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2016 Mazda MX-5 Visibility problems

Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 2016 Mazda MX-5's visibility & wipers with NHTSA - 3% of all its complaints, most recently on October 21, 2020. Windshields, wipers, defrosters, mirrors, backup cameras and glare.

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Visibility complaints

Visibility & wipers

Sun visors on first generation nd mx-5 subject to catastrophic failure, leading to dangerous driving conditions. I was at highway speed when the driver's side visor failed on my car. The visor would no longer stay in position. It just hung at the bottommost position. As a tall driver I first scrunched down in the seat in order to see properly out the windshield. Eventually I held the sagging visor up with my left hand and steered/shifted with my right hand. Not ideal and definitely not perfectly safe. Online...

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forums indicate this is a widespread problem with first generation nds.Though the sun visors in my 2016 nd have been used sparingly, both driver and passenger side visors have failed in the same place: at the hinge near the dome light. The replacement part is nearly $300, not including installation. The part was quickly redesigned by mazda but owners of early vins are out of luck.

Filed Incident Visibility / wiperNHTSA 11365631

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