System Disabled due to poor outward visibility?
Quite likely.
On my own 2016.5 CX-5, if it's frosty on the windshield then I occasionally get such "visibility/cleaning" warnings regarding the sensor system. Though, I manually adjust the lighting on the stalk, instead of using the "auto" setting, so I don't have the lighting make adjustments by itself during such frosty conditions. The condition goes away once I clear off the upper/center part of the windshield that covers the sensors (cleaning or defrosting).
That's the thing. When it happens it's nonsense. It's always at night for me, but it'll be a perfectly clear night and the damn thing will pop on and my automatic headlights disable and blind the people coming from the other way. If I could at least defend it because of heavy rain, or snow, or fog or something. And then the worst part is it'll sometimes stay on for 30 minutes or more. I don't know how frequently it tries to reset itself, but it's not enough. And maybe there is something wrong with mine specifically. Guess I could reach out to the dealer though just passed 38k so I probably didn't time that very well. lol. Though I did buy a technology extended warranty which might cover problems.
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oh maybe I'll try the Rain-X. I love my Mazda's but their Safety/Driving assistance software is absolute trash. My previous Mazda was a 2014 6 with only blind spot detection and rear cross traffic alert. My wife's 2020 Santa Fe and my mom's 2023 4Runner lane keep assist, and safety systems are so incredibly superior to Mazda's it's almost comical. My wife's Santa Fe only has that camera issue come on in incredibly heavy snow and my Mom's 4Runner never comes on. It's not enough to get me to ever switch to a Hyundai, but it might a Toyota if they don't eventually sort this out.
It might because I'm sick of my headlights popping on bright and my smart car features suddenly telling me they are disabled and it flashing back and forth on my digital screen. In the last week it's happened 3 times and it sometimes lasts my entire 45 minute commute home. And this weekend on Saturday on a 3 hour drive in LIGHT to moderate rain it lasted nearly 2 hours of the 3. It's really pretty unforgivable to me they haven't sorted this out because these features have been available for the better part of the last 7 years or so in cars now and at least my familiarity with Toyota and Hyundai lead me to believe that it's not necessary to be this bad. I'm not noticing it on my wife's Santa Fe. Of course hers also inexplicably starts giving potential "icy conditions" warnings when it hits 40 degrees outside which. Well.. maybe water freezes in Korea at 40 degrees? I don't think so but who knows. And her Santa Fe also burns oil which my Mazda's have never really done. So there is that.
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2019 CX5 sig 2.2 diesel / 2016.5 CX5 touring 2.5na
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I still feel like it could be a high humidity in the cabin. Do you have the AC on? Do you have any problems with the AC system?
For the problem of the high beams coming on, I suppose you can pull the turn signal stalk back out of the automatic high beam control function to solve "blinding oncoming drivers" when your Mazda forward sensor has a fit. (I know you just want it to work right.)
I don't feel like this is a Mazda in general problem (to the level you experience in your car) . My 2019 signature works as it should most of the time. Only occasionally when it's cold until I get some heat and ac going to defrost the windshield and sometimes driving into direct low sun or dirty windshield. I can pretty much predict when it will happen.
I feel like there is a problem with your individual car, just a matter of solving it. Using AC / defrost, senor adjustment/replacement.
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@goksucats Has the windshield ever been replaced? If bought used does the car have the original Mazda windshield? Asking because sensors must be recalibrated when the windshield is replaced.
I don't think so. I did buy it very gently used from a Toyota dealer because I got a far better deal on it than through a Mazda dealer. It's a 2022 Premium trim, but it was one of the ones with the Bose system pulled and the auto liftgate pulled due to the chip shortage (don't care about the liftgate but at times I wish I had just stuck with pushing for the Bose). Side note sometimes I feel like the 2014 Mazda6 Touring without Bose that was mine and now my kids inexplicably sounds better than the mid-level audio system in my 2022 CX-5. I purchased my CX-5 in July 2024 with 15,200 miles on it and a completely clean carfax. I didn't notice it happen at first, but I also bought it in July!. Then it got bad for a while. But then it didn't seem to happen again for a long time. . When I purchased it I didn't buy an extended warranty on the drivetrain because (knock on wood) Mazda's 2.5L SkyActiv as far as I can tell is about as bulletproof as they come. I did purchase an extended warranty on the Computer/Safety/Module systems on the car. So I should be covered on something like this if it does have a problem.
Also sitting here thinking on this, perhaps some of the comments about the windows being fogged up could have a point. Because it does sort of feel like the issues during the last summer were much less frequent. But now that the temperatures have dropped it seems like suddenly I'm ready to drive the car into the lake again. Living in Kansas City we run the gamut of weather. I can't recall exactly when I started having so much trouble last year but it could have been about the same time? But at first it didn't occur much but as I said above I bought the car in the middle of summer. It is interesting though that I had so many problems for a period and then they got much much better. So this could be part of it. . I'm not sure what one does about windows that get all fogged up inside though. I don't think RainX solves that kind of problem. And if it's fogginess stuck in between the windshield and camera which is behind the big plastic housing not sure how you solve that.
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I live in the Pacific Northwest, it's often very wet and windows get fogged frequently but I never experience what you're experiencing with your CX5. Somethin' ain't right.
