Memory driver seat in US/Canada

[Aussie CX5GT]

For the price we pay for the majority of new cars in Australia, im glad we get some small "extras" for the added cost.
Example our CX5 GT diesel with safety pack has a recommended retail price of around 52000 Aussie dollers (thankfully i didnt pay full retail price though)

 

[AF_Bob]

Does anyone know why the 2016 CX-5 AWD with both technology packages doesn't have the memory seat buttons shown in the owners manual? My MSRP was $34,255 so I can't believe it doesn't come with the memory buttons. I thought perhaps it was built-in to the key FOB but there's nothing in the manual to show that. Is is an extra option?

 

[Berner]

Does anyone know why the 2016 CX-5 AWD with both technology packages doesn't have the memory seat buttons shown in the owners manual? My MSRP was $34,255 so I can't believe it doesn't come with the memory buttons. I thought perhaps it was built-in to the key FOB but there's nothing in the manual to show that. Is is an extra option?

In the U.S.? It's not offered. The Owners Manual is for all English speaking countries, but not all features shown in the manual are necessarily equipped or available in your car or your market.

As for why, I assume its a complicated combination of Mazda looking to meet certain price points and feature comparison among competing models in the various World markets in which they sell cars. Neither the U.S. Nissan Rogue or Subaru Forester has memory seats, and Honda CR-V and Toyota Rav-4 are driver memory only. My best guess is that U.S. buyers tend to be mutli-car households, with Mom and Dad each having their own car (which they can adjust to their preferences). The same may not be true in other World markets.

 

[pdlpsher]

All I need is one memory setting so that I could always go back to my preferred position. Is that what you would call it driver memory? My 2008 Subaru Ouback 3.0 has power seats but no memory either.

 

[MikeM.]

All I need is one memory setting so that I could always go back to my preferred position.

Our Volvo has memory seats but they are a pain to deal with. I've read the Owners Manual a number of times and it seems like the memory seat system should work but somehow my wife's position always gets swapped for mine or vice versa. We don't share key fobs so I'm not sure how this always happens but I wish they were just manual. We do go places together in it and sometimes we leave the dog inside and she will use her fob to unlock to tend to puppy when I'm the next one driving. We still haven't figured how to stop this from happening but it's too complicated to expect her to borrow my fob just because I drove it last and will drive it next.

Memory seats are not worth the hassle if your usage patterns are like ours. Unfortunately, I think it requires a trip to the dealer to disable the memory seats.

 

[pdlpsher]

Does anyone know how memory seats work? Do they use potentiometer or optical sensors to read positions? Or if the motors are step motors then in theory no position readings are necessary.

 

[Kedis82ZE8]

The wife and I swap cars a lot and was a pain at first but have gotten used to it.

My Infiniti is nice because it ties the mirrors, seat and full steering wheel position & dash to the FOB. I really didn't expect to see that feature in the Mazda though... if I was getting a Q30 then yes.

 

[pdlpsher]

On my wife's Acura the memory settings also tie in the radio station memories and audio settings. Very nicely done.

 

[Kedis82ZE8]

On my wife's Acura the memory settings also tie in the radio station memories and audio settings. Very nicely done.

I hear ya.. in addition newer models also include HVAC settings