Mazda CX5 battery inquiry

[Patrick0525]

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 declined.

He says the car starts fine and blames the seller’s service center for resetting the personalize settings and draining the battery. But that was done two weeks ago. This car is a daily driver with a 40 min round trip to work.

He also declined my offer for an Ancel BA101 measurement. Something does not add up and personally I would have not confidence in the battery’s soh especially without a parasitic draw measurement. Also the alternator was charging a near dead battery when made that DC trip. All not good!

All I can say he is young, cavalier and kind of marginalized my suggestion and not open to a technical discussion. I asked him about buying a jump pack after this incident and he flat said no since he has jumper cables and AAA.

I think my technical discussion questioned his personal decision making process and made him uncomfortable. For example, the key fob was cloned but he never checked the emergency key was never cut.

Oh well!

 

[Urshurak776]

You can lead a horse to water, but can't make him drink. If you try, you will wind up drowning him and yourself.

You did all you could....next time he is stranded, he will wish you were with him. Hard lesson.

 

[rijndael]

I would have run out of caring after the first paragraph of your interaction.

 

[researcher]

Why bother to care any further? You offered help, he must like being a victim and uninformed in his life. good luck in life with that type of outlook!

 

[Tdbo]

Some need to be educated by The School of Hard Knox. Looks like you met one.

 

[Patrick0525]

Why bother to care any further? You offered help, he must like being a victim and uninformed in his life. good luck in life with that type of outlook!

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.

 

[duck__dodgers]

regardless, you earned your karma/St. Peter points! some people need to learn lessons the hard way. it's evitable. maybe you're much younger than me (kinda sounds like it).....i was like you too when I was younger.

 

[bdcardinal]

We do both the key fob and vehicle batteries in CX-5s all the time. The vehicle battery is just a group 35,nothing special. And the keyfob battery is either a 2025 or a 2032 depending on the year. Sounds like your co-irker likes to do things the hard way.

 

[goingplacesanddoingstuff]

We do both the key fob and vehicle batteries in CX-5s all the time. The vehicle battery is just a group 35,nothing special. And the keyfob battery is either a 2025 or a 2032 depending on the year. Sounds like your co-irker likes to do things the hard way.

Note you can use 2025 batteries where 2032s are called for, but you might need to shim with a little bit of aluminum foil.

 

[drtyler]

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.

Some people, regardless of generation, just aren't receptive to learning. It's just the way it is, has been, and will be.

 

[bdcardinal]

Note you can use 2025 batteries where 2032s are called for, but you might need to shim with a little bit of aluminum foil.

True, but as a dealer we can't do that. I do have to laugh when people come in and their fobs won't close because they tried to stuff a 2032 in where a 2025 belongs. Or with certain Ford fobs, try to stuff 2 2032s where 2 2025s belong and get mad at us because they broke their fob.

 

[Patrick0525]

True, but as a dealer we can't do that. I do have to laugh when people come in and their fobs won't close because they tried to stuff a 2032 in where a 2025 belongs. Or with certain Ford fobs, try to stuff 2 2032s where 2 2025s belong and get mad at us because they broke their fob.

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.

 

[dogememe]

True, but as a dealer we can't do that. I do have to laugh when people come in and their fobs won't close because they tried to stuff a 2032 in where a 2025 belongs. Or with certain Ford fobs, try to stuff 2 2032s where 2 2025s belong and get mad at us because they broke their fob.

I don't get why people do stuff like this! Drives me nuts.

 

[Slick3914]

You can lead a horse to water, but can't make him drink. If you try, you will wind up drowning him and yourself.

You did all you could....next time he is stranded, he will wish you were with him. Hard lesson.

Agree wholeheartedly, sometimes you have to let someone fail so they learn.

 

[Patrick0525]

Some people, regardless of generation, just aren't receptive to learning. It's just the way it is, has been, and will be.

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

 

[bdcardinal]

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.

Especially since we don't charge for the fob batteries. Which strangely, people have gotten mad at me because I don't charge them

 

[dogememe]

At work at the auto parts store I deal with people like this all the time. They want to complain and whine and play victim while never listening or doing sensible things. There is nothing you can do. Expending the energy to care about these people and try to teach them something is a waste of your time and effort. Sometimes it is just best to move on and let it be.

 

[dogememe]

Especially since we don't charge for the fob batteries. Which strangely, people have gotten mad at me because I don't charge them

Really? That's pretty kind of you.

 

[Patrick0525]

Especially since we don't charge for the fob batteries. Which strangely, people have gotten mad at me because I don't charge them

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.

 

[bdcardinal]

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.

Some people will throw some cash down and walk out. We have an envelope in the manager's (thank God I'm not a manager anymore) desk and when there is enough we get pizza or tacos for the department.