Should Mazda do a recall??
03-05-2006, 03:43 PM
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Should Mazda do a recall??
I've talked to many people that have had their catalytic converter fail very early on, and as a direct result damaged the car (body,exhaust) as well as put drivers in danger. Is this a problem you think Mazda should address or should we not worry about it?
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03-05-2006, 03:53 PM
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ive never had mine fail or heard of neone else's fail...
however, i think it's a good idea to recall. i could always use a high flo cat
03-05-2006, 04:14 PM
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03-05-2006, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Mikelikes2drive
ive never had mine fail or heard of neone else's fail...
03-05-2006, 04:29 PM
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I looked in the NHTSA database and saw only ONE complaint about RX-8 catalytic converter failing. There aren't ANY ongoing investigations on the RX-8 either. Don't see a groundswell for a recall based on that.
03-05-2006, 07:00 PM
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If the cat is rated for 120,000 miles how come so many people's are failing below 20k miles??? Not to mention multiple times under 20k. I don't really care what it's rated for or how many people have reported it to NHTSA, some people don't care to report it cause it's covered under warranty, bottom line they are failing way too early. Maybe instead of replacing it multiple times they could design a better one that will last at least half of the time it's rated for.
03-05-2006, 07:38 PM
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Well from the few posts I've read it seems that flooding contributes to the cat failures.
That may or may not be the general consensus here. I've never flooded or had any cat issues so I hardly read any of those threads.
That may or may not be the general consensus here. I've never flooded or had any cat issues so I hardly read any of those threads.
03-05-2006, 07:42 PM
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I just had mine fail at 30K..CE light came on...acceleration problems, and RPM would shoot up and "hang". It was replaced last month. Now this weekend my CE light came back on..What a PIA................
03-05-2006, 08:20 PM
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If you discount increased greenhouse gas emissions leading to global warming and ultimately killing everyone, it's not a safety issue. Let them replace failed ones when they fail. As long as they cover them under warranty, I see no reason to issue a recall.
03-05-2006, 08:22 PM
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I think Mazda should def do something, seems like no one is gonna get remotely close to the 120,000k mark that the cat is rated for.
FYI 57,000 miles on the same CAT.
03-05-2006, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by RX-MEN-8
I just had mine fail at 30K..CE light came on...acceleration problems, and RPM would shoot up and "hang". It was replaced last month. Now this weekend my CE light came back on..What a PIA................
03-05-2006, 08:31 PM
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Ok well if they keep going so quick something isn't right. They go way to soon. And I bet they're gonna do something about it if they need to replace them on so many cars as early as they have been.
03-05-2006, 08:55 PM
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we have TWENTY-TWO posts here, and not all of them are directly about a burnt out cat, what about the TENS OF THOUSANDS of WORKING catalytic converters that are on RX-8s throughout the country.... internet forums like this ALWAYS make things look worse than it is...
03-05-2006, 09:22 PM
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I have never seen a bad converter on a vehicle with no flood history.
If you have had a converter replaced and YOU have not flooded the vehicle, it was flooded before you owned it.
Cold starting this vehicle shows injector pulse width numbers ten times more than full throttle. Once the car is flooded all the fuel gets in the converter. Frankly a convertor is not designed to handle that type of heat from pooling gasoline vs airflow.
If you have had a converter replaced and YOU have not flooded the vehicle, it was flooded before you owned it.
Cold starting this vehicle shows injector pulse width numbers ten times more than full throttle. Once the car is flooded all the fuel gets in the converter. Frankly a convertor is not designed to handle that type of heat from pooling gasoline vs airflow.
