How many Brits? Fancy a cuppa?

[Gareth45]

Sorry for the length of time to give you a update got the car back on the 23/12/14 dealer and mazda not interested in finding out why the power ECU failed.My thoughts are previously approx 9 weeks I had the second service and asked for the Diesel filter to be changed.
To do this the battery had to be removed may be that influenced the failure at 1560 + vat under warranty this time but Mazda don't like to dig to deep as if fault may be hoping customers cars out of warranty ka ching

 

[dad of jon]

There are a few cars I would prefer to own now that I have had the CX5 for a while, but non of them have an engine quite as good (balance of performance, refinement, economy etc) and the higher driving position has really grown on me. There are a few estate cars that are getting a slightly raised body, the Leon thingy, the Volvo thingymajig etc but they have a price premium slapped on them for so little extra kit.

Yes the Volvo XC60 is a bit of a niche vehicle which looks smart , but I still prefer handling to comfort at present, that and having about 10k in pocket by buying the cx-5 over the xc60

 

[xtrailman]

I test drove a D5 xc60.
To be honest apart from the throwing back into the seat acceleration I didn't like the car.

Its a lot bigger and I couldn't see the bonnet while driving, its also wide, probably too wide to easily get into my 2.1M wide garage door.
Also I just do see the attraction to that centre console, I do think the car is slightly more upmarket but so is the price. And with mid thirty mpg with the manual I wasn't convinced.

There is a 2L four pot now through that's probably the best buy, a twin turbo engine.

 

[dad of jon]

I test drove a D5 xc60.
To be honest apart from the throwing back into the seat acceleration I didn't like the car.

Its a lot bigger and I couldn't see the bonnet while driving, its also wide, probably too wide to easily get into my 2.1M wide garage door.
Also I just do see the attraction to that centre console, I do think the car is slightly more upmarket but so is the price. And with mid thirty mpg with the manual I wasn't convinced.

There is a 2L four pot now through that's probably the best buy, a twin turbo engine.

That's the one I was looking at the 181! 30 road tax on that. Not a drivers car though. Also love the look of the new x-trail. Not impressed with the current range of engines though!

 

[Dr_Watson]

I test drove a D5 xc60.
To be honest apart from the throwing back into the seat acceleration I didn't like the car.

Its a lot bigger and I couldn't see the bonnet while driving, its also wide, probably too wide to easily get into my 2.1M wide garage door.
Also I just do see the attraction to that centre console, I do think the car is slightly more upmarket but so is the price. And with mid thirty mpg with the manual I wasn't convinced.

There is a 2L four pot now through that's probably the best buy, a twin turbo engine.

You mean you do not see the attraction? Style of function I found with it.

On a side note, I'm at my parents just now, hire car is a Fiat 500 xl thingymajig, all is forgiven with the cx5, it's beyond belief how crap the interior is in this car, the plain 500 is pretty good, but this van thing is unreal.

 

[xtrailman]

That's the one I was looking at the 181! 30 road tax on that. Not a drivers car though. Also love the look of the new x-trail. Not impressed with the current range of engines though!

I have read that the new 1.6L Renault twin turbo is due to go into the Xtrail, if that happens I'll have a test drive, although I've had two Xtrails I haven't even looked at the new one.

Also read that the upgraded CX-5 will get efficiency upgrades to the AWD system, also sound insulation for quieter motorway driving, among other things, I think I'll have a look at one when it is available.

 

[Billy bob]

The cold weather and winter diesel has affected my wife's cx5s economy - only 35mpg last fill up! The winter tyres are doing their job very well, however.

Regarding the Volvos, there's a thread in the volvo forum about what xc60 owners are getting mpg wise. They are completely different in character from the cx5 but their seats are fantastic and you can get big discounts on them...

 

[Mountkeen]

I can't say the cold weather has made much of a difference to my economy, but then most of my mileage recently has been long motorway trips where the engine gets up to temperature and stays there.

What did affect my fuel economy last week was the high winds. I was astonished at the difference it made while driving east to west along the M62 heading into the wind. I was barely getting 30mpg when driving at around 70mph.

 

[xtrailman]

The cold weather hasn't noticeable altered my MPG either, its stuck at 41.5 at the moment on the computer, local short trips only.
I still have no idea why its dropped all year since the service, prior to service I was getting 43 to 44mpg locally.

I don't do high mileage otherwise I would have been asking questions at the garage, but I'll be interested to see if it alters again after the next service

 

[Dr_Watson]

Regular short trips is giving me 40mpg, in summer, I would get 2 or 3 more, so no big deal.

One good thing is that the high reving in winter is non existant I saw the atmospheric parameters list for it to activate somewhere once so I guess in winter the weather falls outside these parameters.

A few rattles comes back in the cab though, but not quite as many as there used to be.

 

[Arcanisti]

I'm looking for a little advice. My CX-5 is my first new car, and is coming into it's 3rd year. For the past 2 mornings I’ve had to scrape ice off the inside of the windscreen, and today the drivers side window.

