19V781000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
2004 MAZDA RX-8
6 safety recall campaigns, 3 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 4 defect investigations (2 open), 625 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
3 campaigns covering the 2004 MAZDA RX-8 carry NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it3stop driving until repaired
Investigations42 open
Owner complaints625
Complaints citing a crash23
Complaints citing a fire11
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 6
18V402000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
17V474000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
17V354000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
If the fuel pump pipe cracks, fuel may leak, increasing the risk of a fire.
17V355000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
If the ball joint separates, steering control may be lost, increasing the risk of a crash.
16V793000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
The deteriorated seals may leak fuel, which, in the presence of an ignition source, can increase the risk of a fire.
What owners report most
- 80STEERING
- 75POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
- 49AIR BAGS
- 46ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 38POWER TRAIN
- 37ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- 33ENGINE
- 27ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2004 MAZDA RX-8s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.