Front Map Light

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2013 Mazda CX-5. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

Disconnect the negative battery cable. (See NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE DISCONNECTION/CONNECTION [SKYACTIV-G 2.0] ).
Open the sunglasses holder.
Remove the screws from the front map light.

Fig 1: Removing Front Map Light
Move the front map light in the direction of the arrow (1) shown in the figure and pull out the pin from the bracket.
CAUTION:
- Be careful not to pull the connector out strongly when removing the front map light. Otherwise, the contact surface of the wiring harness secured to the headliner will come off and the wiring harness could be pulled out. If the front map light is installed with the wiring harness pulled out, the wiring harness could get caught between the headliner and front map light bracket resulting in an open or short circuit in the wiring harness.
Fig 2: Removing Front Map Light
Move the front map light in the direction of the arrow (2) shown in the figure and pull out the front map light from the headliner.

Fig 3: Pulling Out Front Map Light From Headliner
Disconnect the connector.

Fig 4: Identifying Connector
Remove the front map light.
Install in the reverse order of removal.

Fig 5: Identifying Front Map Light