2016~2023: How do you disable Sirius XM?

[Pablos67]

Hi,

Anyone has an idea how to disable Sirius XM or at least to get rid of it in the menus?

The car is a 2019 CX-9 imported from Canada to EU. Sirius has no coverage whatsoever here, and I gradually got fed up with all those useless Sirius-related items cluttering the menus.

Recently, I flashed the 70.00.100 EU firmware over the original NE (same version). This gave me the wifi and enabled the connected services. I was hoping it would get rid of Sirius at the same time, but there are still some leftovers. See the attachments below.

All in all not a big deal, just annoying.

I have basically two ideas:

1) Disconnect the Sirius hardware module
or
2) Repeat the firmware installation, assuming that the leftovers may be due to some irregularities during the first re-flash.

I would start by trying to disconnect the module but I have no clue where to find it. No search results for this model.

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[WolfgangGullich]

I’d like to do the same... I’m up in Alaska where Sirius coverage is pretty sparse and I get the “No SiriusXM Signal” message constantly despite turning off all features that use the signal. I’ve updated the infotainment firmware to NA .335 and it’s still there.

 

[klwdallas]

If you disconnect the hardware module, you may start getting an error message on this thread ("Check Sirius Tuner"):

Sirius XM issues on a 2019 CX-5 GT

I updated the Mazda connect software to 70.00.367 last June and since that time have had no problems with SiriusXM. It may take a minute or two to load up; but has yet to fail.

www.mazdas247.com

I was seeing this today on my CX-9.