PaulZooms
16.5 GT Sensing
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- Lakewood, CO
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- 2016.5 CX-5 GT
With the ignition off and your foot off the brake pedal, hit the ignition button twice to operate the windows.
2016 Mazda CX-5 - What do you not like?
- Thread starter bagelboy1
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With the ignition off and your foot off the brake pedal, hit the ignition button twice to operate the windows.
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- Fmr CX5 Touring
I think that's a good description of my CX-5. When I was test-driving sedans and would get into my 2015 after, it was a pretty stark contrast. Stunning, almost! You get used to all of the bumps, bounces and jarring but the moment you ride in something else it becomes really apparent. The noise is bad but this is, by far, what wears you out most when you drive it.
The fact that even after the TSB for the side vents I can't have a nice interior with accent pieces if I wast to drive safely. Nearly get blinded 10xs a day" the way home from work. It's a joke, have to make the trim pieces matte and boring of I don't want to deal with it. Sucks
GJ-Molestor
Banned
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- 2011 BMW 528i, 2015 Mazda 6, 1995 Nissan Maxima Manual
funny how you mentioned little annoying things and complain at lack of seat heaters...
7eregrine
The man, the myth, the legend
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- Land of Cleve
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- 2016.5 CX5
This dude worrying about safety....takes a picture on the freeway...what the...The fact that even after the TSB for the side vents I can't have a nice interior with accent pieces if I wast to drive safely. Nearly get blinded 10xs a day" the way home from work. It's a joke, have to make the trim pieces matte and boring of I don't want to deal with it. Sucks
My car never blinds me. Ever. Anyone else?
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- 2022 2.5GT
Nope. I had the 2016.5 with the same trim and no problems - even worth photographing at 70mph.
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- CX5 Akera 2.2 Diesel
Same here, hard to even imagine it happening.....
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- Denver, CO
Is that piece really chrome in the 2016's? Yeesh, I'd rip that out in a heartbeat.
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- 2014 QX70 AWD
Yes, depending upon the sun's position, there were certain times when the chrome interior bits would blind me. Mainly the center piece as noted, and occasionally excessive glare coming up from the shifter trim. I found it annoying but not bad enough to wrap it or cover it up.
agree. The chrome replacement is for AC vents that affect side mirrors. not the center trims.
You can remove the trim pieces and plastidip. Nothing screams upscale than plastidip.
japanesejuan
Member
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- 2016 CX-5 Grand Touring
Dumb QUESTION:
Is it possible to have the I-activsense package installed? or no?
Thanks!
Is it possible to have the I-activsense package installed? or no?
Thanks!
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- Plano, Texas, USA
Everything is pobssible. But to install an i-ActivSense Package to a CX-5 GT with Tech Package is next to impossible because there're many sophisticated sensors which require calibration with special equipment. Not to mention it'll be very expensive for needed parts not counting the labor.
Actually, it seems to me that Mazda DOES sweat the details, just not the details you guys seem to care about. They had a certain budget for refreshing the CX-5 for 2017, and the things they spent it on were suspension, steering, tuning throttle response and transmission response, reducing NVH, body styling, interior materials, HUD, and some safety tech. All money well spent in my opinion. If they had spent money instead on rethinking how you open the sunroof, making all the window controls one touch down, and/or adding remote start to the key fob, and as a result they couldn't put the work into driving dynamics - I would call that a fail.
Agree, and they did add one-touch close to the sunroof, although that's not really a big deal.
Yes for the right amount of $$$$
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- Plano, Texas, USA
Almost everybody knows Mazda CX-5 is having the best "driving dynamics" in compact CUV class since gen-1. Why do you want spend more money to improve something which is already the best?
