Steering Failed Problems of Mazda RX8

I'm writing to state on my Rx8 shinka 2006 Mazda has a steering wheel problem most concerning. I have owned it and maintained it. As I was leaving my bank I noticed a white gasket of kind on the floor of the drivers side. I went to drive my car and there was a lot of play in moving the steering wheel. At first I tried unlocking and locking the steering column. This was no good. There was still play in the steering wheel. Meaning you can move the steering wheel column up and down with outside unlocking the column. This should not be an issue. It's just like the air bag recall. I shouldn't have to worry that my steering wheel will fail while driving my awesome car!.

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There has been countless times where I am driving and my steering just wants to fail. Ok so now it fails and sometimes, without warning, jerks my wheel one direction. If I am not paying attention I could easily sideswip another car. It has done it while driving 55 mph and I have hit the center medium bending my rim and destroying my tire. I have brought it into the dealership and they can never get it with the light on. I have paid for two diagnostics where they have not been able to diagnos the issue. The one time I got it in they were able to see the light but once they plugged their stuff in it disappeared. They then said the terminals just needed to get cleaned charging me for that and less then 1 day later the issue was back. Sometimes it also does just fail when sitting stationary as well and the wheel just starts turning itself and eventually the light comes on. Please help in fixing this issue.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2004 Mazda RX-8. The contact stated that the power steering warning lamp illuminated and the steering fail to operate. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who repaired the steering column wire but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the steering gear box needed to be replaced. The remedy failed to repair the problem. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was no longer under warranty. The failure mileage was 52,000 and the current mileage was 53,000. Pmb.

The electronic assist steering on our Rx8 completely failed in 2007/2008 (approx 25,000 miles) the steering rack, steering module, and steering wire harness were replaced by Mazda under warranty. Within a year, the steering failed again. According to Mazda, it was the wire harness which was then replaced or serviced to correct the problem. It has now been 4 years and still the car only has a total of 60,000 miles on it and the steering has failed again. This time though, failure has been intermittent. The assist will turn off and back on as you are driving. This produces very treacherous driving conditions including sudden veering or potential loss of control. Driving 10 miles to the dealership, the steering assist turned off & on twice. When this happened the first time, I barely avoided colliding with a vehicle in the next lane after a sudden veer. I was muscling the steering and the assist came back on. A driver not aware of any issue who experiences the problem for the first time could easily make a sudden steering change and it could be fatal. Mazda is now saying it is the steering control module yet they will not cover the repair ($1,400) because it is out of warranty. Upon searching online, there are 100's of reports of this exact issue of multiple steering failures being reported by other individual Rx8 owners as well as other Mazda vehicles. Mazda continues to ignore the problem for the Rx8 yet they have issued a voluntary recall of all 2007-2009 Mazda 3 & Mazda 5 steering systems. We don't have a choice but to get our car fixed and pay the bill. Mazda refused to do anything about it even after I called their corporate office. They filed my complaint then basically said tough luck. This is my daughter's car and she cannot afford to buy another car. I am literally scared to let her drive it. It is an accident waiting to happen.