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- Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring AWD Technology Package
So, I took delivery of my 2015 CX-5 GT AWD less than two months ago.
The navigation screen began intermittently freezing up, right away. Also, the dancing map syndrome (the map moving around beneath the vehicle icon, then instructing me to turn onto a road on which I was already traveling), and the vehicle icon spinning around while the car is stopped, as though it doesn't know from one second to the next which way it's facing. Another issue I've noticed is signal drop. After which, the signal won't resume until I've turned the car off and waited 10 seconds or more for the system to reset.
I've just visited a local, well-respected aftermarket audio dealer in my area to try to devise a plan to tackle the muddy, one-dimensional sound coming out of the Bose setup. The rep told me that Bose and Mazda went cheap, here, by not including a stand alone sub woofer. Instead, the stuffed woofers into the doors. That explains the muddy sound. Because of the 2 OHMS (for Bose) versus 4 OHMS issue, tweaking this system may end up being more complicated than I'd like.
I'm also noticing brief audio dropouts. I haven't begun to look into this, yet.
As others have noted, the iPod interface stinks. There's hardly a point to using it, when it continues to return to the first song at each start up.
For the record, I traded a 2007 Civic Si with Navigation for this vehicle. That car's iPod handling capabilities, speaker system, and easy-to-use navigation interface were far superior using technology more than 8 years old.
I can't believe that Mazda thinks this is acceptable in a vehicle costing more than 30k.
The navigation screen began intermittently freezing up, right away. Also, the dancing map syndrome (the map moving around beneath the vehicle icon, then instructing me to turn onto a road on which I was already traveling), and the vehicle icon spinning around while the car is stopped, as though it doesn't know from one second to the next which way it's facing. Another issue I've noticed is signal drop. After which, the signal won't resume until I've turned the car off and waited 10 seconds or more for the system to reset.
I've just visited a local, well-respected aftermarket audio dealer in my area to try to devise a plan to tackle the muddy, one-dimensional sound coming out of the Bose setup. The rep told me that Bose and Mazda went cheap, here, by not including a stand alone sub woofer. Instead, the stuffed woofers into the doors. That explains the muddy sound. Because of the 2 OHMS (for Bose) versus 4 OHMS issue, tweaking this system may end up being more complicated than I'd like.
I'm also noticing brief audio dropouts. I haven't begun to look into this, yet.
As others have noted, the iPod interface stinks. There's hardly a point to using it, when it continues to return to the first song at each start up.
For the record, I traded a 2007 Civic Si with Navigation for this vehicle. That car's iPod handling capabilities, speaker system, and easy-to-use navigation interface were far superior using technology more than 8 years old.
I can't believe that Mazda thinks this is acceptable in a vehicle costing more than 30k.