Great!

I was the first to get this at my dealership in Bham Ala and wanted to share my thoughts to counter some of the unflattering reviews here. I dont usually write reviews, but its worth it in this case. I love this app! Works flawlessly, and its perfect for people like me who park a fair distance from their office....too far for a FOB starter.

It takes less than a minute to start the car once you hit "start" but u can walk away while it connects so why are people complaining that it takes a minute to work? Also, if you choose "start engine" as the desired operation before you start entering your password, then it skips the 4 digit code step. And on my iPhone it least it remembers your username, so really all u have to do is launch the app, choose start engine, enter PW, then hit Send and walk away. Whats hard about that? Wish it would allow us the option of also saving the PW but oh well.

If you dont choose Start Engine ahead of time then after logging in it takes you to a screen where you choose Start Engine or Unlock Car etc, and if you do it that way then yes it will also ask for the four digit PIN code you set up, and this does lengthen the time and number of steps necessary, and I think this is the reason behind some of the mediocre reviews. So choose Start Engine prior to entering PW and u can skip the PIN code step. A little baffling as to why Mazda didnt simplify this but at least theres a workaround.

Server that runs the system is not maintained by Mazda and it went out for a few days in late August but they gave us a free extra year of the app as a reward. Also, no extra FOB to carry around! Overall very pleased, although implementation could have been a little better thought out. 4/5 stars!

jimclip about Mazda Mobile Start