Rear Differential Failure
01-11-2007, 12:30 AM
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Rear Differential Failure
I was in my 05 black 6MT driving to work monday morning, and i heard a sudden clash, it kinid of took me by supprise as it was early in the morning. i took my foot off the throtle and and coasted for a while trying to figure out what had just happend, but everything seemed fine after a minute of driving. i decided to just coast into work and hope everything was ok. it almost sounded like a belt was loose and flapping around. As i slowed down off the tollway i heard a clicking noise that slowed with the speed of the car. at this point, i knew that something was terribly wrong. I took a detour and went strait to the dealership (El Dorado, McKinney TX) and had them take a look at it.
A few hours later i recieved a call from the service tech, and told me that they had isolated the problem to the rear differential. they drained the fluid and found metal chunks and metallic differential oil. they did not know what had caused it, but it was all under warranty. (yes!). anyway, the next day they had it fixed after replacing the entire differential, and now it runs like new.
has anyone else had a problem like this occur? i found it odd that the car only has 16K miles and had a problem like this. any ideas why this happened? anyway, i just needed to vent a little, so let me know if you have any ideas why this happened/comments.
A few hours later i recieved a call from the service tech, and told me that they had isolated the problem to the rear differential. they drained the fluid and found metal chunks and metallic differential oil. they did not know what had caused it, but it was all under warranty. (yes!). anyway, the next day they had it fixed after replacing the entire differential, and now it runs like new.
has anyone else had a problem like this occur? i found it odd that the car only has 16K miles and had a problem like this. any ideas why this happened? anyway, i just needed to vent a little, so let me know if you have any ideas why this happened/comments.
01-11-2007, 12:59 AM
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Yea, the service was excellent, and they said that it wasnt common at all, but like you said... **** happens.
BTW, i have a racing beat REVI intake, and a RP high flow cat. but i can not believe that either of those had an effect on the rear diff. in addition, i have greddy strut bar, clear corner lenses, and painted the calipers black.
anyway, i have had the car back for just over 24 hrs, and everthing is running great.
i still love this car!!!
BTW, i have a racing beat REVI intake, and a RP high flow cat. but i can not believe that either of those had an effect on the rear diff. in addition, i have greddy strut bar, clear corner lenses, and painted the calipers black.
anyway, i have had the car back for just over 24 hrs, and everthing is running great.
i still love this car!!!
01-11-2007, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 987HYS
Yea, the service was excellent, and they said that it wasnt common at all, but like you said... **** happens.
BTW, i have a racing beat REVI intake, and a RP high flow cat. but i can not believe that either of those had an effect on the rear diff. in addition, i have greddy strut bar, clear corner lenses, and painted the calipers black.
anyway, i have had the car back for just over 24 hrs, and everthing is running great.
i still love this car!!!
BTW, i have a racing beat REVI intake, and a RP high flow cat. but i can not believe that either of those had an effect on the rear diff. in addition, i have greddy strut bar, clear corner lenses, and painted the calipers black.
anyway, i have had the car back for just over 24 hrs, and everthing is running great.
i still love this car!!!
01-13-2007, 12:16 AM
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That's amazing service! It took my stupid local dealership 3 days just to change a catalytic conv. Maybe I'll just move down there.
but they did show me the *dead* cat .... it was actually all empty inside. Theres no *CAT in the CAT*
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My rear differential failed at around 70k miles on it, only mod on the car is a cold air intake so it's pretty much stock hp. It cost me $2700 to replace, it ended up being a pin in the rear differential that sheared which let another part move and the pinion gear was grinding into it. From what I've read not many people have had rear differential problems with the RX-8's, anyone heard of this happening? Does anyone think I can take Mazda to small claims to get my money back?
12-11-2010, 01:15 PM
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I was in my 05 black 6MT driving to work monday morning, and i heard a sudden clash, it kinid of took me by supprise as it was early in the morning. i took my foot off the throtle and and coasted for a while trying to figure out what had just happend, but everything seemed fine after a minute of driving. i decided to just coast into work and hope everything was ok. it almost sounded like a belt was loose and flapping around. As i slowed down off the tollway i heard a clicking noise that slowed with the speed of the car. at this point, i knew that something was terribly wrong. I took a detour and went strait to the dealership (El Dorado, McKinney TX) and had them take a look at it.
A few hours later i recieved a call from the service tech, and told me that they had isolated the problem to the rear differential. they drained the fluid and found metal chunks and metallic differential oil. they did not know what had caused it, but it was all under warranty. (yes!). anyway, the next day they had it fixed after replacing the entire differential, and now it runs like new.
has anyone else had a problem like this occur? i found it odd that the car only has 16K miles and had a problem like this. any ideas why this happened? anyway, i just needed to vent a little, so let me know if you have any ideas why this happened/comments.
A few hours later i recieved a call from the service tech, and told me that they had isolated the problem to the rear differential. they drained the fluid and found metal chunks and metallic differential oil. they did not know what had caused it, but it was all under warranty. (yes!). anyway, the next day they had it fixed after replacing the entire differential, and now it runs like new.
has anyone else had a problem like this occur? i found it odd that the car only has 16K miles and had a problem like this. any ideas why this happened? anyway, i just needed to vent a little, so let me know if you have any ideas why this happened/comments.
It's not a common thing so I wouldn't worry to much about it happening again on the same car.
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