Common Problems

The Mazda CX-8 diesel is one of those SUVs that makes a strong first impression. It is comfortable, surprisingly refined for a diesel, economical on long trips, and blessed with enough low-end torque to make a fully loaded family car feel much lighter than it…

The BMW i7 is what happens when a traditional luxury sedan decides electricity is no longer optional. It is quiet, absurdly comfortable, loaded with technology, and capable of accelerating with the sort of effortless force that makes a large luxury car feel surprisingly light on…

The Infiniti QX60 looks like the kind of SUV that should make family life easier. Three rows, a quiet cabin, plenty of luxury touches, and enough road presence to feel expensive without shouting about it. But when we're shopping for a used one—or trying to…

The Toyota Hilux has earned its reputation by doing the sort of work that makes softer vehicles nervous. It hauls trailers, crawls over rough tracks, spends hours on worksites, and regularly survives conditions that would make an ordinary crossover beg for retirement. Yet even a…

The Toyota Hilux has spent decades building a reputation for being one of those vehicles that seems almost impossible to kill. Farmers use it, tradespeople load it with equipment, families take it touring, and off-road enthusiasts happily point it toward terrain that would make an…

Few things can ruin a morning faster than climbing into our Subaru XV, pressing the start button or turning the key, and getting… nothing. Maybe the dashboard lights appear but the engine refuses to crank. Maybe we hear a rapid clicking sound. Perhaps the starter…

The BMW M2 has built a reputation as one of the most entertaining modern performance cars BMW has produced. Compact dimensions, rear-wheel-drive character, a muscular straight-six engine, and enough power to turn an empty road into an occasion—what's not to like? Quite a lot, potentially,…

The Subaru XV has always been a slightly unusual character in the compact SUV world. It mixes hatchback dimensions with proper all-wheel drive, useful ground clearance, boxer engines, and the sort of rugged personality that encourages us to turn down the gravel road instead of…

The Subaru XV Hybrid looks like a pretty compelling recipe on paper. We get Subaru’s familiar permanent all-wheel-drive character, a practical compact crossover body, a Boxer petrol engine, and an electric motor designed to trim fuel consumption without asking us to plug the car into…

When the air conditioning in a Mazda CX-9 works properly, we hardly think about it. We press a button, select a comfortable temperature, and expect cold air to pour from the vents. When it stops working, though, that quiet convenience suddenly becomes the star of…

Few things are more irritating than plugging a phone into your Mazda CX-9 and getting absolutely nothing. No charging icon. No Apple CarPlay. No Android Auto. Maybe the USB connection worked perfectly yesterday, yet today the port seems as lifeless as an unplugged wall socket.…