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Lemme know what they say if you wouldn't mindQuote:
Originally Posted by melissa
Sure np! I just haven't figured out how I'm going to show them the issue in broad daylight lol...Quote:
Originally Posted by fuhreakz
It was just a matter of re-aiming the headlights. Don't know if light output is decreased, don't remember what they were like before.Quote:
Originally Posted by melissa
Big problem.
After the Shine 'n' Show at Lakeshore today, I went back to Brampton where my girlfriend started practicing her parallel parking for her G test. After about an hour of practicing, I noticed something strange about my headlights. After a closer look...
http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/3...0529205244.jpg
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/956...0529205305.jpg
Notice that infront of the projector, it's clear, but everything next to it and infront of the switchback LEDs, it's foggy. What worries me is that this does not look like condensation (hell, it didn't even rain before this). It actually looks like what everyone in the thread have mentioned, but at a different location, and a bigger area...
Also, if this is the actual burning/fogging problem, I can't replace this under warranty... FML :bang
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Originally Posted by loosecannon
Am I SOL?
Why wouldn't it be covered under warrantee or a recall?Quote:
Originally Posted by loosecannon
BeEvil
He's opened up the housing for Angel Eyes. Unless he puts the headlights back to stock, the dealer won't cover the repair/fix.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeEvil
Calvin, I know its going to be a pain in the a$$ but put the headlights back to stock, only then will they fix it. Eventually, the dealer will replace them with whole new housings.
Problem is, I had also replaced the stock projectors with TSX projectors. I guess I have no choice but to go this route...Quote:
Originally Posted by hit26k
...you guys know i am on your side and try to offer assistance where and when i can... but if (depending on the dealer) they look close enough to the lights the should be able to tell they have been seperated which in itself will not be covered by warranty.. not to mention there are a few of us that do follow the majority of online posts.. i dont want to say it but this is not the first car i have seen where the leds have burned the lens which is the main reason i didnt put leds in mine.. in a gt there is an update for the DRL which did cause this to happen as well (more often then not) for some reason the update if it was installed too late or what have you it didnt work and then the headlights would be replaced.Quote:
Originally Posted by hit26k
i do wish you the best of luck and hope you can get it fixed.
So I got to wash the car this morning in prep for claying the car. Sure enough, my passenger headlight fogged up AGAIN! Had both headlights replaced less than a year ago. F************************************************* *************************** :flaming:bang:rant
/end rant
I know how you feel Hitesh I am having the same problem again on the drivers side headlight...:flaming I have appointment this Wednesday to have them replaced.... hopefully this will be the last timeQuote:
Originally Posted by hit26k
Guys...the only fix for this issue is to use LED DRLs.
The heat from the halogen is what does it. In the summer, city driving, the housings get hot. Once you get a fresh set of housings, get them laminX'd and install LED DRLs right away. Then the issue will not occur again. annoying that it is designed poorly but I think we have to live with it for now.
Loosecannon, your headlights look like condensation, you don't have the GT housings that most are referring to here. The known issue is with the GT headlights.
If they are melting, Mazda shouldn't really be liable. It sucks but it is one of the dangers of modifying your new headlights.
Well said. I think you mean HIDs, not LEDs though. I hate it when I hear about modifications that lead to parts being replaced under warranty. It costs us all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Booter22
Just had my headlight assembly replaced again today:flaming.... I hope this is the last time!!!!!!!!!
ya i own the exact same car but myn has Leather heated seats lol , the problem i got with my headlight lens's is i got moisture in my Lens's and i got the GT to , my dealer is looking into it , i bought the car brand exact one year this month about the end of this month and i am hoping they replace the lens's cause it just dont look good ether water and electric stuff dont mix :(Quote:
Originally Posted by BeEvil
My passenger side headlamp housing is starting to fog up, time to take it in....
I already had mine in for the first recall, got the new-look headlights, and then had it in again last month when they started to do the same thing. I was told there was a sealing issue with the 2nd set and thus the fogging, but they looked just like the first set, with the same blurring at the same place, and it didn't look like moisture. 3 sets of headlights in less than 3 years. I hope this doesn't happen again after my warranty is up.
I have the same problem. Dealer already checked them out and ordered new headlights. It's not condensation. It's literally burn marks from your HIDS.
Ding!!!!! Round 3, So just had my head light assemblies changed again hopefully 3rd time is a charm. This is starting to become a pain
As was mentioned get LED DRLs and the problem should not reoccur. Did it with mine and so far so good.
I got one of my headlights changed about a month ago.
Normally there's a plastic piece that covers the hole (has a bunch of with warnings on it) where the HID bulbs go.
I saw today that it wasn't there and it's fully exposed (would this cause problems)?
Anyone else have their headlights without the plastic cover for their replacement headlight?
My other one has the cover.
Sort of an old-ish thread, but it was the first hit I got when I searched for the problem so I'm resurrecting it.
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http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/a...212_resize.jpg
I have confirmed that it is not condensation because of the recent temperature swings and cold weather - no water droplets beading, etc. That is actual heat damage from the halogen DRL lamps. Looks like I'll be going to a dealer tomorrow to see about fixing this under warranty... in the meantime, I know a number of people have had this problem before and it has returned for some (if not all) of them.
im guessing this is only for 2010s? nobody with a 2011 has this issue is that right>?
Just had both headlight assemblies (the entire assembly, not just the covers) replaced under the 3 year 80,000km bumper to bumper warranty. I was reading the actual recall on the Transportation Canada database and it specifically mentions the DRL bulbs causing the heat damage when in stop-and-go traffic or idling for long periods. Of course, the recall was for the 2010 Mazda 3, and the 2010 Mazdaspeed 3 had no such recall listed even though the headlights are the same.
I'll probably end up getting LED DRLs so this issue will not happen again.
The Mazda solution is to put resistors to reduce the output of the halogen DRLs, but I can't see how this would solve it in the long term since halogens are much hotter than LEDs and you'll likely end up with the same problem after a while. I think it's just better to swap out the halogens for LED DRLs - they're $27 usd on ebay free shipping, so why not?Quote:
im guessing this is only for 2010s? nobody with a 2011 has this issue is that right>?