2009 Mazda MAZDA6 lights complaints

Filed Apr 29, 2014 · Lights · 68,000 miles · KY

Low beam head lights do not work. High beam, fog and marker lights work fine.

Filed Jan 26, 2014 · Lights · 55,000 miles · LA

Defective headlight, low beams go out for no reason. If you hit the assembly the light comes back on. Common problem for this vehicle, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqqperresa8 . Accident potential.

Filed Jul 24, 2013 · Lights · 47,000 miles · OH

Discovered excessive condensation following the outage of the right passenger low beam headlight. Outage to the headlight renders the vehicle unsafe and unfit for driving in situations that require usage of headlights until repaired. Condensation also observed in driver headlamp, however light is still currently functioning. Resulting damage includes replacement of entire headlight structure and components due to water related damage and subsequent headlight failure.

Filed May 28, 2013 · Electrical, Lights · MN

There seems to be an issue with the low beam headlight assemblies in the 2009 mazda6 vehicles. I have had both low beam headlights go out on me on two occasions while driving down the road. Once both lamps needed to be replaced, the second time banging on the light cover got them to work again. I was told by the service manager at mazda to just bang on the light cover with my hand and it should come back on. The driver side headlight goes out often and to get it to come back on I have to bang on the light cover. I've put about 12 bulbs in the car. You find similar incidents on the web in mazda forums. Also, you can see from the comments of a youtube video a friend of mine posted, it's common: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqqperresa8 mazda says the headlights are working just fine and that there is no issue. I have never had to be told to bang on the light to make it work again bu a service technician. If it's that common, there is an issue. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Feb 14, 2010 · Lights · PA

New hid headlamps have very little light to see above a certain height depending on road terrain. As example when going downhill you cannot see the lanes in upcoming uphill grades. The lack of elimination in the area above the horizontal projection, prevents seeing road signs, lane changes, and pedestrians if you are traveling at a downhill angle on your approach. My car, 2009 mazda 6, has adjustment to raise projection depending on weight of passengers in back seat, but these new lights in my opinion are still unsafe when driving at night. I spoke to service department at dealer to inquire about possibly changing out these lights for some other type, but he said he had same problem when driving his vehicle at night. This headlight design is being added to more vehicle makes and is making night driving a safety issue that needs to be addressed for all new cars using this design. These new headlamps are worthless on hilly terrain. Since the service department person agreed and there is no apparent fix, I believe this will result in more night accidents.