Dear Sir,

My name is **** ****(Im asking if it is ok to post his info out) I am a federal investigator with the
Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C. We are conducting a
formal investigation of 2004 through 2006 model year Mazda RX8 vehicles
for a potential safety related defect involving the clutch pedal
mounting bracket.

Thank you for filing a complaint with us last year. It is helpful to
our investigation. As we gather more details it is sometimes necessary
to contact the complainants for additional information.

Your complaint suggests that your vehicle may have experienced the
condition we are investigating. If you wouldn't mind, please answer the
questions below (even if you no longer the vehicle) to supplement the
information you have already provided us. The questions may seem trivial
and some may be redundant to your complaint but are very important to
us.


1. If you did not provide the VIN of your vehicle with your
complaint please do so.

2. Are you the original owner?

a) If so, when was the vehicle purchased?


3. What was the date of the incident?

4. Were you the driver of the vehicle when the incident occurred?

a) Were there other passengers in the vehicle at the time of the
incident?

5. Please describe in detail the specific occurrence when you
became aware that you had an issue with your vehicle.

6. Please also answer the following to supplement the prior
information you have provided.

a) Approximately what time did the incident occur?

b) What were the weather conditions at the time of the incident?

c) Warning Signs:

i) Were there any warning signs alerting you to an impending issue
with your vehicle?

ii) If there were warning signs please describe the warning signs.
(i.e. noise, etc.)

iii) How long prior to the failure did you notice the warning signs?

d) How many miles were on your vehicle at the time of the failure?

e) How fast were you traveling when the failure occurred?

f) What type of road were you traveling on (i.e. two lane road,
highway, residential street, etc)?

i) If you recall the exact location please provide that information
(for example the intersection of ABC Street and XYZ lane)

g) What were the traffic conditions? (light, moderate, heavy)

h) Were you able to maneuver the vehicle to the side of the road?

i) Was your vehicle stranded in a lane of traffic?

i) If the vehicle was left inoperable did the vehicle require
towing?

i) How long did it take for a tow truck to arrive? Where was the
vehicle towed?

j) Did you loose control of your vehicle


7. Has the issue been corrected on your vehicle? If so how was it
corrected?


8. Did you report the issue to Mazda? If so what did Mazda say in
their response to you?

9. If you have pictures of the failed component in or out of the
vehicle and have the ability to provide copies of the pictures please do
so.

10. If you are willing to provide to NHTSA to actual failed
component in support of the investigation please do so. If requested the
component can be returned upon completion of the investigation.

Also, please feel free to add any additional relevant information
(including pictures). Thank you again for filing your complaint and
contributing to our investigation.


Best Regards,