A mysterious technical problem interrupts the multimedia system of Mazda cars in the United States

Mazda drivers in the Seattle area have had to listen to public radio on the radio since a mysterious glitch blocked the car's multimedia system in late January. The Seattle Times and other local media reported that dozens of Mazda owners were affected by the breakdown and some of them were unable to change the radio frequency of the KUOW radio. In other cars, the control screen also failed and the error caused it to restart constantly, preventing drivers from accessing the rear view camera, GPS and other systems of the car. Drivers of "Mazda" cars over the age of four who were listening to "Kuw" radio, which represents National Public Radio in Washington state, in the far northwest of the United States, were affected by the technical problem. "My car's multimedia system has been restarting constantly since last week. I took my car to the dealership in the morning and they said about 50 customers had the same problem, their radio stopped on KU radio," wrote a driver whose car was faulty on a discussion board or "W". It is likely that this malfunction was caused by incorrect information data sent from the "Kuw" radio to the digital radios, which caused the system to malfunction. "Between January 24 and January 31, a Seattle area radio station sent image files without a file extension, causing problems with 2010 Mazda cars," Mazda said in a statement to GeekWire in 2017. which includes the old software.An industry expert claimed via the "Seattle Times" that the multimedia system computer should not have attempted to open a file it did not recognize the format of, but it did, which led to it being corrupted in the process. The newspaper pointed out that the replacement part costs $ 1,500, indicating a shortage of stocks. The company, which did not answer AFP calls, has to bear the repair costs under the warranty.