). When I noticed the dash lights and other issues, I pulled the Snap-shot thing out of the computer port.... (but it didn't change any of the issues).
So, the mechanic hooked up his diagnostic equipment, and sure enough, there were a massive amount of "thrown codes" (errors).... he was able to clear them all. He asked if I had any (aftermarket) accessories. I do have a multi-tap power device that I sometimes use for a GPS, and the other thing was the "Snap-Shot" device. He said.... that was it.... I was the 5th person that he had seen (4 of them w/ a CX-5) that had experienced a very similar situation. Everything is now back to normal, but he did ask me to call him, on Monday, to tell him if things were still OK. (oh, and yes, that Snap-Shot thing is not going to be hooked back up )
The mechanic also said that he had seen similar situations, when the vehicle battery had gone bad. (but my battery was fine.... I only have about 6200 miles on the vehicle )
I have had ZERO issues w/ the CX-5, drives great, and get the gas mileage that is advertized.
While driving today, all of a sudden, just about every warning light in the dash came on, some were flashing.... and the light in the push button start was also flashing....
I then noticed that I no longer had power steering..... the vehicle was "jerky", and I could hear weird sounds coming from the back (or maybe the transmission)
.... so, I pulled into a gas station, to stop the car engine (thinking / hoping things would re-set ).... Nope... the engine would not shut off !
So.... being only about 10 miles from the dealership where I purchased the vehicle... I drove straight there.... I showed the "greeter" the dash, and he said "that is unusual"... we'll check that out, right away.
I also noticed, while driving those 10 miles, that my "miles per gallon" were dropping fast. ( I usually get between 31 and 33 mpg, around town.... I don't do the hyper-mile thing, but I will shut the vehicle off, if I know I'll be sitting for a minute or more. )
Of course, I was thinking.... The computer in the vehicle had crashed. Here is a hint as to what was going on..... Over the last 4 months I had installed one of those "Snap-Shot" devices from the Progressive Insurance company, and just before all the dash lights went on, it "beeped" in the way it does, when you stop quickly. (but, I wasn't stopping, I was driving at approx. 50mpg). When I noticed the dash lights and other issues, I pulled the Snap-shot thing out of the computer port.... (but it didn't change any of the issues).
So, the mechanic hooked up his diagnostic equipment, and sure enough, there were a massive amount of "thrown codes" (errors).... he was able to clear them all. He asked if I had any (aftermarket) accessories. I do have a multi-tap power device that I sometimes use for a GPS, and the other thing was the "Snap-Shot" device. He said.... that was it.... I was the 5th person that he had seen (4 of them w/ a CX-5) that had experienced a very similar situation. Everything is now back to normal, but he did ask me to call him, on Monday, to tell him if things were still OK. (oh, and yes, that Snap-Shot thing is not going to be hooked back up )
The mechanic also said that he had seen similar situations, when the vehicle battery had gone bad. (but my battery was fine.... I only have about 6200 miles on the vehicle )
I have had ZERO issues w/ the CX-5, drives great, and get the gas mileage that is advertized.
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