Arrgh! Upset-just Notified My 04 Rx8 Needs New Motor @22kmiles
07-03-2008 | 06:03 PM
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I've had 2 engines replaced. First one was replaced at 13K mi and was a new one from Mazda Japan. I had to wait 5 weeks for that to get done. That one was replaced at 24k mi with a rebuilt one. That took a little over a week to complete. I'm now at 50K mi and the rebuilt one has been the best one yet.
Mazda is rebuilding themselves now at at place in Virginia. One of the techs is so proud of the work they are doing he has started posting on this site. He doesn't even own a RX8 or a Mazda. He drives a 350Z.
Warranty was just extended to 100K mi because Mazda wants to back the rotary engine.
If you unfortunate to have to replace an engine, be glad you got the RX8.
Mazda is rebuilding themselves now at at place in Virginia. One of the techs is so proud of the work they are doing he has started posting on this site. He doesn't even own a RX8 or a Mazda. He drives a 350Z.
Warranty was just extended to 100K mi because Mazda wants to back the rotary engine.
If you unfortunate to have to replace an engine, be glad you got the RX8.
07-03-2008 | 06:08 PM
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Didn't you say an old lady was the previous owner? I remembered your quote because it worried me a little bit...
"The car is in mint shape and was orig bought by a lady in her late 40s" by tvtech
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/yesss-i-got-my-04-rx8-2day-dealer-love-141495/
What is the real story? Company car or Old lady?!?!
You said this as well..."Im so serious that this car drives and rides better than any other car i have ever owned or driven and ive driven many from lambos, porches even rolls royces."
It really is a good car if you take care of it from the get go (brand new), unfortunately the used ones are the ones that go bad (most of the time)due to previous owners not maintaining it as they should or driving it like grannies.
It's not that it is a foreign car but a not taken care of USED car. Everyone knows Japon makes some of the most reliable cars out there.
Go back to your mundane Mercury Milan, you were going through a midlife crisis anyhow.
BTW, Your beloved Mercury is going bye-bye...http://www.fordmuscle.com/blog/last-...mercury/112288
"The car is in mint shape and was orig bought by a lady in her late 40s" by tvtech
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/yesss-i-got-my-04-rx8-2day-dealer-love-141495/
What is the real story? Company car or Old lady?!?!
You said this as well..."Im so serious that this car drives and rides better than any other car i have ever owned or driven and ive driven many from lambos, porches even rolls royces."
It really is a good car if you take care of it from the get go (brand new), unfortunately the used ones are the ones that go bad (most of the time)due to previous owners not maintaining it as they should or driving it like grannies.
It's not that it is a foreign car but a not taken care of USED car. Everyone knows Japon makes some of the most reliable cars out there.
Go back to your mundane Mercury Milan, you were going through a midlife crisis anyhow.
BTW, Your beloved Mercury is going bye-bye...http://www.fordmuscle.com/blog/last-...mercury/112288
07-03-2008 | 07:12 PM
#33
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Ironically, had I done any in-depth research on the 8 before I got mine, I'd have gotten something else. Not so much for the fuel economy, but because I didn't want another "special needs" engine (former diesel owner). I can't express how glad I am that I didn't.
You can baby the car, but don't baby the engine. The previous owners(s)- 40 year old lady, company, Elvis, whoever it is this week- may have done the maintenance, but if they didn't drive it the way it's meant to be driven, they did more harm than good.
You can baby the car, but don't baby the engine. The previous owners(s)- 40 year old lady, company, Elvis, whoever it is this week- may have done the maintenance, but if they didn't drive it the way it's meant to be driven, they did more harm than good.
07-03-2008 | 07:20 PM
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I have only had this car for 6 months or so and it had 19k orig miles on it has 22k now and was a company lease car that was strictly maintained, well i noticed since i got the car that when it ran for about 45mins or so it seemed to lose power and its got progressivly worse the past 2 months so i took it in to mazda a week ago, they sid they reflased the computer, well on the way home from there it did same thing and actually died 2 times in stop and go traffic, well i took it back yesterday and they gave me a loaner car and called me an hour ago and told me the car needs a new engine!!
DAAAAM, this is NOT GOOD at all even though its under full warranty and will cost me nothing as i have heard and read this happens alot toi these engines and this is the 1st foriegn made car i have ever owned as i have always bought fords/mercuries and never had any probs and even had a 96 jeep cheerokee that i put 500k on in miles and it ran as good as the day i bought it when i sold it and never used oil etc and never did anything to it but the alternator at 300k and water pump at 400k all which i changed myself,,, now i got this car in which i traded in a 06 mercury milan on and now realise i have made a HUGE mistake.
