BREAKING: Finicky Mazda Remote Start App Has Stopped Working, Power Outage Blamed
Mazda’s remote start app, which the automaker rolled out last month, has been suspended until Sept. 2 while the automaker restores its servers, the automaker said in an email Thursday to owners.
… we regret to inform you that, due to a system outage at our supplier’s data center, the MMS website and smartphone application are currently unavailable. We anticipate full system recovery on September 2, 2015.
The email notice stated the service was crippled by a “power outage that affected the data servers.”
Mazda says that users’ data wasn’t compromised in the outage. Early adopters reported to Mazda that the system was particularly slow to start their cars — in some cases taking a minute or longer — and that its app was particularly finicky.
We reached out to Mazda to see if all users are affected and what exactly went wrong with its data center to cause the power outage, but haven’t heard back.
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Note to MAzda: A 12 year old with a windows tower does not a server make. Tome to make that big $1000.00 investment.
Keyfob? Remote start? Guess Mazdas too cheap for that.
Ridiculous. Power outages do not affect data centers. Alternative power is always available even if it's generators. My guess: They're not paying their data usage fees. Those are usually calculated on some mixture of bytes transferred and simultaneous connections. So they're changing service providers or moving to a less expensive location. In India likely.
My 1974 Oldsmobile Toronado has TWO smart-key apps. They're known as two steel keys. It also has memory windows; you just have to remember where the switch is!