All of a sudden, out of no where, the temperature controls seem to be reversed. Putting it on the cold blue side makes the heat come on and the red heat side makes the air come on. It's very sporadic and sometimes just switches to either all air or all heat no matter where I turn it.

Any ideas on this? Bad connection? Short? New Temp Controls?

I think there may be a wiring issue because the radio also sometimes randomly turns up/lowers in volume when I hit a certain speed. Very strange all of this.

 

The stereo issue is probably the audio pilot setting which does adjust all of the sound including volume based on speed. As for the heater controls, I had the same issue but followed a DIY for the repair in the DIY section and the entire issue was done in less than an hour. No issues since.

 

The volume adjustment is actually a feature? Ha, I would have never guessed!

Thanks for the tip on the DIY...I'll try to find it.

Found: https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-do-yourself-forum-73/diy-no-heat-repair-heater-control-158200/
Thanks again, BigC94

 

had same problem

 

Obviously a big problem...I don't know why they don't recall it.

The DIY worked flawlessly. I had a very hard time removing the clips on a lot of that stuff, but with time they came off.