Code red...damsel in distress!!! :(
 

All,

First off just want to let you all know that i drive a 2005 AT with roughtly 82K miles.

I have had problems with my 8 for a while now, i have made posts and everything and appreciate everyones imput. I dropped off my car at a Mazda dealership on tuesday because my car has loss of power and also it was making a clicking sound and when my car was at a stoplight or stopped at a drive through for my dunkin d's coffee in the morning my car was vibrating.

Dealership still has is and can not tell me wtf is wrong with it.
This is what I have tried so far:
around 50K - did a transmission fluid flush
around 65K - put in brand new coils
around 72K - put in brand new spark plugs {replaced all of them due to flooding

My car has been giving me problems around 25K and because they diagnosed it with a TCL (torque converter lockup) they said that there was no fix for this shit. THey put something in it forgot the name of it but it reduced the problem and does not eliminate it. I cant trade my car in becuase i still owe money on it, i paid 27K for my car back in 2006 when i purchased it and the interests rates are f'n ridiculous!!!

Anywho.... this dealership told me that they found 1 spark plug cracked, told them i replaced these effers last winter when my car flooded and he changed that spark plug. Used a tool to test the compression and its still not working properly and they told me that they sprayed some chemical in my car as well and nothing. They are still trying to figure it out and i am getting veryyyyyyyyyyyy pisssssssssssssed offfffffffff and trust me you do not want to make a portuguese woman mad!!! Lol for real tho!!!

I have read thread about CAT issues, my question is that does anyone think that this may be a CAT issue or an engine issue? Any advice pleaseeeeeeeeee so that i can tell these idiots how to fix my car.

Thanks in advance!

sounds like you had a bad spark plug

i have called up MNAO last year and bitched at them about that dealership and bitched to them that they made a car with no f'n fix for it!

I will see what they dealer tells me today, should be before 5pm my time ET. If all fails i will call up Mazda and mention the SSP 67 cuz i didnt know about it then.

This f'n blowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwws!!!! :mad:

PS = Thank you for mentioning that to me jmc23200

They already replaced it babe and its still giving them issues.... :(

Do this, maybe with just will alittle less of the "bitch, bitch, bitch". ;)
Try another dealer?

ask them for the numbers from the compression test and post them up here .
Need rpm and 6 numbers . one for each combustion chamber ....

Haha. Well, unfortunately, sometimes you have to. SSP 67 would cover the replacement of the transmission and torque converter. As long as this problem has been well documented in the past while you were covered under warranty, you should be able to get it replaced for free. You may need to threaten to or even actually lawyer up.


Here you go. SSP 67: http://forum.rx8nl.com/mwf/attach/97/6997/ad-18.pdf Scroll down to see what is covered under the Transmission and Trans axle section. Now you have something to fight with. Print this out and hand it to the dealer and see what they say. If you problem dates back to when you were covered under the warranty and it is in there system, you have a new tranny/torque converter

:sooooooooo pissssssssssssed offfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff :banghead

That dealership just called me back saying that they dont have the shit to fix my car, now i have to call up another dealership and find a way to have someone follow me to this dealership so i can drive this car to another one..... i f'n hate having tits!!! Dealerships always do this shit to woman, f'n fed up with this shittttttttt! :cussing:

Now they just told me that the tool they had to check the compression was for an f'n 7 not for an 8..... are you f'n kidddddddding me?!?!?!?!?!?!

So now i have to pick up this thing, drop off my rental and find a 3rd dealership to take this f'n POS car too! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

That sucks .
Although it doesn't sound like they are taking advantage of you . That would be when they charge you $$$$ for heaps of stuff that didn't need doing .
Best of luck at the new dealership .

Dude, i have been to 2 different ones and now i have to go to a 3rd one.... i am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo madddddddddddddddd i can seriously punch my hand through a brick wall right now and it probably wouldnt even hurt!!!! :(

Thanks breasts! Lol

HAHA

This vid helped me recently when I was feeling like you do atm.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78b67l_yxUc

Being a woman doesn't make you a target. There are enough men that don't know anything about cars these days that some repair shops will try to get away with things no matter who you are.

