2012 Mazda Mazda6 Lighting Problems

MY LOW HEADLIGHT BEAMS CONTINUE TO BURN OUT, ESPECIALLY THE DRIVER SIDE. THEY WERE LAST REPLACED LESS THAN 2 WEEKS AGO AND THE DRIVER SIDE IS OUT AGAIN. I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE. WHAT'S WORSE IS THAT FOR THE LOW BEAMS IT HAS TO BE TAKEN TO A MAZDA DEALERSHIP TO BE REPLACED. IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD AND EXPENSIVE!

HEADLIGHT ON DRIVER SIDE WAS BURNING OUT EVERY OTHER MONTH NEEDING REPLACED. RECENTLY CHANGED HEADLIGHT AND THE BULB IS FINE BUT THE ADAPTER INSIDE THE ASSEMBLY IS BURNED AND CHARRED. JUST WENT TO CHANGE THE PASSENGER SIDE AND IT HAS THE SAME ISSUE. GOOD BULB BUT THE ADAPTER TO ATTACH BULB IS BURNED. READING MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS BEING A COMMON ISSUE WITH 2012 MAZDA 6. INCLUDING ISSUES OF LIGHTS GOING OUT WHILE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AND HAVING TO TAP ON THE HEADLIGHT TO GET IT TO TURN ON.

MY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS KEEP BURNING OUT. I HAVE LOST COUNT OF HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE CHANGED ONE OUT. NOT ONLY IS THIS DANGEROUS, IT CAN GET EXPENSIVE. THEN TWO WEEKS AGO, A REAR BRAKE LIGHT BLEW. THIS IS INSANE. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT TO NO AVAIL.

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS ONE OR BOTH HEADLIGHTS WOULD JUST GO OUT PRESENTING A VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE. THIS HAS RESULTED IN MULTIPLE HEADLIGHT REPLACEMENTS, 7 TIMES IN 5 YEARS. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON CITY, HIGHWAY, AND COUNTRY ROADS. PRESENT MECHANICAL SHOP HAS NO IDEA WHY SINCE ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SEEM TO BE WORKING PROPERLY. I HAVE THE RECEIPTS FOR THE HEADLIGHT REPLACEMENTS IF YOU SHOULD NEED THEM. I HAD THE HEADLIGHTS REPLACED IN OCTOBER OF 2016 DUE TO GOING OUT ON A COUNTRY ROAD WITHOUT STREETLIGHTS FORCING ME TO DRIVE WITH THE HIGH BEAMS ON AND THEN I HAD TO REPLACE THEM AGAIN IN FEBRUARY 19TH OF 2017 FOR GOING OUT AGAIN NOW AFTER ONLY 1000 MILES SINCE FEBRUARY I HAD TO REPLACE THE LEFT HEADLIGHT FOR GOING OUT TODAY MARCH 21ST, 2017. LIKE I LISTED EARLIER THIS IS THE 7TH TIME IN 5 YEARS.

CAN SMELL STRONG GAS FUMES, AFTER FILLING GAS TANK. ALSO, GAS TANK LEAKING, AFTER PUTTING GAS IN TANK, AT HALF FILL OR FULL TANK, GET GAS SMELLS AND LEAKING. WHILE STATIONARY AND MOVING, CAN SMELL GAS FUMES. HEADLIGHTS DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE VISIBILITY AT NIGHT AND DURING RAINY WEATHER. HEADLIGHTS ADEQUATE ONLY IN HIGH BEAM MODE.

I HAVE REPLACED MY HEADLIGHTS SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW MONTHS.I AM NO CAR EXPERT BUT I KNOW THIS IS NOT NORMAL NOR SAFE.IN ADDITION THEY NOW SHINE VERY DIME.AFTER READING THE COMPLAINTS I SEE IT'S NOT JUST ME BUT I AM STILL TAKING IT IN.TONIGHT ALONE ONE OF THEM JUST WENT OUT ON ONE OF THE DARKEST ROADS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I CAN'T COUNT HOW MANY TIMES I'VE DRIVEN WITH HIGH BEAMS BECAUSE MY LIGHT (S) WENT OUT.

SEEMS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHTS.. I HAVE REPLACED THE BULBS 3 TIMES THEY ARE BURNING OUT REPEATEDLY...I DRIVE WITH MY HIGH BEAMS MORE OFTEN THAN THE LOW BEAMS... I HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER 4 TIMES FOR ONE OF THE LOW BEAMS BEING OUT...THIS IS A BIT UNFAIR..... I HAVEN'T EVER IN MY LIFE PUT SO MANY BULBS INTO ONE CAR!! APPARENTLY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE WHY ISN'T SOMETHING BEING DONE?? OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAUSED.

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS CONTINUALLY FAIL TO WORK. I HAVE HAD THE BULBS REPLACED 3 X IN 3 YEARS AS THE OWNER AND ONCE AGAIN THE LOW BEAMS ARE OUT. AFTER READING THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS POST IT IS CLEAR MAZDA HAS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS ADDRESSED. DRIVING WITH HIGH BEAMS ON IS DANGEROUS AND ANNOYING TO OTHER DRIVERS. I GUESS ITS TIME TO BUY SOMETHING OTHER THAN A MAZDA.

WIRING SYSTEM PROBLEM WITH FRONT HEADLIGHTS RESULTS IN LOSS OF LIGHTING, POTENTIAL COULD CAUSE FIRE.

PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON (HIGH BEAMS WORK FINE). I'VE CHANGE THE BULB BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS.

