If you have an 04 with an extended warranty or an 05 with extended or factory warranty, I highly recommend getting the new redesigned gas cap that is part of a TSB.

I would click my original gas cap and then by the time I would get gas it was barely hanging on. Got worse with miles. I was afraid it was going to cause a CEL issue. I had it replaced by the dealer.

The new one is completely redesigned. I would recommend those using the original to see if you can get the dealer to give you the newer one.

 

Hmm ... ok ..

I bought the new gas cap for almost a year but never really bothered to put it on ...

it looks the same to me

 

Or people could just buy the new for 12 bucks instead of wasting the time to go to the dealership over it.

 

I got mine for about 15 from MMS

 

If you go to the dealership to buy one, it wouldn't hurt to stop in the service department first to see if you're entitled to one for free under MSP13. If not, then walk over to the parts counter and take your wallet out.

Ken

 

Exactly...mine was covered under warranty. Mazda can shell out their own bucks for a defective part.

My old gas cap screw part was white and very ordinary looking. The new one has a light blue plastic and a much more complex insert. Pic below.

 

never really bothered to look at the new gas cap ...

maybe I should swap it tomorrow ... even tho the old one never gave me any problem.

 

...ok.

 

wow,

one more issuse i have never had with a 04 at 110k miles. i wonder if it it is a temperature issue? i dont suffer cold.


beers

 

mazda refused to replace mine under warranty when i got a CEL everytime i got gas(or a few starts after) so I had to buy my own!

 

The recall for RX-8s applies only to ones built from Jan 7 through August 2, 2006. (It also applies to Miatas and CX-7s in about the same date range.) If you're not in that range, you don't get the freebie.

Ken

 

^well I was still in B2B warranty and was going back to then every time i got gas and getting the same code....I told them allthat and they kept saying it's fine...so I said ok where is my EVAP leak then if it'snot the gas cap they were like what? so I just bought my own and refused to go back to them again!

OH well that was a year ago and only like 10 bucks out of my pocket....