Owner Maintenance; Maintenance and Care; halogen bulb with your bare hands - Page 390

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Maintenance and Care

Owner Maintenance

WARNING

  Never touch the glass portion of a 
halogen bulb with your bare hands 
and always wear eye protection when 
handling or working around the bulbs:

  When a halogen bulb breaks, it is 
dangerous. These bulbs contain 
pressurized gas. If one is broken, it will 
explode and serious injuries could be 
caused by the fl ying glass.
  If the glass portion is touched with 
bare hands, body oil could cause the 
bulb to overheat and explode when lit.
  

  Always keep halogen bulbs out of the 
reach of children:

  Playing with a halogen bulb is 
dangerous. Serious injuries could be 
caused by dropping a halogen bulb or 
breaking it some other way.

   NOTE

y

  To replace the bulb, contact an 

Authorized Mazda Dealer.

y

  If the halogen bulb is accidentally 

touched, it should be cleaned with 
rubbing alcohol before being used.

y

  Use the protective cover and carton for 

the replacement bulb to dispose of the 
old bulb promptly and out of the reach 
of children.

 Replacing Exterior Light Bulbs

    Headlights

    Low-beam  bulbs

     1.   If you are changing the right bulb, start 

the engine, turn the steering wheel all 
the way to the left, and turn off engine. 
If you are changing the left bulb, turn 
the steering wheel to the right, and turn 
off engine.

   2.   Make sure the headlight switch is off.
   3.   Pull the center of each plastic retainer 

and remove the retainers.

R em ov al

In s t allat ion

   4.   Turn  the  screw  counterclockwise  and 

remove it, and then partially peel back 
the mudguard.