Hello everyone,

FYI - There's a new service bulletin:
Temperature Control and/or Fan Control Dial Break OR Come Off - Issued 11/3/2004:

http://www.finishlineperformance.com...cs/07-003.html

Mine are not broken - has this happened to anyone out there?

Regards,
rx8cited

 

Not yet, but I copied and stored the info. (like I did for the rear taillight craze problem which was covered under warranty) Also, i need to find out about the shock sensor advisory that was put out. Will the new one be retrofitted to our cars?? I will speak to the dealer at my oil change. Thanks for the info.

 

No problem here.

 

Mine broke during the PDI of the car ( 7/14/2003 ). They sent the entire assembly back to Mazda, and had a new one for the car on 7/15/2003. I don't know if this is the stronger dials or not though.

 

Yep, just happened yesterday. Thanks for posting this. The parts guy said he had had to order the entire heating module!!!

 

That was strange! I posted the previous message but it showed the poster as DALT. I logged out, and logged in again to make this post.

 

LOL... this happened to my temp **** a few times already. I would crank the heat and turn it all the way to the right and the thing would pop off in my hand. I'd just stick it back on without a problem. Good to know there is a fix for this :p

 

That's an expensive fix for Mazda if they have to replace the whole assembly!

 

Happened to me a few days after owning the car, thought I had the temp in the middle and tried to make it cooler... well it was already on full cold.

I just used some loctite on it and it's been working just fine every since.

 

Yep, mine fell off (broke) in the first week. Called dealer, still waiting on new part. Did a quick fix on old **** with super-glue.

 

okay, so anyone else recently had their temp control **** break off. I guess I didn't pay enough attention the first time around, and now mine's off as well.

 

no problem here mfg date 11/03

 

just happened to me a couple weeks ago. part is on order.

 

The **** on mine didn't come off, but the fan was blowing full hot air all the time and the assembly had to be replaced.

 

well, mine broke today.. :-(

 

mine broke like 2 months ago and finally got it a few days ago as the part was on back-order...

 

Hey mine finally broke off - I thought this thread was dead!

 

Just an fyi. My new **** had some reinforcments around the plastic part that slides on the metal shaft. If you look at the new one, compared to the old one, you will see what I mean. Anyways, just thought I would mention that.

Still luvin it after 19,000 miles.