Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 09/05/2012 | 145000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2004 mazda rx8. the contact was driving approximately 10 mph and smelled gasoline fuel coming from the vehicle. the contact also stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. the technician advised the contact that the oil pan, throttle body assembly, fuel pump assembly, catalytic converter and spark plugs needed to be replaced. the vehicle was taken to the dealer on several occasions for the same failure. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised that the vehicle was not included in any recalls. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 145,000 and the current mileage was 146,000. the vin was unavailable. | |||
| 09/09/2011 | 145000 | ||
| Failure of the clutch petal as it attaches to the firewall under emergency deceleration. the metal attaching the petal to the fire wall sheared on the vertical attachments. caused a near accident, dangerous conditions of a vehicle stranded in a travel lane, and subsequent towing on the vehicle. | |||
| 08/28/2008 | 50000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2004 mazda rx8. the contact stated whenever it would rain, rain water would leak into the passengers side tail light. the dealer advised there were no recalls for the failure and repairs would be at the owners expense. in addition, the contact stated when accelerating from a complete stop the accelerator pedal would become extremely resistant to applied pressure or would sporadically lunge forward without warning. the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure and could not offer a remedy. the manufacturer would not provide any assistance. the failure mileage was 50,000. | |||
| 10/26/2009 | 63000 | 1 | |
| 1. clutch pedal felt about a 1/2 low (as if hydraulic fluid had an air pocket and needed bleeding) about two blocks before failure. 2. i was stopped at a light behind 3 cars in the right hand lane, shifted into first when the light turned green; accelerated very slowly and tried shifting to second gear but the pedal made a snapping sound and went to the floor, the engine stalled and the transmission was stuck in first until i let the car roll back a little and got it in neutral. i was stuck in a major intersection and there was gridlock, lots of honking and yelling and a few cars came very close to having accidents. i pushed my car to the edge of the intersection and waited for the tow truck. the tow truck had to have smaller pickup brought in to winch my car out of the intersection because he said it was unsafe to set up the tow right in the middle of the intersection. 3. my car was towed to my mechanic and after inspection he said it would happen again to a new pedal from mazda. he was surprised it lasted for 60k miles. after some research i ordered a reinforced clutch pedal bracket assembly from here: http://www.fluidmotorsports.com/p-188-transmission-and-accessories.aspx turns out here are three aftermarket companies manufacturing reinforcements, mazsport, bhr and race roots; each has their own design and they are selling hundreds of them because all the pedals fail in 40 - 80k miles. *tr | |||