Mazda RX-8 — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 2,008 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)476 (23.7%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2004.
• Engine334 (16.6%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2004–2005.
• Air bags (restraint system)232 (11.6%)Official recall records for this system: 20, covering model years 2004–2011.
• Steering224 (11.2%)
• Fuel system144 (7.2%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2004–2011.
• Electrical system94 (4.7%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2004–2005.

Other / uncategorized: 72 classifications (3.6%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (1,566 records, model years 2004–2011) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), engine and air bags (restraint system).
• Manufacturer communications (1,759 records, model years 2004–2011) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.
• Investigations (25 records, model years 2004–2011) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system) and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 1,262reports included a mileage
• 67,056average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2004 718 records for 2004 718
2. 2005 360 records for 2005 360
3. 2006 250 records for 2006 250
4. 2007 248 records for 2007 248
5. 2008 217 records for 2008 217
6. 2009 208 records for 2009 208
7. 2010 203 records for 2010 203
8. 2011 199 records for 2011 199

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 54mention a crash
• 30mention a fire
• 40mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 56
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 1,759
• Investigations NHTSA 25
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 73
• Owner complaints NHTSA 1,566

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• C0023 in 5 records · 2007–2011
• P0455 in 4 records · 2006–2007
• P2070 in 4 records · 2004–2007
• P0300 in 2 records · 2004–2005
• P0336 in 2 records · 2004–2005
• P0128 in 1 record · 2004–2004
• P2107 in 1 record · 2004–2004
• P2108 in 1 record · 2004–2004
• P2402 in 1 record · 2004–2004

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.