As soon as this engine gets replaced i am getting rid of this car immediatly no if and or buts about it
DAAAAM, this is NOT GOOD at all even though its under full warranty and will cost me nothing as i have heard and read this happens alot toi these engines and this is the 1st foriegn made car i have ever owned as i have always bought fords/mercuries and never had any probs and even had a 96 jeep cheerokee that i put 500k on in miles and it ran as good as the day i bought it when i sold it and never used oil etc and never did anything to it but the alternator at 300k and water pump at 400k all which i changed myself,,, now i got this car in which i traded in a 06 mercury milan on and now realise i have made a HUGE mistake.
As soon as this engine gets replaced i am getting rid of this car immediatly no if and or buts about it
07-03-2008 | 07:28 PM
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Didn't you say an old lady was the previous owner? I remembered your quote because it worried me a little bit...
"The car is in mint shape and was orig bought by a lady in her late 40s" by tvtech
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=141495
What is the real story? Company car or Old lady?!?!
You said this as well..."Im so serious that this car drives and rides better than any other car i have ever owned or driven and ive driven many from lambos, porches even rolls royces."
It really is a good car if you take care of it from the get go (brand new), unfortunately the used ones are the ones that go bad (most of the time)due to previous owners not maintaining it as they should or driving it like grannies.
It's not that it is a foreign car but a not taken care of USED car. Everyone knows Japon makes some of the most reliable cars out there.
Go back to your mundane Mercury Milan, you were going through a midlife crisis anyhow.
BTW, Your beloved Mercury is going bye-bye...http://www.fordmuscle.com/blog/last-...mercury/112288
"The car is in mint shape and was orig bought by a lady in her late 40s" by tvtech
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=141495
What is the real story? Company car or Old lady?!?!
You said this as well..."Im so serious that this car drives and rides better than any other car i have ever owned or driven and ive driven many from lambos, porches even rolls royces."
It really is a good car if you take care of it from the get go (brand new), unfortunately the used ones are the ones that go bad (most of the time)due to previous owners not maintaining it as they should or driving it like grannies.
It's not that it is a foreign car but a not taken care of USED car. Everyone knows Japon makes some of the most reliable cars out there.
Go back to your mundane Mercury Milan, you were going through a midlife crisis anyhow.
BTW, Your beloved Mercury is going bye-bye...http://www.fordmuscle.com/blog/last-...mercury/112288
Previous owner was an older lady (after the company lease)but she had it for a very short time as she didnt even put 1000 miles on it as i pulled the full carfax on the car
07-03-2008 | 08:22 PM
#36
It's a Cavalier
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It's just a engine, man. Don't wig out. Sounds like you've never owned a car that needed a new engine. Consider this a "if it doesn't kill you, it'll make you stronger" experience and learn from it.
07-03-2008 | 08:34 PM
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i don't feel sorry for you one bit. you obviously did no research on the car whatsoever and then have the nerve to come in here and bitch about it when you have a problem. go somewhere else please. its like a massive truck of fail
07-03-2008 | 09:07 PM
#38
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...unlike this guy who's intelligent.
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/people-really-pushing-me-not-get-rx8-149872/page2/
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/people-really-pushing-me-not-get-rx8-149872/page2/
07-03-2008 | 09:13 PM
#39
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07-03-2008 | 09:28 PM
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A mid forties businessman who is to lazy to write in complete sentences. Wow! Honda also happens to put out a pretty reliable car, and your a ******* dolt if you think that your Ford or Mercury is soooo incredibly reliable. And by the way taking the time to say how much your suit costs makes you sound like a jackass.
Anyway, I too just recently had my engine replaced coincidentally at 22,500 miles. It sucked yes, and I was pretty pissed but Mazda did not make me pay for a thing. My "remanufactured" engine runs great, and I'm pretty close to being happy. So get over it, and go spend some time on a Mercury forum with the 80 year olds.
Anyway, I too just recently had my engine replaced coincidentally at 22,500 miles. It sucked yes, and I was pretty pissed but Mazda did not make me pay for a thing. My "remanufactured" engine runs great, and I'm pretty close to being happy. So get over it, and go spend some time on a Mercury forum with the 80 year olds.
07-03-2008 | 09:36 PM
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If you researched before you purchased, which is what any SMART businessman would do, then you would of known to stay away from the 04's. If your a SMART businessman then you wouldn't trade in the quickly depreciated (Think 10k-14k maybe) sports car for another USED car that may cause more problems. Why is your name TVTECH, are you sure your not a door to door "salesman" selling tv's? A $1500 suit isn't expensive, thats pretty cheap actually so I wouldn't mind getting all sweaty over it.
