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Mazda Rx-8 · 2010

4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·18V402000·2018-06-15

    Mazda Recalls Vehicles Due to Passenger Air Bag Inflator Explosion Risk

    Mazda is recalling specific 2003-2011 models because passenger air bag inflators may explode during deployment, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    MAZDA — MAZDA MAZDA6, MPV, RX-8, MAZDASPEED6
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·18V403000·2018-06-15

    Mazda Recalls 2009-2010 RX-8 Vehicles for Air Bag Inflator Defect

    Mazda is recalling 2009-2010 RX-8 vehicles because the passenger air bag inflator may explode during deployment, posing a risk of serious injury or death.

    Product
    MAZDA — MAZDA RX-8
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19V488000·2019-06-24

    Mazda Recalls 2010-2011 RX-8 Vehicles for Air Bag Inflator Defect

    Mazda is recalling 2010-2011 RX-8 vehicles because the passenger air bag inflator may explode during deployment, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    MAZDA — MAZDA RX-8
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V744000·2021-09-24

    Mazda Recalls RX-8 and MazdaSpeed6 Vehicles for Fuel Pump Leak Risk

    Mazda is recalling 2006-2007 MazdaSpeed6 and 2009-2011 RX-8 vehicles because fuel may leak from the pump mounting rings, increasing fire risk.

    Product
    MAZDA — MAZDA MAZDASPEED6, RX-8
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • PE10021 Preliminary Evaluation · steering:electric power assist system
  • PE09045 Preliminary Evaluation · power train:clutch assembly

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2005 · powertrain 50 complaints, median 66,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

463 manufacturer service bulletins across 8 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2011: 3.9/5 · 4 complaints
  • 2010: 3.6/5 · 5 complaints
  • 2009: 3.5/5 · 8 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2008: 3.2/5 · 17 complaints · most complained-of: airbags
  • 2007: 3.0/5 · 38 complaints · most complained-of: airbags

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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