Mazda RX-8 Complaints (2005)

162 consumer complaints on file.

• #10136733September 16, 2005
  EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

  I PURCHASED AN 05 MAZDA RX8 IN JAN OF THIS YEAR. SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, I WAS INFORMED BY OTHER DRIVERS THAT MY DRIVER'S HEADLIGHT CAUSES THEM A DISTRACTION BECAUSE IT GLOWS BRIGHTER, AS IF THE HIGH BEAM HAS COME ON. I HAVE SEEN THIS MYSELF WHEN I DROVE ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF MINE. I TOOK THE CAR INTO SERVICE AT THE LOCAL MAZDA DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE LIGHT IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY BECAUSE THE OTHER CAR ON THE LOT DOES IT ALSO." I BELIEVE THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO BECAUSE IT IS A SERIOUS DISTRACTION AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. FROM A DRIVER LOOKING BACK AT THE RX8 THROUGH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR IT LOOKS AS IF SOMEONE IS SHINING A SPOT LIGHT ON THEM. THIS IS A DISTRACTION THAT CAN LEAD TO A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS AND I CAN'T SEEM TO GET ANYONE TO LOOK INTO THIS SITUATION. IF THERE IS ANYONE YOU CAN SUGGEST THAT I SPEAK WITH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #10128671July 13, 2005
  PARKING BRAKE

  MAZDA RX-8: CAR WAS PARKED AT THE TOP OF A GRADUAL SLOPE, WITH PARKING BRAKE FIRMLY PULLED UP. NO MORE THAN 5 MINUTES LATER, THE CAR HAD BACKED UP INTO BOTTOM OF A DITCH. THE CAR WAS GIVEN AN ESTIMATE OF OVER $15,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE DUE TO THE FAULTY BRAKE. WITNESSES AT THE SCENE CONFIRM THAT THE PARKING BRAKE WAS SET.

  Crash:

  Yes

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0