MP5 quirks?

[chuyler1]

Is there any way to pause a CD playing besides turning it off?!

And the little coin thingie is for quarters... they fit perfectly and never fall out. I think it fits 2 dollars worth.

. . .but if you don't fill it all the way with change, they rattle around and drive me crazy.

I noticed the 30 second lock feature after giving my g/f a workout. I was in my room which overlooks the driveway and she asked if it was locked...I said...<clicked the unlock button on the remote>...no. She went down and tried to open it and it was locked. Opps, I must have hit the wrong button, try it now. .. . she comes back again and grabs the keys from me. The next day I was talking to someone outside my car before I got in and actually witnessed it lock the doors.

Quirky things that bug me (but wouldn't stop me from buying another one):
1) The trip only counts to 999 miles so you can't track your oil changes with the second trip.
2) If you fold forward the bottoms of the back seats before folding down the tops, the metal hardware underneath marks up the leather (if you have leather). They also don't fold down flat with the rear hatch area.
3) When you flash your high beams the fog lights turn off. (THey also turn off when you turn on your high beams but that's expected).
6) Cruise control light only comes on when you are crusing and you can't tell if the on/off button is on so if you're not cruising, you end up pressing the button and pressing set several times before getting it to engage.
5) No pause on the cd player (already mentioned)
6) With the changer, inserting and ejecting CDs is complicated and I can never remember when to hold down the button and when not to.

Really, if I'm being that picky, its only because there isn't anything major that I don't like about the car. Everyone agrees that it could use a little more hp but other than that I still love it after 9 months and 16,000 miles. Not a single problem.

 

[pingdum]

They also don't fold down flat with the rear hatch area.

If you remove the headrests and fold the bottom of the backseat forward. It all folds flat.

 

[chuyler1]

yeah it folds flat, but it is about 2.5" higher than the rear hatch.

 

[drumsbeloud]

Quick question...does anyones rear wiper wipe while washing. I could've sworn mine did it in the beginning but not anymore.

if you turn the knob towards you (counter-clockwise), the washer fluid will spray without the wiper working, but if you turn the knob away from you (clockwise), the washer fluid and wiper will work.

 

[P5Alive]

if you turn the knob towards you (counter-clockwise), the washer fluid will spray without the wiper working, but if you turn the knob away from you (clockwise), the washer fluid and wiper will work.

Thanks. I'll be trying that on my lunch break - it's friggin' pouring over hear.

 

[LZRBLOOP5]

6) With the changer, inserting and ejecting CDs is complicated and I can never remember when to hold down the button and when not to.

Really, if I'm being that picky, its only because there isn't anything major that I don't like about the car. Everyone agrees that it could use a little more hp but other than that I still love it after 9 months and 16,000 miles. Not a single problem. [/B]

Here is how the CD changer works..
Press Load once, and it will automatically find the next available slot, and allow you to load your cd.
Press Load and hold until the beep sounds, and it gives you about 3 seconds to press one of the numbered preset buttons at the bottom so you can load a specific slot.
This works the same way with eject.
Hold Eject down until the beep, and then press a number, it will eject only the CD you asked for.
OR
Hold eject down until the beep, press nothing, and it will eject all CD's.
Hope that helps, it took me about three days to get it down, once I read the manual. BTW this CD changer loads and Ejects much faster than the other two I have had on other cars.