2010 headlight lens melting/frosted

[fuhreakz]

So I got mine replaced last year, first the headlights were not aimed properly, went back. Got that taken care of. At time I also got one of the yellow flasher bulbs replaced (passenger side headlight) as the always on filiment was broken. Which brings me to today. Well more like a few months ago.

I now notice every time I wash my car, the left headlight housing gets water in it. Not filled with water, but I thought these things are supposed to be sealed!?

Hope my extended bumper to bumper warranty covers it.

Check it out.

Right headlight housing.



Left.






These were taken this morning after a quick spray down of the car.

[Booter22]

So I got mine replaced last year, first the headlights were not aimed properly, went back. Got that taken care of. At time I also got one of the yellow flasher bulbs replaced (passenger side headlight) as the always on filiment was broken. Which brings me to today. Well more like a few months ago.

I now notice every time I wash my car, the left headlight housing gets water in it. Not filled with water, but I thought these things are supposed to be sealed!?

Hope my extended bumper to bumper warranty covers it.

Check it out.

Right headlight housing.



Left.






These were taken this morning after a quick spray down of the car.

even if your cars a 2010 unless your over your km or purchased it in 2009 it should still be covered under your basic warranty 3 year / 80,000 km. otherwise i suppose it demends on what your warranty covers, as no warranty is " bumper to bumper" as they dont cover brake pads, or rotors in most cases. clutch or flywheels. some dont cover suspension items. things like that.

[DingosKidneys]

I have the same problem. I hadn't actually noticed it until one of the techs at SimplyTire pointed it out while I was there for an install ( thanks! ). Dropped by Scarborough Mazda today, they looked at it for about 5 seconds and placed the order for new units. No questions asked. Should be replaced this week, whenever the hardware gets there.

2010 GT

[zzz3]

^make sure to switch to led drl or it may occur again.

[DingosKidneys]

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Any of the sponsors or local ( Toronto ) shops carry them? ( H8 LED for 2010+ ) Or is ebay from Hong Kong pretty much the way to go. All I could find was that Corksport thread, they were talking about getting them... but seems like it never happened

[derekl]

Do they change the whole unit including the bulbs, or do they just change the unit and switch your old bulbs back in?

[Pereira11]

Do they change the whole unit including the bulbs, or do they just change the unit and switch your old bulbs back in?

just the units are changed. bulbs are transfered over

[Booter22]

just the units are changed. bulbs are transfered over

they are more vented and updated so it " should " not happen again. the owners who have had to replace theres more then once may have had the lights replaced with the old style units. i havent seen the new units need to be replaced again. ( keep a close eye on my friends speed that had his replaced)

[zzz3]

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Any of the sponsors or local ( Toronto ) shops carry them? ( H8 LED for 2010+ ) Or is ebay from Hong Kong pretty much the way to go. All I could find was that Corksport thread, they were talking about getting them... but seems like it never happened

Should be released soon since ottoyu already has them (I believe he is testing them for corksport):
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/sh...l=1#post955059

Also the 'how to instruction' guide for them is up on the corksport website:
http://support.corksport.com/index.p...barticleid=420

[ski4life101]

Should be released soon since ottoyu already has them (I believe he is testing them for corksport):
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/sh...l=1#post955059

Also the 'how to instruction' guide for them is up on the corksport website:
http://support.corksport.com/index.p...barticleid=420

If you dont want to wait i picked up a set from Nextmod and they are working great so far.

[reiklen]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread here, but I just came across this issue on my 2010 Mazda3 and I'm now out of the warranty period . I'm wondering if there is any point in trying to persuade Mazda to replace my lenses (my car did go in for the recall back in 2009/2010) or if that is a lost cause and I'm stuck with fixing this myself. If this is coming out of my pocket, any suggestions on where I should look for replacement parts? I'm guessing the "frosting" can't be removed?

[TheMAN]

contact mazda canada and tell them their stupid recall didn't really fix anything and you demand to have it fixed properly
if they won't budge, contact transport canada

[Booter22]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread here, but I just came across this issue on my 2010 Mazda3 and I'm now out of the warranty period . I'm wondering if there is any point in trying to persuade Mazda to replace my lenses (my car did go in for the recall back in 2009/2010) or if that is a lost cause and I'm stuck with fixing this myself. If this is coming out of my pocket, any suggestions on where I should look for replacement parts? I'm guessing the "frosting" can't be removed?

ok first off when did you buy the car if it is out of warranty? was it in 09? best thing would be to contact your dealer and see if they could contact there rep about having them replaced for you. you may need to go in an see them so they can take pictures and send them in as well. i dont see why they wouldnt if you had the recall done already. try your dealer first if not call mazda canada and let them know what happened. i wouldnt demand they fix anything as, if you are out of warranty they are in the right to decline the repair regardless of what you "demand" as they say you get more bees with honey.

[TheMAN]

his warranty could be gone due to mileage, not time

[reiklen]

I bought the car back in July of 2009, so I'm just a couple months out of warranty now. I will certainly be diplomatic about the situation, I realize Mazda has the right to refuse, I'm just hoping they don't Thanks for the tips, I'll let you know how I make out.

[VertigoM]

Hmm... so I've noticed this issue on my car for some time and mistakenly thought it was condensation. Car is going to the dealer on Monday for the TSB. Hopefully there'll be no issues with the aiming of the Xenons.

