We knick in wood over here X...we don't touch it. [emoji16] First time you posted that, it took me a minute... LoL
See below for re what I said!
We knick in wood over here X...we don't touch it. [emoji16] First time you posted that, it took me a minute... LoL
I've had my 2018 SRCM CX5 for about 5 weeks. I don't see any paint issues yet. Early days maybe.....who knows.
I noticed my first chip after just a couple weeks and many at roughly 2k miles. Maybe you've gotten lucky or perhaps they truly have modified the paint formula and application -- even at the factory level. That would, of course, be the best outcome here.
To the poster above considering the CX-5, my advice is to just go for it My wife and I agree it's by far the best car we've ever owned: fun to drive, head-turning both inside and out, cool tech. The paint issue has sure been a bummer, but it hasn't detracted in a major way from our love of the car -- and Mazda is stepping up to take care of it with very little fussing on my part. I guess things could go south eventually if the paint continues chipping year after year, but so far we don't regret our decision in the least.
We have the parchment interior and have had no stains after a year of ownership and 18,000 miles. That's with two small kids often riding in the back. I've only had to wipe clean the door handle and the rear armrest once. We live in SW Florida and my wife is grateful for the white interior since she sees her colleagues struggle to get in their black interior cars after a long day in the sun.
Mechanical long term reliability, nothing beats a Toyota. The 2019 Rav4 Adventure Grade has piqued my interest. If it were available in 2017, I may have gotten it instead.
I*ve had 3 CX5s with the white interior and none have suffered with staining.
Ultimately it is up to you if you want to go ahead with it
I am plagued with the 1st World Problem of too many options and too much information.
Maybe I should go to Russia where my choices are "Car" or "Car."
I'm leaning 90% to "just doing it." Everywhere I look, everyone has such great things to say about these cars other than the paint. And it seems that this red is really the only way to go...at least, for me it's that way. The only thing I changed my mind on was the white interior. Too much risk of blue jean stains, etc. I would be ordering one from the factory. The dealer nearest me has another 2 locations out of state, and they drive cars from one to the other. I would want to break mine in from the get-go, and that long highway trip early on is not recommended.
Could you share a little about what it's taken to get help with this issue? Was your dealer involved at all, or have you 100% worked directly with Mazda? What are they doing...local paint shop repairs?
Glad you're happy with your car!
Avoidin' Deer If you go back a couple pages in this thread you'll see my whole journey (only 4 or 5 posts worth). Basically said:Thanks for taking the time to repost that. I try to not ask questions that have already been answered...should have clicked your name & scanned your prior posts first. I've read so many comments on so many boards that my head is humming (though this is the only forum I've set an account up on).
I appreciate the input on the 2019 RAV-4s. I watched an Edmunds video doing a 3 way comparison between the CR-V, the CX-5 and the RAV4 (all 2018s) and the only knock they had on the RAV4 was that the style was at the end of it's design life; in other words, no real knock on the objective qualities of the vehicle other than "it's gone unchanged for too long." The only bad thing I have heard (and observed) has been road noise and a more utilitarian feel. That was the knock on prior year CX-5s and CR-Vs as well. I'm specifically avoiding the CR-V because of the oil dilution issue (had I not researched the new 1.5L turbo before buying, I would never have even found out about it). Given a choice between diluted oil or questionable paint durability, I know which I would opt for.
I just may wait to see what 2019 brings. Being August, the release date for 2019s should be right around the corner. I have a 2005 pickup that has 140,000 on it (right around your old RAV4's mileage) so is somewhat limiting on the distances I'm willing to take it, but I'm not in a huge rush to get a replacement truck or a second vehicle. My primary motivation is, being recently retired, I have more time to do the things I want to do, but I'm in the country, so it's all a 60-80 mile round trip for each event. Even rental car places (for one-time road trips) are 20 miles away, so that older truck has been somewhat limiting. But there's no gun to my head to make an immediate move.
My thought right now is I have a utility trailer, and the compact SUV's have enough towing capacity that I can hook up that trailer for the occasional Lowe's drywall/plywood run and to haul my trash out once a month (no refuse service out here), and then enjoy better mileage and a higher-end ride the rest of the time. As I said in a prior post, I'm overwhelmed by choices. But I'm grateful to have them. Hasn't always been that way. I've spent my fair share of time at junkyards scrounging parts.
Thanks, buddy.
Is that the Toyota or the new CX-5?
I saw another thread about the 2.5L turbo finding it's way into the 2019 CX-5.
None of the articles I read about the new RAV4 gave a release date. (Heck, most of them read as though they were an ESL class project...yet the author on one of the worse graduated from a Minnesota university with a journalism degree. So very sad.)
My '02 4Runner with 227k miles and will likely last another 227k if I continue to look after it. I'd wait until the 2019 Rav4 hits dealer lots before making a $32,000 decision.
@baseballgrassygy, I don't think humans painting will be any worse than what the machines churned out. If it chips again, I will contact Mazda and then pursue a buyback through Florida's lemon laws. They either solve the issue or they can give me my money back so I can go across the street to Toyota.