Steering Problems of Mazda RX8 - part 1

The electric power steering randomly pulls hard to one side while driving. There are brief spasms of forceful jerks each jerk is 1-2 seconds the series of jerks lasts 10-20 seconds and usually stops with power steering failure all while driving.

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The steering wheel sometimes its hard to control sometimes its normal and when going fast the steering is so loose like there's a gaps that you need your two hands on the steering all time and the weels weigel at high speed 60mph. Its hard drive the car on the freeway and everyday use I already spend $2800 at the dealership get fix but never get fix the car no accident to be like that. Car has 80k mileage.

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My cars steering will loosen up and stiffen up randomly also the traction control will randomly engage and the tire pressure lights and another light.

Steering turn alone.

My power steering intermittently goes out from time to time. I have taken it to the shop 4 times. There is something seriously wrong with this design and the vehicle is very dangerous.

My power steering malfunction indicator light came on when I started my car. Too hard to steer my car when I drive.

My steering wheel turns on its own while in motion on the beltway and sometimes it difficult to steer at all while in motion in traffic. I purchased new tires thinking that would solve the problem but it didn't.

Synopsis: power steering going crazy at highway speeds. Starting approx 2 years ago, the power steering would shudder, or jerk back and forth, when turning the steering wheel (somewhat sharply), for several minutes after the car was started. This happened exclusively in cold weather, and at low speeds. Once the car was in motion for a few minutes, the behavior would cease. The colder the weather, the stronger the jerking (it seems). However, a few weeks ago, the steering exhibiting the "normal" amount of shudder, and then stopped as usual. But a few minutes later when I was traveling on a highway (at highway speeds), in relatively straight line, the steering suddenly began violently jerking back and forth. Needless to say this was disconcerting. I was able to control the car using both hands (I am a strong athletic male). The event lasted about 5-10 seconds. I have researched this behavior when I first noticed it a few years ago, and there are numerous reports online about the shuddering behavior at startup. . Read more...

Power steering goes out unexpectedly, multiple fixes have been tried. Every forum option researched and the problem persists. There are hundreds, literally hundreds of complaints of power steering going out for similar reasons on Rx8club. Com. The power steering will be working one moment, cut out, then oversteer causing the driver to quickly make up for the jerk. Mazda please recall. All the evidence is there, and your technicians at the dealership are all aware of how prevalent this problem is. The coolant reservoir leaking coolant over the steering harness is a design flaw. Please correct this.

The 2005 Mazda Rx8 was driven by my son just miles from the home. While going straight at approximately 50 mph the car began to feel strange and pulled to the left on it's own. The vehicle spun out of control and was in a fatal accident. This vehicle had also previously been subject to a fire under the center console. . . As a direct result of the faulty seal at the gas tank. The same concern that later resulted in recall.

My power steering goes in and out as it pleases; only works when it wants to and cuts up when driving and had to turn off car to make it work to only make it repeat again. Does this only when driving. And not safe for anybody who is dealing with the no powersteering issues or have steering but with many faults that can lead to accidents/death Mazda fixed others by wire tapping all deleting the powersteering connections. But only having the issue later down the road they did this around February/March of last year and had in and out powersteering after 3 month of their repair.

My electronic power steering has been acting like it is shorting out. It started off as something that felt weird but got progressively worse. As I would turn around a corner the steering wheel would feel like it was bouncing back or fighting back, you could force it past the jolting but it would make corning very awkward and concerning. At first it would happen maybe every few times I drove but it got more and more to every time I drove the car. I eventually just unplugged the power steering and have been driving without it since.

Electric-assist power steering, randomly in the parking lot the wheel will turn all by itself, one way turns easier than the other, sometimes you have no power steering and other times your steering wheel turns like butter, I live in the mountains with a very windy and dangerous roads, I've taken it to several mechanics finally one mechanic just unplug the wiring harness so there is no power steering. It is very scary to drive especially with a newborn baby. There are a lot of cars on the road with this issue I know 10 different people that have some sort of power steering issue. This is very dangerous and I'm surprised there is not a recall yet on it. I've had two friends that are close to me that have this issue as well, one friend wrecked his car the other friend sold it I believe to pick-n-pull so it would not hurt anyone, please help and maybe help save a few lives, thank you for your time and I look forward to speaking with you.

