It seems like lately it's fairly common to see an "I want an 8 but all these problems make me nervous" post quickly followed by "Don't worry - there are only a couple of people having problems. Everything's fine for the rest of us". It occured to me that it'd be interesting to quantify this and to have a definitive (sort of ) thread to point these questions to.

Additionally, it will be interesting to compare these results to the results of the satisfaction poll. Are owners with 1 or more of the more common problems still satisfied?

I think the options I selected cover the most commonly discussed issues with the exception of the oil pan problem. At this point, that problem should be pretty much history unless someone stumbles on a particularly old 8 somewhere.

FWIW - I don't have my 8 yet, but only because of my dealer. I offered $850 above invoice plus agreed to pay $350 for the MP3 player, which I imagine would have been another $100 dealer profit. The dealer was $400 above that and wouldn't budge.

 

I've got 300 miles on mine, cross my fingers, no problems yet.

 

got 3k with no issues, but I am still looking for a stick beating a dead horse animated gif....

 

7,000 miles with no problems

Love it !

 

I've flooded once, and my mileage sucks. But you can pry the keys to my RX-8 from my cold, dead hands!

I LOVE this car! I didn't buy it for gas mileage, if I had I would have bought a Prius.

 

only problem
is fixing it up is expensive

 

other then the miliage, my rx-8 is great. Although I doubt I'll get good milliage any way considering I drive it like I stole it :p , So I guess no problems yet. :D

 

Anyone else get trapped in the car?

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...threadid=14232

Otherwise happy... 19 MPG, 800 Miles.

 

Now that sounds more like an excuse - I just may use that one

 

I have 8,500 miles on the car. On my way back to St. Louis from Charlotte, NC, the oil pan developed a leak at one of the weld points.

I took it back to the dealership and they got the car in on a moments notice and had the oil pan replaced with the new style Mazda has created. There is a tech note out for the oil pan. It seems the old style sometimes will cause an erroneous low oil light for some owners.

The car is back to running great. Overall, it made the 1,500 mile trip flawlessly. But, during the last 1.5 hours of the drive, it was a little smoky due to the oil leak.

 

hate to say that I had to vote [other problem]

it was a very minor issue, and not really an issue with the car so much as a small manufacturing fault on the rear dirver side window latch.

apparently [ it's being replaced under warranty ] the little plastic latch / clip part of the lock that folds and clicks closed, on the little read window, was not made 100% corrently, so randomly, when the cabin air preasure got high, i.e. driving like a wild monkey, window down on the freeway, or just slaming the driver side door closed, the little rear driver side window would pop open.

not all the way, just pop unlocked really - but **** easy to steal the car with an open window through which to run your "this will unlath that front door lock" wire gizmo.

otherwise - so happy with the car I could **** myself!

++dez;

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...threadid=14557

 

My girlfriend and I have had the car for less than a week...and we've already accumulated 1000 miles on it. Yes, it's that damn fun to drive! Home to work and school is only 10 miles for us too...so keep that in mind.

 

Good poll! will definitely show potential buyers how good the car really is.

You forgot the oil light coming on at high speeds (e.g. 90 mph for 6 minutes).. several ppl reported that, I had it happen once. The oil pan has to be replaced or something. Design flaw (?)

 

I'm a little wary of this survey, and the owner satisfaction survey, since last night there were only a few people who answered they had problems and now it's quite a bit higher. Same thing has happened in the other survey. Future owners, please remember that anyone can vote in these, and a favorite past-time of trolls is skewing data any way they can to make something look bad. Just check out the msn reviews for more information on this particular problem.

 

Nearly 2000 km and no real problems but when I left work the other night, the temparature has got down to zero and the engine didn't want to go anywhere for a few minutes.

Just wondering what will happen when it gets colder.

Other than that, what a blast to drive even if I can see the fuel gauge moving as I stay at 8000+ revs!!!!!!

Bring on more corners.

 

update...I actually have a little problem. On cold starts(sub 45 degree weather) it starts fine, but starts revving to 2500rpm, then drop to 1500rpm then back to 2500 on and on for like maybe 4 or 5 cycles. I blip the throttle and it goes away. Weird. Other than that it drives perfect. I also am getting like 15 mpg, but I don't really think that is a "problem" per se, just a "quirk" of the rotary. None of my other rotaries I owned were fuel sippers.

 

Good point Elara, but thus far, it doesn't seem to be happening. We'll see. You can always delete the poll if the trolls ruin it by skewing it.

 

This poll is an excellent idea! No problems at all ...3,000 miles

 

Over 10,000 miles.

Absolutely no problems.

Absolutely love the car.

 

Your car should do this on every start- are you sure it's just on cold starts? Give it a few seconds and it'll stop. I forget the reason for this, but it is supposed to do it.

 

Alas, the dreaded "oil light" problem has befallen me. No biggie though, the oil pan will get replaced during my 1st routine maint. visit, which will be based on the 4-month interval, not the mileage since it has about 2,800 miles on it & Dec. 6th will come before 5,000 miles.

That's my ONLY PROBLEM so far & I am EXTREMELY HAPPY with my 8.

 

Tire pressure light comes on and feels a little shaky around 85-90 mph. Anyone have problems with the handling around high speeds in the hwy??? Just wondering. Otherwise great car. I go to admit the more milage you gain the better the car. Everyone is right.

 

Sounds like you might want to have the TPS checked. I was running 85-90 through the mountains this month with no poblems. The fastest I've had the car is 130 with no sign of the light. For the safety folks out there - no one was around either time, and I had no passengers. The TPS did come on recently when the temperature dropped, but this is normal since air compresses in colder temps. I just had to dump some air in the tires and all was well.

 

I agree- I've spent probably 5-6 hours between 80-90 in the past week alone, and never had the TPS light come on.

 

Sorry let me clear this up. TPS turning on the and the handling are two separate issues. TPS is always on. The handling around 85-90 is just shaky and horrible. I feel I'm going to tip over or lose control when I drive it that fast. Not the case with my other cars I had. Don't know if the two issues are related or not. Any suggestions?? So.. you guys are saying that you guys drove the car smoothly around that speed in the HWY?