Recent content by Patrick0525

I am suggesting replacing the battery. Peace of mind and near zero midnight emergency calls. A cheap Walmart battery $70, $110, $140 depending on the warranty desired. It is highly desirable to charge the battery before installation. U can snapshot the Soh and internal resistance as the...

As a suggestion buy the Walmart battery replacement and a BatteryMinder 2012 or 128CEC2. Spend the next 3 months BM maintaining the battery. I restored a 21 RX350 from 74% to 100%. See link below and 1 yr of data RX350 battery I am confident that u can restore the battery and use it as a...

I have 1.5 bottles left. I greased my caliper pins during a pad replacement before Covid and the brakes feel great. Maybe I am imagining things but well lubricated pins are essential for proper caliper piston retraction. I ceramalube the pad’s ears, the caliper piston surface and any caliper...

Mission Automotive silicon grease if u can find it.

I asked my co-worker if he was planning to buy a jump pack for his and his GFs car. He said no and said it was not affordable. Probably because I suggested the idea and he suffers from a case of ‘Presidential derangement syndrome’. In order words to prove that I am more correct than you, I will...

The car is a daily work commuter and battery #2 still has the remaining warranty. U are correct, batteries just don’t quit especially in a 5 yr old car that electrically shuts down when the key fob originally locked the doors.That evening the battery was so dead that the doors could not be...

Why are u using red, it should be pink?

The line is what my co-worker concluded or rationalized from the battery failure. It was not from the non-Mazda dealer.

@bdcardinal My co-worker went to a non-Mazda dealer for scheduled service, he claims resetting the personal settings drained the battery over a two week period. Is it that even possible? Does Mazda’s default setting somehow create a current drain even though doors are locked by the key fob? I...

U should create a charity donation jar and allow people to donate whatever they feel can afford. Kinda of like what happens at the Chick-fil-A when the person before u buys lunch and u need to pass it forward.

My dad said it another way. Some people learn early, some learn late and some never learn.

To those angry Ford fob owners - “water the flowers”. A bunch of enraged idiots. My Lexus service advisors will do the fob battery exchange as a complimentary courtesy item.

I am in my 60’s and want give back to my GenZ co-workers who may not received the knowledge and training from others. Recognition is not important but sharing knowledge that builds humility is most important life lesson.

Last Thursday a work colleague was stranded in the corporate parking lot when he couldn’t open the doors with the key fob. The seller never cut the spare key in the key fob. He got AAA to open door and jump the car prior to him driving 100mi to DC. AAA offer to sell another battery but...

At this mileage, I would try out of spec Valvoline R&P 5w-30 every 5K mi and see if ur oil consumption improves. It is a non Euro spec oil. It would be a great R&P clean up project with results for the forum.