Sold my Piece of junk RX8 !!!
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Sold my Piece of junk RX8 !!!
After 4 major recalls, 5 times of flooding out and not starting, very rough idle, noise from transmission, oil light always coming on, engine light always coming on, black soot on and in tailpipes, over 10 trips to dealer and hearing 'its normal',
lousy gas mileage, small interior, I finally gave up on this car !!!
This car reminded me of my pretty college girlfriend. Had good looks, nothing else !
They should make this car available with a regular motor and scrap the rotory !
The rotory is not pratical for everyday use. A friend of mine knows a mechanic
at a Mazda dealer, and he said they are peice of junk !
I really tried with this car, but all the headaches are not worth the good looks, which is really the only thing that you get with this car. It might have high rev limit and handle great, but for everyday driving these things are useless.
Good luck to all you who own this car ! Be prepared to spend alot of money and time at dealership with this car.
lousy gas mileage, small interior, I finally gave up on this car !!!
This car reminded me of my pretty college girlfriend. Had good looks, nothing else !
They should make this car available with a regular motor and scrap the rotory !
The rotory is not pratical for everyday use. A friend of mine knows a mechanic
at a Mazda dealer, and he said they are peice of junk !
I really tried with this car, but all the headaches are not worth the good looks, which is really the only thing that you get with this car. It might have high rev limit and handle great, but for everyday driving these things are useless.
Good luck to all you who own this car ! Be prepared to spend alot of money and time at dealership with this car.
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his friend knows a "mechanic" at the mazda dealership who says rotaries are junk. wow. oh well, one less person to bitch about the car, even though theirs may have been a lemon. he could have gotten help if he would have posted here more.
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well, you'd think after flooding for the 2nd or 3rd time he'd gone and gotten the recall flash that prevents flooding. Oooor, he would have come on the forum and read how not to flood his car.
Oh yeah, and the normal fix for the oil light coming on is to, oooh, get your oil changed more than once every 10k miles......
Oh yeah, and the normal fix for the oil light coming on is to, oooh, get your oil changed more than once every 10k miles......
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Four major recalls?? I must've missed something—I thought there were only two, both relatively minor.
Anyway, isn't it nice to know that, like being stuck by lightining or hit by a tornado, an RX-8 that's a "piece of junk" is, well… news.
Anyway, isn't it nice to know that, like being stuck by lightining or hit by a tornado, an RX-8 that's a "piece of junk" is, well… news.
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So you neglected the car. Never added oil. Never revved it out enough ( that is what the black soot is on the pipes.) And the gas mileage is an issue to you. You had an automatic . . . didn't you?????
Adding oil . . . . . . . . . . . every GOOD rotary owner know to do this
revving out . . . . . . . . . . .every GOOD rotary owner knows AND enjoys this
Gas Mileage . . . . . . . . . . It was on the sticker when you bought the car.
GO BUY A CIVIC and leave us alone
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I love how people think that 18MPG is horrible for a sports car. You are literally spending a few hundred dollars more on gas than you would be if you drove a camry or civic.
Big deal, goooooooood bye!
Big deal, goooooooood bye!
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ill bet the car is happier to get rid of you than you are to get rid of it. maybe now it will get an owner who treats it the way it should be, then it wil decide to work properly.
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These are from the NHTSA Home site.
All could cause a fatal crash !
Say whatever you want, I will never buy another Mazda !
Make : MAZDA Model : RX8 Year : 2004
Manufacturer : MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 04V074000 Mfr's Report Date : FEB 16, 2004
Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Potential Number Of Units Affected : 29300
Check to Request Research. Submit below. Get Summary
Make : MAZDA Model : RX8 Year : 2004
Manufacturer : MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 04V075000 Mfr's Report Date : FEB 16, 2004
Component: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
Potential Number Of Units Affected : 12000
Check to Request Research. Submit below. Get Summary
Make : MAZDA Model : RX8 Year : 2004
Manufacturer : MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 05V317000 Mfr's Report Date : JUL 07, 2005
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Potential Number Of Units Affected : 52000
Check to Request Research. Submit below. Get Summary
Make : MAZDA Model : RX8 Year : 2004
Manufacturer : MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 05V325000 Mfr's Report Date : JUL 18, 2005
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
Potential Number Of Units Affected : 27800
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Only a very small percentage of RX8 owners actually join and post on here.
I just thought I would share my experience with this car. I am sorry if you do not want to hear the bad things, but I am entitled to my opinion, take it or leave it !
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I've had my 8 for just under a year, and have had no problems. There were two recalls - the emissions one and the gas cap one - but thanks to what I learned from this group they were no big deal. Might have panicked otherwise.
Good luck with your next car. If it's something interesting, find a group like this for it and at least lurk.
Ken
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After 4 major recalls, 5 times of flooding out and not starting, very rough idle, noise from transmission, oil light always coming on, engine light always coming on, black soot on and in tailpipes, over 10 trips to dealer and hearing 'its normal',
lousy gas mileage, small interior, I finally gave up on this car !!!
This car reminded me of my pretty college girlfriend. Had good looks, nothing else !
They should make this car available with a regular motor and scrap the rotory !
The rotory is not pratical for everyday use. A friend of mine knows a mechanic
at a Mazda dealer, and he said they are peice of junk !
I really tried with this car, but all the headaches are not worth the good looks, which is really the only thing that you get with this car. It might have high rev limit and handle great, but for everyday driving these things are useless.
Good luck to all you who own this car ! Be prepared to spend alot of money and time at dealership with this car.
lousy gas mileage, small interior, I finally gave up on this car !!!
This car reminded me of my pretty college girlfriend. Had good looks, nothing else !
They should make this car available with a regular motor and scrap the rotory !
The rotory is not pratical for everyday use. A friend of mine knows a mechanic
at a Mazda dealer, and he said they are peice of junk !
I really tried with this car, but all the headaches are not worth the good looks, which is really the only thing that you get with this car. It might have high rev limit and handle great, but for everyday driving these things are useless.
Good luck to all you who own this car ! Be prepared to spend alot of money and time at dealership with this car.