What have you done to your CX-5 today?
- Thread starter Kayger12
- Start date
- :
- Central Virginia
- :
- 2019 CX-5 Reserve
I don't believe they are CANBUS. I had never heard of this until you asked. Interesting technology, but do we really need to continue to complicate our vehicles? Heck, keeping gas out of crankcases is a new challenge that we never had before.
Last edited:
I only ask this because some vehicles require canbus bulbs and some do not. I dont want to put the wrong ones in.
- :
- Central Virginia
- :
- 2019 CX-5 Reserve
Understood.
The word "CANBUS" does not appear in a word search of the online manual, for what it's worth.
You got the ones from Amazon, right? I looked at that link you put up. I don't recall them stating "CANBUS," nor did I see such a reference on the other LED sites folks pointed me to.
From the quick reading I did on the subject, it seems that the main risk is you will have a perpetual "Bad Bulb" indicator because the non-CANBUS bulbs cannot communicate with the system to say "I'm here!" And I don't think it applies to the CX-5. But I'm no expert.
Yeah, I got the ones from amazon "LedpartsNow" I haven't installed them yet, I'm a bit hesitant to put them on because I don't want to short circuit anything.
- :
- 2018, Mazda, CX-5, Snowflake Pearl, Grand Touring
That is absolutely correct and unfortunately there are many dealerships (not the majority) that fail to check tire pressures.
- :
- Central Virginia
- :
- 2019 CX-5 Reserve
I hear ya.
I don't know if you have this. 2019 CX-5 Online Manual
Makes it easier to search for stuff than going through the paper manual. I saved a copy to my hard drive.
- :
- 2018, Mazda, CX-5, Snowflake Pearl, Grand Touring
Non-Canbus.
Also, if you are converting your turns to LEDs, one resistor pack will be required for each side. Install at the taillight end because it is easy access to the wiring.
The resistors are necessary to prevent hyper blinking.
https://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123865805-LED-Turn-Signals-Conversion
Last edited:
thanks for the info David! i just read this. Not sure if im going to do my turn signals but good to know!
- :
- State of Jefferson
- :
- 2017 CX-5 GT AWD+
Have you compared searching the online manual to searching a pdf of the paper manual? If you've used both, have you found one or the other to be more complete?
- :
- 2018, Mazda, CX-5, Snowflake Pearl, Grand Touring
Do you read prior posts on this thread prior to your posting? Just curious.
I ordered these from amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)
Yeah i get the idea but they should be adjusting them or at least give a notice to buyers. I also check the lug nut torques.
They are not that good anyways
Non canbus. Regular led bulbs
Last edited:
lol I actually read yours after I did that, thanks!
- :
- Central Virginia
- :
- 2019 CX-5 Reserve
I have used the online manual to locate and read maybe 6 subjects which I later referenced in the hard copy manual when at my car, and found those sections to be identical.
- :
- Plano, Texas, USA
Yep, this's legit. But there's proper LED available for vanity mirror with natural light color temperature. I use the following LEDs for vanity mirrors found on the eBay. You really dont want white LEDs on vanity as your wife wont be happy when shes looking at the mirror.
There're low-priced LEDs having 2800K color temperature which looks like the same as standard incandescent bulb but can be brighter. I found this https://www.ebay.com (commissions earned) for vanity mirror on the sun visors for "warm glow" effect which looks the same as OEM light but brighter:
The interior light bulbs are the same between gen-1 and gen-2 CX-5s. Sorry theres no part number. And I bought the LED set for the interior and license plate back in 2015 from eBay and all of them still work fine.
All CX-5 interior LED kit will fit 2016 MY. I use this https://www.ebay.com (commissions earned) from eBay because they use newer and brighter 5730 rectangular LED chips:
I did install license plate LEDs from the kit. They look nice with white color and aren't brighter than original 5W bulbs. I also used two "spare" bulbs for reverse lights. They look much better with white color but the light outputs are not stronger than original 18W 921 bulbs.
I used this https://www.ebay.com (commissions earned) for vanity mirror on the sun visors for "warm glow" effect:
Personally I'd like to find 29mm festoon LEDs to match the original bulb length but those are hard to find for cheap prices and it's more difficult to put in 4 or 6 LED cells for brighter light. With 31mm LEDs you have to bend some end and side clips a bit but it's doable and won't hurt anything. Also be aware the "prying tool" included in some Amazon or eBay kits is useless! It's too thick and sometimes you're better off by having two pries to pop open the light cover. I use this prying tool set from China with decent results:
7eregrine
The man, the myth, the legend
- :
- Land of Cleve
- :
- 2016.5 CX5
Final warning before you buy those. They suck compared to these:
https://www.superbrightleds.com/veh...ehicle-led-lights?make=48&model=643&year=2018
https://www.superbrightleds.com/veh...ehicle-led-lights?make=48&model=643&year=2018
Last edited:
