2014 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring AWD Long-Term Road Test

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edited September 2014 in Mazda

image2014 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring AWD Long-Term Road Test

A review of the seat heaters in our long-term 2014 Mazda CX-5.

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  • awappesawappes Member Posts: 0
    This is one thing I loved about my '10 Mazda3 and my current '14 Mazda 3. I just leave the auto climate on and the seat heaters on when I shut the car off and its all ready to go next time I start it.
  • toddm52789toddm52789 Member Posts: 5
    It's nice that it leaves it on. If I wanted it off, I would have turned it off myself.
  • actualsizeactualsize Member Posts: 451
    My wife HATES this "feature". She can't stand it when the heaters are already on in her own seat, even though she will invariably turn them on shortly thereafter. She doesn't like the idea that an unoccupied passenger seat (or, worse yet, rear seat) could be on all the time if the driver didn't notice and intervene. I'm on her side. I don't use seat heaters and I don't like being the seat heater monitor. It's kind of like going around the house and switching off lights others have left on after they left the room...or the house. Mazda employs a momentary switch, so these could be programmed to work either way. Better yet, make it owner-selectable. But even though that's possible from a technology standpoint I have yet to see a car that offered the owner a choice in this matter.

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  • arcticbluetsxarcticbluetsx Member Posts: 79
    Would a rocker switch have made you happier? You can leave it on or shut it off. You can even see what position it is in before turning on the car if you want.
  • gslippygslippy Member Posts: 514
    My Leaf has rocker switches for the seat heaters - nice feature. And I think the heaters in the unoccupied seats don't come on, even if the switch is left on. No matter, they don't consume any noticeable power anyway.
  • gslippygslippy Member Posts: 514
    My Leaf has rocker switches for the seat heaters - nice feature. And I think the heaters in the unoccupied seats don't come on, even if the switch is left on. No matter, they don't consume any noticeable power anyway.
  • rysterryster Member Posts: 571
    What do you guys consider a "chilly" morning out there in L.A.? 50 degrees?

    For reference, the mornings here in Pennsylvania this time of year are anywhere from 5 to 20 degrees F. The inside of the car tends to remain warm during the 6 or so minutes it takes to gas up the car.

    Other parts of the US have morning temps well below 0F. Now that's what I would call "chilly".
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