2005 Mazda RX-8 complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ON THREE OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER EACH TIME WHERE THE BATTERY AND THE STARTER WERE REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

PURCHASED A MAZDA RX8 2005, ON 7-16-2006. NOTE VEHICLE WAS NEW ONLY 159 MILES ON ODOMETER. I PURCHASED IT FROM CLASSIC MAZDA IN MENTOR OHIO AND THEY NEVER ADVISED ME OF OPEN RECALL REGARDING POSSIBLE FIRE FROM LEAKING FUEL TANK. FOUND OUT FROM ANOTHER MAZDA DEALER WHERE VEHICLE SITS AT THIS TIME WITH MECHANICAL ISSUE. MY FAMILIES SAFETY WAS COMPROMISED BY GREED OF CLASSIC MAZDA BY NOT INFORMING US PRIOR TO SALE OF OPEN SAFETY RECALL. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SEAT WARMER OF THE VEHICLE STAYS ON AND GET TOO HOT. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT THIS COULD BECOME A FIRE HAZARD. UPDATED 7/11/2006- THE SET BECOMES SO HOT THAT IT'S UNBEARABLE. THERE IS ONLY ONE TEMPERATURE, NO TEMPERATURE SELECTION. *NM

I OWN A 2005 MAZDA RX8 6 SPEED. THE VEHICLE HAS 14,000 MILES. ON 5/30/06 THE ENGINE BEGAN TO STALL, SPUTTER AND MAKE A CLICKING NOISE AT OVER 4500 RPM. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE INTO A NEARBY MAZDA DEALER. I WAS TOLD BY SERVICE PERSONNEL THAT 4 OTHER RX8'S WERE CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP DUE TO THE SAME PROBLEMS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM IS HEAT RELATED AND MORE PREVALENT IN HOT CLIMATES. SERVICE PERSONNEL ADDED THAT THE ECU WOULD NEED TO BE SENT TO MAZDA TO BE REFLASHED. IF THAT DID NOT CURE THE PROBLEM THE MOTOR MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. I CALLED A MAZDA DEALER IN LAS VEGAS IN ORDER TO SEE IF THEY WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES. THEY CONFIRMED THAT THEY WERE. I CONFRONTED LOCAL MANAGEMENT AND ASKED IF THEY WERE INFORMING POTENTIAL AND/OR NEW BUYERS ABOUT THE MOTOR PROBLEM. HE STATED NO AND ADDED THAT HE WAS NOT REQUIRED TO DO SO. THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME ON 6/8/06 SYMPTOM FREE. ON 6/12/06 THE SAME PROBLEMS RETURNED AND THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER. *NM

THE VEHICLE CERTIFICATION LABEL ON THE INSIDE DOOR PANEL SHOWS THE GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT INFORMATION AND THE VIN NUMBER, BUT THE TIRE PRESSURE AND WHEEL SIZE INFORMATION IS LEFT BLANK. *JB

THE FRONT SEAT BELT IN A 2005 RX-8 WAS INSERTED INTO THE BACK SEAT RECEIVER WHERE THE BACK SEAT BELT WOULD NORMALLY GO. THE INDIVIDUAL THAT DID THIS WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE CAR AND ENDED UP BEING TRAPPED IN THE REAR OF THE CAR. WE HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT TO GET HIM OUT. WE CALLED THE MAZDA 800 ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE AND AFTER BEING ON HOLD FOR 20 MIN WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY RELEASE AND WOULD HAVE TO CUT THE BELT. WE WERE ALSO INFORMED THAT THE MAZDA DEALER WOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS AS IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. BESIDES THE FACT THAT WE HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT TO GET HIM OUT, THE FACT THAT HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE BUCKLE LOCKED INTO THE REAR RECEIVER AND COULD NOT DISENGAGE IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. 1. THE BELT WOULD NOT PROVIDE THE PROPER SAFETY IN A CRASH. 2. THE INABILITY TO GET OUT OF THE BELT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FATALITY. BOTH THE PASSENGER SIDE BELT AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE RECEIVER HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE REPAIR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK AND IS NOT BEING COVERED BY MAZDA. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 70MPH, THE ANTI-SKID AND CHECK ENGINE LAMPS ILLUMINATED. AFTER THE LAMPS ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE REVVED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE SPEED DECREASED FROM 70MPH TO 15MPH WITHIN 8 SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OFF THE ROAD, WERE THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED WITH EASE, BUT THE ENGINE STILL REVVED HIGH AND THE LAMPS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS COMPLETED ON THE VEHICLE HOWEVER THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THE EXACT CAUSE. THE DEALERSHIP PERSONNEL SUGGESTED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE REMAINS AT THE DEALERSHIP WERE ADDITIONAL TESTING IS UNDERWAY.

JUST STOPPED IN A PARKING SPOT. TEMPERATURE WAS APROX 47 DEGREES. VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY JUMPING THE CURB AND CRASHING THROUGH A CONCRETE GARBAGE CAN. APROX DAMAGE $6000 LUCKILY NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF THE CAR. *NM

FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED BY DEALER DUE TO DEFECTIVE FRONT BRAKES. BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED AND VEHICLE IS NOW EXPERIENCING SAME BRAKE PROBLEMS. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A NEW MAZDA RX8. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED WHAT THE CONSUMER SUSPECTED WAS A PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED WHILE IN PARK AND THE RPMS INCREASED, CAUSING EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILDUP WHICH AFFECTED THE OXYGEN SENSORS AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THIS COULD ALSO LEAD TO A FUEL TANK LEAK AND ULTIMATELY A FIRE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE MAZDA DEALER. THE MAZDA DEALER NOTIFIED THE CONSUMER ABOUT A RECALL OF A SIMILAR NATURE CONCERNING THE FUEL TANK. THE MAZDA DEALER FROM WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED INFORMED THE CONSUMER AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE OR AFTERWARDS ABOUT THE RECALL. THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETING THE RECALL SERVICE AS INSTRUCTED, BUT THE CONSUMER WAS UPSET THAT SHE WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL WHILE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. RECALL REPAIRS BEGAN IN AUGUST 2005 THE SAME MONTH OF VEHICLE PURCHASE. NO OTHER PREVIOUS PROBLEMS OCCURRED. THIS WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT. THE CONSUMER OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR 26 DAYS. THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE IF THE PROBLEM WAS THE SAME AS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL. *AK

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.

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.