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Maintenance and Care

Owner Maintenance

Form No. 8S18-EA-03I

High-beam bulb

1. Turn the socket and bulb assembly 

counterclockwise and remove it. 
Carefully remove the headlight bulb 
from its socket in the reflector by 
gently pulling it straight backward out 
of the socket.

2. Disconnect the bulb from the electrical 

connector by pressing the tab on the 
connector with your finger and pulling 
the bulb upward.

3. Install the new bulb in the reverse order 

of removal.

Low-beam bulb

(Xenon fusion bulb)

You cannot replace the low beam bulbs by 
yourself.
The bulbs must be replaced at an 
Authorized Mazda Dealer.

(Halogen bulbs)

1. Detach the electrical connector from 

the bulb by pulling it to the rear.

2. Pull off the sealing cover.

3. Unhook the bulb retaining spring.

4. Swing the retaining spring out and 

away to free the headlight bulb.

5. Carefully remove the headlight bulb 

from the socket by pulling it straight 
back.

NOTE

•

To replace the bulb, contact an 
Authorized Mazda Dealer.

•

Use the protective cover and carton 
for the replacement bulb to dispose 
of the old bulb promptly and out of 
the reach of children.

Tab

Socket

Sealing
cover

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