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So its been a year with my cx3 and just when I think things are going pretty well it starts to go slightly downhill. 
Aside from hearing every single creak and noise from the dash passenger area I have started to notice my infotainment screen will struggle to stay running during cold start temps 35F and below. Until the car fully heats up the interior, the screen will reboot over and over maybe running for like 4 seconds between boot loops. Strange enough if it was last set on the radio playing, the radio will continue playing through the boot loops and bluetooth ofcourse disconnects and has to reconnect.
So far Ive noticed that this is only happening on really cold starts like early in the morning where I leave my car to warm up for around 15minutes as I get ready for work and the screen will still be still restarting. Even 8 hours after work during the afternoon, it might happen again depending on the temperature so its not just an overnight thing. During the day if the ambient temp is around 40+ it will not have any effect on the screen at least but it still puts me in a strange situation. Dealer didnt believe my dilemma since it cant be reproduced unless they leave the car sitting for hours in the cold so I had to show them a video to prove it. When they finally attempted to fix it, they claimed an update will fix all and sent me on my way when this is clearly more of a hardware issue in my case. I am going back there again friday but this is making me think whether a replacement unit will do anything or not.
I am curious as to who else is having this sort of problem, maybe someone with electrical experience can chime in with some insight to the situation. Could anything be related to the battery or electrical current going to the unit? Is thermal change going to kill all of these within a couple of years or so?
Aside from hearing every single creak and noise from the dash passenger area I have started to notice my infotainment screen will struggle to stay running during cold start temps 35F and below. Until the car fully heats up the interior, the screen will reboot over and over maybe running for like 4 seconds between boot loops. Strange enough if it was last set on the radio playing, the radio will continue playing through the boot loops and bluetooth ofcourse disconnects and has to reconnect.
So far Ive noticed that this is only happening on really cold starts like early in the morning where I leave my car to warm up for around 15minutes as I get ready for work and the screen will still be still restarting. Even 8 hours after work during the afternoon, it might happen again depending on the temperature so its not just an overnight thing. During the day if the ambient temp is around 40+ it will not have any effect on the screen at least but it still puts me in a strange situation. Dealer didnt believe my dilemma since it cant be reproduced unless they leave the car sitting for hours in the cold so I had to show them a video to prove it. When they finally attempted to fix it, they claimed an update will fix all and sent me on my way when this is clearly more of a hardware issue in my case. I am going back there again friday but this is making me think whether a replacement unit will do anything or not.
I am curious as to who else is having this sort of problem, maybe someone with electrical experience can chime in with some insight to the situation. Could anything be related to the battery or electrical current going to the unit? Is thermal change going to kill all of these within a couple of years or so?