Does this 2012 SLS Sport w/ bluetooth play audio?

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It says bluetooth but does that mean bluetooth audio? Can I play spotify using an Android phone?

It doesn't have the NAV.
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Yes, it will take phone calls and stream audio. Here's a link to the owner's manual: http://www.kizashiclub.com/forum/downlo ... fccdc51740

You have to pair your phone with voice commands using the buttons on the steering wheel, so that's horrible, but once it's paired you're golden.
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will spotify work or do I need mp3's?
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suzuki-kizashi wrote: Wed Nov 17, 2021 1:51 pm will spotify work or do I need mp3's?
It will stream anything over Bluetooth. I've used Spotify, Youtube, Youtube Music, etc. on both iPhone and Android on the non-Nav Rockford Fosgate system.
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I read in the manual that Bluetooth pairing for calls and audio are two separate processes. Not sure if this is how it works in other vehicles with BT. My phone is paired for calls only, so you could imagine my sense of “WTF?” when I tried to play music through BT, came up short, and couldn’t figure out why until I reread the manual lol.
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So I bought it and it does steam bluetooth audio. Im pumped! I'm part of your guys club!

I had a Kizashi years ago but the transmission failed randomly out of nowhere while I was driving.

I hope that doesn't happen again because I love the car so much I went out of my way to buy it again lol.

Anyone know how can I prevent that from happening again? I was reading on here how the CSV transmission breaks a lot?
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What’s the mileage on the Kizashi? And do you know how it was driven before?
One thing you can do right away is check the CVT fluid. I think there’s a dipstick under the hood; the one that isn’t the motor oil dipstick lol. If it’s dirty you should probably do something about it soon. That’s what I’ve been told. Do you have a Suzuki service center near you that could possibly change CVT fluid if that’s not something you’re willing/able to do yourself? There are threads here for how to do it.
Driving the Kizashi hard will also be hard on the CVT. I hear the paddle-shifters don’t help, either. So driving the car more smoothly will hopefully help prolong the transmission. CVT failure is sort of inevitable, it’s just a matter of how long you can put it off. I think the average mileage around death is 120,000-140,000 miles(?). Early death can be as soon as well under 100,000. And longer lives are a bit under 200,000. Someone correct me if necessary lol.
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The problem with the automatic transmission in the Kizashi is pretty much summed up to this:
The Suzuki Kizashi uses an automatic transmission called a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) made by JATCO, a majority-owned subsidiary of Nissan. CVTs are transmissions that use pulleys instead of gears found in traditional automatic transmissions. The main problem with the CVT in the Kizashi is that Suzuki didn't have a recommended service interval for the CVT and considered the fluid as "lifetime fluid" and the CVT as largely "service-free". The reality is that the fluid condition was critical in keeping the CVT temps in check and properly lubricating the transmission components from premature wear. As the vehicles entered high mileage, the components wore out faster because most Kizashis did not have their CVT fluid changed. A member on here called Old Tech is a professional independent mechanic who is a specialist with Kizashis. He rebuilds CVTs in the Kizashi and has identified some design flaws with the CVT where the component wear is accelerated by the lack of proper CVT fluid replacement.

Basically, all automatic Kizashis should now follow a CVT fluid change schedule similar to traditional Automatic Transmission Fluid: change every 30,000 miles.
If your Kizashi is high mileage and you really want it to last you another 100,000 miles, you might want to reach out to Old Tech who is located in Pennsylvania who rebuilds the CVTs and changes the flawed components to prevent their premature failure.
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^^^^

Damn thanks for the all the info. I'm not that far away from PA either maybe I should talk to em.

Another question for anybody who knows the answer, my bluetooth audio pairs and plays spotify and all that which is great, but it disconnects often and I have to go through that annoying menu every time I get out of the car or get a phone call. I spent a whole ride home in silence the other day because I didn't know about the "cancel" voice option and as I was trying to pair my phone it somehow thought I started dialing numbers (saying "exit" kept trying to dial "86") and I couldn't get out of the menu lol. No button in the car shuts that down, you are forced to say "cancel" if you want to get out of the bluetooth menu once you're in it . Awful. You'd think the hangup button would shut it down.

Is it possible for the phone to just stay connected? How do I avoid having to pair the phone again every single time I start up the car, leave the car with phone in pocket, or take a phone call? There's no way to keep it active so it automatically picks it up, or at the very least keeps the bluetooth searching when I select the bluetooth audio so I can pair my phone without the tedious voice menu? If it won't pair automatically I want to at least be able to get back in the car, select CAR_RECEIVER on the phones bluetooth menu, and connect for audio right away. Right now it's like the car cuts the bluetooth signal when it loses your phone, then won't allow the phone to pair back unless you go through the voice menu and get to >>"select audio">>my phone>>"from audio">>"confirm", THEN it sends out a bluetooth signal and allows me to pair my phone back. It's super annoying. Any idea how to get around this? You'd think the moment you switched from radio to bluetooth audio it would be able to start searching for the bluetooth audio if not already connected.
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That I don't know. Mine pairs up automatically when I get in the car, even if the head unit is set to CD or USB.
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