Need New Headlights? Visit Your Mazda Dealership

Over 40 percent of fatal collisions occur at night, even with far fewer cars on the road. The key factor here is visibility. Without bright headlights after dark, any driver’s chances of having an accident dramatically rise. If you’re experiencing the following issues with your headlights, keep yourself and your passengers safe by installing new headlights at your local Mazda dealership.

Need New Headlights? Visit Your Mazda Dealership Today

Dimming Light

Most headlight bulbs fade in the last few weeks or months of their lifespan. This gradual fading might not be obvious at once. If you find yourself struggling to see the road ahead and suspect your headlights are weakening, ask a trusted technician to examine the bulbs. 

Headlight bulbs rarely fail at precisely the same time, so it’s likely that a dimming bulb will cause the light to fade on just one side of your car. If both your headlights appear to be weakening, you might have an underlying problem with the battery or other elements of the electrical system. 

Discolored Light

If the light ahead of your car seems discolored, hazy, or cloudy, then one or more of your headlight lenses could be dirty or damaged. To examine the quality of the light, you can set your car facing a closed garage door and shine your headlights on it. 

Headlight lenses can sometimes become coated with dirt or grime, which you might be able to clean away. Your lenses can also become more seriously damaged by UV rays in sunlight, which oxidize the acrylic, causing dark patches and microcracks. In this case, the lenses will usually need to be replaced.

Flickering Light

Some types of headlight bulbs flicker as they age. If your headlights are flickering, one of your bulbs is probably about to fail. Flickering could also be caused by a fault in the wiring or bulb harness. If you use halogen bulbs, the flickering could result from a broken or burned-out filament; HID or LED bulbs are typically less likely to flicker. 

High-Beam Failure

Hard-working high-beam bulbs can sometimes fail before the low beams. This would leave you with a significantly reduced ability to see the road ahead, so it’s important to immediately replace malfunctioning high beams. 

Blowing Fuse 

Problems with the bulb, harness, or wiring could cause the headlight fuse to blow. This fuse will also blow if a sudden electrical surge threatens to damage the bulbs. If your headlight fuse repeatedly blows, ask a technician to figure out the cause.

Visit Tom Bush Mazda in Jacksonville, FL, today to have your headlights tested, repaired, or replaced. Since 1974, we’ve been offering drivers in and around our local community a terrific range of vehicles alongside top-notch maintenance services and customer care. 

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