I NOTICED MY PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM WAS OUT ON MY 2012 MAZDA6. AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE FOR HOW TO CHANGE THE BULB, I FOUND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAD FIXED THE ISSUE BY LIGHTLY HITTING THE SIDE OF THE HEADLIGHT COVER. I TRIED IT AND IT FIXED IT! SINCE IT HAS GONE OUT AGAIN (JUST A WEEK LATER) AND CAME BACK ON WHEN I WENT OVER A BUMPY AREA IN THE ROAD. I LIVE IN AN AREA WITH A LIGHT ORDINANCE AND THE ROADS ARE PITCH BLACK ENOUGH TO SEE EVERY STAR IN THE SKY AT NIGHT. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.

SEEMS TO HAVE HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. NOTICED JUST LAST NIGHT THAT NEITHER OF MY LOW BEAMS WILL TURN ON. THOUGHT IT WAS A WEIRD COINCIDENCE THAT NORMALLY YOU NOTICE WHEN ONE LIGHT BURNS OUT BUT BOTH? I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH A LOT OF MAZDA MAKES AND MODELS AND THE FIX IS NEITHER CHEAP NOR TIME FRIENDLY. I WILL CALL A MAZDA DEALER TOMORROW TO FIND OUT THEIR RECOMMENDATION BUT I AM SURE ITS GOING TO COST ME A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FIX OR EVEN LOOK AT. TURNS OUT THE FIX IS SMACKING THE TOP OF THE HEADLIGHT TO GET IT TO COME BACK ON BUT THIS IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX..

THE MAIN FRONT LIGHT IS OFF, IT IS NOT DEAD BUT IT IS OFF. IF YOU HIT A BUMP, IT CUTS OFF. I WAS WONDERING WHAT WAS UP SO I WENT ON YOUTUBE. APPRENTLY THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME MODEL AND HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. THEY HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY REPLACING BULBS ONLY TO FIND OUT THERE ISNT A PROBLEM WITH THE BULB ITSELF BUT THE VEHICLE IT SELF. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. NEXT QUESTION ASKS WHEN IT HAPPENED, ITS A CONSTANT THING. YOU ADJUST THE LIGHT SO THAT IT TURNS ON AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOU ARE DRIVING AND YOU HIT A BUMP AND THE LIGHT CUTS OFF. REALLY ANNOYING AND ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS IN LOCATIONS WITH NO LIGHTING.

HEADLIGHT BULBS GO OUT OFTEN, HAVE TO BANG ON THE LIGHT TO GET IT TO GO BACK ON, I CAN CHANGE BULBS AND IT WILL GO A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE IT STARTS TO GO OUT AGAIN. HAVE TO TAKE THE BUMPER OFF TO CHANGE THE LIGHT BULB SO IT IS A HASSLE. AFTER CHECKING THE INTERNET I SEE THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF MAZDA OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM

WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT RANDOMLY WENT OUT. I TRIED CHANGING BULB, WIGGLING CABLES TO SEE IF THERE WAS A LOSE CONNECT AND HEADLIGHT WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON. WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NO KNOW ISSUES AND I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO LOOK INTO THE WIRING BUT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT UNTIL MONDAY. I THEN STARTED SEARCHING THE INTERNET AND FOUND A VIDEO OF A 2009 MAZDA 6 WITH THE SAME ISSUE I WAS HAVING ONLY ON PASSENGER SIDE. THE GUY IN THE VIDEO LIGHTLY HIT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY ON THE TOP AND THE LIGHT JUST CAME ON. I WENT TO MY CAR AND DID THE SAME THING SINCE SO MANY OTHERS THAT SAW VIDEO POSTED THIS WORKED FOR THEIR MAZDA 6 CARS RANGING FROM YEARS 2009-2012 AND WHEN I LIGHTLY HIT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY THE LIGHT CAME ON. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY ISSUE AND FOR REFERENCES HERE IS THE WEBSITE FOR THE VIDEO. HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=UQQPERRESA8. *TR

FRONT PASSENGER HEADLAMP INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT. *TR

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT 4 TIMES. NO OTHER LIGHT HAS GONE OUT ON THE CAR. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING THIS ISSUE.

I'VE BEEN REPLACING BOTH OF MY HEADLIGHTS EVERY 6 MONTHS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE THAT I HAD TO BUY REPLACEMENT BULBS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BUT HEAR I AM REPLACING THE SAME LOW BEAM BULBS AGAIN. *TR

I HAVE OWNED MY VEHICLE SINCE AUG 2013, AND HAVE REPLACED THE HEADLIGHTS ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE 4 TIMES ALREADY. THIS LAST TIME I HAD BOTH HEADLIGHTS BLOW OUT ON ME AT THE SAME TIME I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS ISN'T RECALLED YET. I SEE MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. *TR

FRONT HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3X IN 1 YEAR.I HAVE PURCHASED UPGRADED BULBS WHICH HAVE NOW GONE OUT WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF THE CHANGE, THEY DID NOT SUPPLY ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHT AND HAVE NOT LASTED ANY LONGER BEFORE BURNING OUT THAN THE CHEAPER LIGHTS. HEADLIGHT CAUSING DIFFICULTY WITH NIGHT DRIVING. LIGHTS APPEAR TO BE FACING DOWNWARD AND BEAM IS VERY LOW CAUSING POOR VISABILITY, ALMOST CAUSING ME TO RUN OFF THE ROAD, MOSTLY HAVING TO USE HIGH BEAMS DURING NIGHT DRIVING AND CONSTANTLY HAVING TO TURN OFF WHEN A DRIVER IS COMING TOWARDS TO ME TO AVOID BLINDING THEM WITH HIGH BEAMS. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO MAZDA WITH NOTHING MORE BE SAID THAN THANKS FOR REPORTING THIS . I ALSO HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING A RENTAL OF THE SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR. I HAD THE RENTAL FOR 2-3 MONTHS AND THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS ALSO WENT OUT AND THE HEADLIGHTS WERE VERY DIM. *TR