Exterior Lighting Problems of Mazda MAZDA6

The headlights are increasingly failing. They are so dim that I can not safely drive at night. They burn out easily. I have to replace them about 4 times a year now. In the first few years of owning the car the headlights were fine. But now it is a major safely issue for myself and others on the road. It seems like with age the headlights or components are wearing out. I am considering getting rid of this car only due to the headlights. I have considered changing to a xenon system but I am scared of the wiring and do not want to risk a wiring issue. This is my only concern with this car and it appears that most who have the same car have the same headlight issue. This should be recalled to save lifes! it is dangerous to drive this car at night with such poor lighting.

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The driver's side low beam headlight wiring harness melts and seems to be continuing problem. Even after replacing stock, (which melted,) with a better wiring harness it still began to melt and loose circuit, but like I said it was doing this before ever being replaced. Happens every couple months are so depending on amount of night driving. I have read several complaints about this happening to several owners of the same vehicle on the same drivers side with the same original harness and replacements doing this same melting and frequent on/off short circuit malfunctioning. Possibly causing a fire or fried wiring or loss of headlight causing unsafe conditions.

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Car is mint for age. Stock oem hid style headlights failed, headlights are still clear. The turn signals failed and activated safetys. Ground plug under air filter assembly that is a piece of metal bolted to car with 5 wires that plug into it corroded so bad no ground connection and each of the wires made no connection to the plug. No info on how to diagnose and/or repair. Common problem. Took everything apart and soaked all corroded parts in a solution of clr, everything put back together clean with dielectric grease. Numerous shops could not diagnose including 1 dealer. Said headlights needed to be replaced at $500+/ side parts only. Very common on the rare factory installed hid systems. Wiring is different.

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While the car is stationary,and when car is in motion interior lights come on and go off whenever it decides to, wheather it's day or night.

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I purchased this vehicle for my 16 yr old daughter 1 yr ago. The car has a clean carfax and has had no accidents. Upon purchasing the car the headlights continue to burn out. Taking it to a Mazda dealership I learned the headlight assembly unit was melting. I had to purchase 2 used headlight assembly because new from the dealership are 1,000 a piece. 2 used but perfectly working headlights were installed and within a yr the headlights had burned out again. I went to change the bulbs only to learn the headlight assembly were once again burnt. I have to purchase 2 new headlight assembly again but the mechanic can not guarantee that this burning situation won't occur. After calling around to places to find headlight assembly I have come to find out many are burnt. This seems like a real problem considering you need headlights to drive at night. Spending 1,000 everytime my headlights burn out seems 100% unreasonable and the fact that there is cleary a wiring issue within the headlight assembly unit itself seems to be a problem. I have been on multiple forums and this is a common issue. Please fix the problem!!!!!!.

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The door lock actuators go bad on this car which causes the car to believe one of the doors is open when it is not. The dome lights are driven by the door actuators sensing that a door is open, so when you are driving, the interior lights will flash on and off. Very distracting, especially at night. The lights turning on and off only happens when the car is being driven, I have not noticed it when stationary. Usually it occurs during turns and the lights stay on for a few seconds. The door actuators are a common problem on this car and has many complaints about this issue online. This has been going on for several months now. The door actuator being faulty also causes the security alarm to go off and start sounding the car's horn sporadically. The car will be parked in a driveway with nobody around through all hours of the day and it will go off. Although not a safety concern like the problem with the lights, it is still symptomatic of the malfunctioning door actuators.

Car system alarm goes off without notice. It will work fine for days then, the alarm will start to go off constantly. While driving at night, the interior car lights come on like a door is open. No indicator on control panel if door is open. Then turns off lights inside car. It scares you as you think a door came open.

Low beam head lights aren't bright enough to see the road clearly.

Takata recall :I have a Mazda 6 2011 2. 5v and the driver side low beam light goes out every single night I drive and I have to tap it really hard to bring it back on and I saw thousands of comments regarding this issue from Mazda 6 2011-2013 owners in social media.

Car has 62,000 miles on it and lights have been replaced minimum 6 times since car bought with 28k miles. Access to bulbs requires mechanic to repair (getting up behind the wheel well) and cost can averages over $100 to replace. There is 88 NHTSA complaints on this same subject. What must we accomplished to hold Mazda accountable?.

The low beam light goes out every time the car is off for the night ,in the morning when turned back on you need to hit the light or the font fender on driver side wher the problem is,every time every morning,I have to do this in order for the low beam light to work, l/s low beam light. . Many people have the same problem just go on youtube. .

Passenger side low beam light does not come on (high beams work fine). I've change the bulb but problem persists.

