Lose Power Steering Problems of Mazda RX8

Mazda RX8 owners have reported 5 problems related to lose power steering (under the steering category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Lose Power Steering problem of the 2004 Mazda RX8

Failure Date: 02/11/2013

Lost power steering. Car would still turn with heavy effort. However, there was no electronic assist.

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2 Lose Power Steering problem of the 2004 Mazda RX8

Failure Date: 11/07/2011

My electronic power steering is going in and out causing me to lose power steering. This is a problem that many 2004 RX-8 owners are discussing online and in forums. Dealers and mechanics know of the problem with connectors and racks going bad but Mazda has refused to address the chronic problem. It is dangerous and costly, I am on my second repair of the problem. Please push Mazda to step up and address this growing and chronic problem.

3 Lose Power Steering problem of the 2004 Mazda RX8

Failure Date: 02/20/2011

I was driving my 2004 Mazda RX-8, which had approximately 60,000 miles at the time, when I suddenly lost power steering in one direction and steering became very light in the other direction. This problem disappeared the next time I started the car, but reappeared intermittently for several hundred miles, eventually causing the car to lose power steering in both directions. This was intermittent for a while, as well, but eventually the power steering ceased to function altogether. These failures were accompanied by a power steering warning light, which remains illuminated to this day. The first time I experienced the phenomenon, I was very startled by it and feel that, had the problem occurred at an inopportune moment, it could have very well contributed to an accident.

4 Lose Power Steering problem of the 2004 Mazda RX8

Failure Date: 02/14/2011

My Mazda Rx8 is having power steering problems, one time it lost power steering while I was driving. . . To most people, this will be something pretty scary and very dangerous if they do not know what is going on. I would recommend checking this out, because this is definatly a lawsuit just waiting to happen. . .

5 Lose Power Steering problem of the 2005 Mazda RX8

Failure Date: 07/16/2005

The problem started in July 2005, when my car lose the power steering, the dealership and the distributor trying to fix the problem, but they never fixed the car, I sent to them for 11 times between July 2005 to September 2006. One of those times the car ( Mazda RX-8) lose the power steering when I drove the car at 65 mph on the highway. The steering it`s hard to move.

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