Mazda RX-8 Complaints (2004)

490 consumer complaints on file.

#10979264April 19, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA RX-8. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V382000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V354000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 06/13/17*LJ UPDATED 10/11/2017*JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970008April 2, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL PUMP NOZZLE IS CRACKED ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK AND FUEL PRESSURE TO DROP CAUSE DRIVEABILITY PROBLEMS AND STALLING. MAZDA CLAIMS ITS THE RING AND GASKET ON THEIR RECALL BUT IT'S THE FUEL PUMP CRACKING. MY CAR STARTED BUCKING AND RUNNING ERRATICALLY. INSTALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR ROUGHLY ONE YEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10968579March 27, 2017
STEERING
THERE HAS BEEN COUNTLESS TIMES WHERE I AM DRIVING AND MY STEERING JUST WANTS TO FAIL. OK SO NOW IT FAILS AND SOMETIMES, WITHOUT WARNING, JERKS MY WHEEL ONE DIRECTION. IF I AM NOT PAYING ATTENTION I COULD EASILY SIDESWIP ANOTHER CAR. IT HAS DONE IT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND I HAVE HIT THE CENTER MEDIUM BENDING MY RIM AND DESTROYING MY TIRE. I HAVE BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CAN NEVER GET IT WITH THE LIGHT ON. I HAVE PAID FOR TWO DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOS THE ISSUE. THE ONE TIME I GOT IT IN THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE THE LIGHT BUT ONCE THEY PLUGGED THEIR STUFF IN IT DISAPPEARED. THEY THEN SAID THE TERMINALS JUST NEEDED TO GET CLEANED CHARGING ME FOR THAT AND LESS THEN 1 DAY LATER THE ISSUE WAS BACK. SOMETIMES IT ALSO DOES JUST FAIL WHEN SITTING STATIONARY AS WELL AND THE WHEEL JUST STARTS TURNING ITSELF AND EVENTUALLY THE LIGHT COMES ON. PLEASE HELP IN FIXING THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10957779March 1, 2017
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA RX-8. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V362000 (AIR BAGS). AFTER THE REPAIR, THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO CRACK IN THE LOCATION WHERE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DASHBOARD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10948694January 31, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA RX-8. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V354000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V7963000 (FUEL SYSTEM). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT AND VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10945570January 16, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE FUEL LINE INPUT NIPPLE, ON THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY, CRACKS AND CAUSES A LEAK. THE FUEL PUMP LOCK RING IS NOT THE PROBLEM AND CAN BE REUSED. REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY FIXES THE PROBLEM. IT IS VERY COMMON ON ALL 2004-2008 MODELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10945389January 15, 2017
STEERING
I HAVE HAD MY ELECTRONICALY ASSISTED STEERING GO OUT ON ME AND POSE A SERIOUS RISK TO ME AND OTHERS WHILE I DRIVE. THIS WAS 1ST NOTICED WITH A SLIGHT SHUTTER OR KICKBACK WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, WHILE I DID NOTIFY THE DEALERSHIP; THEY TOLD ME THAT UNLESS THERE WAS A CODE THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING. THIS WAS AFTER IT WAS ALREADY REPLACED WITH A RE-MANUFACTURED ONE. WHEN I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THE TOW GUY EVEN STATED TO THE DEALER THAT THE STEERING INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON. BUT WHEN THE CAR WAS STARTED AT THE DEALER THE LIGHT WAS NOT ON. I'VE HAD TO DRIVE THIS WAY FOR A WHILE NOW AND IT HAS BECOME WORSE TO WHERE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND IS HARD TO TURN, ALMOST CAUSING ME TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE 80% OF THE TIME I DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10936068December 18, 2016
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PASSENGER SIDE DASH NEAR AIRBAG AREA (ABOVE GLOVE BOX VISUALLY) IS CRACKING HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY. VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY OF THE PASSENGER, PREMATURE RUPTURE OF AIRBAG, RANDOM DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG. GARAGE KEPT CAR. CRACK HORIZONTAL HAS OVER TIME PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. VERTICAL CRACK BEGAN 12.13.16. IN GARAGE. HAVE APPOINTMENT WITH MAZDA DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR 16V-354-BUT RECALL PAPERWORK DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE AREA(S) OF DASH INCLUDED WITH REPAIR THAT WILL RESOLVE ISSUE AND POTENTIAL HAZARDS-INCLUDING ENCASEMENT OF AIRBAG. RECALL NOTICE DOES NOT ARTICULATE POTENTIAL PARTS ASSOCIATED. "PASSENGER FRONTAL AIR BAG INFLATOR" IS ALL DESCRIBED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10914305October 6, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, WENT TO SHIFT UP INTO A HIGHER GEAR AND UPON DEPRESSION THE CLUTCH PEDAL ASSEMBLY SNAPPED AND BROKE PREVENTING ME FROM DISABLING THE TRANSMISSION AND ALLOWING THE TRANSMISSION TO GO INTO THE NEUTRAL OR ANY OTHER POSITION. I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH AND MY CAR HAS ONLY 46,135 MILES ON IT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10908280September 20, 2016
