Replacing HID (low beam) Headlight on a 2010 Mazda CX-9 | [0015] 🚗

Replacing HID (low beam) Headlight on a 2010 Mazda CX-9 | [0015] 🚗

I needed to replace a dying HID bulb on my wife's 2010 Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring. I couldn't find any instructions (or any that cared for) and the only two videos I found showed the whole headlight assembly being removed.

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[michaelhatfield]

Thanks a million. I’ve watched so many videos for my Mazda 5 and saw the pictures from Mazda and couldn’t ever get it until I saw this video.

[MiguelOjedaJr]

This is a $1, 000 repair easily at the dealer.
Think $120-$150/hr plus diagnostic. Oh thank you for saving this single father time and money with this video. Im changing out the driverside after 300k miles. This is a great car minus the electrical problems, its a quality built user friendly SUV. Thanks to mazda for making most repair and upkeep mostly easy for DIYer!

[sarahstogner]

Seriously time-saving (and headache-saving) video - thank you! Everything on my 2011 CX-9 Grand Touring was exactly where you showed it to be. Autozone sold me the wrong bulb and seeing this video showed me how to order and install the right one. My heartfelt gratitude to you for this informative video.

[zeronyne]

This just came in so handy. Thank you. Now I need to exchange my bulbs for HID…I forget every time.

[gabyflow]

Thank you my friend this video did helps me lot, thank you so much, hope u still have ur Mazda 😊

[joshuatryon]

Thank you thank you thank you. I spent nearly 45 minutes trying to figure out how to change the lightbulb in my car.

[gaetanoschristmaschannel]

To add to the video, to get the ballast out first it's a counter clockwise quarter turn, Easy way to get the ears off is to do one at a time and to use your thumb only, covering the front of the ear with your thumb and pushing in and back and then keeping the "in"pressure while bringing it forward. To put the ears back in, its the same, one at a time using your thumb to push back and in and then slowly release. it may take more than a few tries.

[cleenlivin]

Very much appreciated. Dealer wanted about $150.00 just to hook up to computer and perform a diagnostic due to one light being out. Claimed bulbs usually don't go out and that it could be a bad ballast. Car is 8 years old and first time bulb went out. Used your video to figure out clips and found Philips bulbs online for about $15/a piece. Going the dealer route could have easily cost about $500 to change one bulb. Robbery...

[mattmetters]

Thanks for the video. I have a 2011 Grand Touring and the process is the same.

[johnrobbinson]

Very good video, others didn't show the clips

[MattKelley]

Very VERY helpful! I watched other videos and they all had standard H11 bulbs. I kept getting the wrong bulbs until I finally saw this video. Must just be a Grand Touring thing I dont know.. But thank you!

[JohnAzevedo]

This just saved me at least $200 bucks, maybe more. Mazda dealer wanted almost $300 for just the bulb. And, that did not include installation cost. Bought the bulb for $99 at PepBoys and installed myself in less that 15 with the help of this video. Figured out first part of unscrewing cover and detaching wiring harness on my own, but seeing video of clip to release bulb was the clincher. Thanks much.

[neecosse]

Thank you for the video. I think it will be very helpful for me. On my CX9 I noticed condensation and thereafter the HID died out. In my case I believe I would need to find where the potential break in the seal is and then replace the hid lamp and ballast. Correct?

[Loki_Dokie]

You saved me a lot of irritation and cussing engineers :) thanks so much

[murd]

It's a lot easier if you put a small mirror pointing the light bulb, then you will see the whole thing clearly. I've done it before.

[jennyshuz]

We have a 2010 Cx-9 touring and there's no clip. I had to turn the wired piece to remove and replace bulb.

[BradInStLouis]

Discussed the squeeze clip with my Mazda Service Manager today. He mentioned breaking that clip requires about $2000 to replace the entire headlamp assembly. There are 4 reasons that bulb can fail. The filament is just one of them. It was a circuit board module last time. Today it as $345 for a new HID bulb. Good luck!

[Mr.Steve-O]

Great video, are there specific instructions on how to handle the HID bulb itself? The manual says you can get an electric shock if not handled correctly. Suppose it's true and also another way to get you to pay $200 for a newly installed bulb. What did you do to avoid getting shocked? Maybe the latex gloves is all that's needed, thx

[Sokolva]

I tried this on my Mazda CX-9 2008 and the little wire ear clips broke the plastic that holds them in. We were able to get the headlight out, but squeezing the ear clips together appears to have broken the plastic and now we can’t see a way to get it to close again. The light just hangs out of the back. Is there any way to replace this part affordably or fix it? Thank you very much

[rushoffman]

Could anybody point me in the right direction of replacing the brights/high beam bulb? I can't even find where the bulb is