2010 Mazda CX-7 Exterior lighting Problems

Low beam headlamps are extremely dim. Have bought new replacement headlamps and are still very dim. Bought both replacement headlamp housings thinking wiring could be compromised but that didn't help either. Replacing headlamps is difficult due to having to remove either the front tires OR the front entire bumper assembly to switch out lamps. No fog lights are present on this model so makes driving at night very difficult. and unsafe.

NHTSA ID

11586279

Incident

Jan 1, 2022

Recently got this car and am fixing it up. Vehicle's headlights function but are dysfunctional. Night driving is impossible as per nearly nonexistent illumination of roadway. Don't know how to fix/upgrade. Wanted to give this vehicle to my Florida student but now hesitate as Florida's roadways are not illuminated. Have seen many posts relative hereto, even when the vehicle was new. A manufacturer's recall should issue for new improved headlights. Please advise on a fix for this essential vehicular safety function .

NHTSA ID

11502809

Incident

Dec 1, 2022

Headlight to nowhere just started having horrible visibility it’s like if lights were off I change the bulbs several times LEDs H IDs factory bulbs still results no good

NHTSA ID

11480073

Incident

Jun 8, 2022

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DANGEROUS, IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE DOWN THE ROAD USING THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO CORRECT. *TR

NHTSA ID

11324220

Incident

May 10, 2020

MY HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM NO MATTER WHICH BULBS I PUT IN. I REALLY NEED TO GET THIS FIXED BECAUSE DRIVING AT NIGHT IS A DANGER. I'VE READ MANY MAZDA CX-7 OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE.

NHTSA ID

11315857

Incident

Mar 1, 2020

Mileage

97,000 mi

I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH MY HEADLIGHTS ON MY MAZDA CX7 2010 OR SHOULD I SAY LACK OF HEADLIGHTS. I HAVE PUT 8 LIGHT BULBS IN THIS CAR AND THEY WERE THE EXPENSIVE ONES. THIS CAR IS A PIECE OF CRAP ALL THE WAY AROUND BUT THE HEADLIGHTS ARE REALLY BAD! ALSO THEY ARE SO CLOUDED OVER. I HAVE A HARD TIME DRIVING AT NIGHT AND NOW I JUST CAN'T BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING TO GET STOPPED AGAIN FOR HAVING A HEADLIGHT OUT! I ONLY DRIVE DURING THE DAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, WHEN I SEE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME THING. THIS IS SUCH A STRESS ER FOR ME. I WISH THERE WAS SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT COULD HELP US IN THIS SITUATION.

NHTSA ID

11179841

Incident

Jan 1, 2014

Mileage

30,000 mi

HEADLIGHT BULBS HAVE BURNED OUT EVERY 6 MONTHS SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN 2010. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE LENSES HAVE FOGGED UP TO THE POINT HEADLIGHTS ARE WORTHLESS. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, ONE SEAL IS BAD AND THE OTHER SIDE HAS MELTED, COST OF REPAIR IS NEARLY $2,000. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND LOOKS TO BE A COMMON DEFECT IN THIS MAKE/MODEL OF CAR. WE NOW DRIVE THE CAR ONLY DURING DAYLIGHT. IF WE NEED TO AT NIGHT, WE USE HIGH BEAMS EXCLUSIVELY AS WE CAN'T SEE A THING WITH REGULAR HEADLIGHTS.

NHTSA ID

11082328

Incident

Mar 31, 2018

Mileage

112,000 mi

BOTH LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR 3 YEARS IN JULY AND I'VE HAD TO GET GET EACH LIGHT CHANGED 3 TIMES ALREADY. WHEN I GET ONE SIDE FIXED THE OTHER ONE GOES OUT.

NHTSA ID

11074677

Incident

Jan 15, 2018

Mileage

100,000 mi

HEAD LIGHT BULBS WERE BURNING OUT AND COULD NOT BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE CLIPS WERE BROKEN. I WAS TOLD THIS IS QUITE COMMON IN THE DESIGN AND IN THEIR INFINITE WISDOM, MAZDA REFUSES TO SELL NEW CLIPS, INSTEAD, I WAS FORCED TO BUY TWO NEW HEADLIGHT FIXTURES TO THE TUNE OF $1200 FOR PARTS AND 300 FOR LABOR. I AM NEVER BUYING ANOTHER MAZDA.

