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David321

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#312369 11-Apr-2024 07:37
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Hi all, 

 

 

 

Just wondering if there is anyone else here with a 2012 (or similar year) Mazda CX5 who has had the language converted from Japanese on the speedo cluster?

 

I am wondering how it went and if you retained all of your features?

 

I had mine done recently and for the most part it worked, but there is two issues, I have lost most of the Mazda i-DM screen, so it not longer displays a current score and average score (pictures below), the fuel reading has also gone from "E" and "F" to "0" and "1".

 

I have taken it back where the translation was done again and even tried the translation for a later model cx5 and also converted back to Japanese then to English again, still no luck.

 

The options I had was return to Japanese to get the i-DM working again or to keep the English version, I decided to keep the translated cluster and it is useful for service reminders and engine warnings etc.

 

Has anyone else had something similar happen after a cluster language translation?

 

 

 





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  #3218624 15-Apr-2024 14:36
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I have removed all replies to this point. They were completely off-topic and completely unnecessary,

 

From now on, reply only to the question in the OP, or I will block users from posting on this topic. 





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  #3221421 22-Apr-2024 14:04
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For whats it worth, I have spoken to someone else in the industry of conversions and they had this to say.

 

It can't be fixed. The conversion is working by changing a region code pre-defined by Mazda. So what you're seeing is Mazda's decision as to what features are available in whichever market the English conversion is sourced from. 

 

It looks as though when these conversions take place some features will be excluded without a work around, sometimes this may be found out after the conversion has been done, this all depends on what features are available in what countries I guess.

 

In my case I would still prefer to have everything else in English and not have the Mazda iDM feature, although it would be nice to have both!





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