My wife and I bought a 2008 Mazda3 I Touring Value back in March. A couple weeks ago we noticed that the drivers side fog light was hit by a rock or something and the it had a hole in the glass. While waiting for the dealership to get the parts in that they ordered to fix it, my wife was cleaning the car and noticed that the passenger side fog light has a crack in it.

Is this a common problem, or am I just having some bad luck with this?

 

I think you're just having some bad luck.

 

Damn, I told her to not to take the dirt road to my house or u would get suspicious.. Heee Heee
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I have an 04 with the round fogs and have had them completely apart. If the glass lens in the later ones is as thick as mine are, I don't know how it could be broken... unless some crazy lady smashed it with a sledge hammer. (<<< For you Cast_OnE.)

 

That is not funny, eastcoaster. I told her to go straight to her house, but i guess she did not listened. hehehe.....[8D]

 

So the general consensus is that I just had a run of bad luck in rocks or whatever hitting the right spots of the fog lamp and cracking or breaking them.

 

I dont know why on earth they are glass to begin with. Its just asking to be broken. There is some sort of 3M film you can get put on them to prevent them from breaking.

 

I would say that yes!!! Just a bit of bad luck there bud. Luck will be taking a turn....

 

hahaha. anyhow that is most definitly bad luck. but i thought they were plastic. and the 3M film will basically stop it from cracking thoroughly. however it will still leave cracks if you hit more dirt roads. perhaps what you may want to do is either stop driving on dirt roads or get some sort of fog light cover.

 

The answer to that would be a qualified YES!! I run blue RockBlockers, but Lamin-X also offer light protection... both pre-cut and in bulk. And it's available in clear and 3-4 other colors too. Yellow anyone??