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Head-Up Display Failure - 2014 Mazda Mazda3 S Long-Term Road Test
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Head-Up Display Failure - 2014 Mazda Mazda3 S Long-Term Road Test
This update to Edmunds' long-term Mazda 3 includes details on the car's head-up display.
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Having experienced the system on the Mazda3, it's not surprising yours is broken.
Gimmicks are fun, especially when you get unique ones like this for compact car money. But the fact remains it is still an economy-oriented compact car. The gimmicks are fun until they break. Then you realize it was a superfluous gimmick, and because you didn't buy a sports car, luxury car, or exotic, you're therefore probably not willing or happy to pay for fixing this kind of thing.
http://youtu.be/y9LUnLeLSgA
http://youtu.be/lC9EcTV9Ir0
Which of the two looks more likely to snap right off?
But the new 3 has a few items -- like this HUD -- that seem to be a tad more complex than necessary. My concern related to the post: I thought I was crazy one day about two weeks ago when I got in and had trouble seeing the info on the HUD. So I adjusted it thinking maybe it reset or something. Today I got in it and again thought the information was hard to see so I went back into the settings and actually realized it was where it's supposed to be. So I think -- very slowly -- the same thing is starting to happen. The HUD isn't popping up to the proper fully-deployed position. Even worse: mine is a 2015 model and only has a few thousand miles on it. So this might be something that's not an early build bug but a real problem with a somewhat unnecessary overly-complicated expensive piece of equipment that'll be a pain to replace if it fails when the warranty expires. I don't like being a beta tester...