{"nhtsa_id":10111041,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-10","date":"2017-07-06","document_id":"MT-013-17","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"On some vehicles, the rear combination lamp lens becomes hazy and looks white when the brake or taillight is on. Due to heat accumulated by extended brake light (E) usage, the red inner cap (A) is melted (B) and the inner (C) and/or outer (D) lens becomes hazy.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10111041-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10111041-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10111041","components":[{"id":"lighting","name":"Lighting","parent":null},{"id":"brake-light","name":"Brake lights","parent":"lighting"},{"id":"tail-light","name":"Tail lights","parent":"lighting"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MAZDA","model":"MAZDA3","year_from":2004,"year_to":2009,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2004_mazda_mazda3","2005_mazda_mazda3","2006_mazda_mazda3","2007_mazda_mazda3","2008_mazda_mazda3","2009_mazda_mazda3"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}