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    Paint chips - ugh!!!

    3 small chips on my hood, nothing on my front bumper yet. On my 2014 mazda 3, also white, I had less than 10 rock chips in the 3 1/2 years I've had it.
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    Paint chips - ugh!!!

    I use dr color chip on my white cx5 and it matches better than the touch up paint from dealer.
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    Paint chips - ugh!!!

    Getting rock chips is kind of unavoidable. Every time I see people say their previous car never had this issue, maybe you just got lucky. Every single car I've had has had rock chips up front. And every car forum I'm in, has people complaining about the rock chips and how their previous car...
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    Smart City Brake ~ 2017 CX-5

    I've had it kick in before too, while braking slowly but traffic came to sudden stop and car think I wasn't braking hard enough. Gave me quite a scare even though I knew I was in control and wasn't going to hit the car, but I guess car think I wasn't stepping on the brakes hard enough.
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    Window Tint

    On hatchbacks/CUV/SUVs I like the look of the darker rear and lighter front. On a 4 door car I like the same % tint all around. That said, I have 35 % up front and 20% over the rear factory tint, plus 70% on the windshield and 55% on the sunroof to block heat. 35% is too light for me so I added...
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    Anyone With Aftermarket Wheels? Post Pics

    https://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123817319-Show-me-your-wheels
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    Rattle coming from front passenger door ~ 2017 CX-5

    The only rattle I'm getting is coming from the drivers side a pillar by the tweeter area. I only get the rattle when the temperature reads 68-69 degrees. Anything before or after that will be okay. I took the weather strip off and looked under the cover by the side airbags and just stuck some...
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    Aesthetic Modifications: Debadge

    No didn't have to take it out to wrap. The cx5 grill seems a bit harder to wrap especially with black chrome vinyl, its harder to work with.
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    How useful are the 2017 GT fogs?

    A lot of car manufacturers going with white LED fog lights now because the look good. They don't work well in rain as well as halogen fogs do. I haven't tried in heavy fog yet but I think they will be okay in fog, just not in rain. White color gets absorbed by the wet road so it becomes useless...
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    How To Eliminate Your Blind Spot

    Yup even with BSM and my mirrors adjusted out, it's second nature to look over my shoulder. No matter how well you've had it adjusted you should always look! I've had enough idiots merge into my lane while I'm next to them. You should not be telling people not to look over their shoulder anymore...
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    How To Eliminate Your Blind Spot

    Glad you finally figured it out. Been doing this for years.
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    2017 CX-5 low rumbling sound when at a stop light

    I'll probably have it looked at next weekend. I had to use the a/c today, I don't hear the sound when a/c is turned on but once I turn it off I'll hear the rumble again. It's not all the time, it's only every so often, very weird. I'll have it looked at. It's an automatic btw :)
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    2017 CX-5 low rumbling sound when at a stop light

    Is it normal for it to be that audible? Interestingly it started when I noticed my mileage hit 6666 miles few days ago :/
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    2017 CX-5 low rumbling sound when at a stop light

    Recently I've noticed a low rumbling sound when I'm at a stop while in gear. I don't listen to music very loud so it's not too noticeable when music is on. I can only hear it when I'm in drive or reverse and foot on the brakes at a complete stop. As soon as I start moving or if I put the car in...
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    Aesthetic Modifications: Debadge

    You want my opinion? I personally don't like plasti dip anything, I think it makes it look cheap even more with the matte black unfinished paint look. Instead of plasti dip, I had my front chrome grill wrapped in black chrome vinyl and then I painted the fog light chrome ring and front/rear...
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    How useful are the 2017 GT fogs?

    The fogs are nothing special, I've seen better performing fogs. I do like the look with the fogs on tho, they match the low beams perfectly but they don't project light out very far and that's to be expected. However, comparing to the halogen fogs on my 2014 mazda 3, these LED fogs have a wider...
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    Power liftgate question

    After you turn off ignition do all your doors unlock? If your passenger doors are locked, the liftgate won't open when you use the button inside the car or on the liftgate itself. Using the remote will open them regardless if doors are locked or unlocked.
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    Backup Camera is flawed

    Put some rain x on the lens. I had same issue on the cx5 as well as my 2014 mazda3. Rain x helps a bit.
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