Car won't start

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Jwlj

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2013 CX-5 Touring

• Feb 25, 2013

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I have roughly 16k miles on the cx5.
Sat in the driveway for a few days. Wife tried to start the car and nothing.
Key fob didn't unlock the doors, car didn't start etc...

Called Mazda support, they cam out and jumped the car and everything was fine.

Two days later, same thing happend. Resulting in another start.

Battery tested fine at the dealership.
No lights on in the car, everything is off.



Talked to a friend that had a similar issue with his 09 cx7.
Said even though the battery tested out fine, he bought a new one and he hasn't had a problem since.
Not sure if it's the exact same issue but it sounds like it might be.

Any thoughts?

 

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mongo2004

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• Feb 25, 2013

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I have found that if a battery deep cycles, you can kiss that battery good by. The only batteries built for deep cycling are ones that state on the side "deep cycling". Have the dealer replace the battery

 

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bigmike77

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2014 mazda cx5 awd touring

• Feb 25, 2013

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Could be a parasitic drain or a bad ground somewhere. Had this happen to me before. turned out to be a bad ground in the radio. replaced and never happened again.

 

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Jwlj

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2013 CX-5 Touring

• Feb 26, 2013

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Dealer said they won't replace a battery that tests good.
As for the ground.... It just started happening. Haven't modded anything and I doubt anything came loose.

Once I get a chance im going to try and look it over before I make a bigger fuss at the dealership.

Thanks for the help.

 

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bigmike77

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2014 mazda cx5 awd touring

• Feb 26, 2013

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My radio/ground issue didn't happen until a few thousand miles into owning it. I would mention the parasitic draw to them and see if they can find it. It's a pain in the ass to do so they'll probably talk around it but worth a try.

 

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Bopper

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14 CX5 GT AWD - Tech

• Feb 27, 2013

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My Mustang had a strange battery issue once. It lives with a battery tender on it, so the battery would always seem fine. If I left it unplugged for a couple of days it would seem fine until I turned the ignition, then it would die quickly. When a 12v battery cranks at start up it should only dip to 9-10v, mine was dipping down to something like 4v. Before the crank, the battery would test ok while not under load, but fail miserably under load. I want to say that it was a bad cell, but I can't remember the exact term.

 

mazdadude

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'16.5 Mazda CX-5 Touring

• Feb 27, 2013

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Just a thought...

The CX5 with the push button start can be left on accidentally... Here is the scenario...

You park the vehicle, and press the start/stop button to kill the motor and turn off the car. Then you realize that you need to close the sunroof, or roll down a window, eject a CD, etc., so you push the Start/stop button again to turn the cars power back on to finish your task. If you fail to cycle the start/stop button back to the OFF position again, the car power/ignition will remain ON, and power will run down.

 

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nizzy1115

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2013 CX-5 Sport

• Feb 27, 2013

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mazdadude said:

Just a thought...

The CX5 with the push button start can be left on accidentally... Here is the scenario...

You park the vehicle, and press the start/stop button to kill the motor and turn off the car. Then you realize that you need to close the sunroof, or roll down a window, eject a CD, etc., so you push the Start/stop button again to turn the cars power back on to finish your task. If you fail to cycle the start/stop button back to the OFF position again, the car power/ignition will remain ON, and power will run down.

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Yes, however, then you exit the car and hit the lock button. You wont get the horn beep to confirm the lock, right? Im pretty sure that is how mine behaves.