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE CLUTCH PEDAL (ALREADY A KNOWN PROBLEM BY MAZDA, BUT NO RECALL HAS YET BEEN ANNOUNCED) CRACKED WHILE I WAS DRIVING LAST YEAR. I WAS ON HWY 13 IN MINNESOTA AND BARELY GOT CONTROL OF MY SPEED (WAS BARELY ABLE TO MAINTAIN USE OF THE CLUTCH) IT SAT UNTIL I COULD GET IT REPAIRED, THE SAME PEDAL IS NOW CRAKING IN ANOTHER SPOT, WORKING ON GETTING IT REPAIRED BEFORE IT BREAKS AGAIN, THIS TIME WILL REINFORCE IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10896602August 17, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA RX-8. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V382000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V354000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10894057August 8, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA RX-8. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V354000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10894048August 8, 2016
STEERING
THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING HAS A CONNECTION DIRECTLY UNDER THE COOLANT OVERFLOW. COOLANT CAUSES THE CONNECTION TO GO BAD, ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS MY POWER STEERING WOULD COMPLETELY CUT OUT. ALMOST CAUSED ME TO BE IN AN ACCIDEN. AND FROM WHAT I READ ONLINE IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE. I DO BELIEVE THIS TO BE A HUGE SAFETY RISK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10892753August 3, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA RX-8. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V345000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10885839July 19, 2016
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE)
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA RX-8. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS STARTED AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED, THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS ACTIVATED AND THE CLUTCH PEDAL ASSEMBLY BRACKET SNAPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10883839July 10, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PCM FLASH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10849603March 14, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
TAKATA RECALL AFTER COMPLETING THE "INTERIM REPAIR" THE CARS POWER STEERING WILL INTERMITTENTLY GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING, OR PULL TO THE RIGHT ELECTRONICALLY AND FORCEFULLY WITH NO NOTICE, THIS IS A SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AS, IN ADDITION TO THE CAR PULLING HARD RIGHT WITHOUT NOTICE, SOMETIMES WHILE CORRECTING FOR THE PULL THE POWER STEERING COMES ON WITHOUT NOTICE FORCING THE STEERING CORRECTION TO SWERVE LEFT. ALSO THE ABS AND TCL LIGHTS TURN ON AN OFF INTERMITTENTLY SINCE THE 'INTERIM REPAIR' . THE POWER-STEERING WILL GO IN AND OUT WHILE STOPPED, IN MOTION IN EITHER CITY OR HIGHWAY, AND WHILE GOING IN A STRAIGHT LINE OR WHILE TURNING. ' THIS IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10820648January 16, 2016
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL. TRAFFIC CAME TO A HALT ON THE FREEWAY. I STOPPED AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REAR ENDED AT HIGH SPEED CAUSING THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. EITHER THE AIR BAG ITSELF OR A PROJECTILE INJURED MY EYE. THE SKIN ON MY EYELID WAS TORN REQUIRING 7 STITCHES. THIS WAS EXTREMELY TRAUMATIC AND I WANTED TO BE SURE THIS INCIDENT WAS INCLUDED IN THE INVESTIGATION.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10817614January 4, 2016
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA RX-8. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. NO DETAILS OF THE REPAIRS WERE AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROX. 50,000. UPDATED 05/03/16*LJ *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10817180December 31, 2015
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CRACKS IN THE DASH IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WHICH IS CURRENTLY A RECALL ISSUE. IT SEEMS THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF RX8 EXPERIENCE CRACKING IN THE SAME SPOT ON THE DASH, GENERALLY FOLLOWING AN "H" SHAPE. REPORTS ARE THAT THE CRACKS FOLLOW THE AIRBAG MODULE ASSEMBLY UNDERNEATH THE DASH, AND THE CRACKS FOLLOW THE SEAM THAT WOULD BE CREATED IN AN IMPACT FOR THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY. IN MY CASE IT BEGAN WITH A 4" LEFT TO RIGHT CRACK. IN 2015 A RECALL WAS PERFORMED INVOLVING A TEMPORARY AIRBAG FIX UNTIL A PERMANENT FIX COULD BE DESIGNED. AFTER THIS INTERIM AIRBAG RECALL WAS PERFORMED, THE CRACKS INTENSIFIED. JUST RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE THAT THE "FINAL" AIRBAG FIX IS READY TO BE PERFORMED AT THE DEALER WHICH WITH ALL THE REMOVAL AND JOSTLING OF THE DASH TO MAKE THE FINAL AIRBAG REPAIR, WILL PROBABLY CREATE MORE CRACKS. THE RECALL WAS DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT AIRBAG PARTS COULD BECOME PROJECTILES AND CAUSE INJURY. WOULD NOT A POORLY DESIGNED DASH SIMPLY BREAK INTO PIECES UPON AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND BECOME PROJECTILES AND INJURY? NUMEROUS RX8 OWNERS ARE SEEING NEARLY IDENTICAL H SHAPED CRACKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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