Hi,

I have a Mazda RX8 2004 auto. 124,000km.

When I drive in reverse gear for more than 10m, sometimes it comes to a sudden and full stop.
any idea why?

The Mazda dealer couldn't identify the problem as he couldn't reproduce it.

thanks

 

LOL? you know you could've asked the 2 question on the first thread.

 

hey! I'm just trying to make it easy for people who would be willing to help by separating the problems

any ideas?

 

Could use some more details on "comes to a sudden and full stop"...

• Is it like the brakes are locking up?
• Or more like the transmission is slipping, as if in neutral?
• If you shift it back into drive, does it operate normal?
• How about if you shift it into neutral (after the "full stop")?
• And then what if you go back into reverse, then what?
• Can you reproduce it by rolling backwards (on an incline) with the trans in neutral?

 

- it does feel like the brakes are locking up, not like transmission is slipping
- back into drive, the car drives fine
- same in neutral
- back in reverse is ok, but full stop may happen again if going reverse over a relatively long distance (although, it doesn't happen every time, that's why Mazda couldn't reproduce the problem)
- I never tried rolling backwards in neutral, I might give it a go.

 

does anyone had any comment on that reverse stalling problem?