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If so, a reporter would like to speak with you and your child. Please reach out to by Friday, January 25 and the Edmunds PR team may connect you with the journalist. The maps on the SD card are dated 2014Q2 per the Mazda toolbox (used for updating maps).
Are there map updates for the NAVIGATION system in the Alpine. They provide the mapping software - but the updates will come from Alpine on an SD card. Typically maps are updated 2-3years. Experts are full of valuable knowledge and are ready to help with any question. Credentials confirmed by a Fortune 500 verification firm.
The toolbox app tells me there are no available updates. The official Mazda website states that maps are available free for three years and updated twice a year. Repeated inquiries to their customer service netted that there are no maps available now that are more recent but one is supposedly in final QC from Mazda. So for now I need to use maps that are 18 months old. The actual navigation software is quite good although I have found a few minor quirks (head unit updated to version 55) It is strange that there have not been a lot of prior complaints on this. It took e-mails containing webpage images and several phone calls to get to the point of them admitting that despite there being a page saying there was an April 2015 updatenone existed for me. Sure, but that's not what the OP paid for.
Somewhere there's a class action lawyer's software program skimming forums and Facebook feeds for potential causes of action. So in five years, maybe owners will get a $20 coupon toward the latest update (which, naturally, will still be a couple of years old). So much ill will is generated by the manufacturer's built-in nav, you'd think they'd try to catch up a bit, or just cave and go with CarPlay or similar. Meanwhile, maybe file an online complaint with the FTC for false advertising? After all, they do such a great job with the Do Not Call list.
So much for an update every six months. Told last month by Mazda that an update to the December 2015 version was imminent. My point to Mazda corporate customer support was that they clearly state on their website that I get three years of twice yearly updates, so there is an element of incompetence and/or false advertising with whomever is actually doing the updates. They could be open to legal action. All I want is my update.
I still like the navigation and hope the few quirks detected would be eliminated.