Hi,
I ran a quick search and didn't find this information in the forum so I'm making a post with the info here for anyone who encounter the same issue that I did.
I should preface by saying that I have 2015 CX-9 with the factory remote starter option, but this information maybe useful for factory remote starters in similar year Mazdas(the instructions was for CX-7 but worked for my CX-9). In the last few years, I've had intermittent issues with the remote start starting and shutting off. It typically goes away after I change the remote's batteries or just after a few days. Earlier this week it happened again and despite putting in 2 new set of batteries(to make sure the batteries weren't bad), the issue persisted. The behavior was that it would start, shuts off, starts again, shuts off, and repeats. So I decided to look into what might be causing that issue/behavior on the internet. What I found was that the most likely cause of remote starter starting but shuts off immediate was related to the tach signal. During my research, I also found the following thread asking this exact question but it was posted so long ago that I think it'd be weird to bring it back from the dead.
mazdas247.com
I also found this thread below which helped me eventually find the information that allowed me to reprogram the remote starter:
mazdas247.com
So for those of you who are experiencing the same issue as I did, performing the tachometer programming specified in the document linked below may fix the issue:
As I've previously mentioned, the instructions are for the a CX-7 remote starter but evidently the tach reprogramming instructions didn't change for the earlier CX-9's since it fixed my issue.
Happy Thanksgiving all and stay well!
Kenny
I ran a quick search and didn't find this information in the forum so I'm making a post with the info here for anyone who encounter the same issue that I did.
I should preface by saying that I have 2015 CX-9 with the factory remote starter option, but this information maybe useful for factory remote starters in similar year Mazdas(the instructions was for CX-7 but worked for my CX-9). In the last few years, I've had intermittent issues with the remote start starting and shutting off. It typically goes away after I change the remote's batteries or just after a few days. Earlier this week it happened again and despite putting in 2 new set of batteries(to make sure the batteries weren't bad), the issue persisted. The behavior was that it would start, shuts off, starts again, shuts off, and repeats. So I decided to look into what might be causing that issue/behavior on the internet. What I found was that the most likely cause of remote starter starting but shuts off immediate was related to the tach signal. During my research, I also found the following thread asking this exact question but it was posted so long ago that I think it'd be weird to bring it back from the dead.
CX-9 Remote start- cars starts that shuts off
Hello! We purchased a 2011 CX-9 a couple months ago. The car has the Mazda remote start options installed. We cannot get the remote start to operate properly. With no other FOBs in the vehicle, I lock the car remotely, push the start button twice on the seperate remote start fob. The car does...
I also found this thread below which helped me eventually find the information that allowed me to reprogram the remote starter:
Mystery switch in driver's foot well
Was vacuuming the drivers side of my '12 CX9 and noticed this doo-hickey poking out of the left side panel, just to the left of the parking brake pedal. ...it appears to be some type of contact or pressure switch. I tried to trace the wires back without removing too many panels but it just...
So for those of you who are experiencing the same issue as I did, performing the tachometer programming specified in the document linked below may fix the issue:
As I've previously mentioned, the instructions are for the a CX-7 remote starter but evidently the tach reprogramming instructions didn't change for the earlier CX-9's since it fixed my issue.
Happy Thanksgiving all and stay well!
Kenny
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