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2009 Mazda MAZDA6 exterior lighting problems

15 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the exterior lighting on the 2009 Mazda MAZDA64% of all complaints for this model year.

15
Exterior Lighting complaints
4%
share of all complaints
55,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The driver's side low beam headlight wiring harness melts and seems to be continuing problem. Even after replacing stock, (which melted,) with a better wiring harness it still began to melt and loose circuit, but like I said it was doing this before ever being replaced. Happens every couple months…

    filed Nov 23, 2021

  • The door lock actuators go bad on this car which causes the car to believe one of the doors is open when it is not. The dome lights are driven by the door actuators sensing that a door is open, so when you are driving, the interior lights will flash on and off. Very distracting, especially at…

    filed Oct 10, 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.