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You know, that's what I thought until I took a look at the renderings in the post above yours. It actually looks like they lowered the roof a bit. Still, it's a nice look from the side. Quoted for truth! I traded in my 10 year old Forester for the CX-5, and the main thing I miss is that...

Change happens. I'm trying to figure out the difference in the side profile. I've noticed a few things: It almost looks like they've lowered the beltline a bit, lowered and squared off the swoop that existed, resulting in less black plastic cladding below the doors. They've also eliminated the...

I like the looks of this car in general. My big beef is the way the beltline sweeps up right at the trailing edge of the front doors. Those side rear windows are really tiny. When I was shopping for a new car, I went to the dealer to look at the Mazda 3 hatchback. As soon as I sat in one I...

Today, for my CX-5... I put air in my tires. Almost two years in on my car and just over 10,000 miles (I work from home). Wife and I went on a two hour trip yesterday, and just before we arrived at our destination there was a loud beep. Scared the carp out of me. It was the tire pressure...

Saw this in The Truth About Cars: BREAKING: Finicky Mazda Remote Start App Has Stopped Working, Power Outage Blamed

Make sure you're aware of the voltage differences between most aftermarket head units and the CX-5's backup cam. More info in this thread: http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123837355-OEM-Backup-Cam-with-Aftermarket-Stereo

Funny you should refer to it as "organ-type". The CX-5 is the first vehicle I've owned that's hinged at the bottom (yep, like an organ volume pedal). I've had my car for a year now and it still feels a little strange to me. I'm not really conscious of having to lift instead of pivoting my...

Yes, excellent review, and he hit the nail on the head when he was talking about the pre-2016 infotainment mess. What I think is funny about the comment on engine sound is that other automakers actually pipe in engine sound electronically. With the CX-5 we get the real thing.

As reported in thetruthaboutcars.com, Mazda announced a new smartphone app that combines remote start, panic alarm and vehicle unlocking: From the press release:

I traded in my '04 Subaru Forester with about 110k miles. I had bought that car when we lived in Maine and it never left me stranded. That said, it liked to eat brake pads, gas mileage could have been better and the heads started leaking (common on Subies of that vintage). Meanwhile, we moved...

Parchment is gorgeous but I'd be posting here asking where to buy clear see through seat covers. That was my initial thought, but a can of Scotchguard will hopefully be a better alternative to seat covers. It's a shame they don't offer an interior color that's somewhere between black and...

When I was looking at the CX-5 last year, the car ticked all of the boxes except one: I wanted deep crystal blue with parchment cloth interior. Bingo, they had one on the lot and I drove home with it. In hindsight, I might have prefered a lighter color as the dark blue shows dirt and dust like...

Did you get the Service Bulletin Bluetooth Fix?

Where did you see that it's not on the list? The TSB says "2013-15 CX-5" - why would that not include your car?

Not really a reply to your question, but have you considered using a relay instead of a switch?

The beltline looks higher than the Mazda 6, a styling "feature" I really don't like. It's the main reason I bought a CX-5 instead of a Mazda 3. You feel like you're sitting in a pit and the visibility sucks. The upcoming CX-3 seems to have the same issues. And allegedly, carmakers think...

I bought my CX-5 with manual climate control because of the experience with my last car, an '04 Subaru. That car had single zone automatic climate control. When you started the car cold, once warmed up the fan would spool up to the highest speed, and you manually had to adjust the fan speed or...

In regards to MP3 playing, I found one thing that does work for me. I have a "mix" CD containing 700mb of MP3 files in the root folder. The infotainment system has no problem remembering the last song, and shuffle works fine. The only problems are that the system seems to be a little picky when...

Poking around the Mazda Japan website, it looks like the new model is selling as a 2015, and is actually their current model. Since I don't read Japanese, there's a big YMMV in there. I hope the new infotainment system really is an improvement over the old one, since I'd imagine the new...