System Disabled due to poor outward visibility?
Quite likely.
On my own 2016.5 CX-5, if it's frosty on the windshield then I occasionally get such "visibility/cleaning" warnings regarding the sensor system. Though, I manually adjust the lighting on the stalk, instead of using the "auto" setting, so I don't have the lighting make adjustments by itself during such frosty conditions. The condition goes away once I clear off the upper/center part of the windshield that covers the sensors (cleaning or defrosting).
That's the thing. When it happens it's nonsense. It's always at night for me, but it'll be a perfectly clear night and the damn thing will pop on and my automatic headlights disable and blind the people coming from the other way. If I could at least defend it because of heavy rain, or snow, or fog or something. And then the worst part is it'll sometimes stay on for 30 minutes or more. I don't know how frequently it tries to reset itself, but it's not enough. And maybe there is something wrong with mine specifically. Guess I could reach out to the dealer though just passed 38k so I probably didn't time that very well. lol. Though I did buy a technology extended warranty which might cover problems.
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oh maybe I'll try the Rain-X. I love my Mazda's but their Safety/Driving assistance software is absolute trash. My previous Mazda was a 2014 6 with only blind spot detection and rear cross traffic alert. My wife's 2020 Santa Fe and my mom's 2023 4Runner lane keep assist, and safety systems are so incredibly superior to Mazda's it's almost comical. My wife's Santa Fe only has that camera issue come on in incredibly heavy snow and my Mom's 4Runner never comes on. It's not enough to get me to ever switch to a Hyundai, but it might a Toyota if they don't eventually sort this out.
It might because I'm sick of my headlights popping on bright and my smart car features suddenly telling me they are disabled and it flashing back and forth on my digital screen. In the last week it's happened 3 times and it sometimes lasts my entire 45 minute commute home. And this weekend on Saturday on a 3 hour drive in LIGHT to moderate rain it lasted nearly 2 hours of the 3. It's really pretty unforgivable to me they haven't sorted this out because these features have been available for the better part of the last 7 years or so in cars now and at least my familiarity with Toyota and Hyundai lead me to believe that it's not necessary to be this bad. I'm not noticing it on my wife's Santa Fe. Of course hers also inexplicably starts giving potential "icy conditions" warnings when it hits 40 degrees outside which. Well.. maybe water freezes in Korea at 40 degrees? I don't think so but who knows. And her Santa Fe also burns oil which my Mazda's have never really done. So there is that.
