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.
2008 MAZDA RX-8
5 safety recall campaigns, 3 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 3 defect investigations (2 open), 23 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
3 campaigns covering the 2008 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 campaigns5
Park it3stop driving until repaired
Investigations32 open
Owner complaints23
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire1
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 5 of 5
18V404000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle 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.
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
- 8AIR BAGS
- 4STEERING
- 3UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 2FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 2ENGINE
- 1POWER TRAIN
- 1SEATS
- 1SERVICE BRAKES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2008 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.