2016 Mazda CX-5

DRIVER SIDE LED DAYLIGHT RUNNING LIGHT IS FLICKERING AT 25% BRIGHTNESS, PASSENGER SIDE LED DAYLIGHT RUNNING LIGHT IS NOT FUNCTIONING. CAR HAS ONLY 56,000 MILES. LED LIGHTS SHOULD NOT FAIL THIS EARLY. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET. I WILL NOT REPLACE DUE TO EXTREMELY HIGH COST OF OVER $1000 PER HEADLIGHT. VISIBILITY OF THESE VEHICLES HAS BEEN SEVERELY COMPROMISED DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF SOMETHING THAT SHOULD LAST FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE.

LED LIGHTS IN THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY HAVE FAILED. HEADLIGHT (LOW/HIGH BEAMS) AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL CONTINUE TO OPERATE NORMALLY. CAR WAS STATIONARY WHEN A FRIEND NOTICED THE PROBLEM. ONLINE RESEARCH INDICATED THAT THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED AS A PROBLEM IN NUMEROUS CASES. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED OTHER OWNERS REPORTING SAME PROBLEM AND ADDED MY INFORMATION ON THEIR RECORDS.

2016 CX-5. LAST YEAR, THE DRIVER SIDE DAYTIME RUNNING LED HEADLIGHT STARTED FLICKERING FOR A FEW MONTHS, THEN WENT COMPLETELY DARK. CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, SO IT WAS REPLACED FOR FREE. NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE DAYTIME RUNNING LED HEADLIGHT IS DOING THE SAME THING. CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND MAZDA SAYS IT WILL COST $1200. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL.

DRIVER SIDE LED DRL IS ABOUT 50% BRIGHTNESS. THE PASSENGER SIDE DRL HAS ALREADY FAILED AND WAS REPLACED BY MAZDA (PART) AND I PAID FOR LABOR. SHOULD BE A RECALL CONSIDERING THE SAFETY CONCERN, WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION, AND ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY MUST BE REPLACED AT ROUGHLY $1,000 EACH PLUS LABOR. MANUFACTURER'S DEFECTIVE DESIGN. I WILL HAVE TO AGAIN CALL MAZDA CORP. TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE. APPROXIMATE MILES LISTED BELOW

PROBLEM WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE LED DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT. I NOTICED THAT THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED FULLY (ABOUT 25% ILLUMINATED) WHILE DRIVING BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE. I EXAMINED THE LIGHT IN MY GARAGE LATER ON AND NOTICED THAT THE LIGHT WAS ALSO FLICKERING IN A RANDOM PATTERN. AFTER DISCOVERING THIS ISSUE, I DROVE THE VEHICLE TO MY DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS QUOTED $1097.02 PLUS TAXES. $887.02 FOR A NEW HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND $210 IN LABOR. I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET COVERAGE UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE I WAS 10K OVER THE 36K LIMIT. WITH TAXES TOSSED IN, I'M LOOKING AT OVER $1200 FOR A HEADLIGHT, WHICH IS COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS! ESPECIALLY FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND THAT I HAVE OWNED FOR LESS THAN A YEAR. A QUICK SEARCH ONLINE ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE REVEALED NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. MAZDA IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS BEEN REPLACING THESE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES WITH A REVISED VERSION THAT ADDRESSES THE ISSUE. A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN INITIATED EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS ISSUE ON FORUMS AND THE NHTSA WEBSITE.

THE DAYLIGHT RUNNING LIGHT ON PASSENGER SIDE IS FLICKERING NON-STOP IN JUST 39K MILES (OUT OF WARRANTY). LEARNED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR BUSINESS ROUTE AND AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, ADJACENT CAR DRIVER POINTED OUT (NICE GUY, THANK YOU). CAME HOME AND UPON LOOKING AT IT, I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW OTHER DRIVERS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ANNOYED WHEN LOOKING THRU THEIR REAR VIEW MIRROR. IT IS ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY HAZARD AND MAZDA SHOULD FIX THIS ISSUE ASAP NO COST TO CAR OWNERS. SEARCHING ONLINE, HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS HAVE REPORTED THIS ISSUE.