2016 Mazda CX-5

I AND NUMEROUS CX 5 OWNERS ARE REPORTING DAYTIME LED RUNNING LIGHT FAILUE AT AROUND 35,000 MILES OR 3 YEARS. THIS PROBLEM IS DIFICULT FOR THE DRIVER TO DETECT BECAUSE THE LIGHTS ONLY TURN ON WHEN THE VEHILE STARTS TO MOVE. THE PROBLEM CAN ONLY BE FIXED BY REPLACING THE WHOLE LED ASSEMBLY ($1,200) PER HEADLIGHT. THEREFORE, MANY OWNERS WILL SIMPLY DRIVE THERE CARS IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION BECAUSE THEY ARE UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM OR CANNOT AFFORD THE REPAIR.

MY 2 YEAR OLD "TOP OF THE LINE" MAZDA CX-5 AWD GRAND TOURING HAD A FAILURE OF THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS (PASSENGER SIDE). WHEN I ASKED MY MAZDA DEALERSHIP ABOUT IT THEY SAID "YEAH, WE'VE SEE LOTS OF THOSE PROBLEMS ON YOUR YEAR/MODEL, YOU DEFINITELY NEED TO GET IT FIXED SINCE YOU WILL FAIL YOUR SAFETY CHECK". I ASKED SINCE THIS WAS A "COMMON" SAFETY PROBLEM FOR MY MODEL/YEAR WHY IS THERE NO RECALL FROM MAZDA. MAZDA DEALERSHIP STAFF SHRUGGED AND HANDED ME AN ESTIMATE FOR $1500.00 TO FIX THIS SAFETY RELATED PROBLEM ON MY 2 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. THEY SAID FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA, BUT MAZDA IS NOT PAYING FOR THIS.

PASSENGER SIDE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT HAS BURNED OUT. NO WAY TO GET TO IT AS THE LIGHT IS SEALED. THE DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE AS THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. LED LIGHTS ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST TENS OF THOUSAND OF HOURS, THIS HAS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE ACTUAL ELECTRONICS. IN MY RESEARCH THIS SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY COMMON PROBLEM, AND CX-5 OWNERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY HUNDREDS (IN SOME CASES THOUSANDS) OF DOLLARS TO FIX A FAULTY/ FLAWED LIGHT.

I HAVE 35,000ISH MILES ON MY VEHICLE, AND HAVE DISCOVERED THAT MY RIGHT LED DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT HAS ALREADY BURNT OUT, AND MY LEFT ONE IS FLICKERING, ABOUT TO BURN OUT. I HAVE READ ON MANY FORUMS THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY PERVASIVE PROBLEM, AND MAZDA WANTS UPWARDS OF $1,200 PER LIGHT TO REPLACE (CANNOT JUST CHANGE OUT LAMPS). THIS SEEMS WORTHY OF A RECALL WITH THE NUMBER OF REPORTS ON SIMLIAR 2016'S I'VE SEEN ALONE.

HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY HAS A SINGULAR ENTITY CONTAINING THE LOW AND HIGH BEAMS, AND THE DAYTIME RUNNING LED LIGHTS. THEY ARE NOT USER REPLACEABLE. THE DRL'S FAIL, REQUIRING A $1200 PART AND $300 REPLACEMENT COSTS FOR THE ENTIRE UNIT. GIVEN THESE COSTS, THE LED LIGHTS (WHICH SHOULD LAST 10 YEARS AND ARE FAILING PREMATURELY BETWEEN 12 AND 24 MONTHS) ARE LIKELY TO GO UNREPAIRED AND NEGATIVELY IMPACT SAFETY.

2016 MAZDA CX-5 SUV PASSENGER SIDE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT STARTED FLICKERING AND BECAME DIM AT ONLY AROUND 12K MILES. MY WARRANTY HAS ALREADY EXPIRED DUE TO THE FACT THAT I BOUGHT IT IN 2015 TIME FRAME. THE FACT THAT MANY OTHER CX-5 OWNERS ALSO HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM, AT VERY LOW MILEAGES, SUGGEST THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY A PRODUCT DEFECT WHICH IS ALSO A SAFETY RELATED PROBLEM, GIVEN MORE TIME DOWN THE LINE.

2016 MAZDA CX5 GRAND TOURING W/LED LIGHTING RIGHT DAYLIGHT RUNNING LIGHT (DLR) HAS FAILED. MY 2016 CX-5 HAS 25,400 MILES AND IS 3 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. THESE HEADLIGHT UNITS ARE SEALED, IF ANY LIGHT IN THE UNIT FAILS, I AM TOLD BY MAZDA THRE IS NO REPAIR EXCEPT FOR A COMPLETE HEADLIGHT UNIT. IF A BLUB FAILS THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT UNIT MUST BE REPLACED AT A $1600 COST. ONLY A MAZDA DEALER CAN REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT UNIT. GOOD LUCK IF THERE IS NO MAZDA DEALER NEARBY. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE TO ME BECAUSE THIS IS COMMON FAILURE IN MANY OTHER CX-5'S. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ITEM, DRIVING AT NIGHT AND A ENTIRE HEADLIGHT UNIT FAILS, WILL OTHER UNITS FAIL? I THINK SO, BECAUSE THIS IS DEFINITELY A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH ALL MAZDA HEADLIGHT UNITS. I WOULD HOPE THAT MAXDA WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND FIX THIS PROBLEM UNDER A RECALL PROCEDURE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. THE NHTSA NEEDS TO FORCE MAZDA TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS DANGEROUS DEFECT

THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE ON EACH SIDE AND I AM WAITING ON BOTH HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY KITS. THEY TELL ME IT IS A 1000.00 PLUS COST TO ME. AFTER SPEAKING WITH NATIONAL MAZDA (NOT NAPLETON) I WAS TOLD THEY HAD TO MAKE A CHANGE. SHOUOD THEY NOT HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS, WHILE WAITING FOR MY LEFT HEADLIGHT MY RIGHT WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING HOME LAST NIGHT. I NOW HAVE NO HEADLIGHTS FOR A 30K CAR. HELP