In-car Electronics
CD or DVD players, radio, speakers, GPS, communication system (e.g., OnStar), display screen freezes or goes blank, phone pairing (e.g. Bluetooth), voice control commands, steering wheel controls, portable music device interface (e.g., iPod/MP3 player), backup or other camera/sensors.
What Owners Say
"Lane departure warning sensor. 8 times at dealer. Not able to fix problem. In process of Mazda buying car back"
Anonymous, NV (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"when switching from CD player to Radio, screen will freeze causing inability to see what radio station is playing. Only remedy is to turn vehicle off and restart"
Mark D., ID (2015 Mazda 6 Sport 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"The display screen will suddenly go black/blank; at the same time, the clock will become unreadable. This appears to be tied to an electrical problem (perhaps a short) associated with exterior light controls"
Anonymous, MA (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"GPS is very frustrating and not user friendly and when i use my phone gps I have to turn off my bluetooth on my phone"
Robert B., CA (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Very poorly designed "infotainment" system, difficulties pairing and working with iPhone6, dysfunctional USB Player (Mazda has a TSB on Bluetooth module replacement). UnUSble navigation system, surprisingly worse than my 3 year old portable Garmin G"
Evgeniy M., CA (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"The system is archaic. Poor functionality. Slow to boot up. Ipod function must fully download every time car starts - very slow. Does not sync properly with iPhone...not all functions work VERY DISAPPOINTED with Mazda for sub-standard system"
Steven L., ON (2015 Mazda 6 Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"despite claims in the sales brochure and the owners manual, the infotainment system is unable to interface with the music in an iPod, iPhone 4, iPhone 5 or iPodNano. Mazda alternates between telling me it's an Apple Problem (All of these devices wor"
Anonymous, CA (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"intermittent trouble connecting Pandora from my Android phone"
Jonathan S., CA (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"the gps has never worked at all and per the dealer they can't fix it."
Anonymous, WA (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"The Tom Tom Navigation system does not perform all of the actions stated it would in the Mazda literature. Has been in service department numerous times"
K H., AZ (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Very poorly designed "infotainment" system, difficulties pairing and working with iPhone6, dysfunctional USB Player (Mazda has a TSB on Bluetooth module replacement). UnUSble navigation system, surprisingly worse than my 3 year old portable Garmin G"
Evgeniy M., CA (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Inaccurate moving map display"
Anonymous, SC (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"It stopped working"
Arnie P., FL (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"The TomTom GPS auto-scales the map to a useless size, it takes a half dozen menu prompts to get anything done, it presents a lawyerly )it's your fault not ours" disclaimer that must be acknowledged every time the car is started, and it has an un-avoi"
Anonymous, CA (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Needs update (or more) to GPS system, but cost to repair is outrageous; I'll just use my smartphone for directions/maps."
Maria B., NY (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"It is very difficult to input destination info. Typing in does not work so must use voice input. That can also be challenging"
Anonymous, VA (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Bluetooth switches on and off during phone conversations while driving without warning intermittently. So person I'm talking to will go back and forth between bluetooth and phone."
Anonymous, CA (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Bluetooth module failed. This module is integrated with external USB connection. Replaced under warranty by dealer"
Anonymous, MO (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Issues with system connecting then dropping to phone, then reconnecting over and over"
Marc A., TX (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Sometimes when I try to make a call while driving the phone pairing shows it is not paired. That is the only phone I use in that car"
Anonymous, LA (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"SMS (TXT message) features do not work well, or at all"
Lucien J., DE (2015 Mazda 6 Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"I can't pair my phone with the car without uploading all of my contacts into the system. That's clearly not a good idea (see my previous comment about Mazda paying no attention to their firmware and never updating it) so I can't use this feature."
Anonymous, (2015 Mazda 6 Unsure 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Not sensitive enough to pick up even local stations"
Anonymous, MA (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"During routine servicing, Mazda dealership's service center refused to update software for nav system traffic and phone/bluetooth problems without charging for it, even though the problems have been in the car since I bought the car."
Anonymous, CA (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"The keyless entry system is unsafe. The firmware does not allow the user to disable it. The software is never updated and Mazda has laughed at me when I asked whether they would ever update it."
Anonymous, (2015 Mazda 6 Unsure 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Subwoofer in passenger door went bad."
Anonymous, FL (2015 Mazda 6 Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"poor quality sound"
Anonymous, FL (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"There is at least one speaker that will come in and go out. Perhaps this is also tied to the electrical problem associated with the control panel and the exterior light controls"
Anonymous, MA (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Passenger door speaker blew, but not sure how or why. The cost of a replacement speaker was exorbitant, but I could not repair/replace myself and I'm pretty handy with electronics. One hour repair at dealer."
Maria B., NY (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Back speakers produced very little sound. They are called 'Twiddlers' Two front speakers had to be replaced."
Anonymous, NY (2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)
"Camera is not reliable if someone is back up directly behind you. If it's raining, the camera image can be blurred, with the blind spots on the rear of this vehicle it's very unsafe."
Anonymous, (2015 Mazda 6 Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)