Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS | |||
| 01/01/2001 | 2 | 10/01/1993 | |
| The plastic headlight lenses have lost their transparency without any damage or neglect in care. the nighttime illumination has been greatly reduced. while this has not occurred in an older '89 mazda 626 we have owned since new, i have noticed this type of plastic headlight lens opacity in early '90's ford escorts and dodge/plymouth neons. i can recall when in 1966-67, the us government prohibited external headlight lenses (as in vw beetles) because visibility could become reduced in certain situations due to fogging or ice/snow buildup. why is it that some manufacuturers can now have these plastic external lenses (e.g. not sealed beam) that have compounds affected by aging (not damage or neglect) that bring on a condition that the nhtsa expressly tried to avoid in the late 1960's. i should add the consumer can remedy this situation only by investing many hundreds of dollars for oem or aftermarket replacements, without any fault of their own.*ak | |||