2007 Mazda MAZDA3 Exterior lighting Problems

“We just noticed that both tail/brake lights have melted holes in the surrounding inside red plastic lens. The bulbs are the originals as are the lens. The heat is now starting to affect the outside clear cover. The outside covers are still intact, but look bubbly; the holes in the inner red lens let white light come out and it looks like we have back-up lights on continuously at night.”

“My brake light housing is melted on both sides. The brake light bulb is melted into the brake light sockets on both the left and right brake lights. I noticed while driving in the city and cars were flagging me to tell me my brake lights are out. I pulled into a auto shop to check and both sides were melted. I had my car since 2013 and everything was original stock. My check engine light flashes and when I had it checked they said it may be faulty fuel pump, because that's the only code that shows and I already had everything replaced. …”

“A few months after we bought our Mazda 3 we noticed the bulbs blew out well come to find out our lenses were melting and it got so hot the socket and bulb burst so we took it to the place we bought it and they warrantied them out well guess what the tail lenses we got replaced melted again and blew out the bulbs. We took our car to Mazda and the technicians found nothing wrong, no ground problem. Well we took it back to the place we bought it thinking they'd be able to warranty them out since they're less than a year well the lady wouldn't do it. …”

“Someone ran up to my car at a stop light to tell me that both of my brake lights were out. Not sure how long I have been driving around with no brake lights. I took car to shop and they said that the brake bulbs had burst and melted my tail light assemblies, presumably due to overheating. I know this is a manufacturers issue because a) I just replaced my tail light assemblies 3 months ago for the same exact issue and b) I did a quick online search and saw that many other people have had the same issue with their Mazda 3 hatchbacks, tails lights melting, bulbs busting etc. …”

“The rear brake light housing in my 2007 Mazda 3 hatchback is melting. It is the top red light on both sides. These are stock brake lights and have never been replaced. The dealership will not replace for free even though this is a design flaw and safety issue from Mazda. Upon further research of this issue, there are many Mazda 3 owners who also have this issue and have run into the same road blocks on getting it fixed by Mazda.”