2016 Mazda CX-5 lighting problems

Owners reported lighting problems in 161 complaints for the 2016 Mazda CX-5, 26% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 161 26% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 40,000 miles 120 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 0 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Based on 120 complaints that include mileage. 79% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	7
20k to 40k miles	49
40k to 60k miles	39
60k to 80k miles	17
80k to 100k miles	4
100k to 120k miles	4
120k to 140k miles	0
140k to 160k miles	0
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 120 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 40,000 miles, and 79% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the lighting complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Headlight clear lens is melting from inside. Clear lens that covers headlight has coating inside and outside. It is the inside coating that is flowing down. Looks like it was over-applied during manufacturing process. But in time, it's appearance is becoming more and more visible. Both left and right. Making the car looking like 10 year old. Appearance issue was present in parking lot of dealer. Dealer knows about this issue and assured me to replace it. But avoiding my calls for six months.

Reported at 2 miles, March 2015

LED daytime running lights on headlight now flicker and fail inspection even though no damage or impacts occurred to the headlight. Repair is in excess of $1200. [link removed] [link removed]

Reported at 90,000 miles, June 2018

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