"takata recall" my power stering goes out all the time doesnt matter if im sitting still or im going down the high way. It does eventually come back on but does go back off. It also will cause my stering wheel to jurk left and right by itself cause me to swerve in an out of lanes. It got to the point now where I have the power stering unplugged so that it doesnt jerk my wheel while driving. I just need to know if there is a recall that will pay to fix this cause its getting dangerous. Please contact back with any info.

I had many recalls done last year. Now, today, oliver at Mazda corporate said that joe machens dealerships aren't equipped to have done the work properly. Recalls: 16v793, 17v-354 & 355, front end stearing from inappropriate caulking of ball joint , engine replaced twice, oil mixing with coolant, again, and now my alarm goes off as soon as I start it. Joe machens told me to remove the battery. A new lithium battery is being developed by Mazda because rotary engines can't use a regular battery. They had my car for six weeks last year, August, and kept yelling that they didn't have the new, correct parts. My stearing is difficult at times and they never told me about the recall concerning this. The seals deteriorated making issues. Now they are making new gaskets, rings, etc. To be heat resistant. They are fighting me, again, while they have admitted my car needs proper fixing with proper parts from inappropriate work done last year. One corporate worker said maybe a new engine should have been done with proper parts. Yet not at a dealership, at a mechanical shop that knows how to work on rotory engines. My car was parked in my lot. I had my oil checked to have fluids changed with valvoline because of their offer for 150,000 miles on engine if using their oil. I couldn't go forward with this because of the same issues . Oil foamy, alarm goes off, faulty light they knew about also. It worked before they did recall work on it. It is not safe for fire hazard, stearing difficulty, goes through a lot of oil since they worked on it. Ignition switch recall they never did. Were supposed to contact me when parts arrived. I will need to fax you paperwork. Many pages. Also shows how they x'd out one recall concerning gaskets. I couldn't check the boxes as I wished to report.

On the first drive of the day and especially on cold mornings, when turning the steering wheel, it over and under compensates for my inputs. This leads to it shaking and turning the wheels too much and too little. It does appear to have a bias on one direction being hard to turn and the other too easy. After a few minutes of driving, it usually goes away until the next day. When this occurs, it does not matter if the car is moving or not.

When the vehicle is in motion, turning and sometimes stationary, the steering wheel jerks turning to the right when at full lock and is sometimes very hard to steer in both directions. Applying brake pressure and releasing does not affect it. I believe the electronic power steering rack is the cause of the issue.

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The electric power steering has a connection directly under the coolant overflow. Coolant causes the connection to go bad, on multiple occasions my power steering would completely cut out. Almost caused me to be in an acciden. And from what I read online it seems to be a common issue. I do believe this to be a huge safety risk.

The contact owns a 2008 Mazda RX-8. While driving 45 mph making a left or right turn, the steering wheel seized and became difficult to maneuver. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the vehicle was diagnosed, but not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 98,000.

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Takata recall after completing the "interim repair" the cars power steering will intermittently go out without warning, or pull to the right electronically and forcefully with no notice, this is a seriously dangerous problem as, in addition to the car pulling hard right without notice, sometimes while correcting for the pull the power steering comes on without notice forcing the steering correction to swerve left. Also the abs and tcl lights turn on an off intermittently since the ¿interim repair¿ . The power-steering will go in and out while stopped, in motion in either city or highway, and while going in a straight line or while turning. ¿ this is going to kill someone.

My steering wheel is turning to the left on its own and it is difficult to turn to the right. I have researched online and I'm not the only one having the problem. I don't feel safe driving my vehicle and I am disappointed in the quality of parts. Issue 2: after the first recall on my vehicle, my motor is giving me issues again after being replaced 40,000 miles later. It turns off at idle and has problems starting. I fear this might be a safety issue.

Electronic power steering quit working while driving down the road.

The contact owns a 2004 Mazda RX-8. While driving at 70 mph, the steering wheel independently turned in both directions. As a result, the contact crashed into a curb and the air bags failed to deploy. The contact did not sustain any injuries. A police report was not filed. In addition, the contact noticed that the rear passenger wheel well was curved and fractured. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician was unable to diagnose or repair the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 95,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Power steering suddenly started to pull to the right then went out.

