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I have had to replace my front driver side low beam headlight 4 times. No other light has gone out on the car. I have read multiple stories about people having this issue.
I've been replacing both of my headlights every 6 months. This is the third time since I have owned this vehicle that I had to buy replacement bulbs. I took it to the dealership and they said nothing was wrong with the electrical system but hear I am replacing the same low beam bulbs again.
I have owned my vehicle since Aug 2013, and have replaced the headlights on driver and passenger side 4 times already. This last time I had both headlights blow out on me at the same time I don't understand why this isn't recalled yet. I see many complaints regarding this issue.
At around 50,000 miles, I had a headlight (low beam) go out on me. I had it replaced on the driver side. A few weeks later, the passenger side headlight went out and had to get that replaced. These are hard to get to if you do not have the right tools so each time I had to take it in for service. At 65,000 miles, I had my engine and battery light come on. I turned the car off and then back on and they went away. I then tried locking the car, and my car will not lock from the inside or with my remote. The car will unlock, but will not lock no matter what I do. Tested battery and all fuses and everything is good there.
When driving on the highway my driver side low beam headlight randomly went out. I tried changing bulb, wiggling cables to see if there was a lose connect and headlight would not turn back on. Went to the dealership and they said no know issues and I would have to make an appointment to look into the wiring but would not be able to make an appointment until Monday. I then started searching the internet and found a video of a 2009 Mazda 6 with the same issue I was having only on passenger side. The guy in the video lightly hit the headlight assembly on the top and the light just came on. I went to my car and did the same thing since so many others that saw video posted this worked for their Mazda 6 cars ranging from years 2009-2012 and when I lightly hit the headlight assembly the light came on. Please look into this headlight assembly issue and for references here is the website for the video. www.youtube.com/watch?V=uqqperresa8.
- Canton, SD, USA
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Front headlights have been replaced 3X in 1 year.I have purchased upgraded bulbs which have now gone out within 2 months of the change, they did not supply any additional light and have not lasted any longer before burning out than the cheaper lights. Headlight causing difficulty with night driving. Lights appear to be facing downward and beam is very low causing poor visability, almost causing me to run off the road, mostly having to use high beams during night driving and constantly having to turn off when a driver is coming towards to me to avoid blinding them with high beams. I have reported this to Mazda with nothing more be said than thanks for reporting this. I also had the same thing happen while driving a rental of the same make, model and year. I had the rental for 2-3 months and the front headlights also went out and the headlights were very dim.
The contact owns a 2012 Mazda Mazda6. The contact stated the low beam headlights do not give sufficient light; therefore, the high beam lights had to be used in order to see the road. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated the low beam bulb could be replaced with a better bulb. The headlight bulb was not replaced. The failure mileage was 100 and the current mileage was 1500.
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- Boca Raton, FL, USA