Control Arm Broke!!!!!!
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Control Arm Broke!!!!!!
the other day I was driving and I almost missed a turn so i turned into the turn going about 30... 35 or so. I have a 2004 8 and I have taken turns like that at least once a week not mentioning autocross. Anyways as I was turning in I felt a strong SNAP on the left side of my car and lost control of my steering. I flew into the curb completely removing my front left wheel and control arm from my car, not mentioning completely scratching the crap out of the whole side of my car. It turns out it was under warranty because of the control arm recall so they are looking into it now to see where we should go from here. I was wondering if anyone else had any similar problems like this and if so please post your story so it can make my case stronger to the mazda dealership ;-)
Thanks,
Jason
Thanks,
Jason
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Not really much to say there. There was a recall for that very part, it should have been taken in for the work. I'm assuming, you must not have known? Or did you take it in for the recall?
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http://www.finishlineperformance.com...lBallJoint.pdf
http://www.finishlineperformance.com...esRecallBJ.pdf
recall went out at the end july/august last year.
http://www.finishlineperformance.com...esRecallBJ.pdf
recall went out at the end july/august last year.
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Are you the first owner of the car? If so, I would think they would have been hounding you to bring in your car, due to their liability.
If Mazda can't prove they sent you any form of notification, I don't see why you need to make an argument to your dealership at all. And if they are giving you a hard time, I'm sure the Department of Transportation would love to hear about it.
If Mazda can't prove they sent you any form of notification, I don't see why you need to make an argument to your dealership at all. And if they are giving you a hard time, I'm sure the Department of Transportation would love to hear about it.
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I think you should get your lawyer and have him tell you to stop putting posts on this website about autocrossing your car before the people at Mazda figure out who you are. Thats if this story is really true.
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jesus christ this forum is the shittiest forum ever. No wonder I stopped posting on this a long time ago. I ask you guys if you have any experience in this situation, I did not ask everyone to critisize my driving. Your not providing any help, even though you make yourself look like a badass. again I ask......... "I was wondering if anyone else had any similar problems like this"... ****** ********.
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Obviously someone has seen the problem since there's a recall for the control arm. It is kind of hard to believe you hadn't heard of the recall, but I can understand if you didn't. Have you ever had the car serviced at a dealer? They would've seen the car had not had the recall work done and would've done it at that time.
No one is criticizing your driving. It's kinda hard to drive with a broken suspension.
No one is criticizing your driving. It's kinda hard to drive with a broken suspension.
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Originally Posted by JNUT
jesus christ this forum is the shittiest forum ever. No wonder I stopped posting on this a long time ago. I ask you guys if you have any experience in this situation, I did not ask everyone to critisize my driving. Your not providing any help, even though you make yourself look like a badass. again I ask......... "I was wondering if anyone else had any similar problems like this"... ****** ********.
anyways, you have the only production run rx8 to exhibit this issue. the issue was discovered with preproduction cars and race cars.
now, take a deep breath, drink a beer, and calm down.
if you are interested, here's the link to the control arm recall.
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ht=control+arm
while the car is in getting fixed, make sure they do the fuel tank recall, because you don't want your car burning to the ground after you get it back from this issue...and i'm not aware of anyone actually experiencing catestrophic damage from the fuel tank recall (it gets an exhaust shield put on it), but you seem to be extra lucky.
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Originally Posted by JNUT
jesus christ this forum is the shittiest forum ever. No wonder I stopped posting on this a long time ago. I ask you guys if you have any experience in this situation, I did not ask everyone to critisize my driving. Your not providing any help, even though you make yourself look like a badass. again I ask......... "I was wondering if anyone else had any similar problems like this"... ****** ********.
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Originally Posted by JNUT
jesus christ this forum is the shittiest forum ever. No wonder I stopped posting on this a long time ago. I ask you guys if you have any experience in this situation, I did not ask everyone to critisize my driving. Your not providing any help, even though you make yourself look like a badass. again I ask......... "I was wondering if anyone else had any similar problems like this"... ****** ********.
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Originally Posted by abbid
If im not mistaken, no U.S. car had the control arms in question, it was only JDM spec cars..
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Funny thing is we give him advice. Show him the recall notice and he slanders us.
Sounds like he can't read and he is uneducated.
Sounds like he can't read and he is uneducated.
i passed on this one.
did you notice there are about 5 or 6 people typing with the same pattern and different names.
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Originally Posted by JNUT
No wonder I stopped posting on this a long time ago.... ****** ********.
You've been a member for two years and you just started posting five days ago.....or did I miss the invisible ones?
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Originally Posted by Aseras
did you get the recall letter?
The recall was not a mandatory replacement unless you had a part from a specific production run.
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Originally Posted by JNUT
jesus christ this forum is the shittiest forum ever. No wonder I stopped posting on this a long time ago. I ask you guys if you have any experience in this situation, I did not ask everyone to critisize my driving. Your not providing any help, even though you make yourself look like a badass. again I ask......... "I was wondering if anyone else had any similar problems like this"... ****** ********.
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Originally Posted by tiggerlee
You've been a member for two years and you just started posting five days ago.....or did I miss the invisible ones?
How could you have "stopped posting on this a long time ago"? And WE are the "****** ********"?
I propose that JNUT is a fraud. At least the screen name is accurate.... "NUT".