Mazda Mazda3 2009 - Exterior lighting - car safety information, failing parts, recalls, bulletins, complaints

Bulletins

Bulletin	Bulletin date	Item no.	Summary	Added
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
SB-09-057-10	12/23/2010	10037655	Ready	06/01/2011
SB-09-057-10	12/23/2010	10037655	Mazda: there is condensation and fog in the front and rear combination lights. *rm	06/01/2011
EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS
09-005-11	02/07/2011	10037949	Ready	06/08/2011
09-005-11	02/07/2011	10037949	Mazda: there is possible excessive condensation or water inside the headlamp unit on many mazda models. *rm	06/08/2011
EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS - CONCEALMENT DEVICES
SB-09-057-10	12/23/2010	10037655	Ready	06/01/2011
SB-09-057-10	12/23/2010	10037655	Mazda: there is condensation and fog in the front and rear combination lights. *rm	06/01/2011

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences	Purchase date
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
02/01/2013	35050
	Red inner coating on tail lights appears to have melted, making a hole that shows white light through the tail light lens so that when i am braking, it looks like i might have my backup lights on. this problem was first noticed several months ago (mid-2012) by a friend who was following me on a trip at night. at the time, there were small holes in the red part of the tail lights. by early this month, when i took the car to a mazda dealer about this problem, the holes had become quite a bit bigger. they started at about the size of a dime or nickel, last year. now they are the size of a half dollar, and are a bigger safety hazard. i filed a complaint with mazda customer service about this. mazda told me today that the manufacturer cannot help me with this problem. my local mazda dealership said my car's tail lights had nonstandard bulbs in them, and also said that there were cracks in the bulb sockets. if so, then the tail lights came that way from the manufacturer and/or the dealership that sold me the car new. i am the sole owner of the car, and i have never changed any tail light bulbs in it.