The car's had nothing in it overnight that could create such a high moisture content inside the car, and for the last few day's I’ve been the sole occupant on journeys too and from work (15 miles in total each day).

On the journeys I’ve had the climate control set to auto, which has kicked in the AC in Eco mode (not on re-circulate). While it's been cold, i live in Southampton so the temperature has hardly dipped below freezing overnight.

I can't help but think there is a leak somewhere but the carpets are dry, so is the boot. The windscreen was replaced in 2013 by Autoglas, and i did have this icing up on one occasion last winter.

Any advice on what to do? Take it to the dealer for a once over?

 

[Dr_Watson]

You could get it checked out, but this seems fairly common with the CX5 and I have seen it on my Mazda 2. I checked everything on both cars and there were no problems, tried different ac settings which did not help. Some nights it does it, others not, it wasn't very predictable. I mentioned it at work to a friend and he solved it for me.

He gave me bags container silica that come inside quartz tubes we get delivered from Japan to our workplace, the tubes must be kept dry during shipping. I put one under the seat of the car and in the last month I have no had one smidgen of moisture let alone ice...result. Looks like you can get something very similar on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009M93THQ/

 

[xtrailman]

I'm not sure but if the pollen filter hasn't been changed this can cause problems.
I caught a franchised dealer red handed charging me for a filter that wasn't changed, something like 25 for doing nothing.

 

[Dr_Watson]

Good point, that was the first thing I thought of with my Mazda 2. I got a service soon after but the dampness didn't really go away, I never checked if they really did replace it, will do the next time though.

 

[Perusal]

Good point, that was the first thing I thought of with my Mazda 2. I got a service soon after but the dampness didn't really go away, I never checked if they really did replace it, will do the next time though.

Yes, I am suffering from the frozen inside of the windscreen. As with others its totally unpredictable, some days it does, some days it doesn't.....and of course if you try and wipe it clean without waiting for the AC to clear it you end up with a streaky screen which is no fun when driving into the very low sun we experience at this time of year.

Economy wise I'm averaging 48 mpg though I have seen low 50s recently despite the cold weather and the use of winter diesel that will be supplied by the filling stations just now which always has a negative, albeit small, effect on economy.

Off to 'The Smoke' this afternoon so expect the economy to plummet once again when on the motorway.

 

[dad of jon]

I'm not sure but if the pollen filter hasn't been changed this can cause problems.
I caught a franchised dealer red handed charging me for a filter that wasn't changed, something like 25 for doing nothing.

I topped up my washer bottle on a previous car so i wouldn't be charged a silly price for the fluid.

On the bill was I can't remember exactly but lets say 3 for washer fluid.

so back to garage, why was I charged because my bottle was full.

"oh we get the supplies as a service kit we've paid for the fluid."

ok, so where are the bottles you haven't used?

service guy with a now (pissed) look on face goes out the back and returns with 2 - 500 ml bottles of screen wash.

So where do all the other not used parts of these kits go? - [insert your favorite puv/web trading place here]

 

[MikeM.]

so back to garage, why was I charged because my bottle was full.

"oh we get the supplies as a service kit we've paid for the fluid."

"No, actually we are not just stealing your money, we are simply speeding it's delivery from your wallet to our till. You should be thanking us for this very quick and efficient service we provide."

 

[xtrailman]

I topped up my washer bottle on a previous car so i wouldn't be charged a silly price for the fluid.

On the bill was I can't remember exactly but lets say 3 for washer fluid.

so back to garage, why was I charged because my bottle was full.

"oh we get the supplies as a service kit we've paid for the fluid."

ok, so where are the bottles you haven't used?

service guy with a now (pissed) look on face goes out the back and returns with 2 - 500 ml bottles of screen wash.

So where do all the other not used parts of these kits go? - [insert your favorite puv/web trading place here]

Toyota garage used to leave the full bottle in the glove box, because I always filled myself.

 

[ColinX-5]

"No, actually we are not just stealing your money, we are simply speeding it's delivery from your wallet to our till. You should be thanking us for this very quick and efficient service we provide."

WOW wish I could find a garage that does that.

 

[Mountkeen]

Very little to do with the CX-5 (albeit somewhat obliquely) but I was skimming through the latest issue of the Caravan Club Magazine - yes I'm one of those - and came across a test of the SEAT Leon TDI. What caught my eye was that the tester referred to the Start/Stop feature (similar to iStop I assume) in disparaging terms.

".......... I may have switched off Start/Stop in the interests of reducing engine and turbo wear. But if it wanted to risk its turbocharger frying at every switch off, that's its own choice - though replacement turbos are not particularly economical......."

Now assuming the SEAT has similar engine management systems to the Mazda, surely this feature isn't going to activate if the turbo is still spinning or dangerously hot? Have I misunderstood this or is the guy a dinosaur?