Power Steering Failed Problems of Mazda RX8

While driving my 2004, Mazda Rx8 the electric power steering module failed, and jerked the car aggressively to the left into the oncoming lane of traffic. The force was so strong that it caused momentary loss of control. Fortunately, there wasn't any oncoming traffic at that moment on that particular stretch of road. When reviewing the Mazda forum there were several other owners that experienced the same loss of control or failure. Additionally, Mazda had power steering assist recalls for the same problems, ref. Mazda3/mazda5 power steering recall notification 6010h.

See all problems of the 2004 Mazda RX8 🔎.

While driving on the highway,the power steering of the vehicle failed snd 2 made it extremely hard to steer. I've heard others have this same problem but Mazda has not addressed it.

Power steering failed at only 85000 miles, almost caused me to crash with my two toddlers in the back seats!!! now it is going to cost me over 2k to fix it, I am a military wife, in germany, and almost crashed due to Mazda's lack of quality!!!!.

See all problems of the 2008 Mazda RX8 🔎.

Power steering failed and has many times cause me coming close in hitting the car next to me while driving. The steering wheel would turn by itself in a full 360. I constantly have to open my hood and shake to harness wire. This is a well known issue with this car. This issue should have been addressed a long time ago.

Power steering failed. This made it nearly impossible to steer vehicle, making driving dangerous. This has happened on multiple occasions over the last few years.

Powers steering failed.

I have been going back and forth to the dealer for my Rx8's power steering failure while driving at various speeds. When it shut off twice of the many times, it pulled my car to the hard right and I almost ran off the road because of it. The dealership charged me the first time to replace the battery terminal because it was loosing power to the steering unit. Then multiple times later, hundreds more, they said that repairing the wiring harness connectors was recomended by thier tech line and they said that may not be the last thing needed. First of all, the dealership, heritage Mazda of lutherville, MD, seem to be working hard on this problem, but this truely is a traffic safety issue and its costing me hundreds in a shot in the dark to fix the problem. Can you please look into this safety matter, even mike with the service department added that it was definately a safety issue that needed to be addressed. On the Rx8 club website, there are numerous complaints about the same power steering failure. Signed greg.

The contact owns a 2004 Mazda RX-8. The contact stated that the power steering failed while exiting a residential driveway. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was contacted but the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 71,000 and the current mileage was 71,100.

My Mazda Rx8 had power steering fail while driving my child home from school. So not cool.

In early 2012 I started to notice that when the weather was cold my steering wheel would shudder as I backed out of my driveway. After a the initial wheel turn the problem would disappear until the next day, or week. Throughout the years the problem has gotten worse to the point that the power steering failed all together for 3 months in late 2013. Inexplicably the power steering returned in early 2014, but if the temperature was cold the steering was very heavy for a few degrees of turning and then the car would sense I had turned the wheel a few degrees and would then assist too much and the vehicle would jerk in that direction. As the year progressed the problem changed to a constant shake back and forth when I first started the vehicle. This issue would happen at speeds ranging from 0-10mph and only when either initiating a turn or while unwinding the wheel from a turn. I have had problems in the past couple of months, as the temperature has fallen again, when driving straight and entering a gradual curve in the road (travelling at any speed) the wheel will not give power steering assist and the wheel is very difficult to turn (compared to if power assist was working correctly) and then after a couple of degrees the assist will jump in and the car quickly over corrects and vehicle veers in the direction of the steer necessitating immediate correction in the opposite direction. There appear to be many complaints from a loyal Mazda fan base about this exact issue, and how several people have nearly had an accident, but there has been no response from Mazda. There seems to be no exact fix issued, not even a service bulletin.

Car had issue steering to the right for aprox. 5 miles, when off highway power steering completly failed at 35 mph in heavy traffic. Had to be driven to dealership to be fixed.

See all problems of the 2005 Mazda RX8 🔎.

The contact owns a 2004 Mazda Rx8. The contact stated that while driving at low speeds, the power steering suddenly failed and became difficult to maneuver. The vehicle was unable to be driven and was towed to an authorized dealer. The vehicle was inspected by a dealer who advised her that the body control module had failed. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000.

While driving the car, the power steering has repeatedly failed. The Mazda dealer said the probable cause was the steering control module, however they would not guarantee changing the part ( $1600 dollars parts and labor ) would fix the problem. This is a common defect in these cars. The car was purchased in October 2010.

My 2004 Mazda RX-8 only has 53,000 miles on it and is again in the shop due to manufacturer-related engine failure. This is the second time in less than 1 year I've been left stranded in hazardous circumstances because of engine failure. I've also experienced power steering failure and loss of engine compression/engine misfires while driving on multiple occasions. As a result, I'm becoming increasingly concerned for my safety, as well as for the safety of others who own/operate this type of Mazda vehicle. Please consider organizing a class-action lawsuit against Mazda to hold them accountable for putting many valuable lives at risk.

Power steering failure.

Experienced failure of power steering on 2004 Mazda RX-8 with approximately 25k miles of use. Previously, power steering would fail intermittently but would correct itself after turning the car off and restarting it. We requested servicing of this problem in April of 2008 but it didn't show up in the computer scan of the car so the dealership told us to bring it back while the problem was occurring. However, it wasn't possible to drive the vehicle safely while the failure was occurring and it would correct itself once the car was stopped and restarted. Very unsafe to have the steering fail/seize while the car was in operation. The problem continued intermittently until July 12, 2009 when it failed completely. Car is currently back in the dealer shop waiting for parts that contain a sensor that should correct the problem to be shipped from japan. The repair will require removing and replacing most of the steering system as the part can only be replaced as an entire unit. We were informed this was not covered by the warranty as it's not a defect and occurs through normal wear and tear.