Recent content by limleong

bethanybeach5, Dealing with incompetent dealer is a super frustrating especially on a new car that you pay good money for. I feel for you. I agree with brillo54. If may be worth contacting a dealer with a known good track record as the next step before invoking lemon law.

Sounded like some kind of hardware issue. The whole Infotainment head unit can be replaced. That might be the "simpler/logical" next step before the nuclear option of replacement the entire vehicle. Has the dealer not suggested replacing the entire head unit?

It is all relative but NVH is not a strength of the CX5 even the face-lift model. I have both the face-lift CX5 and the new 4th gen Sportage. Even my old 3rd Gen CRV has slightly less wind noise than the face lift CX5 at highway speed. The Sportage in comparison is very quiet when compared to...

CX5 in the USA does not get the stop start system hence it only has a normal battery instead of the Enhanced Flooded design heavy duty stop start battery. As far as I know, CX5 in Europe and Australasia get the Stop Start system. It is certainly a strange problem to have the dead battery...

Glad that you enjoy your new CX5. Same feeling here, the diesel 2.2 is the perfect match for the CX5. Massive torque makes driving easy and it is also very fuel efficient even in town driving.

There is an extensive discussion in a NZ Motoring chat board about polishing out windscreen scratches. The general consensus is don't do it because polishing it will make it worse especially at night. The main issue around polishing is that while polishing may make it looks better under...

Mine is a Diesel engine. Does anyone know the details of the recall relating to the Diesel engine? I have done Google search and every article that I have read simply said Diesel engine issue without details. It is now heading into the weekend and I can't ring the dealer until Monday.

I concur with yrwei52. Tempered glass should have not such sharp edges upon impact. Arunka007, this is probably the last thing on your mind. When things calm down a bit, you might want to consider sending in the pictures to the safety authority. It does look very odd that a tempered glass...

My local Bridgestone performance dealer has always recommended 2 - 3 psi above what is on the label on the door jam. Over the years with both Honda and now Mazda, this advice has proven to be true. The slightly higher psi has prevented premature tyre wear with little to no impact on ride...

Given the evidence albeit it is only one incident, I now have some doubt on how well the cx5 will protect the passenger in the event of a side impact. Mmmmm ... As for the leather seat cover, only a shop that specialises in leather seat restoration can do a good job. Normal body shop just does...

If this picture is representative of the Mazda glass upon impact, I don't think the people on that seat will fare too well in a side impact situation. Funny thing is the CX5 has got 5 stars in almost every continent's crash testing. US, Eupore, AU/NZ and Japan. I did my research before buying...

Sorry to hear about your losses. Really piss off with those burglars who do these sort of willful damage to other people's properties. I am a bit surprised to see the Mazda broken glass has sharp edges. I have always thought the laminated safety glass should not shatter into pieces with sharp...

I would not consider 3 months as long storage. A lot of people often don't use their car for up to a month or 6 weeks while on holiday. Instead of disconnecting the battery, it is far better to put on a trickle charger (assuming you have access to power point) or solar charger (if there is...

Touch wood. My NZ version with a built date of Mar-15 still have clear LED head light. Mazda offers 5 years /unlimited Kms warranty in NZ so there is a bit more protection with longer warranty. I do wonder if this problem is a question of if or when. If it is a question of when then Mazda will...

I used to have a Honda CRV 2.4 i-VTEC Petrol and now a CX5 2.2 Diesel. The CX5 2.2 Diesel is Euro 6 in theory. Taking aside whether the Euro 6 is true or otherwise, the real world consumption of the the CX5 diesel is between 30 - 40% more efficient than the Petrol CRV in similar diriving...