2006 Mazda RX-8
Complaints about this year name sun far more often than the model's other years — 18% of them, about 46× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 60 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 17 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| EPA combined | 18.5 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- visor — 15% of complaints, 17× usual
- common — 12% of complaints, 29× usual
- day — 12% of complaints, 29× usual
Recalls for this year
- 18V402000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 18V404000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17V474000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17V354000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 16V793000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Mazda RX-8 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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