Recent content by edbern

I bought my 2017 touring off lease for $17,000 one year ago. Carmax quoted me $24,100 online. I went to their showroom Sunday for the official appraisal and expected to get lowballed. They came back with, wait for it, $24,100. I’m doing that deal — my local dealer said he couldn’t even retail...

At the end of my lease for my 2017 touring, I’m being offered the following for a 2020 touring with preferred package. The dealer says this is the best he can do – I’m looking for an argument that it’s not :-) (I’m in Northern California) I know the lease issues are fine – .0012 and .57...

Still waiting to get the car back ...they cant consistently reproduce the problem so they claim that Mazda wont reimburse them for the repair bless they do. Fortunately i have another CX 5 as a loaner so Im not tooo put out

Sounds like the same symptoms. Anyway, its at the dealer now should have it back tomorrow will report back

Transmission doesnt know Im in park ! At first rarely and now frequently , when I turn the engine off on my 2017 Touring, I get a message when I open my door to exit the vehicle that the ignition is still on and I need to move shift lever to P position when I already * am* in park...

Plus labor

Turns out you were right and I was making it way too complicated. The reason is that my habit was to check if the brake was on *before* unbuckling or turning off the car, out of an abundance of caution. Since one of those has to happen for the great brake to engage, I was never going to see...

Yes thats normal. It defaults to off every time. I guess they want you to consciously decide to use it and not take it for granted.

Definitely doesnt work with just auto hold alone. Ive tried that. Weather is bad here so I havent been out the car yet but will check your original four steps shortly

Thanks Shadonoz. Will give it a shot. Curious though, what do you think the engineers’ logic was behind that sequence?

I know there are other threads about this but they seem to wander off onto other topics without a conclusion. I have a very simple question. Sometimes when I park my 2017 Touring, the electronic parking brake engages automatically. Sometimes it doesn’t. But I cannot for the life of me...

Heres the full text of the email I got. Maybe they could throw in CarPlay as a bone? Mark your calendar. We've got big news. Were live streaming our exclusive press eventright from the New York Auto Showright to you. Be one of the first to hear about Mazda's exciting new product reveals, new...

I’m told – and the Mazda parts list would seem to corroborate — the floor mats don’t fit

Uh oh. This is what I have been using. Can I ask what that noxious chemical is? Seems I better be using it

Trico *does* now offer replacements. Amazon has ‘em. “The only aftermarket wiper blade that fits the highly specialized 19mm (Narrow) Push Button FZ Arm attachment found on select 2016+ Mazda vehicles.” 24" Blade - Driver Side Part #: 24-17B [OE Design] 18" Blade - Passenger Side Part #...