Cooling Fan Problems of Mazda RX8

In June of 2005, I received a recall notice from the Mazda north american operations informing me that my vehicle had an inherent safety issue concerning the engine among other things. I took the car for a check and was told that the car checked out fine. In August 2006, Mazda north american operations extended the warranty on the car because the inherent defect does not necessarily show up immediately but may show up much later. In my case it showed up in June of 2008. The car started running hot, the engine light would come on and the car would idle high at a stop light. Once the car was turned off, the cooling fan would continue for several minutes. I took the car to the Mazda dealer who stated that I needed a new engine. The invoice indicated that a new engine was authorized among other things. After that incident, the vehicle ran alright up until the middle of August 2009 when the same issues reappeared. Supposedly, they installed an new engine but apparently that was not true. On August 16, 2009, I dropped the car off at the dealership to correct the problem or the give me another car. This car has a serious safety issue. I want Mazda to give me another car because I just don't trust driving the one with the defect.

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The contact owns a 2004 Mazda Rx8. The contact states that while driving with cruise control set and hitting the brakes to slow down or stop , and if pressing the resume button ,the car will actually set itself 5 mph more than what originally had the speed set for. Once the car goes to 5 mph over the speed the car was set for the car will act as if it was trying to make itself go back down to the speed that was originally set ,and the vehicle will jerk violently. The contact was taking the vehicle to the dealership on Thursday to see if they could diagnose the problem because this has been occurring for a couple of months. The only way to make this problem stop is to turn off the cruise control and reset it and then it will stop. This problem with the vehicle at highway speeds will happen at about 60% of the time that the cruise control is set. Also, the engine fan will stay on all the time. The dealership is unable to duplicate the problem. Therefore , it cannot be fixed at this time. The electric fan will actually stay on while the vehicle is turned off. Then by turning the ignition back on and off it the vehicle will stop running. This mostly occurs if the vehicle is driven for about 30 minutes.