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The bad thing was that I had just refilled the gas tank a couple of days ago and I still had a year left on the registration. But I had a couple days off this week and decided at the spur of the moment to sell it. If I didn’t sell it soon, it would need an oil change and new tires.

less than 79,000. I started working from home over a decade ago so mileage was pretty low. I bought a 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid for my kid last year but they moved to Seattle and decided to hold off taking the car with them. Who knows if they’ll change their mind. If they do we’ll buy...

With apologies to Douglas Adams. Well I sold my 2013 CX-5 yesterday and I’m kinda sad, but it was toe to let it go. It was a reliable car. I had one issue where it would run rough and die. Dealer diagnosed it with a faulty MAF sensor (I think). There was also bad bearing in the left rear...

Thanks for the reply. The noise is quite disturbing. Whenever it happens I think my windshield has cracked.

Hi there. I have a 2013 CX-5 with a sunroof and often when I’m driving I’ll hear a loud crack that seems to come from the roof area. When it happens, my first reaction is that something hit the roof like a rock or maybe a seed pod from a tree. When I check the roof, the hood and the...

I have a similar situation with my 2013 model. Passenger side colder than driver side. I suspect it’s an actuator door issue because in the winter, if I run the heater or even set the vents to outside air only the driver side vents will blow cooler than passenger side. The door is probably...

I always suggest this when someone has this problem: Check if there are any articles of clothes like jeans or jackets that have pockets in the car. I saw a video a while ago where a car detailer had to clean an extremely dirty car and the owner told him that the car starts even though there’s...

Danger Will Robinson! I don’t see a volume knob. I saw a speaker icon on the bottom right hand corner of the display but I didn’t see any up/down arrows or a slider control.

Without knowing the texture of the white blobs (greasy, crusty, gooey) it kind of looks like white lithium grease. I don’t know why anyone would use that in the engine bay.

The definition of these terms are fluid and depends on who you ask. From what I’ve read, SUV originated with vehicles that were adapted from”real” trucks that had body on frame construction. The term CUV referred to vehicles that had unibody construction like cars. I remember when vehicles...

This seems to be the trend with the manufacturers to spell out the company name instead of using the emblem.

I have a 2013 and I can’t say I’ve gotten used to it but it doesn’t cause me to freak out when it beeps. I know I’m not drifting into the other lane so it takes a millisecond for me realize what’s going on.

In the video above the person doing the ATF flush and filter takes care not to scratch or gouge the metal surfaces that might lead to leaks. In this video, the mechanic uses a metal scraper and a wire brush to remove the RTV. Lol.

Thanks for the insight. Here’s the video that I watched. He seems to know what he’s doing and he is changing the filter.

I just watched a video on how to change the transmission fluid on the CX-5 and, wow, that’s complicated. The guy took the bottom of the pan off so that he could drain all of the old fluid. If he didn’t do that, only half the fluid would drain out. He then scraped off the old RTV from the two...

Coulda been worse.

Unfortunately I don’t think there is a way to get rid of the scratches in the plastic. They look too deep. As for the headliner, try a foaming cleaner. It won’t leave too much liquid behind and it will cling to the fabric. Then just lightly brush it in and dab off the residue. If it doesn’t...

Hooray! I’m curious if you were able to see the ring with the endoscope.

My 2013 developed a bad bearing on the rear driver’s side about 5 years ago. Other than that, no issues.

I played around with using an old smartphone as a dash cam with an app to mimic the features of the dash cam. It worked ok. I did attach a wide angle lens to the phone camera to increase the field of view. Since it was a test, I just propped the phone up between the windshield and the...