Frozen Mazda | Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Some Mazda drivers in and around Seattle this week discovered they could no longer change the radio station or play anything else in their cars after listening to the local NPR station KUOW (via GeekWire).
The issue affected owners of various Mazda vehicles with model years ranging from 2014 to 2017 that were tuned in to the station. According to KUOW, it’s been happening for weeks.
Over the past couple of weeks, some people who listen to KUOW in their Mazdas say their car radio is permanently stuck on 94.9 FM. It’s only affecting KUOW, Mazdas from 2016, and we have no idea why. https://t.co/ffzJASFNBJ
— KUOW Public Radio (@KUOW) February 9, 2022
What the unsuspecting commuters tuning in discovered was a bug in the car’s infotainment…