I was driving on the freeway and when I wanted to take my exit I noticed that my power steering (assisted steering) gave out without any warning or precondition that it was failing. The steering was really heavy and almost made me crash into a divider, which really scared me. I then had to drive all the way home with out any power steering. I have thus spent several hundred dollars at the mechanic so they can figure out the problem. They have told me the problem is with the computer module that controls the power steering and it will need to be replaced. The mechanic directed me here to file a complaint because they said it is a common fault in this car and should be brought up to Mazda's attention.

Car turns left way too easy. Also car will pull left really hard and jerk out of my hands at higher speeds.

I was going to pull out of the parking lot when the clutch pedal bent over to the side (brake side). Because of the bent, I can not put my car into gear or turn it on.

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I typically drive my Rx8 like it should, one day I come home park my car per usual. Next morning I go to turn on my car, the dsc light stayed on, thought nothing of it, then on my way to work, I was driving causally, then while in the middle of a turn, my steering became very heavy and almost impossible to turn, my power steering had went out. After dealing with about 2 full days at the dealership, spending thousands, still no power steering, and I'm not credited any portion of what I paid to get fixed and its still not fixed. This is a known issue and a recall must be done immediately before people seriously get injured, injure others, or even die. This is all possible, if I didn't have both hands on the wheel, an accident most definitely would have taken place.

For some reason the power steering start working intermittent, now it is not working at all. May cause a fatal accident because of the hard to manipulate. My life is in danger.

Power steering was lost mid-turn, had to wrestle the vehicle out of the turn. Forum search has revealed that many other RX-8 owners are having steering issues and intermittent power steering loss. In the worst occurrences, the wheel becomes locked to one side. User-base has researched and found sensor issues that Mazda may want to address.

Power steering stopped working when I was turning on to the high way. Making it stif and hard to turn. Clutch peddle collapsed making it had to shift gears and the clutch ratio is off,.

At any given time it will steer all the way to the right. The wheel will start to shake then it will rip out of your hands and go all the way to the steering locks to the right. It has now been at Mazda for 3 month and $8,336 later they still cant say why or how this happens nor can they say it will not happen again. . . .

It was on a Saturday afternoon. While driving there was a pothole on the road that I didn¿t see. I jumped into the pothole and got out and continue driving for a 2nd making a turn I than realized my steering was locked I couldn¿t turn my car. My engine was on and my car still moving at a pace. I step on my brakes tried to turn to a nearest parking nearby forcing a turn and my steering just couldn¿t . Luckily with a stiff turn into a parking I stopped my car and than turned the engine off and pulled the key out. Once I did that the steering was released. I did go on to the internet to see if there is a recall but realized someone had the same problem. I am afraid this can happen again on a highway and could be deadly.

We have owned this 2007 Mazda RX-8 for 3 years. We bought it for our son to drive, and he drives it daily to work and to school. The clutch pedal bracket has broken 3 times, and each time caused considerable difficulty in safely driving the car home, or to the dealer for repair. I came very close to being in an accident driving the car to the dealer for repair the second time the failure occurred. Each time the bracket has broken, the dealer (hiley Mazda, huntsville, al) replaced it for no cost, as Mazda extended the warranty on the part to 8 years / 100,000 miles. But, each time they replaced the bracket with exact same part. So, the same inadequate design fails again and again. I believe Mazda should have redesigned this part after it first became apparent it was problem, not just replace it with the same inferior (and unsafe) part. This defect was investigated by safecar. Gov in 2009-2010 (reference NHTSA action number pe09045). I believe this is what prompted Mazda to extend the warranty. The clutch pedal bracket broke, and was replaced the first time on 10/15/13, with 78,586 mils on the car. The second failure and replacement occurred on 4/23/14 with 83,115 miles (only 6 months later !). Today (7/13/15), the bracket broke again with 93,560 miles on the car. It is currently at the hiley Mazda, huntsville, al dealership for repair. My wife and I are writing to enlist the help of the NHTSA to resolve this issue. Since we do not have the money to purchase another car for our son, we feel that Mazda needs to satisfactorily address this safety issue. Thank you for your attention in this matter. Scott and sally schubert 121 alderwood drive, madison, al 35758 256-603-5275 or 256-683-2423 sschubert@knology. Net sally. Schubert55@gmail. Com.

The electrical assist power steering intermittently stops working. Sometime, when starting the car, the power steering works fine. Other times, it will not work.