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Interesting. We had that experience too. We went to Toyota in 2015 to buy a Toyota RAV4. We weren't entirely ignored - but the sales guy told us that we didn't need a RAV4. Seriously. It was kinda unbelievable. We went there TO BUY A CAR, not to **** around. My wife wanted to test drive the RAV4...

Thank you for that suggestion. Volvo was outside my research horizon. I didn't even think about that. I will check that out. As for the comments about me joking - no - I am not joking. I am close to retirement, I am a demanding customer and I pay attention to details more that other people. I...

Actually I did not buy any car just yet. I may not buy any after all - but that's a separate story below. Sorry for the delayed response - I appreciate all replies, thank you. I was set to buy a Lexus after my Mazda dealer visit. They didn't want to sell me a Turbo? Fine. I went to my local...

I tried adjusting the levels on the CX-5. It didn't help. It's the overall feel. The bass is no good. It's not deep. It sounds like a cheap stereo. No clarity in the top range as well. It's bad. I went to Lexus and i am glad that I did. They have a nice Mark Levinson system.

Yesterday I went to my local dealer because I wanted to make a selection as my lease is ending in few months. I got a 2018 CX-5 and a 2019 Mazda3. I bought both of these cars over there. Naturally I was interested to replace the CX-5 with another CX-5. I sat in one with the Bose stereo to test...

I am in Los Angeles. The older cars did not have parking brake on by default. Maybe yours is like that. That parking brake on auto started in 2019. Maybe Mazda doesn't make enough cars to satisfy the massive demand in North America - so they decided to limit the amount of customers by...

"but it sounds like you're frustrated with the parking brake because the electronic switch doesn't work like you want it to" Yes and no. Oh yes, I am very frustrated with the parking brake. I can't understand why some schmuck designer at Mazda would force me to keep pushing the button every...

Thanks for all replies, you put a lot of effort in that, but the parking brake remains the most annoying thing I have ever experienced on my car. Maybe it's because of the switch that doesn't take the command every time, maybe it's because the system doesn't take it and maybe it's because you...

First one is about rear suspension - does anyone know if the 2021 turbo has independent rear suspension? Because 2019 Mazda3 rear suspension sucks and I struggle with this everyday. Second question is about the automatic parking brake that comes on every time I start the ignition. Can this...

I don't unfortunately. It was about something inside the engine. That under certain conditions something would break. Sorry, I threw away the paper. The paper said something about software error. Software error would basically destroy the engine in certain conditions.

I received a recall notice for the engine issue, and I went to my local dealer to get help with that. Simultaneously I completed my first service and replaced air filter, which was outside the regular service and paid extra for that. So they reprogrammed all modules for me. They fixed a climate...

TSB? Thank you for this. I did not expect they had any solutions as this moron at the dealership clearly had no idea whatsoever. So now I know that I need to be more persistent with these morons. But as for the gas mileage - I was curious how are your MPG numbers showing up. Let me show you my...

So I went for my 1st service to my local dealer, where I bought my 2019 Mazda 3. I had multiple concerns. You know what the guy told me? For the gas mileage concern (My car makes between 20.8 and 21.5 MPG consistently since I bought it, 40% street and 60% FWY driving.) He said that the gas...