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Deactivated cylinders switch frequently so parts stay at operating temperature. There is no effect on cooling, starting, or charging systems. The only effect is slightly improved fuel economy.

A CDS shuts down half of the engine's cylinders when only a small amount of the engine's power is needed, such as when the vehicle is moving at a constant speed on a level road, decelerating or going downhill. A CDS can reduce fuel consumption by 4 to 10%, saving you money and reducing your...

I live in sunny southern New Mexico (Las Cruces), and tempertures typlically run between 100 and 115 with very low humity, durning my recent trip to Katy, Texas... basically Houston, the tempertures were in the high nineties and the humity was 90%+... my 2019 CX-5 Grand Touring was cool and...

Thanks, as a octogenarian retired Electrical Engineer (Computers) I totally agree. It's simple thermodynamics...

My 2019 Grand Touring has the exact same issues, dealer checked it out and said there where no issues... finally, several times when I was driving agressively the HUD turned on a red BRAKE, which I did before the system intervened! I've read others ended up turning it off because it intervened...

My son's 1998 CR-V was horrible, first all five door locks sequentially stopped working at $250 each to replace, next the A/C compressor died at 70K miles and he had two more replaced after the original, finely traded the vehicle in at 134K miles before something else broke! Bought anything but...

I really like the HUD, living in Southern New Mexico the vented seats are certainly a nice plus in the summer... The only advantage of the folding mirrors is I can see from a distance if I locked the vehicle when I left... I would imagine they're going to be a problem in a northern icy and snowy...

My 2019 CX-5 came with a 3 yr. free subscription to XM traffic information. I live near El Paso, TX so if you turn on the option on the menu the answer is yes...However XM live traffic coverage is spoty around the country...Google it to see if it's available in your area.

I understand... as a retired engineer with 40+ years experience including missile telemetry systems... Wondering if some even passed High School Physics...

That's exactly how my 2019 GT works!

White is fine... both our 2016 Mazda 6 and our 2019 CX-5 are white. I live in the southern New Mexico desert... walk through the car dealers lot or parking lot on a bright sunny summer day touching each different colored vehicle... you'll understand my decision to chose white!

So much for the "stealth mode."

Bet you're an engineer or physicist... It's brain washed into all of us!

Our's is Snowflake white with parchament leather interior... living in souther New Mexico it's a good choice.... walk through the parking lot some sunny day and feel the difference... and yes I'm a guy!

I've heard, though the grapevine, that the 2020 models will longer have traffic XM capabilities. We've had the weather alert go off one time during server thunderstorm activities...