I assume you didn't you know, LOOK AT THE STICKER ON THE CAR that tells your CITY/HIGHWAY MPG when you bought the car. Yes its a 1.3l but you can't compare it to a piston 1.3l ....you know what a rotary engine is right? I am going to make a lot of assumptions right now:
You probably have an automatic.
You probably never shift (using the sport shifter) past 6k
Your a 44 year old virgin that adopted a kid to look like you actually had sex
I assume you didn't you know, LOOK AT THE STICKER ON THE CAR that tells your CITY/HIGHWAY MPG when you bought the car. Yes its a 1.3l but you can't compare it to a piston 1.3l ....you know what a rotary engine is right? I am going to make a lot of assumptions right now:
You probably have an automatic.
You probably never shift (using the sport shifter) past 6k
Your a 44 year old virgin that adopted a kid to look like you actually had sex
07-03-2008 | 09:45 PM
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And btw...whatever they're doing to your air conditioning is not gonna work. They gave me the same line of bs about a new "A/C Amplifier", but it won't make a difference. But I think you deserve to sweat it out anyway.
07-03-2008 | 09:50 PM
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Oh yeah and you know what else? You got owned on the price of your car, you paid 17k for an 04 with 20,000 miles? I don't care if the car is filled with bricks of gold. You got ripped off. Your terrible.
07-03-2008 | 10:44 PM
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DUDE!!!! I'm your age, female, and have 33K on mine. I DRIVE THE DAWG CHIT OUT OF IT!!!!!
No problems... Sorry, Sounds like user error too me.
But I agree get rid of it. Let someone who knows what they have buy it, so she'll be taken care of and LOVED....
No problems... Sorry, Sounds like user error too me.
But I agree get rid of it. Let someone who knows what they have buy it, so she'll be taken care of and LOVED....
07-03-2008 | 11:58 PM
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No, no honda, toyota,no kia, etc etc etc absolutly no more foriegn car crap period as i will go back to my fords/mercuries and be free of worrying about whats gonna break next.
Im 43yo and shouldve known better as i am a business man and do alot of traveling and am in NO need to worry about if my car will get me to where i need or NOT and if so will it get me there without sweating all over a $1500 suit as the a/c will continually keep me very cool.
Im 43yo and shouldve known better as i am a business man and do alot of traveling and am in NO need to worry about if my car will get me to where i need or NOT and if so will it get me there without sweating all over a $1500 suit as the a/c will continually keep me very cool.
I have only had this car for 6 months or so and it had 19k orig miles on it has 22k now and was a company lease car that was strictly maintained, well i noticed since i got the car that when it ran for about 45mins or so it seemed to lose power and its got progressivly worse the past 2 months so i took it in to mazda a week ago, they sid they reflased the computer, well on the way home from there it did same thing and actually died 2 times in stop and go traffic, well i took it back yesterday and they gave me a loaner car and called me an hour ago and told me the car needs a new engine!!
DAAAAM, this is NOT GOOD at all even though its under full warranty and will cost me nothing as i have heard and read this happens alot toi these engines and this is the 1st foriegn made car i have ever owned as i have always bought fords/mercuries and never had any probs and even had a 96 jeep cheerokee that i put 500k on in miles and it ran as good as the day i bought it when i sold it and never used oil etc and never did anything to it but the alternator at 300k and water pump at 400k all which i changed myself,,, now i got this car in which i traded in a 06 mercury milan on and now realise i have made a HUGE mistake.
As soon as this engine gets replaced i am getting rid of this car immediatly no if and or buts about it
DAAAAM, this is NOT GOOD at all even though its under full warranty and will cost me nothing as i have heard and read this happens alot toi these engines and this is the 1st foriegn made car i have ever owned as i have always bought fords/mercuries and never had any probs and even had a 96 jeep cheerokee that i put 500k on in miles and it ran as good as the day i bought it when i sold it and never used oil etc and never did anything to it but the alternator at 300k and water pump at 400k all which i changed myself,,, now i got this car in which i traded in a 06 mercury milan on and now realise i have made a HUGE mistake.
As soon as this engine gets replaced i am getting rid of this car immediatly no if and or buts about it
07-04-2008 | 12:20 AM
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07-04-2008 | 12:31 AM
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its all about the ratio, 1000 out of 10,000,000 and 1 out of 10000 has the same ratio.
google is ur friend, u'll be disappointed on how bad Jeep actually is.
07-04-2008 | 12:45 AM
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There are not very many people who believe that Jeep and Ford are poster child for rock solidness. The foreign economy vehicles have ruled reliability for decades.
I cannot believe this person is for real, because I cannot believe that anyone can be so out of touch with reality.
I cannot believe this person is for real, because I cannot believe that anyone can be so out of touch with reality.