So the dealership (browning cerritos) is charging me $400 dollars to fix my power steering issue that everyone seems to be having. There's a bulletin out for this problem, but since I'm out of warranty, they are charging me for the parts and labor. Any one deal with this problem and was able to get it resolved without paying for the $400 out of warranty?

basically $100 for parts and $300 for labor. What crooks!!

any help feedback suggestions or other dealerships i should check out would be much appreciated.

Thanks RX8 community.

what wrong with ur powersteering? have you tried cleaning out the connectors?

why not just take it elsewhere?
Order the part yourself and have a shop fix it.

first things first jedi...i know a quick solution thats practically free

too busy to clean out the sensor myself. Seems like a real pain, and to be frank, too lazy on the weekends. I guess I'll order the part myself and get it done at a local shop unless someones willing to help me clean out my sensor and i'll buy you a cold 12 pack :)

Any reco's for shops around socal that would do this?

btw. what's your quick solution thats practically free dozer? u willing to work for crack? haha jk (referring to ur icon)

ill clean out the connectors for a 12pk...:yesnod: its happend to me and the solution was easy, my PS started working like dream in under 20 minutes

sounds like a good deal... i'll throw in a lunch too if you'd like. shoot me over an email at mikelee.1015@gmail.com and lets try to set something up. i really appreciate it :)

hmmm wanna do it tomorrow? im watching the lakers game today, shoot me a PM

my aim is xxdozer32

The part they are replacing is a sub-harness, you can either clean it like Dozer said or order it and swap it in under an hour yourself.

How many miles are you out of warranty? If you aren't that far out of warranty call MNAO and plead your case

we're gonna try cleaning it out friday...if all else fails ^i suggest that

TSB does not equal a recall. Sucks you have to pay, but all it is a job aid for techs. It doesnt entitle consumers to free car repairs.

Dozer is the man! just came back from his place and his trick worked like a charm! Cleaning out the connecters really do work! saved me $400! (sorry for not helping clean but my gf was mad on my case)

dozer did it AGAIN !!!!!! :lol:

seriously, this problem is mad easy to do. take the airbox out and you will be able to unclip those sucker off, unplug the battery, take a chinese food take out plastic quart and soak that shit into electric cleaner solution for maybe 5 minutes. bam ! just like new :)

I am having the same problem, my buddy looked at it and said he wasnt sure. Anyone willing to help a fellow 8 owner out?

you wanna see if this method works? your are MORE than welcome to come down to my house to have ur car worked on

i have faith that it will work. I just dont know what i am doing hahaha.

no worries, instead of paying hourly labor, you can pay in other ways ie, food and beer, um car parts for me :) (coils, plugs) etc etc, its A LOT cheaper than takin it in to the stealership

oh for sure, let me know what king of beer you drink and when your free and we'll see what we can work out.

im free all week after 4 :)

shoot me a PM im gonna be outside workin on atillas midpipe

What about tomorrow around 5:30 or so?

this is dozer im at renesis house, yeah come through...again shoot me (dozer) a PM so i can give you my address

Ya know..............they charge you $400.00 and all they do is probably hit it with contact cleaner......jeez! Good job Dozer! :icon_tup:

DOZER does it AGAIN! got belliston PS to work in record time...this is starting to get WAYYYYY to easy

hey guys... what exactly do you recommend I clean it with?

FYI, I tried the contact cleaner when I had this problem. It did work, for a while, then the problem came back. I eventually just cut that gray sunofabitch connector out and soldered the wires directly. A little solder, a bit of shrink-wrap, Voila - permanent fix. It's just as cheap and *almost* as easy as the contact cleaner. And Wayyyyy more satisfying. Snip. Snip. Snip. Ahhhh...... :)

^true dat :yesnod:

so you just cut out the connector completely and soldered the wires together? I am going to try cleaning my connector again but any help with the soldering would be appreciated.

i wouldn't solder it together. just get some of those male/female butt connectors and use that instead of solder. worked for me.

you can pick those up at any autoparts store? or do ya gotta order em?

any hardware store that sells electrical stuff. Lowes, Home Depot, Ace Hardware, Wal-Mart, etc. etc.

I have the similar PS failure problem, and on top of that my car stalls when I come to a stop--normally when I first start the car. Is this a related issue?

are there pics of this connector causing the problems? i need to help fix another forum members car.

the connectors are directly under your airbox tray, youll see it right away, its the bigger one...unplug and clean it out. super simple

are there pics of this connector causing the problems? i need to help fix another forum members car.

wow,

i just did this tonight. never thought to take a shot.

but really, when you take the tray out under the air box they are right there!

beers :beer:

ive been hearing a lot or rx8 cars stalling. whats up with that? i just got mine 2 weeks ago. dont really know much about rotary engines, so im sure if i have a prob, ill let dozer know about it!

ive been hearing a lot or rx8 cars stalling. whats up with that? i just got mine 2 weeks ago. dont really know much about rotary engines, so im sure if i have a prob, ill let dozer know about it!

dude,

you need to stop posting, read the owners manual first. when you are done with that read the stickys..

when you have a real relevant question or issue get back to us.

tell dozer i said hi.

beers :beer:

I have the similar PS failure problem, and on top of that my car stalls when I come to a stop--normally when I first start the car. Is this a related issue?

dude,

you need to stop posting, read the owners manual first. when you are done with that read the stickys..

when you have a real relevant question or issue get back to us.

tell dozer i said hi.

beers :beer:

lol, yeah sorry about that. im just really scared of my car going out. so im kinda paranoid. and my car didn't come with the manual. can you believe that shit. so they said their gona try to get me one asap. but nothing so far!

Go get one yourself at www.mazdausa.com under the owners section. It's free after registering and the site is actually kind of useful.
Yes, it's not the shop manual, but it would still be nice to have a normal operating manual wouldn't it?