Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTHER | |||
| 09/03/2005 | 16300 | 10 | 09/11/2003 |
| 1. outside temperature 80f or higher. air conditioner on seems to contribute. possibly altitude is a factor. much worse in city driving 2. car looses power, especially at take off. i have pulled out onto the freeway and taken >1 mile to get up to 50 mph 3. mazda have downloaded software patches twice - no improvement | |||
| 07/13/2005 | 05/27/2005 | ||
| While driving, the center console gets extremely hot. the area behind the shifter and also inside the cupholders are effected. i left my watch in the cupholder and when i grabbed it when i was geting out of the car, it was scalding hot. maybe that would be good in the winter to keep my coffee warm, but it is definitely abnormal. | |||
| 04/29/2005 | 2 | 04/30/2004 | |
| I bought an rx-8 last year, and have had nothing but trouble since the day i brought it home. the engine light and tire pressure gauge have been randomly going on and off for a year. i have had the car into several dealerships, none of which could figure out the problem. i have even replaced tires because i couldnt tell that the tire pressure gauge was showing a problem, due to the fact that it was going on and off several times a day. more recently my car died on me in the left lane of i95 in south florida, as i used the accelerator, the car decelerated for no reason then died. it was towed back to a local dealer when it would not restart. after 5 days said they could not duplicate the problem and said the car was fine. shortly after picking up my car, i noticed that the indicators were no longer randomly lighting up. (i thought that it was weird since the dealer said they didnt do anything to the car) just this past friday, the car died again this time in the middle of a major intersection in south florida. the car was towed to another local dealer who called me today to tell me that they once again could not duplicate the problem and the car could be picked up. this is now a safety issue for myself, my passengers and any other cars in the vicinity when my car dies. what is mazda going to do when i have a major accident or get killed because they created a crappy car? | |||
| 05/01/2004 | 8400 | 3 | 09/09/2004 |
| Driver's side sun visor cracked and separated from post. it was hanging and would not stay up, out of field of vision. the dealer removed the visor while waiting for the replacement part. after starting the car later the same day, the check engine light came on and the central display and door locks did not work. while dropping off passenger before returning to the dealer, passenger folded down passenger-side sun visor, which also cracked and separated from the post. took car back to dealer, who is trying to say this is not under warranty, and has called mazda rep to examine but is keeping my car. several reports of this on edmunds and other auto consumer sites. i merely want visors replaced and electrical system fixed under warranty.*ak | |||