2010 Mazda5 Broken Air Vent Clip…Anyone else?

[M20105]

I have a 2010 Mazda 5 (GT) and the right center air vent clips is broken. I have tried clipping back into place, but seems it needs to be replaced. Has anyone experienced this? It appears I would need to remove a part of the dashboard to replace the vent.

 

[negusm]

Yup. I looked at replacing the left center one on my 2010. The whole section around it needs to be removed. I just live with it. I glued it once but it didn't hold.

But yeah, you'll need a large replacement piece of ducting, etc since everything seems to be integrated.

Old cars used to have pop out and you pop in a new vent. Easy peasy.

 

[hleboklop]

I have a 2010 Mazda 5 (GT) and the right center air vent clips is broken. I have tried clipping back into place, but seems it needs to be replaced. Has anyone experienced this? It appears I would need to remove a part of the dashboard to replace the vent.

The air vent part is held in place with a screw. You'd have to remove the dashboard, starting with the center console, ac control, and radio to get to that screw.

 

[M20105]

Yup. I looked at replacing the left center one on my 2010. The whole section around it needs to be removed. I just live with it. I glued it once but it didn't hold.

But yeah, you'll need a large replacement piece of ducting, etc since everything seems to be integrated.

Old cars used to have pop out and you pop in a new vent. Easy peasy.

Thank you so much. While I truly love
Mazda and the reliability (bought my 5 new in 2010 and has 89K), I hate that they make certain fixes that should be simple more elaborate than what it needs to be.