hey guys starting this morning my 8 has no power steering. i don't exactly know why but i have no idea where to start looking. is there a power steering belt, fuse, or anything else mazda could have thought up? please help me guys the mazda dealership is booked for to long..


thnx
Cory:shocking:

relax, relax, its ok DOZERs here, first off, your power steering is electric, thus no belts or no fluid...

alright now, right under your airbox and the tray that holds it, are 2 connectors, the bigger one on the right is for your power steering, pull it apart and clean the inside off both sides with keyboard duster (electronic cleaner) and dab a bit of dielectric grease on the 2 prongs, connect, start up and it should be gone....if the problem continues, it could be worse...

hey guys starting this morning my 8 has no power steering. i don't exactly know why but i have no idea where to start looking.

I can tell you where to start... the "search" option at the top since this has been covered many times here before.

All you need to know is in this thread:
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=107481&highlight=power+steering

^thats the second solution...

^True... some have been lucky and cleaning the connectors once did the trick.
I wasn't so lucky (as I explained in that thread) and had to clean them at least once a week.
Which is why my wires are now spliced together.

dozer i love you i will be back on later to let u know if it worked thnx again

tear, tear, i was so scared...

did it fix the problem? (permanently?)

did it fix the problem? (permanently?)

nothing is fixed permanently.. ;)

but it does fix it. i just went through this at 114k miles.. it took no time at all.

do it yourself..

beers :beer:

had mine go out yesterday.
I'm leaning towards coolant getting on the connectors since the coolant light came on as I started my car (quickly went off)
30 minutes later...PS is gone.

going to pick up the updated harness and see if that fixes it.

Pull out intake, pull out tray, pull apart the connector (It's the big one), clean it, add di-electric grease, reconnect the connector, start the car. If this solved it then proceed to put the tray back in, and put the intake back on. You might get a CEL for having the MAF disconnected after you start the car but that's nothing major for you since you have the Cobb AP to delete codes. :)

mazda needs to put a longer hose on the overflow tank....

^^^ YES they do! :cussing:

Why not just buy a new longer hose for $2.99 a feet at AutoZone like I did to prevent this from happening? Cheap simple fix.

that's already on my list of things to do when I fix the PS.

Already done RENESIS...but if MAZDA would fix it from the factory that's 2.99 I don't have to spend...damn that's like 1 beer....

papa dozer...i dont know which plug to clean. please help again
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm313/xOMazdaRx8Ox/clampsfordozer.jpg

none of those, youre gonna have to completely take out the airbox(intake box) the the tray underneath it to get to the plugs

oh ok well thats a starting point then guess i know what i'll be doing later..thnx again i'll probably call for you again...:'(

no worries, just PM me if i dont post in this thread

papa dozer...i dont know which plug to clean. please help again


Nice to see you didn't even read the thread that you were referred to.

actually yes i did. im just very new to the car and still was a little lost and dozer was very nice about helping the extra bit. but yes i did read it and thank you for posting it

what i posted was just a quick fix, its worked fine for me, and im hoping it works for mazda, but if it doesnt then the next thing to do is whats in that thread

prob wouldn't hurt to clean the MAF either(the one on the left that you circled) but that has NOTHING to do with your P.S......

^^^ and by cleaning the MAF sensor he means take it out, spray it with MAF cleaner (gently) and then let it dry.
don't get crazy scrubbing that thing.