Kim!

I'd seriously suggest picking Liberty Mazda ((877) 278-0163) for that (unfortunately) 3rd dealer. It's a bit far, but entirely worth it. Seriously. I just had my cat replaced by them without a single hassle or trouble point, even with driving my 8 up there with an 'illegal' midpipe on it for the cat replacement. No issues at all.

Talk to Tom (AND ONLY TOM!!!!!!) about it, and he will get it figured out and all settled. They have 2 very experienced techs that really know their stuff about our 8s.

But only talk to Tom. I can't stress that enough. Talk to someone else and you could be tossed through the washer again. If you can't speak to Tom because he is unavailable, then call back later to try again. Feel free to drop my name and Marc's name to Tom. He knows Marc VERY well, and remembers me right off the bat now.

Dude this thread is awesome!!!!

Who says that???

and she called Brettus........ breasts!!
Thanks Breasts!!!!!!!

Made my day, I wish I was in Florida. I would like to shake your hand.

Code Red is right. This girl needs help, someone local help a sister out.

I don't think she needs help, just another dealer. Like stated above, go to Liberty Mazda and talk to Tom. I would also try to get ALL of your cars history printed IE all of your visits regarding the same problem since 25k miles. That way you will have proof of when it started and the document that covers it SSP 67. You should be fine. I live in Boston if you do need some help. Massachusetts Consumer Laws protect you against this. If a part that is under warranty fails or has problems and you bring it to the manufacturers attention and they do not fix it, even after you're warranty expires they are reliable for it.

I meant someone needs to go with her to a dealership, she obviously isn't having any luck by herself. I would go with you but I'm in Vegas!:rock:

Mike you have noooooo idea babe! I was on my way to Liberty yesterday and guess what happend my frigin car kept stalling on me!!! So i had to put the thing in neutral at red lights like i drove a standard, drove back to the dealership and now i am waiting on the Fairhaven dealer to give the an 8 compression tool to check that out. When it rains, it pours!!! All i know is that if they cant do anything, i am going to have to drive my car up to Liberty tomorrow, there will be no traffic on the highway. Cuz they dont know if its a warranty thing or not i am not paying an arm and leg for the tow when i have been already paying for a rental car since this Tuesday! On the positve side.... i heard you were going to be at Marc's place so i may be able to see u guys tomorrow if worse comes to worse... lol

I missssssssss my boys!!! :( Hopefully this thing can get fixed soon and we all need to have another get together soon.

LMAO!!! yeah some of these guys on here already know how i am, they met me in person so the way i talked was no surpise to them... haha

Yes i called Brettus .... breasts cuz did you see the size of that rack on his avatar? LOL
I couldnt resissssssst i had to say that, that was the only thing yesterday during the time that made me smile and laugh.... lol

Also, I live in MA not in FL babe... haha

Let me see if my wife will be around tomorrow to deal with the gas company tech that is coming to our house ("sometime" between 8am and 8pm "appointment"). I can meet you at the Fairhaven dealer and tail you up to Liberty.

My guess is that you have a clogged cat. Gut feeling, not much I can base it on at the moment. It could be compression, it's certainly possible.

Just wanted to quickly thank everyone for your advice and the dealership just called me and confirmed that he is personally driving to Fairhaven Dealer to pickup the compression tool. Will let you all know waht happens next.... (crossing my fingers)

My car is at the Brockton dealership sweetie but i will let you know when i hear info or i will text you.

Tell your wifey i said hi :)

Ah, it isn't at Fairhaven.

The more I re-read your description, the more I think it is your cat. Cat failure can progress very rapidly, where as compression doesn't unless you break a seal suddenly, and well, you would have given a different description there :)

I went from a bit of power loss to massive power loss in a matter of a few days, and the last day went from alot of power loss to unable to maintain highway speed in about 30 miles.