smiron

I have been looking at purchasing a RX8, almost bought one last Saturday from the Autobarn in Evanston, after paying for a Carfax report I found out it was a Buy Back, this is the 2nd car I looked at and both were buy backs. They were both 04's, both dealers said they were lemon law cars and I would have to sign a paper that I new I was purchasing such a car. This has made me wonder if I should buy one. How about the 05's and 06's? Any help would be greatly appreciated. From everything that I have been reading it sounds like they have major engine problems. How do I find out if they have had all the recalls and updates?

mac11

iTrader: (1)

It will say on the carfax report if there is an open recall. if it doesnt say then the recall has been done.


By looking around here you are only finding a small population of the people that own the car. You have to keep in mind when on a specific forum you will see a lot more stories of 'something broke' than "everything is great". The total number of engines replaced under the recal has been less than 1% of total ownership.

I have also heard some bad things about the Autobarn in Evanston but good things about the one in Countryside. Both dealerships seem to have a lot of RX*s on hand at all times as well.

Check out cars.com as well. There are always quite a few on there in this area. The RX8 is a great car as long as you stay away from the lemons or the ones that have been abused. Pretty much true of any car.

Check out the Mid-west regional forum and the "Chicago Area Lounge" thread. You will find a lot of great people that can probably help you out around there. If you want you can come check out a local meet and check out a large sample of the cars before you make a decision. We meet the first saturday of every month out in the western burbs.

smiron

Thank you for the reply, I am going to continue to look. I put down a deposit at the Autobarn and so far they have not credited me back, will have to call them again tomorrow. I also am going to stay away from any lemon law recalled cars. Since I am so new to all of this, is there a way to know if all the service recalls have been done?

Thanks again!

mac11

iTrader: (1)

I think for that you would need to have the service dept at a dealership run the VIN of the car through their database.

VASasha

iTrader: (5)

Yep, just get the vin #s, call the dealership and ask them to check. Either way, even if they haven't all been done, you can always just get them done right after you buy the car. I had to do that with mine, had about 3 or 4 open recalls on my 04 when I bought it. Runs like a champ with 0 problems.