You are assuming the current new drivers and owners of vehicles even know how to use the high beams anymore. LOL When a majority of drivers don't even know when they buy a new vehicle which side to get fuel from or how to look on the dash gauges to see where it is on the vehicle. hahahaha! You expect to much my friend!

 

Lol. I still see lots of flashes if I forget to dim my high beams where I live so some people know how to use them

 

I am not sure I would post on a forum that I forgot to do a safety procedure that has a BLUE LOL light on the dash when activated. The information about the high beam activation was one of several items that new vehicle owners testing to re-new the driving portion as well new first-time drivers testing failed to know on the vehicle they were using as told to me from a friend at the California DVD Driver Test supervisor. I am quite sure it is not a California only phenomenon?
People by human nature think because the know how to drive they don't need to read the Driver handbook when they get a new car. That is easily supported by forum members that come here asking how to do something and some members respond with referencing the owner's handbook. LOL

 

You assumed I was talking about my CX-5. I am not. My Frontier doesn't have auto dimming high beams (in fact the CX-5 is my first car to have this feature and it is always activated). Sometimes I am not quick enough on the draw and get flashed from oncoming drivers in my Nissan...

 

No assumption my statement about drivers in general... and yes you are often....

 

Mike, did you manage to solve the problem with the headlights ready for the Mazda CX5? I have a similar situation right now, where to register my Mazda CX5 2020 here in the UK which is left hand drive I have to do something with the headlights

 

You are new to this forum maybe many forums in general but did you notice the last time the member you are asking a question responded on this thread?

Nov 21, 2022 | 12:30 PM

and the last time posting anything on this form was
Jan 10, 2023, 12:23 PM

Maybe you should as a new meber start your own thread and post exactly the question you have and include the details about your Mazda.

 

Yes and sorry you didn't get the friendliest of welcomes here. I don't know this forum particularly well but I've always thought its fine to try your luck on older threads particularly if there are not likely to be any others covering the same thing.

The short version is yes its registered now but I wish I had broke the law and not registered it after the year's grace (whilst still being insured on green card - definitely don't drive uninsured) given how much hassle and cost it was. I'm not suggesting you do that obviously. On the plus side they did let me keep the technical passport (Ukranian ownership doc) even though their literature says they would keep it.

So for the lights, in the end I bought them individually from ebay - they had likely come off crashed vehicles. Around £150 each. From memory I also needed to buy a wiring harness from MAzda for maybe £70 or so. Getting them changed involved removing the bumper for which there were a couple of youtube videos to help. Basically a bunch of bolts and clips.

Don't forget you likely need to do something about your speedo and rear fog lights.

The second the war stops, I'm planning to put the old lights back on and reconfigure the other things, drive it back to Kyiv and sell it there. Utterly peed off at spending north of 30K for a new car that wasn't covered under Mazda warranty anymore (as out of Ukraine), and is left hand drive.

 

Happy to see you return to actively responding and helping answer the question
I give more warm welcomes than any other member on this forum as long as they are not users.(see new members profile) While it is not in any forums acceptance guidelines it is an unsaid common curtesy when anyone joins a forum. Take the time to fill in your stats and information. Go to a new members area and introduce yourself and then explore threads or start your own "help me thread" and not hijack or dust off an old thread that was abandon by the original OP. There are many reasons why it's better but that is the main one. In this case woke you up. LOL

An example of how to join start a thread to ask a question. 100 [points for this member!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike51

Hello All
First post. I hope someone can help?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts/tips/etc .

 

There is nothing wrong with reviving an old thread if it is about the exact same problem. That way all the relevant information stays in one place instead of being scattered all over the forum. Even if the original poster is no longer active on the forum there are always others who may have an answer by now.