NHTSA Complaint #11446370 — 2021 MAZDA CX-5 VISIBILITY/WIPER

Complaint Details

ODI Number	11446370
Vehicle	2021 MAZDA CX-5
Component	VISIBILITY/WIPER
Date of Incident	January 5, 2022
Date Filed	January 5, 2022
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	WA

Consumer Description

On this model of Mazda, they only manufactured it with 1 small center defrost vent on the windshield, and nothing on the sides. Therefore the windshield only gets defrosted in the center, not in front of the driver. I live in the Pacific Northwest and it rains a lot which results in foggy windows, I feel it is extremely unsafe driving a car that doesn’t defrost the full windshield, more importantly in front of the drivers view. I have severely degraded visibility 80% of the time I’m driving because of how poorly designed defrost ducts are

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