No, you have to replace the whole LCD display. Firmware update wont do it.Could a future firmware update add that feature back? I think it's dumb that they removed it.
If you refer to the screen shots of owners manual in my post, theyre all for US CX-5s as indicated by mile and mpg. For Japanese manual you wont see any mile and mpg but only km and l/100km in instrument cluster display and of course youll only see Japanese characters in description. US is the only country in the world using full Standard system instead of metric system.That second photo is from a Japanese manual to start with. Theres is similar to ours and never did have a compass. Secondly, the distance to empty is there it just isnt in the written list (71 miles)
You cant compare country to country info.