2014 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring AWD Long-Term Road Test

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edited September 2014 in Mazda

image2014 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring AWD Long-Term Road Test

Edmunds long-term update of the 2014 Mazda CX-5 includes discussion of the use of a bike rack on our CX-5.

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  • 85se85se Member Posts: 11
    Are your bikes particularly large or is it the camera angle? They look like the dwarf the CX-5!
  • netjunkynetjunky Member Posts: 3
    I hate the fact it causes errors in my BSM system. I get false alerts from the bikes in the back.
  • uthikeruthiker Member Posts: 18
    I turn my BSM off when I have my bike on the back.... No big deal. Its best to not get to lazey..... BSM is great but ... just sayin.
  • agentorangeagentorange Member Posts: 893
    WTH is BSM? So hanging bikes on the back obscuring lights and the number plate is OK with law enforcement in your neighbourhood?
  • emajoremajor Member Posts: 332
    Can you open the tailgate with the bikes on? That would be a big strike against it from a road trip perspective.
  • jd_24jd_24 Member Posts: 92
    Hitch racks also have the problem of accessing the rear hatch and only carrying 2 bikes (1.5 hitches) so what to the the other 2 people ride? They also block the license plate and tail lights which can result in a ticket from law enforcement. Carefull backing up and don't parallel park either. Any parking lot might become a problem with the extra 3 feet tacked onthe end.

    How about throw them on the roof rack... oh that's right you didn't take the Impreza.
  • duck87duck87 Member Posts: 649
    Nice rack.
  • ygtaiygtai Member Posts: 1
    How does this type of hitch-mount rack affect reverse camera/sensors?
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