Mazda Rx-8. Published by Transport Canada as 2005220 on 20 July 2005. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, if while parked the engine is operated at high RPM's for an excessive length of time, some parts around the exhaust system can melt and produce a variety of malfunctions. The problems caused by the excessive heat build-up can range from an inoperative oxygen sensor, neutral switch and back-up …
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Mazda RX-8 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Mazda RX-8 is named on 8 American notices, 4 British, 4 European and 7 Japanese. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The European register
The Japanese register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2005220
- Recall date
- 20 July 2005
- Make
- Mazda
- Models
- RX-8
- Model years
- 2004 to 2005
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 4,449
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, if while parked the engine is operated at high RPM's for an excessive length of time, some parts around the exhaust system can melt and produce a variety of malfunctions. The problems caused by the excessive heat build-up can range from an inoperative oxygen sensor, neutral switch and back-up lights, problems with the parking brakes, malfunctions of the gas gauge, and in the worst case, possible leaks from the fuel tank. Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source could result in a fire. Correction: Dealers will reprogram the Powertrain Control Module, install a heat insulator pad on the fuel tank, and inspect various components for heat damage.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2005220.
Mazda elsewhere in this register
Mazda is named on 204 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2005221 · 20 July 2005 · Rx-8 · Suspension
- 2005281 · 26 September 2005 · Mazda5 · Other
- 2005353 · 9 November 2005 · B Series, Tribute · Other
- 2005082 · 30 March 2005 · MPV · Other
- 2005004 · 6 January 2005 · Tribute · Other
- 2006035 · 10 February 2006 · MPV · Engine
- 2004437 · 13 December 2004 · Mazda6 · Seats And Restraints
- 2004438 · 13 December 2004 · Tribute · Other
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2005214 · 19 July 2005 · Fe School Bus, Ce School Bus, Be School Bus · Electrical
- 2005208 · 13 July 2005 · Murano · Electrical
- 2005231 · 9 August 2005 · Greyhawk Motorhome · Electrical
- 2005133 · 6 May 2005 · Ambulance · Electrical
- 2005302 · 11 October 2005 · All American Non-School Bus, All American School Bus, TC/2000 School Bus · Electrical
- 2005303 · 11 October 2005 · Escapade Motorhome, Greyhawk Motorhome · Electrical
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Mazda RX-8, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Mazda: 204 in the register, and 404 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2005.
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