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2010 Mazda MAZDA3 exterior lighting problems

23 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the exterior lighting on the 2010 Mazda MAZDA33% of all complaints for this model year.

23
Exterior Lighting complaints
3%
share of all complaints
68,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • A substantial amount of water has made its way into the headlight housing. This has caused the driver side light to go out. There is no evidence of any damage, cracks, or failure otherwise. It seems, like thousands of other Mazda3 drivers, the seals have failed. My particular model has the auto…

    filed Dec 6, 2022

  • My driver side headlight was out for an unknown amount of time until a police officer kindly pulled me over and told me. When I went to have the light replaced, the passenger side light was out, not the driver side. I assumed the officer had made a mistake. The passenger side headlight bulb was…

    filed Jul 8, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.