Not just Americans, most car buyers in the world want a better buy with as many features as possible for a vehicle. Toyota RAV4、Nissan Rogue、Ford Escape、and Honda CR-V, all have decent enough "driving dynamics" for average buyers. Mazda needs to offer more and better features than competitors in the same class to grab more US market share on sales, at least on their best selling model - the CX-5. Unless Mazda doesn't want to survive, they can't afford to let their best model CX-5 staying in the bottom of the same class on sales figures.
One way to improve the sales is to offer more features to the potential customers, not the cut-down version for the top of the line like Mazda North American Operations do to US customers. Ever noticed more 2017 CX-5 owners bought a GT with Premium Package? It's a clear indication that more potential car buyers want more features even with higher price. MNAO should fully aware the Nissan Rogue, which has many deficiencies than Mazda CX-5, has been the most improved compact CUV in US market on sales. It does offer some unique features such as Around View️ Monitor、a 3rd-row seating、and TPMS with direct tire pressure display, which definitely had attracted many more buyers to make Rogue becomes the top seller in many months during the past 3 years!
"While Honda shies away from selling vehicles to fleet, Nissan sold 19 percent of its vehicles to fleet buyers in 2016, according to Automotive News, up from 15 percent one year before. While Nissans retail demand was flat in 2016, the companys fleet volume shot up 37 percent. Nissan declined to comment on the Rogues fleet/retail mix. Granted, it was always Nissans intention to boost market share by enhancing its fleet volume."
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/20...ng-nissan-doesnt-think-rogue-sport-will-slow/
"The 2017 Nissan Rogue ranks 10 out of 18 Compact SUVs. The 2017 Nissan Rogue is a solid, middle-of the-road vehicle. Nothing about the Rogue elevates it to the top of this fiercely competitive compact SUV class, but nothing about it is so terrible as to banish it to the bottom either. "
CRV, CX5, Tuscon, Escape, Equinox, Terrain, Sportage, Forester, Tiguan, Rogue, RAV4, Cherokee, Compass, Wrangler, Outlander, Patriot
https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/nissan/rogue
So the Rogue ranks ahead of the '17 RAV4, and Jeep and Mitsubishi products.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/20...ng-nissan-doesnt-think-rogue-sport-will-slow/
"The 2017 Nissan Rogue ranks 10 out of 18 Compact SUVs. The 2017 Nissan Rogue is a solid, middle-of the-road vehicle. Nothing about the Rogue elevates it to the top of this fiercely competitive compact SUV class, but nothing about it is so terrible as to banish it to the bottom either. "
CRV, CX5, Tuscon, Escape, Equinox, Terrain, Sportage, Forester, Tiguan, Rogue, RAV4, Cherokee, Compass, Wrangler, Outlander, Patriot
https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/nissan/rogue
So the Rogue ranks ahead of the '17 RAV4, and Jeep and Mitsubishi products.
Thank goodness the CX-5 is not like the Rogue. This segment is full of boring boxes on wheels, we don't need another one. I think if Mazda tried to turn the CX-5 into another Rogue, it would sell worse rather than better, because they could never compete with Nissan on price.
The Rogue has always sold well because it offers decent, near class leading space and you can walk out the door with a reasonably well-equipped Rogue for less money than most of its competitors. The 2017.5 model is hot thanks to cargo space versatility and a refreshed interior and exterior that doesn't look ugly anymore.
Regarding Mazda's work on driving dynamics, that's their bag. They're playing to their strengths, while trying to addresses weaknesses and keep up with technology. According to Mazda, the feedback from owners and potential customers was that they needed to work on cabin noise and suspension compliance, which they did. They also have to keep up with driver aids and safety technology, because there is a strong demand for this in every segment. These are quickly going to become ubiquitous. Regarding features, you now have a windshield projected HUD. That one feature is probably responsible for the vast majority of sales of the Premium package. If they had offered lighted one-touch up/down window controls or a rotary sunroof control, we would all be yawning and most prospective buyers wouldn't notice. If they put remote start on the key fob, that might score a few more sales. But the HUD is the kind of feature that some buyers will just have to have after a test drive.
