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Not too different than those $50-75 HVAC “tune-ups”. Hard to find a reputable company that isn’t going to come out and try to sell you a whole new HVAC system or unneeded repairs. Really nice coupon OP received, I’d love to get one just to use on cheaper maintenance items for DIY

Possibly two different issues. Have you had the windshield replaced? I’m wondering if the rain/light sensor on the windshield fell off. That caused my mother in laws ‘18 to dim the displays during the day. You can override this setting in the infotainment by choosing day instead of automatic...

That’s quite telling with back of the napkin statistics. Leaving the transmission alone with the factory fill likely results in a lot less failures than servicing with non-FZ fluid. I imagine the majority of people aren’t touching the factory fill of transmission fluid, so to hear more than half...

Ah, that makes sense. Two signs of malfunction. There is a malfunction message, and a DTC was generated to accompany it. Glad they could fix your phone/car comms issue with a software update!

No worries! Not a lot of info to go off of (agreed, systems don’t communicate to DTCs. DTCs are generated to communicate an issue). Even OP didn’t know there was an issue of some sort, I’m interested to hear what the dealership described was the issue on the inovice.

Don’t have a dog in the fight here, but this could also be the telematics or telecommunications control unit. That could have an issue with the infotainment. Didn’t see anything that suggested a transmission issue :)

I second that. My mother in laws cx-5 screen had the anti glare coating flaking off. No idea what was applied but treat it with care.

It took me months to realize the ghost touch issue wasn’t just intermittent, it happened only when stopped. I thought the car had a mind of its own until my personal eureka moment. The screen was providing false input but as we know and love, our 2nd gen CX-5s Mazda infotainment systems only...

This is a big issue IMO with the current generation RAV4 equipped with a sunroof. I’m 5’11” and my head is within 2” of the headliner. I’m ok with it on my ‘21 RAV4 Hybrid, but our CX-5 is downright spacious with respect to headspace. I don’t know how anybody 6ft or taller could be comfortable...

All terrains are generally louder than all season. No complaints from what I’ve seen for the Wildpeaks, just not as quiet as some of the all-seasons mentioned here in this thread. Slightly more road noise would be my expectation to not be disappointed down the road.

Good to know, thanks for sharing that! Edited my post to clarify.

Personally, I’ll use Aisin or Mazda FZ. We all seek aftermarket when it’s cheaper and perceive it as good quality right? In this case Aisin is marketed (by a company that (manufactures transmissions, EDITED, please see sinistriel‘s post below). If I can’t get it much cheaper than OEM when the...

Those are pretty popular over on the RAV4 forum that I frequent. Great if you need three peak rating and you do some off-roading. I think they might be slightly louder and you could take a slight hit to your gas mileage, only cons I can think of.

These are the two tires I’d consider. I’ve never bought Continentals but the Pro and ExtremeContacts are highly regarded. We get occasional snow on our little Alabama mountain, so the CC2 three peak rating won me over on our RAV4. We’d be ready for a roadtrip to the Gatlinburg or something to...

Never thought a fairly common tip would be that controversial but there’s always one in the bunch. Pretty hard to crossthread a spark plug on the end of a hose is all I’m saying. Good risk mitigation for first timers asking how difficult it is to replace spark plugs. Let’s remember who we are...

Take it or leave it, I found it useful for something I haven’t had to do more than once every 5-10 years. Granted it’ll be more often now with the 2.5T, and I think the spark plugs aren’t seated nearly as far down a tunnel of sorts compared to my previous vehicles.

It’s funny you mention that. The hose is what I used to try and get a feel for it threading correctly vs blindly turning a ratchet. On my previous vehicles, the spark plug was always slightly too far down in its recess to turn comfortably with my fingers. The spare fuel line I used was my only...

Only other tip I can provide is to use a 12-18” bit of spare hose or fuel line that fits on the spark plug stem. Use it to help get the spark plugs started in the head. When I was a teen I cross-threaded a new spark plug when I was changing them in my 97 Nissan pickup. Needed my grandfather to...

Take your time and you’ll get it. Take pictures of where you’re removing those plastic pop rivets and such. Trickiest part to removing the front bumper to me is carefully pulling the exterior trim around the wheel well out. Trim removal tool helps. Don’t need to remove all of the wheel well...

Reminder that Aisin also offers an FZ equivalent transmission fluid. $8 a quart at Rock Auto. Aisin claims it’s synthetic (if that’s important to you anyway). Mazda OEM vs aftermarket was down to price for me, not necessarily conventional vs synthetic.