2017 CX-5 drl question
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Certainly didn't mean for it to come off as a brag... I'm also eternally trapped in car payments.
Understand what you are saying... I guess perhaps having been through the majority of the lineup, and having done the NY to Florida drive in the '15 CX-5... I know one example of a vehicle doesn't represent them all, but I would attest to the quality of the 2017. Mazda really got this right, and I really do mean it with the interior volume and the seats... they just didn't hit the DRL mark. I guess I meant it more as if you were torn between a 2016.5 and a 2017... I would say the pros of the 2017 outweigh the cons, as far as practicality of the vehicle goes, relative to the 2016.5... unless you are in the camp of hating the new styling.
If I wanted something to be annoyed at Mazda about, it would be the lack of traffic in the nav system.
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Hoot Mon!
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- Minnesota
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I spent about $600 to 'sparkle-up' my '15 GT/Tech with LEDs. The DRLs on the Tech Pkg are only what would be considered the high beams but the B-Xenon HIDs don't use a separate halogen for high beam. I swapped out ALL exterior and interior bulbs for LEDs because I like STRONG turn signal and brake lights. The red LED bulbs behind a plastic ruby lens gives a very saturated ruby red light.
My 2017 GT w/Premium Pkg is on order but no word yet from the dealer. There are several GT/Premium in the External Blue Mica I specified in the area and I'm getting a bit impatient.
Yeah, I would prefer the halos only for DRL but... did I not read somewhere that all vehicles will switch to headlights at anytime the wipers are activated? Our state law says if your wipers are in use your headlights need to be on. The GT has the fully auto rain-sensing wipers. Has anyone experimented with DRL/LED headlight with the auto wipers on or off?
Just wondering... BTW, I've pulled the VLEDs LEDs out of my '15 prior to turning it back in. Next owner will get 'new' incandescants everywhere (except the fogs - I'll have no use for them). The 5K LED fogs match up much better with the 4.3K HIDs than halogens.
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Hoot Mon!
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- Minnesota
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- 2017 CX-5 GT AWD
Nope. Profile info is correct. Minnesota - but that may not show up on the mobile version/Tapatalk.
So does that mean that when you use the wiper washer, your lights come on for that period and then off?
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Hoot Mon!
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- Minnesota
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- 2017 CX-5 GT AWD
No. Different switch input when washing vs. wiping. Most motorist are pretty well aware of the rule and the vast majority comply. For the few which don't, then the auto function.
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- 18 CX-5
The new owner of your 15 will be grateful! Hope your new 17 will be arriving soon.
https://youtu.be/Xl1kH5wJqdg
The early portion of this video shows clearly how the light system works. You can see he has no other lights on and the headlight washes out signature DRL completely. Also no way those lights are dimmed in anyway as others have confirmed.
The early portion of this video shows clearly how the light system works. You can see he has no other lights on and the headlight washes out signature DRL completely. Also no way those lights are dimmed in anyway as others have confirmed.
3:02 to 3:10 shows DRL to be LED headlights included. 3:16 shows no rear lights on.
Hence USA spec version runs LED headlights as DRLs.
Maybe Mazda USA thought regular LED DRL's on this model were not strong enough (uhm)
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Thanks! Incidentally just noticed ThePineappleNin's profile picture perfectly illustrates what a DRL without headlight on looks like (similar to some of the videos out there).
Are you buying a 16.5? Or helping someone?
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- Plano, Texas, USA
No, this time is for ourselves. With the hail damage at about $10,000, we're considering to trade our 2016 in as is and get a new 2016.5 GT AWD with Tech. I was hoping they can order one from port but the sales manager checked and there's none left. So the only hope is finding one in surrounding Mazda dealers. The problem is it's very difficult to find an AWD CX-5 in Texas! My dealer has 32 2016.5's but all of them are FWD!
And I also found out my insurance company lowballed the damage estimates by using all available after-market parts including new hood、roof、fender、doors、even LED tail light assembly! The adjuster originally quoted me standard (no sensors) after-market windshield and non-LED after-market tail light assembly and I have to go back to claim center this afternoon asking them to change that! I really hate to use all after-market parts fixing our CX-5!
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- Plano, Texas, USA
While at my Mazda dealer I asked salesman driving a 2017 CX-5 Touring so that I could observe what the DRLs look like when the vehicle is moving and take some pictures. Yes for Touring there's a LED DRL in between inner amber parking light and outer LED projector headlight. Unfortunately the DRL circuitry also connects to low-beam LED headlights and both of them are on just like 2017 GT with Signature LED DRLs when the CX-5 is moving during the daytime! That's too bad!