[2010mazda3gte]

I guess I should have taken a photo before Mazda replaced both of them. I noticed more if you view the lights from either side of the car. Head on you can't see it as predominantly. Mazda had no problems with replacing them, had them sent back to Mazda for investigation. It was not condensation, it was as if they were melting from the inside. If you take a piece of clear plastic, and start bending it back and forth, you start to see the white foggy/misty color of the clear plastic... that's what 40% of the headlight looked like, most above the bulbs, then more towards the back of the light. Mazda said they'd never heard of it. It may be that I drive alot each month, and the problem shows itself after 10000km or so. I guess we'll see what happens in 3 months when I've gone another 10000km. Mazda did mention a service bulletin that mentioned condensation but again this was not the case.

I too have a 2010 Mazda 3 GTE- same problem with the headlights!!! This is a GT problem from 2010---no recall from Mazda (typical) I was out of warranty by 2000k and Mazda in Chilliwack, BC replaced them free!!! This is a known issue and we as Mazda purchasers should not accept anything but a free replacement! My co-worker has the same car,same year & guess what??? He same headlight issue!!!! If you have this problem don't accept it!!! Take it to Mazda!!!!

[2010mazda3gte]

I totally agree!!! If Mazda won't fix them contact transport Canada....that's exactly what I was going to do if Mazda didn't replace my lights...

[2010mazda3gte]

The dealer replaced both of mine for free. He said one would be $1200.00 and the other would be $1400.00. Plus tax!!! OUCH

[TayTay]

Another round of headlight replacement got done recently (just before the warranty expires). So pissed off at this and my dealer says any further occurences of the same thing will NOT be warranted and I will have to take it up with Mazda Canada directly for any approval repair.

I said wtf, this has been an issue from day 1 and you, the dealer and Mazda Canada have known this ongoing issue and yet I was told this would be my problem when the warranty expires. If this is the case, Mazda Canada has just seen my last $ spent on the car ... certainly, I will never buy another Mazda car ever !

[TayTay]

Another round of headlight replacement got done recently (just before the warranty expires), in total, 2x for passenger side and 1x for driver side. So pissed off at this and my dealer says any further occurences of the same thing will NOT be warranted and I will have to take it up with Mazda Canada directly for any approval repair.

I said wtf, this has been an issue from day 1 and you, the dealer and Mazda Canada have known this ongoing issue and yet I was told this would be my problem when the warranty expires. If this is the case, Mazda Canada has just seen my last $ spent on the car ... certainly, I will never buy another Mazda car ever !

[VertigoM]

Switch to LED DRL and you wont have to worry anymore.

[Booter22]

Another round of headlight replacement got done recently (just before the warranty expires), in total, 2x for passenger side and 1x for driver side. So pissed off at this and my dealer says any further occurences of the same thing will NOT be warranted and I will have to take it up with Mazda Canada directly for any approval repair.

I said wtf, this has been an issue from day 1 and you, the dealer and Mazda Canada have known this ongoing issue and yet I was told this would be my problem when the warranty expires. If this is the case, Mazda Canada has just seen my last $ spent on the car ... certainly, I will never buy another Mazda car ever !

.. well the dealer can not warranty parts for you if the warranty is expired. these items are not covered by mapp warranty either and unless there is a service bulletin / recall or anything of the sort, they are right it would need to go through mazda canada. however the dealer shouldnt have told you tough luck your own your own. they should have advised you that they would need to go through mazda canada and the dealer rep but if it comes to that it could not be covered. also the design of the new lamps has changed to prevent over heating so they should not have to be changed. some of the vehicles that have had the lights repaired early sadly got the first batch of lights and i do not believe there was any change as they had not known yet that they did need to redesign them and the first sets of lights put on were just as good as the first lights and were bound to need to be changed later but at the dealer and warranty / mazda level until those lights were inspected no one knew what was going on. so you should be ok with the set you have now. but in case it does the dealer should take it to bat for you about getting them replaced.

hopefully this doesnt take you away from mazda due to a bad dealership experience. but it should have been presented in a much better way thats for sure.

[TayTay]

This current round of replacement (passenger side) is with the new design one which is supposed to fix all problems. However, my driver side replacement is still with the old design which I am now worry it will happen once again in the future, in which I pointed this out to the dealer and that's my frustration on the blog is all about. It's like sitting on a ticking time bomb and when it happens, I am out $1500 and Mazda Canada will say tough luck to my case.

I do appreciate your comment.

.. well the dealer can not warranty parts for you if the warranty is expired. these items are not covered by mapp warranty either and unless there is a service bulletin / recall or anything of the sort, they are right it would need to go through mazda canada. however the dealer shouldnt have told you tough luck your own your own. they should have advised you that they would need to go through mazda canada and the dealer rep but if it comes to that it could not be covered. also the design of the new lamps has changed to prevent over heating so they should not have to be changed. some of the vehicles that have had the lights repaired early sadly got the first batch of lights and i do not believe there was any change as they had not known yet that they did need to redesign them and the first sets of lights put on were just as good as the first lights and were bound to need to be changed later but at the dealer and warranty / mazda level until those lights were inspected no one knew what was going on. so you should be ok with the set you have now. but in case it does the dealer should take it to bat for you about getting them replaced.

hopefully this doesnt take you away from mazda due to a bad dealership experience. but it should have been presented in a much better way thats for sure.

[Booter22]

This current round of replacement (passenger side) is with the new design one which is supposed to fix all problems. However, my driver side replacement is still with the old design which I am now worry it will happen once again in the future, in which I pointed this out to the dealer and that's my frustration on the blog is all about. It's like sitting on a ticking time bomb and when it happens, I am out $1500 and Mazda Canada will say tough luck to my case.

I do appreciate your comment.

understand why you would be worried of course thats a large chunk of change to need to pay to replace a light if it happens in future and like i said hopefully the dealer would go to bat for you with mazda canada if that side does require replacement. but at the dealer level unless it is faulty we cant replaced them. so hopefully you have no problem with it.