Modern cars are more and more furnished with technology and although this brings us comfort, we regrettably as well go through the cons. Most of us are not comfortable with anything electrical on our Mazda CX 5, let alone going near the fuses on it. In this post, we will try to help you to fix your fuse problems and specifically to find the car radio fuse on your Mazda CX 5. To get this done, first, we will find out in which situations it may be relevant to change the car radio fuse of your Mazda CX 5, then where is the car radio fuse of your Mazda CX 5 .

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Why change the car radio fuse on Mazda CX 5?

So let’s start our article on the location of the car radio fuse of your Mazda CX 5 by the interest of changing it. You might experience like your fuse is blown but you’re not sure. It is necessary to know that a fuse works as a safety device to prevent overvoltage on your Mazda CX 5 . It will be a resistor, of a filament, more or less thick, which will let pass a certain tension and which will break if the tension is too strong. Hence the fact that they are transparent, you can verify them and verify that the filament is still intact. Generally speaking, you will want to change the fuse of the car radio of a Mazda CX 5 when it will no longer work for no apparent cause . If your battery is working effectively, it may be the fuse that is leading to your problem.

Where is the head unit fuse on Mazda CX 5?

We will now search for the fuse in the head unit of your Mazda CX 5 . The fuse is generally a 15 amp fuse, blue in color. However, according to the type of car radio you have it can be in two different places. It is quite often linked to the 12-volt sockets on your centre console. We will find out the two places where the fuse of the car radio of your Mazda CX 5 can be determined.

Setting the fuse of the original car radio to Mazda CX 5

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If you still have the original head unit on your Mazda CX 5, your fuse should be in the interior fuse box of your automobile . It should be behind a plastic cover near your driver’s seat. Please seek advice from your vehicle instruction manual if you can’t discover it. Here are the steps to stick to for the rest of the process:

  • Read the instruction manual on the fuse box cover to discover the fuse of the car radio of your Mazda CX 5 , it should be noted as “radio” or “sound system”
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  • Remove the car radio fuse attentively and verify its status.
  • If it is defective, replace it with a new fuse , in any other case take your vehicle to your auto mechanic so that he can have a closer look at the trigger of your problem.
  • After you change the car radio fuse, reassemble and test your car radio.

Fuse replacement on a head unit of a different make on Mazda CX 5

At last, we’ll find out the case of a car radio bought in the shops, and how to discover the fuse of the car radio on Mazda CX 5 in this situation . Here are the different steps you have to stick to to access this fuse:

  • Remove the car radio from your Mazda CX 5 , generally you’ll have to use a punch to unlock the brackets on all four corners of the radio.
  • At the rear of the car radio of your Mazda CX 5, you should see on the power supply wires a single black fuse box, open it, it is in it that you will discover the fuse of the car radio of your Mazda CX 5
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  • It’s a clear glass fuse, so now you’ll be able to change the fuse on your Mazda CX 5

You now know how to discover your car radio fuse , if you are in search of other fuses like the starter fuse on Mazda CX 5, or the horn fuse, don’t hesitate to seek advice from our articles dedicated to these fuses.

If you wish more guides on the Mazda CX 5, go to our Mazda CX 5 category.