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The main front light is off, it is not dead but it is off. If you hit a bump, it cuts off. I was wondering what was up so I went on youtube. Apprently there are a lot of people with the same model and have the same issue. They have been constantly replacing bulbs only to find out there isnt a problem with the bulb itself but the vehicle it self. Please look into this matter. Next question asks when it happened, its a constant thing. You adjust the light so that it turns on and then next thing you know you are driving and you hit a bump and the light cuts off. Really annoying and especially dangerous in locations with no lighting.

#1--hood vibrates when driving #2--left headlamp seal is bad--this is a known manufacturing problem by Mazda but since it does not affect driving it is not covered--though it will eventually cause bulb/electrical failure--which is a (ticket) offense by police--not sure when happened.

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Front passenger headlamp intermittently goes out.

Moisture is condensing in rear lights which is obstructing other drivers ability to see the vehicle.

I nave had to replace the brakes 15 times starting at 18,896 miles and the lights 15 times since 20,662 miles. I have been pulled over several times about the lights, after they had just been replaced. I was told that the right and left harness needed to be replaced. I just took it back for the 15th time this time the harness is rusted supposedly because of a crack in the covering, if that is why it was rusted why was it not taken care of when it occurred while it was under warranty. I haven't been given an explanation for the brakes. Now they are suggesting I should think about purchasing another car when this was is not paid off.

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The high beam switch or something went wrong and stopped working . Cant turn on high beams only low beams are working . Was in highway 49 and are a lot of potholes . Just a bumpy road and once it was dark I went to turn on brights and does nothing . Only low beams work and very hard to see when really dark out on road .

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I'm having problems with my head lights on my 2010 Mazda 6. My head lights went out in November 2013 and I've changed the head lights out three times since within a 2 year time frame. I'm using the expensive sylvania h7 silver star zxe head light bulbs and they're burning out. Also the seal around the head lights aren't secure because water and condensation has always been an issue with this car.

The low beam light of my Mazda 6 is extremely dim, mostly on the rainy day. People sitting next to me always asked me did I actually turn on the light? I saw the Mazda forum online, people other than me always complained the light too. It really affect the safety problem.

I was pulled over my local police for no head lamp. They let me off with a warning. I seached the internet the next day and found that this problem is a kknown defect by Mazda and they are doing nothing about it. I found over 4 dozen testimonials from car owners describing the exact same promlem on the exact same model. They were told by Mazda north America to "rap on the plastic headlamp cover" and that would turn on the lamp. . . . Which it does. In my opinion, Mazda is negligent in correcting a known defect.

Just purchased an used 2010 Mazda 6 and the passenger low-beam headlamp is "out" until you give it a nice friendly tap. This at only 29,300 miles. Went out again 9 days later and the tap is not working. Went online and found this link with other owners having the same issue. . Read more...

Smell gasoline fumes inside car, smells stronger while ridding in back seat. Check engine light stays on all most all the time. Goes off once in a great while for 5 to 10 min then goes back on. Been happening since I bought the car in 2012. Had diagnostic test done said it was the O2 sensor. Replaced it. Light was off when I picked the car up. Drove 6 miles light came back on again. And hasn't went off since. Still smell fuel fumes inside car.

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The low beam headlamps on my 2006 Mazda 6 have repeatedly gone out on my in the past year. Many times while driving. This last time I tried to replace the low beam headlamp and the bulb was not blown. I inserted the new bulb and it still doesn't work. This is a problem for Mazda 6's and 3's my parents are going on their 9 bulb in the Mazda 3. According to many Mazda forums this is a reoccurring problem for a number of other owners as well. This must be addressed driving at night is difficult enough but when your lights go out it makes it down right dangerous.

The contact owns a 2004 Mazda 6. The contact stated that the exterior lighting fails to remain illuminated on the vehicle. He has changed the bulbs at least ten times, but the failure persists. He feels that this is a safety issue because a serious crash could occur without the lights working properly. The contact has been pulled over by the police three times for driving without lights. The current and failure mileages were 118.

The contact owns a 2003 Mazda 6. While driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle vibrated and hesitated without warning. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and the vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer. The technician stated that the failure was related to the engine, which was replaced. In addition, the vehicle would shift roughly from first to second gear. He experienced failure with the exterior lights and the window operating mechanisms. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and a diagnostic test was performed. The technician stated that the aftermarket electronic components were possibly the causes of the failure. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who replaced the following components: alternator, battery, exterior lights, and four window operating mechanisms. Also, the computer module, transmission, and air conditioner modules were replaced. The failure mileage was 85,000 and current mileage was 94,000.

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