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Re: PLEASE HELP [claires]
by duke15
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Apr 14, 2008 (6:09 am)
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Replying to: claires (Apr 13, 2008 8:04 pm)
You can try to go through Mazda North America. If that doesn't work, you may need an attorny.
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Re: PLEASE HELP [duke15]
by mdw1000
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Apr 21, 2008 (8:01 am)
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Replying to: duke15 (Apr 14, 2008 6:09 am)
Wouldn't your car insurance cover a car fire? Not sure about that, but I'd check.
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Re: PLEASE HELP [thuynwin]
by asennaf1king
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May 06, 2008 (2:41 pm)
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Replying to: thuynwin (Apr 13, 2008 5:39 pm)
IMO, this is a black eye for Mazda. This is precisely the same problem that occurred in the 3rd gen RX-7. The failure sequence is this: the seals around the fuel injectors begin to go bad and fuel begins to leak. The fuel injectors are near the exhaust manifold and since the engine produces a huge amount of heat the seals eventually go bad. The fuel leaks onto the exhaust manifold and poof! I dropped off my 3rd gen in 2002 at the dealership without delay when I smelled fuel coming from the engine bay. The dealership called me several days later (an indication that they spent some time with their legal staff) and notified me that my engine had caught fire while the technician was working on the engine. He had failed to allow the exhaust to cool before disconnecting the fuel injectors. My insurance company covered the repairs. When the car was returned to me, it wasn't running correctly. The second turbo was not kicking in smoothly or at all. I dropped it off and told them to not call me until it was running correctly (the problem was the maze of vacuum hoses that only a handful of mechanics knew well). A week later, they called me to say that the engine was blown, i.e., they blew my engine. My insurance company then covered the installation, by Peter Farrell Supercars, of a new engine. There was a recall related to engine fires on the 3rd gen RX-7. Mazda claimed that the fault was related to the cooling system and coolant leaks onto the exhaust manifold rather than the fuel rail or injectors. They added a switch to the radiator fan to have it kick on if the coolant temperature was above a particular value when the engine was turned off (the engine fires primarily occurred after turning off the engine). I was reading this forum to see how the RX-8 is faring. I'm sorry to hear that this is occurring because I was giving the RX-8 consideration and the 3rd gen RX-7 is one of my all time favorite cars. Mazda should have simply confessed and added a maintenance window for the fuel injector seals. It's really that simple. They are risking lives via actuarial calculations.
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Re: Recalls and accessory labor costs [trispec]
by rxter
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Feb 13, 2009 (9:39 am)
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Replying to: trispec (Oct 01, 2006 4:31 pm)
More like the rubber glove treatment.
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