Hello.

My apologies if this has already been discussed. I feel like I have a bit of a unique situation.

I've had my 2004 6-Speed RX8 for about 9 months. I didn't get any kind of extended warranty, but I do have a 2 year 100,000 Mile warranty on the Engine and Transmission through the dealer.

A bit of a background, I've ALWAYS let it warm up before driving, ALWAYS let it cool off before turning it off, ALWAYS check the oil, ALWAYS rev it to burn off excess. I take care of it.

About 5 days ago, I drove it to work and back without a problem. I came out later that night, turned it on, let it warm up, then began to go. The car stalled in reverse, which I thought was weird since I've been driving sticks and haven't stalled in about 6 years. I turned it on again, except this time the car had NO power, was vibrating like a s*x toy and the CEL was flashing. I turned it off and called the dealer the next day, they told me to bring it in.

They then said that it was possibly flooded, and I needed 4 new plugs, new wires and 4 new engine coils. Parts and labor would be around $700. They're telling me its flooded. My issue is it MAY have gotten flooded when I had to turn it on for a sec and back off to get it on the tow dolly, but I feel like this happened after the fact of whatever the actual "issue" was.

Another thing, shouldn't engine coils be covered under my engine warranty?? I could understand plugs and wires...

What the technician said is that if I'm not burning a court of oil every 2000 miles I'm harming the car. I'm definitely NOT burning that, I might be burning half of that.. and I run that car hard.

What gives? Any ideas? Suggestions? Anyone had any similar experiences? And is the dealer trying to jack me?

Thanks in advance for your help.

-Billy

 

rx8 have extended warranty from mazda for 8 years on engine. I don't think you should be paying for that at all... could be wrong though

 

If the coils/wires/plugs are old, or you are unsure when they were last changed, I would replace them. You can get everything and change it yourself (Not hard to do) for about 300-350, vendors here sell them. If your talking about the engine core warranty (8yrs/100k miles) then no, it's not covered, only the engine itself is.

 

FYI, you don't have to do that. When you get to where you're going, turn it off.