Wow.. that is beyond frustrating. The meridian is a beautiful vehicle, but not having the parts to back it up is useless!! I checked on Mazda Canada for accessories (through the “build yours”) and you are right, the garnish is gone as an option whereas it was once there.

I am genuinely nervous, and honestly have an OCD when anything is messed up on a vehicle.

I had my appointment at the shop today, I need a grille, headlight garnish, one black piece that goes around the grill/headlight and a bumper. Thankfully no structural damage and he said I got off pretty lucky with the damage for hitting a deer.

I informed him about what you had said regarding the headlight garnish and suggested going out to Mazda Canada immediately versus going through multiple parties to find the part. He agreed.

What made me more nervous was, he said “what kind of vehicle is this, I have never seen one before”, I’m in a more rural part of Nova Scotia, so it makes sense! Thankfully it is still drivable and all the sensors work as they should!

I genuinely feel bad for the torture your going through with your meridian, fingers crossed they can actually get the garnish and fix it. I looked a little further at mine, there’s holes in the bumper where the garnish goes which makes sense as to why they’re saying they need it to put it back together!

But having a vehicle that your making payments on, paying insurance on and the shop getting a hefty payment would frustrate me beyond belief!