They took my car and gave me a ford focus. They said it would be at least ten days before i can see it again. They've got all the cars with the problem in and they are gonna do some testing. Its not gonna be long before the lemon law says theyve got to give me a new car.

 

They're buying back my 8.

 

Wtf This is disheartening to hear ... how many other people have this problem? As I am currently looking around for an AT - if this happens more than to like a - SMALL handful- of people I am going to be forced to reconsider choices in cars ... because I live in LA where the temperature regularly hits 3 digits in the summer and I cannot afford to waste time dealing with hassles. =/

 

I have no problems with mine
I'm in the OC and had over 20k miles on mine

 

you can stall any car. drive about 35 go wot and then slam on your brakes like you are about to hit something. that will probably stall it.

 

more info please.

 

My Passat 5 speed AT has NEVER stalled, and I have been in so many near accidents that required me completely mangling the innards to get it to stop in time it's not even funny. I've left skid marks more than 30 feet long after going from 60-0 in a heartbeat, and I drove away from it without missing a beat.

 

Ditto.

 

The problem is only with mine and two other cars, and only in las vegas. They called and said theyd buy back my car and they will call me back. I dont think any of u considering buying an rx8 AT should worry, since its only a few cars.

 

I wonder if my car has the same problem thingy... because... it does the same thing :/
I live in southern california :/

Hmmm... what did you tell the dealership is happening?

did you say "my car stalls" or what?


Thanks

 

Seems my idlling/stalling/power problems were solved by the "M" flash...and the shifiting in manual mode seems quicker too. (Of course the older I get, the quicker things happen.)

 

did you say "my car stalls" or what?

yea

 

I just passed over the 50000 mile marker on my A/T and started stalling out consistently. Rough idle and anything under 1000 rpms and it tanks off, but only when hot. my first step is going to be replacing the spark plugs,, but they are only 1 1/2 years old. (sigh)

 

OK this may sound very discourageing, I had the same problem in the heat, only when hot. When I took it in they replaced the engine, omp, engine mounts, and spark plugs. I had a little over 50,000 mile on it when this happened, and it was exactly same description as platinumzoom. It really sucked cause I had the car only 3 weeks when all this happened. Did you have any odd noises, squeaks, rattling, anything diff? That is awsome they bought it back, I wonder if they had any idea why it was doing that. Good luck man.

 

Another "Leaking coolant" issue.

Do you warm your engine in the morning before taking off & for how long before you start reving the engine hard & applying over 40% throttle.....??

REgards

 

holy **** lol hilarious

 

well first off.. i had numerous amount of technical difficulties with my car..
it was 1 last step away from Lemon... *screw you Mazda!*
anyways.. i stalled for no reason, 1st stall this happened 1 month after i got my car so basically what happened was .. i was parked in front of my friend's house with my engine still running and 10 minutes into our conversation my engine decided to stall, 2nd time i was in motion my car decided to stall while in motion AND WITH TRAFFIC.. *imagine that.. seeing a brand new 8 sitting in the middle of the road with the emergency lights blinking* 3rd same as 1st 4th same as 1st . and every time i stall.. i either take it to Mazda right away or ASAP.. however.. everytime i go.. something ELSE is wrong with it.. this is why i almost gave up on my 8...

also.. you mightve been running low on gas? or your oil is running dirt *according to Mazda so dont flame me if im wrong*

thats my input