[nusslejj]

Thanks everyone for your replies. For some reason I didn't notice updates to this thread until today. The HUD is great, and the car is great, but honestly Mazda sucks when it comes to listing what features are included with your own car. The user manual includes EVERYTHING even features not available in this country.

I ended up buying the US Premium CX-30 a couple months ago and the dealer told me about the nifty Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR) feature before I bought it. It doesn't work at all though and the dealer is as confused about it as I am. We've tried everything and even replaced the navigation card. Mazda Support describes menu configurations that just aren't available in my car. They have an open ticket with Mazda to investigate but they would need to keep the car overnight for several days, so I'm postponing that for a while since it's not an urgent problem.

If you use the in-car navigation, street names and directions do appear in the HUD. It's a great feature so the few times I've needed navigation I use the in-car one instead of the one from my phone via Android Auto. I believe it only works when navigation is actively being used for directions though... not when just showing the map.

From my experiences so far, data that definitely does display on the HUD in the US (with nav card) include

• current speed
• speed limit
• cruise control info
• blind spot monitoring
• navigation info

there may be others that I haven't seen yet.

I'm just not buying the 'traffic sign recognition feature' - I think it just pulls speed limits out of the NAV card and posts it on the displays. The signs were not there until I popped in the NAV card. I have never seen anything but a speed limit posted on the displays. I don't see stop signs, yield signs, etc. do you ?

One cool feature is the NAV card draws a red line on the speedometer where the speed limit is for the road you are on, and how far 'over' the limit you are. I don't think it's necessarily all that useful, but cool nonetheless.

 

[nusslejj]

I am beginning to believe the largest number of CX-30 complaints seem to be features Mazda includes in one country and not another. Why Mazda decided to omit heated mirrors in Northeast US is way beyond my understanding. Even entry-level vehicles include heated mirrors. We often have terrible winters in NE Ohio and my mirrors are often frozen when I get into the vehicle. Without being able to heat them up makes it a safety issue for me.

Am I supposed to carry a can of deicer aerosol now ?

Really Mazda ?