NHTSA ID

11055922

Incident

Dec 21, 2017

I HAVE MY MAZDA 2010 CX7 ON 3-11-2017. WHEN THE DEALER GIVE ME TO ME. THE MAZDA HAVE THIS. THEY STAR WITH THE LIGHT ON IN AIR BAG AND OTHER TIME. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS WHEN USE THE SWITH AND PUT THE LIGHT THERE CHANGE AND I'M THINK THERE HAVE PROBLEM ELECTRICAL AND IN THE RIM. THE MAZDA RUNNING BUT THEY HAVE A COUPLE PROBLEM. AND UNKNOWN SITUATION THE ONLY FIXED IS THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. BECAUSE WHEN AM GOING OVETHERE THEY TOLD ME THE ONLY RECALL HAVE IS THAT WANT. THE LOWER CONTROL ARM.

NHTSA ID

11022873

Incident

Mar 11, 2017

I NOTICED TAILIGHTS LOOKED FUNNY, SO I REMOVED THEM TO INSPECT THEM. TO MY SURPRISE THERE WERE MELTED HOLES IN THE TAILLIGHT, AND BURN/CHARRED MARKS ON 2 OF THE LIGHT RECEPTACLES. ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH FRONT HEAD LIGHT BURNING OUT. THIS APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR DEFECT WITH THIS MODEL, EVERY OWNER I HAVE SPOKE WITH HAS SAME PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID

11010060

Incident

Jul 21, 2017

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOW BEAMS SHORTED MORE THAN FIVE TIMES AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE THE HEAD LAMP ASSEMBLIES MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CONTACT HAD TO UTILIZE THE HIGH BEAMS EACH TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE CONTACT WAS TO CHECK WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO DETERMINE WHEN THE DEALER MAY BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIRS AND TO REPORT THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. ..UPDATED 08/22/17 *BF *AS

NHTSA ID

10985915

Incident

Nov 1, 2016

Mileage

30,000 mi

THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES ON OUR VEHICLE, ONE NIGHT BOTH WENT OUT AND HAD TO DRIVE HOME WITH OUR HIGH BEAMS ON, WE'VE PROBABLY REPLACED ABOUT AT LEAST TWO DOZEN BULBS, THERE HAS TO BE SOME FIX TO THIS ISSUE, THEY ARE EXPENSIVE AND NOT EASY TO REPLACE, THEY SAY DRILLING A HOLE IN THE HOUSING WILL TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM BY GIVING AIR AND REDUCING THE MOISTURE IN THE HOUSING, THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND STILL LIGHTS ARE GOING OUT, NEED HELP HERE ON THIS ISSUE.

NHTSA ID

10960162

Incident

Mar 10, 2017

Mileage

40,000 mi

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE EXTREMELY POOR AND THEY ARE SO DULL THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. WHEN I COMPARE THE LOW BEAM HALOGEN PROJECTORS ON OTHER MAKES OF VEHICLES THAT I HAVE DRIVEN, THEY CONSISTENTLY PERFORM FAR BETTER THAN THOSE ON THE MAZDA. I FELT THAT THE LIGHTS WERE SUBPAR FROM THE TIME I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM NEW, BUT THEY HAVE GOTTEN WORSE OVER TIME. SPECIFICALLY THE ILLUMINATION OF THE ROAD SURFACE, THE FOCUS AND THE DISTANCE OF THE LIGHT ALL APPEAR TO BE VERY POOR. IT IS JUST DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. I SUSPECT THAT THE PROBLEM IS IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE LIGHTS BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED, I NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW. SO THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM OF OLD LIGHTS ON AN OLD CAR. I EVEN MENTIONED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP DURING A SERVICE AND THEY CHECKED THE AIM OF THE LIGHTS AND SAID THAT THEY WERE WORKING PERFECTLY. HAVING SEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS AND DRIVERS OF THIS VEHICLE, I AM NOW CONVINCED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT MAZDA SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR. HEADLIGHTS ARE THERE TO ENABLE DRIVERS TO SEE AND BE SEEN UNDER MOST ROAD CONDITIONS. THE 2010 MAZDA CX-7 HEADLIGHTS SIMPLY FAIL TO ACHIEVE THIS. THIS IS CLEARLY A CASE OF FORM OVER FUNCTION, BUT IN THIS CASE IT HAD LED TO A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10939862

Incident

Jan 5, 2017

YET ANOTHER DIM HEADLIGHT HAS BURNED OUT. I'VE OWNED THIS VEHICLE 16 MONTHS, AND THIS WILL BE THE 10TH TIME CHANGING THE DIM HEADLIGHT BULB. 7 TIMES ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, AND THIS WILL MAKE 3RD TIME ON PASSENGER SIDE. AS WELL AS HAVING TO CHANGE A TAIL LIGHT ON PASSENGER SIDE. ALL THE MAZDA DEALERS ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, AND I AS WELL AS THEY ARE WONDERING WHY THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM?!! THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE, TROUBLESOME AND VERY AGGRAVATING ISSUE, AND VERY INCONVENIENT AND UNSAFE!! *TR

