BIU

lol we are always near the top in everything...

performance..... looks.....complaints.... :D


2005 top lemon list

http://www.lemonlaw.com/lemonlist.html

dazygirl415

You know those are projected numbers.... "based on sales volume and years on the road, not the actual numbers received."

Slims8

My apologies... I am one of the 1,982... Oh well. They are just numbers.

PaulieWalnuts

Correction - it's the 2005 "projected" number of complaints "ratio". WTF?

BoilerX8

ok, who was the person complaining about the visor. They cite rx8club. pretty weak.

BoilerX8

Actually if you go to the NTSB website and read the complaints, all it proves is that there are a bunch of bitches that own the 8. Complaining about DSC in winter (bet they had stock tires on), bitching about flooding, gas mileage, etc...

beachdog

The NHTSA database is virtually worthless as far as statistical validity. It's no different than this or any other web forum. Anyone can post and believe me there are people that go on there and flame away.

You don't have to own the car and there is no proof required to post anywhere you want.

As I recall, back in 2003 when I was planning to buy my 8, I checked the NHTSA database and I found that there was one guy who had a problem with an ancient 626 and he posted hundreds of complaints under every Mazda model. He didn't even change his complaint. He just cut and pasted the same information about his 626 over and over again. Probably sat in front of his TV and flamed away.

Ike

Don't buy into those numbers much, the whole thing seems a little shady and the numbers don't really mean squat. Don't forget this info is brought to you by a couple seemingly slimeball lawyers trying to make money.

mjcampb

I believe Mazda has address much of the cold start/flooding problems already. My 2005 has never experienced this problem. I'd probably side with the dealerships as far as the clutch complaints go. My guess is the projected numbers are way off. ...unless more high heels get stuck in the left side foot rest.

chrism

didnt i post this the other day and it got move to lounge?

Antimo12

Pheww...at least my moms malibu is worse off than my 8 :D

Discman2

those are projected. and I bet 3/4 of those will be becuase of flooding/user error.

most people don't know how to care for a rotary,

Omicron

I notice the 350Z is not far down the list from the '8, nor is the Impreza/WRX...

Ellar

Yeah, more like a lawyer's list of people who must have money to burn on a frivilous lawsuit. They figure anyone who can make the payments on those cars can afford to pay a shark to punish the comapny for doing business with them. ******* bottomfeeders.

Spin9k

Actually if you go to the NTSB website and read the complaints - there are only 35 of them. WTH - that's sure one problematic car LOL, 35 complaints out of how many cars sold???? And with a 2nd look - I note that several of the complaints are duplicates - exact same VIN for example, exact wording the same like they hit the submit button more than once - idiots.

What a joke - that lawyer 'lemon' site is inciting, not revealing anything.

QBallz

"High Performance Cars" = "High Performance Problems". Also note that those are "2005 Projected Complaint Numbers".

I bet most people don't drive a Toyota Camery or Honda Accord near as hard as they drive an RX8, 350Z, or WRX.

pointme2thetrack

I sure as hell don't. I don't even know what flooding is in a fuel-injected engine. I know how it happens with carbs, though. Any tips or is there a good summary somewhere?

rx8wannahave

Complaints = lemon? I thought a lemon is a car that keeps having the SAME problem over and over? But...I did not read it...I felt insulted since my 8 has had NO issues at all.

Discman2

try this

search is your friend

staticlag

Well, its got to be fake.

Theres not a single FORD on there. Every one of the 4 fords my family has owned has had some residual problem with it.

RodsterinFL

I read the 35 complaints on the NHSTA site from 2004 and the first one was on a Tribute and the others mostly dealt with flooding. When I did a search for 2005 not a single complaint using Mazda as a make was shown. RX8 was not a selection choice.

otherside

And I was just about to go out and buy a suzuki verona!

Buffalo66

Listen, the RX-8 does have a somewhat higher than average ratio of complaints (probably alot of it related to the flooding issue), so this shouldn't be dismissed. Whether this is due to driver error or poor design is debatable, but it's probably a combination of the two. I took this into consideration when I bought mine since I have always driven ultra-reliable Toyotas and Hondas, but decided the risk was worth it since I got a great price and it will be nice to have something more fun to drive. I figure there's a good chance I will have no problems, and I plan to follow all the precautions so that my car will hopefully never flood and I will always be able count on it.

Razz1

It's complaints against the gas milage and low power.

khtm

My favorite complaint: