Recent content by Rainman206

I got through to Mazda USA's support number (800 222-5500). The rep opened a case for me and contacted my local dealer. There's no fix yet and the next step is for me to call them back in two weeks.

And Seattle Times article https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/thanks-to-a-glitch-some-seattle-mazda-drivers-cant-tune-their-radios-away-from-kuow/

thanks. I'll try that today

Same with me. I started the car. The radio was tuned to an NPR station (and still is). The reboot started then

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried to enter engineering mode but I seems to reset before the system fully boots so that didn't work. I also tried the hard reset and that didn't work either.

FM radio

I have the same infotainment screen issue on a 2015 Mazda3. Started last week. The radio was on NPR so there may be some truth to it being something from the digital radio signal messing it up. I called my local dealership and they said that many people were reporting it and said they were not...

I have a Thule Atlantis 1200 box. It just fits on the factory crossbars. The bars at their farthest apart are still pretty close together but most of the new Thule boxes have adjustable mounts. The rear hatch has just enough clearance to open completely without touching.

I have been very unimpressed with the handling of the OEM Duellers in snow. I bought my CX-9 used so I'm not sure how many miles are on the tires but they look to have medium wear. A few weeks back I slid out the rear coming around a corner in slush. I was able to recover but it was a...

I'd pull the carfax report on them. When I was looking last year there were a a lot of one year old CX-9's with just under 20K mileage. They were all used as rentals. I wasn't too keen buying an ex-rental and I think this can be bad on resale value.

On the subject of cargo boxes, I just installed OEM crossbars on my '08 CX-9 and gave my existing cargo box a try. I can confirm that my Thule Altantis 1200 did fit if I moved the cross bars and the Thule box mounts all the way forward. It's tight through and there's only a half inch or so of...