NHTSA ID

10936613

Incident

Dec 20, 2016

THE HEADLIGHTS (LOW BEAM) ON MY CAR SIMPLY STOPPED WORKING ALL OF A SUDDEN. CHECKED THE FUSES AND ALL ARE FINE. HIGH BEAMS AND SIGNAL LIGHTS WORK FINE, IT'S JUST THE HEADLIGHTS. HAVE SEEN THIS SAME DESCRIPTION IN OTHER WEBSITES AS POSSIBLY THE CONTROL MODULE HAD A SHORT CIRCUIT AND THIS IS A VERY COMMON THING TO HAPPEN TO THESE CARS. MAZDA IS NOT ACCEPTING THIS AS AN "IN WARRANTY" REPAIR EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A MAJOR COMMON COMPLAINT. MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY ALREADY, SO I'LL NEED TO PAY THIS REPAIR OUT OF POCKET.

NHTSA ID

10934557

Incident

Dec 7, 2016

Mileage

177,473 mi

MY HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN GOING OUT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND I FINALLY REALIZED I SHOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT. I'VE CHANGE THE LOW BEAM BULBS MULTIPLE TIMES (I DO NOT TOUCH THE BULB WITH MY HAND) AND EVERY FEW MONTHS THE BULB GOES BAD. THIS HAPPENS SO FREQUENTLY THAT I KEEP A SPARE BULB IN MY GLOVE COMPARTMENT. I'VE READ MANY MESSAGE BOARDS STATING THEIR MAZDA HAS SIMILAR ISSUES. THERE HAS TO BE SOME OTHER SOLUTION RATHER THAN SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON BULBS OR GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO CHANGE.

NHTSA ID

10926994

Incident

Nov 5, 2016

HEAD LIGHTS ARE VERY DIM. CAN NOT DRIVE THE CAR AT NIGHT. I HAVE REPLACED THE LIGHTS 2 TIMES WITH NO IMPROVEMENT.

NHTSA ID

10863303

Incident

May 2, 2016

DIM HEADLAMP BULBS BURN OUT REPEATEDLY . HAVE OWNED VEHICLE 5 MONTHS AND HAVE CHANGED 4 TIMES

NHTSA ID

10823222

Incident

Sep 28, 2015

THE BULBS MELTED BOTH BACK TAIL LIGHT LAMPS. A MANUFACTURING DEFECT FROM DEFECTIVE PARTS. WHICH SHOULD BE REPLACE AND REPAIR FREE OF CHARGE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10703708

Incident

Mar 3, 2015

Mileage

83,490 mi

2010 MAZDA CX7. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS PROBLEM. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED EVER SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE REPLACED THE HEADLIGHTS EIGHT TIMES. ON DECEMBER 12, 2011 THE DRIVER SIDE HEAD LIGHT WENT OUT. THEN ON MARCH 8, 2012 THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER IT WAS VERY COMMON AND HEADLIGHTS COULD GO OUT AT ANY TIME. ANOTHER HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN ON OCTOBER 30, 2012. THE SAME BULB WENT OUT ON NOVEMBER 10, 2012. THE CONSUMER WENT BACK TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE BULB WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. ON JANUARY 7, 2013 THE OPPOSITE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. ON JUNE 10, 2013, THE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN. ON OCTOBER 1, 2013 THE SAME THING HAPPENED. ON JUNE 12, 214, THE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN. THE DEALER CONTINUED TO SAY, THERE WAS NO DEFECT. *JB

NHTSA ID

10616492

Incident

Dec 12, 2011

Mileage

20,080 mi

I PURCHASED THE 2010 MAZDA CX7 VEHICLE ABOUT NINE MONTHS AGO. I FREQUENTLY DO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE I FEEL IT IS UNSAFE UNDER MANY CONDITIONS. THE DASH LIGHTS ARE INADEQUATE AND MAKE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE TRAVELING DAY OR NIGHT. I AM AFRAID I WILL BE TICKETED FOR TRAVELING TOO SLOW OR TOO FAST WHEN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IS SO POORLY LIGHTED. I HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER 2010 AND 2011 MODELS, AND THEY ARE ALL THE SAME, POORLY LIGHTED. I RECENTLY SPOKE TO SOMEONE WITH ANOTHER MODEL WHO HAD THE SAME COMPLAINT. I FEEL THAT IT IS UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. I HAVE NO OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME.

NHTSA ID

10420154

Incident

Aug 1, 2011