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
"Head unit would freeze and reboot constantly. the head unit had to be replaced."
Anonymous, TX (2017 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"The electronic sysyem continully rebooted which made the phone bluetooth & playing media thru my phone impossible. It took about a year & 3 visits to ths dealer for them to replaxe the GTS card/computer which easvfauly & causing the problem"
Phillip J., CT (2017 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Was having on ongoing problem where the entertainment system constantly rebooted and made all internal electronics unusable. After 3 visits to dealer repair they replaced a bad GPS card and the problem was resolved"
Anonymous, CT (2017 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Head unit would freeze and reboot constantly. the head unit had to be replaced."
Anonymous, TX (2017 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"The touch screen was damaged by condensation in the unit, which was causing it to make selections ("push buttons") on its own. It was very annoying. Fortunately, my vehicle was still under warranty, and Mazda replaced it."
Anonymous, CA (2017 Mazda 6 Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"GPS system completely inadequate. Naviextras has provided multiple update since 2017 without any real improvement. Garmin and Tom Tom makes terrific GPS system that are user friendly, but Mazda decided to take another route and its a real mess."
Jean-Guy L., QC (2017 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Very slow loading when car is started up."
Anonymous, MA (2017 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Often doesn't load. often freezes. Often wildly overestimates time to destination - off by one to two hours - e.g., time to travel 5 miles )no traffic - 2 h 15 m. often provides crazy routes. GPS by TomTom; i had many of the same problems when I had a dash mounted TomTom."
Anonymous, MD (2017 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"Bluetooth didn't unpaired with my Samsung Note 8 several times. I took it to Mazda and they fixed it temporarily with software updates. I then disconnected the fuse and then reconnected it. That seem to fix it."
Anonymous, CA (2017 Mazda 6 Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"does not initiate calls correctly from bluetooth. Must initiate calls from phone. May be a problem with my phone--other phones have worked better than my phone."
Anonymous, GA (2017 Mazda 6 Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"software update cannot fix a bad GPS conception."
Jean-Guy L., QC (2017 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)"the lumbar support is the worst in the industry"
Paul T., FL (2017 Mazda 6 Sport 2.5-L 4 Cyl)
"Backup camera screen froze - would not update, eve after car was restarted."
Jacob M., WI (2017 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 2.5-L 4 Cyl)