pequita

Hi, please help me, I was driving my rx8 and suddently the car lost power, immediately the yellow engine light start flashing, after that it died. The car was able to start but at 500 rph and as soon you press gas it dies. I spend $85 on new plugs thinking it was that and changed. The old plugs smell like gas. With the new spark plugs the car still bad and smell gas. On the mufle you can see the smoke. The car has not garranty, over 4 years but only have 26000 miles. I looked for any loose hose, etc and nothing. It;s like is not getting air, it's not burning the gas. Is not mixing correctly, I disconnect the battery to reset but nothing. I can't even get the car to an autozone to check the code, but I was wondering if anybody had the exact same problem and can help me.

Thanks a lot

chancejat

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may be your cat converter clogged up......but your symptoms sound weird....take it to autozone

pequita

thank you. I will d that.

chancejat

iTrader: (2)

any wierd noises? smells? are you in the U. S. ?
if so your warranty has been extended

pequita

yes, I am in Tampa, Fl. Will be easy to check that cat converter myself? Can it be fix or I must get the car tow?

AnnaBanaRX8

try a compression test...

StealthTL

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Autozone can read the trouble code off the computer - should give you major clues as to the problem.


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Easy_E1

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Your current warranty is 5 years 60,000 miles. Take it to the dealer and tell them to fix it.
An Emissions related issue is warranted for 96 months or 80,000 miles.

chancejat

iTrader: (2)

actually your cat is covered for 8 years/80,000 miles....just have mazda fix it....they have to....no money out of your pocket....

pequita

thanks to all of you for your response. This gas smell is getting into the house. lol

Old Rotor

Call the 800# in your cars manual. Mazda will tow it to your nearest dealer and fix it for you. You have a 5 year 60K warranty on the power train, that covers your engine,transmission and other things. Mazda extended it so they can help you. Don't try to do anything yourself.

DOMINION

Gas smell you say? Could be a fuel line or leak.

swiftnet

My guess is the coils. Let Mazda do the warranty repair, as was stated by others.

mdr

Sounds just like coils to me.

He might not have warranty. The world is not all in the US.
If he is some where else like in Australia, we have 3 years.

shaunv74

He's in Florida so he should be okay. Could be cat. could be coils, could also be in limp home mode.

Check your oil if you haven't recently to make sure it's not too low. If it's low on oil the car will go into limp mode.

Soapflake

Its the catalytic converter, though 26k miles seems a bit soon for that to be happening. In my old grand am I had the same thing happen, but it ended up being a cracked head :p

shaunv74

^^Luckily we don't have any of those.