Glaring mistake made in latest Mazda owner’s manuals

Mazda owner’s manuals

In our opinion, there a glaring mistake in the 2025 Mazda owner’s manuals, that is repeated over and over and therefore likely intended.

The company has left images out of the list of warning symbols and indicators in favor of embedding them into the text.

The problem with this approach is that it clearly assumes the driver already knows what the indicator means and thus where and how to look for it if or when it appears on their instrument panel.

For instance, in the CX-90 manual, the EV Mode, Boost, and Charge Mode indicators are seen only in Chapter 5 (right). None of these can be considered part of normal operation and could easily be activated accidently. In this type of situation a driver needs an easy means of identifying a symbol, which has traditionally been done with a list of all symbols somewhere in the manual.

And there are several more. A few customer complaints will hopefully lead to a restoration of this process. The company’s customers deserve better.

Cars are changing, and among those changes is the growing number of symbols and indicators that will invariably show up on your dashboard or instrument panel. Every year, new features are added to vehicles, each of which is accompanied by a new symbol or symbols and likely a new acronym.

At DashboardSymbols.com, our aim is to help you understand what is happening to your vehicle at the first sign of trouble – a new warning light illuminated on your instrument panel. Its all here on this website. Our first intention is to bring the latest technologies down to earth and understandable for everyday drivers.

In the meantime, we have them in our Mazda list, which can be found here.

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Technology is always changing and what is current and accurate today may be literally out-of-date and inaccurate tomorrow. And when it comes to the current state of flux in the auto industry, nothing is more true.