Recall · 22V885000
Mazda North American Operations recalled the MAZDA MAZDA2 over exterior lighting
226
Vehicles covered
1
Model
2
Model years
November 30, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
- The defect
- Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Mazda2 vehicles. The headlights are missing adjustment prevention caps, which can allow the headlights to be improperly adjusted. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
- What it can cause
- Improperly adjusted headlights can reduce visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will install the missing adjustment prevention caps, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 28, 2022. Owners in Puerto Rico may contact Mazda customer service at (787) 620-7546. Owners in the United States may contact Mazda customer service at 1-800-222-5500 Option 6. Mazda's number for this recall is 5622K.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| MazdaMAZDA2 | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 226 vehicles this is a small campaign: 59% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2020 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mazda vehicles have been recalled over the exterior lighting 6 times before this, most recently in February 2020 as 20V063000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 21V875000 (fuel system, gasoline).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Mazda North American Operations with NHTSA on November 30, 2022 as campaign 22V885000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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