davefzr

Well it came on again on my way to work this morning. The good news is that I have a contact now withing Mazda USA who is an engineer. One of my co-workers knows a person who works at Eibach who knows him. I sent an email this morning asking for his opinion. We'll see what he says.

If this doesnt work out, i'll probably take it to Cerritos Mazda as Razz suggested...

Mike Z

Hey Dave, sounds like you are around and kicking.......how's your 8 running with or without the CEL these days??? Mine has been running very well, no new mods since we touched base awhile ago. Seems once she has settled down with all my mods, she now runs with very little to no problems. Since, you live in So Cal like me, hopefully you survied all the nasty rains. I was very proud of the way the 8 handled itself during the bad rains, surprised a few smart *** 4wd pick up's & SUV's. :D

Mike Z

snap-on

Dave,

I'm sorry to be the devils advocate here but have you tried de-modding the car?

Did I read a few pages back you have aftermarket pulleys installed?

davefzr

Yeah.... thats actually what I am going to do next.

I'll wait and see if I hear anything from the Mazda Engineer. If I do or dont, depending on what the outcome of that is, I'll take my car to the dealership and tell them to replace the parts back to stock. If this doesnt work in the end though, and the CEL light still comes on, I want them to fix the CEL and refund me for the labor charges since it's now clear that my mods are not the problem.

I really hope that I can continue to work with Mazda and not battle them to fix my car. If they found that one of my mods is causing the problem, then by all means I'll pay for everything and be a happy man.

This is what I hope to do next.

davefzr

Hey guys.. well instead of fixing my car they voided my warranty.. Branded - No warr is what it says on my information. The reason is because of aftermarket equipment on my car and going over the speed limit. Thats their reasons for voiding it..

I am going to post this in another section as well to get some more feedback...

jowettw

holy crap. is that legal?

davefzr

More info here...

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/branded-warranty-voided-56546/

davefzr

Trying to acquire a stock cat. converter to see if this resolves my CEL. If anyone has one please PM me...

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=57564

davefzr

Does anyone know if there are any identifying marks on that cat converter that associate it to a particular car? Or are they all pretty much the same without these markings..??

davefzr

Just bought a cat. converter from Mazmart (400.00)....

Going to have it installed and go from there..

My next steps are the following:

Get cat. converter installed
Test the car to see if CEL comes on
Take car to Rotary Racing if CEL and noise persists
Call SEMA for further assistance
Obtain a written statement as to why my warranty was voided
Take further action if necessary

Shoot myself

davefzr

I seemed to have taken over this thread.. I wonder if anyone is reading this anymore...???

Guess it's my own personal blog now.. haha

davefzr

To continue my blog. My problems are finally over. Sorry that I have to end this book so shortly, I promise that there will be more to this story, and there is.. believe me...

The problem turned out to be my cat. converter. I purchased a new one from Mazmart (I sold mine) and my annoying noise is gone as well as my CEL.

My next step is to now call back SEMA and let them know where I stand and try and get back at least a partial warranty. We'll see...

Razz1

That's great your car is working now!!!!!!!!!

zoom44

well now at least you are fixed. more info please :D

davefzr

More info huh Well I crashed my car.. haha.. After all of this I managed to get into a solo accident.

I was coming around a corner and lost control. My left rear slammed into the curb and I suffered front bumper, rear suspenstion (knuckle, stableizer, upper/lower control arm) damange as well as the side bumper and door damage. It's getting fixed right now and should be done in the next 3 weeks...

My car was only in perfect working order for maybe 3 days before this happened. The reason why I spun out I think is because it was just starting to rain, I had gotten my car washed the day before and that tire dressing is slick, plus there were these plastic bumps in the road to keep you in your lane. I think the combination of all these factors let to it....

Happy days It's ok though.. thats my first accident.. No other cars were involved.

davefzr

Back on topic though.. It was definitely my cat. converter. All of my problems were now mysteriously gone. I didnt have the rattle and I could take my car up to any speed/rpm and my CEL would not come on. Out of all of the mods on my car, this particular one wreaked the most havoc... I may end up putting back on my pulleys after this.. we'll see..

I am not sure if I want to put anymore money into this car though... That Shelby GT500 is looking pretty sweet..

Mazmart

iTrader: (12)

Dave,
Why didn't you call me for the parts to repair your wreck damage?
I'm sure I could have saved you a bundle of cash.
Paul.

davefzr

I did... Check your PM history. You told me to go ahead and work with your co-worker that usually handles other cars...

Mazmart

iTrader: (12)

That was on the converter. Your crash related damage is fresh news to me. I would have loved to have eased the financial pain in this instance as well. I'm here for you dude!
Paul.