To add to this: My iphone 11 worked perfectly with the wireless charger unless it got too hot (only on multiple hour long road trips. My Iphone 16 pro doesn't work even a tiny bit. Hopefully the 2025 charger works in the 2024, and solves the issue. I am about ready to just give up and use the cable.

 

There is no reason these shouldn’t work or work only randomly with different phones. I will know next week if the 2025 charge pads works. If it doesn’t then the issues is in the software of the 2024 and previous models. The problem is bizarre. I dont understand why it works in the 2025 but they can’t make it work in a 2024. They dont have a clear answer yet From Mazda.

 

The charging pads are known not to work when NFC is switched on in the phone, and later model iPhones have no way to disable NFC, so that's why they don't (/didn't) work. Maybe Mazda has solved the NFC-on issue in the pads(?) I really hope they solve the overheat issue too.

 

I can verify that they have not resolved the heat issue. The phone gets very hot when charging on the CX50 charge pad. Vs my charge pad at home the cx50 pad is much hotter Where as the home one doesn’t go beyond warm.

 

Regarding the near field communication. My charge pad will charge other iPhones which are smaller In size. It wont however charge a max sized iPhone. If the charge pad is charging other iphones with out an issue I cant see how the problem could be with NFC which the iPhone doesn’t allow to be turned off. I will do a test. If I turn on the airplane mode that should turn off any radio communication signals coming from the phone it self. If it’s an NFC issue the phone should charge. I will update shortly.

 

NFC is "near-field" so I doubt airplane mode affects it. Only more recent iPhones (last 2-3 years I believe) don't have the ability to turn it off.

HOWEVER, in searching I found this app that may let you do it: Travel Ticket on the App Store (apple.com)
I have Android, so cannot test it.

 

Putting the phone into airplane mode effectively shutting off all radio transmission did not resolve the issue so I dont believe my issue is an NFC issue.

 

Again, I doubt that NFC is affected by airplane mode

 

I'm so ticked off that this feature does not work and did not realize it until after we purchased the vehicle. They should be informing people that are interested in buying these vehicles. Oh and by the way, the wireless charger does not work.....ugh!

....and by the way I have an the Pixel 7 pro, my wife has the latest Apple. If I turn off NFC it starts to charge and then turn a corner or drive a little down the road and the charging stops. I have to lift it up and set it down again (start charging) only to have it go off a mile down the road. My wife Apple works only if in the middle of the charger, which her phone is smaller so it tends to slide around they said, Mazda dealer said the only way around that is to purchase a bumper pad so it does not slide around....ugh! really!

It's my wife vehicle, so we are back to wires all over the place.....Mazda need to get their engineers to FIX this and come up with a valid solution!!!....I'm a little ticked off, yes. I don't expect to pay x-amount of dollars on a new CX-50 turbo only to have something not work, and the response is yeah, there is a problem with the wireless charger....uhhh sorry.....errrr.

 

What they should have done is made it a magnetic charger.
I agree, mine will work for a few minutes and if it moves slightly it stops charging. Then I reposition it and it will work. Then when the phone gets too hot it stops working again.
Frustrating!

 

They replaced our charger in our 2024 cx50. My wife apple now works with Apple car play. My pixel charges until moved then it stops, once I lift it and set it down again it starts to charge..... frustrating it is. Bad design!

 

Was there ever a final solution to this thread? Curious on what others have learned since the last post.

 

@Hgardner13 Welcome to the Forum from Central Florida.

What's been your experience?

 

Since when is a CX-50 a TRUCK??????? It's not even an SUV. At best it's a CUV.

 

This has nothing to do with the topic. Please keep on track and remain polite.

 

My wireless charger worked with an iPhone XR. However, once I upgraded to an iPhone 16, the wireless charger stopped working. Larger phone, and maybe because it dosn't like flat on the charger?

 

On my personal 2024 Meridian Edition, the only way I can get my wireless charger to work is by turning off NFC. As I read above, they are correct that turning on Airplane mode doesn't mean NFC is off. Samsung Androids turn the NFC off and on from the drop-down menu. Once that is off, it works 100% of the time unless it gets too hot.