How to remove 2014+ Mazda 3 Infotainment control and Disassembly 

What a great, perfect tenurial. Thank you for taking the time to do this. I bought my 2016 Mazda 3 used in late 2017. The person who previously owned it apparently had spilled something over the command module thingy at some point causing the back and favorite buttons to no longer work. I didn't realize it until after I bought it and just learned to live without those two buttons. One day, I took it into the Mazda dealership for standard oil change and service and asked them to see if they could fix it. I was told they would have to replace it and gave me some ridiculous quote. So I went home and took some 90% Isopropyl Alcohol and dabbed it around the buttons with a small paint brush, filling in the cracks with it fairly heavy. Eventually, I got the buttons to move again, but it only lasted a short time before they were stuck again. Here we are a couple years later and I am detailing and giving my car a thorough cleaning and thought I'd look into fixing this again. Found your video and thought there's no way it could be that easy. Sure enough, following your instructions I was able to easily remove the center console and module and pop the buttons out for a thorough cleaning. I was surprised there really wasn't much gunk to remove, but enough that was acting like glue and holding the buttons in. Got it all cleaned up with some q-tips and Isopropyl alcohol and put back together and everything works perfectly now. So I had to come back to your video and give a big THANK YOU for this great tutorial!

Thank you so much for your video! My car is just back from the garage having had extensive repairs which included the handbrake. Took it for a drive only to find the infotainment controls weren’t working and hoped it was just a cable that hadn’t been re-connected rather than something wrong with the wiring. Quick search led me to your video. Followed your instructions and found that it was indeed the cable that hadn’t been reconnected. You have saved me another bill! Happy Days! 😎

Great video thank you, very informative. You explained this so slowly it was unbearably painful to watch but I am happy my two year old could follow along. Thank you.

Excellent tutorial!! I've just followed this to clean a lot of spilled soda that was causing "sticky" buttons and it was a success. Thank you so much for your help and guidance. I really appreciate it ✌🏼

Thank you so much for this video! I was able to click the infotainment control back in after my toddler accidentally pushed it into the console. Would've cost a bit if I took it to Mazda to fix it. Thanks again. You're a legend!

Thank you for this! I accidentally dripped coffee in the Home button and it was stuck. Problem solved!!!

Thank you so much!! I’ve been looking for how to remove the knobs. The Crome is coming off and I want to paint them on my MX5 Miata.

Great video I was struggling to figure this out now I can add some cool stuff like urs

Dude, I have that same exact little camo wallet!!!😊 It's great for stashing cash in the car if necessary 😊

Hi, good video, would like please to share with me how to connect and configure the remote controle because I added new one but it doesn’t work 😢

Thank you a lot for your very helpful video...exactly the advice I needed😊

Thank you so much

This helped me big time. Thanks mate

Dude filming while cat playing around the workshop😂

Damn I came here because I wanted to know what the next step would be to take apart the final knob assembly! You stopped one step to soon haha

EDIT: I got it out. The black beveled ring on the top side must be removed. I ended up partially cracking it and bending one of the catch tab type things. Also did a partial knob disassembly itself and broke an inside part. Hopefully this thing will work fine when I put it back together heh. :) ORIGINAL: Hi! Thanks for this, I got everything you did already, even removing the black caps to the chrome knobs, except the big chrome knob removal. I tried pulling before thinking it would be like the volume knob but I was afraid I would break it. Tried again and got it with your vid. But what I want to know is how to remove the actual big control knob itself, not just the chrome topper. I've tried prying where I see a catch and at other places with little success, and I removed the screw on top. Do you know what's next? I'll keep trying but would appreciate your input if I don't get it before you reply if you do. My purpose is to clean out all the old soda/food/hair.

6:05 you forgot a whole step bro. Completely skipped over the part where you have to remove the shiny black plastic trim piece on the face of the unit. It’s a simple step I guess but I had to rewatch this part of the video a few times to understand what I had to do.

Thanks man!

Why you don’t show that how the way to remove the frame ?

I bought a used mazda3 2018, the favorite button doesn't seem to work (it doesn't click in). Do you think if I disassemble the control panel I'd find the issue?

Where did the four screw brackets go? did you take those off too?

my system keeps rebooting itself i am going to try to clean these buttons to see if that is the problem. i have a mazda3 2016 model. anyone else experiencing the same?

Thx

How did u manage to wrap the silver trim ring I tired it’s so hard to wrap a circle without getting fingers and such in the vinyl

hehe cat

buawhahah social distance and mask? dude don't date your videos with current events.. just do the tutorial .