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Heh. I'm a middle-aged man, and this still makes me chuckle a bit.
What have you done to your CX-5 today?
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Heh. I'm a middle-aged man, and this still makes me chuckle a bit.
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- '23 CX-5 CE
I tightened the rear view mirror. It started to rattle on a recent road trip.
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- Plano, Texas, USA
I have done that on mine at least 3 times, now it’s loose again.
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- '23 CX-5 CE
At least it is easy to do.I have done that on mine at least 3 times, now it’s loose again.
hsdejong
Mazda CX-5 2023 Exclusive-Line Black Comfort Pack
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- '23 CX-5 CE
If it loosens up again I will probably use some blue Loctite. This was the first time I had to tighten the mirror. I-20 through MS to TX is a torture track.
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The first time when I noticed that T20 screw for rear view mirror was loose, my 2016 CX-5 is still under B-to-B warranty. I had the Mazda dealer to do the job. The Service Advisor showed me a Service Alert that Mazda advised dealers don’t tighten that T20 screw too much which could break the windshield. At the time the CX-5 windshield breaking from rear view mirror area was a problem. And the Service Alert also suggests don’t apply Loctite to the T20 screw for some reason.
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Unfortunately it’ll get loose again. Loctite? See my previous post.
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- '23 CX-5 CE
Noted.
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- 2014 CX-5 2.0/6M
2016 3i 2.0/6M
Lovely adventure tonight. I've had a faint foul smell in the garage lately that I haven't been able to find. The weather's been heating up lately and the smell got worse quickly. I'm out there earlier, following my nose around, trying like hell to find it. I took my CX-5 out of the garage so I had more room to look around. As I'm walking back to the garage, I get a strong whiff of it near the car. Nah... can't be. In the garage, the smell was gone. Walk back to the CX-5... uh oh... pop the hood and got a nose full! Dammit, dammit, dammit. Long story long (and I'll skip the pics) but a small bird had gotten trapped just below the A/C condenser and has been there long enough for nature to start working in reverse. Just what I wanted to do tonight... cleaning up that disgusting mess!! Glad I had some extra N95 masks to get through that. Freaking nasty.
Conrad 16.5
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- 2016.5 CX-5 GT AWD titanium/black 2016 Miata Club ST MT white
I feel your pain, and then some!!!
Not car related but stink related, nonetheless.
We had a bad smell (dead animal for sure) in one of the rooms of our basement, but only when the wind would blow from the west. Strange.
After some investigation with my nose, both inside and outside, I determined that there was something dead under the cement stoop at the front of our house. Years ago, I had built a deck on the front of the house and the decking surrounded the stoop now. So that meant that I had to pull some deck boards off to inspect under the stoop. I have a borescope camera, I used that to see what's what under the stoop once I had access.
YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was a dead possum! I'll spare you the details, but it seemed that the thing had died sometime over the winter or sometime in the fall and froze over the winter months. When it warmed up outside and thawed, well, you get the picture.
I almost threw up a couple of times getting that mess cleaned up, but it's done now, and the smell is gone.
I had planned on replacing all the deck boards on this deck anyways this year with composite boards. I just didn't want to do it this early, but it's now done. While I had all the boards off and access to everything underneath the deck, I went ahead and MADE SURE that no other critters could get under there any longer. I'll be finishing up this project today.
yieldchase
2016.5 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD w/Tech Pkg
Rechecked some bolts from last year's LCA installs. All were good.
Replaced driver inner tie rod.
Replaced driver inner tie rod.
Acquired a new NOCO GBX45 jump starter. Ought to come in handy, on those rare occasions.
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In my experience, with a completely flat battery in a CX-5, those things aren’t much good. Only way I’ve been able to start is with a jump from another car. Just sayin’
Have used a couple, though not this brand/model. Haven't had issues with them. So long as they are charged-up and have well above the amps required for the given car, in my own experience a modestly "flat" battery has a good chance of being cranked.
Now, for a completely dead battery as you suggest, I wouldn't want to rely on one. But in a pinch, on the road, in a spot where there aren't others to rely on, ...
EDIT: Used it once, recently. On a battery that had an accessory light on long enough to weaken it so it wouldn't crank. After fully charging this jump starter unit and connecting it, the car started right up. Of course, the "charge" lights on the unit subsequently showed half-charged (if the lights are correct). Took an hour to recharge the unit (USB-C), after the jump start.
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N7turbo
2023 CX-5 2.5T ... 2024 MX-5 RF GT
Right. You will have to charge it for a bit before attempting a start.
But I've used one of these to start a car a few times, and a scooter once. Very handy.
One thing prevents it from being super handy, though: I do not leave it in the car. I don't trust lithium battery packs inside a 120° F car.
Mine is not NOCO brand. I choose mine based on all of the capabilities it has, so it should ideally provide 19V to run a laptop computer, 5V to charge phones and tablets, and 12V for other things, in addition to being able to start a car.
