View Poll Results: How many part(s) fail?
i have an NA and 5+ a week
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7
3.66%
i have an NA and 3-4 a week
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2
1.05%
i have an NA and 1-2 a week
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18
9.42%
i have an NA and rarely do i have problems
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97
50.79%
i have a TII and 5+ a week
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5
2.62%
i have a TII and 3-4 a week
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3
1.57%
i have a TII and 1-2 a week
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10
5.24%
i have a TII and rarely do i have problems
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49
25.65%
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How reliable is your rotary?
#27
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The previous owner left my poor 88 TII sitting for 1 1/2 years. When I bought it it needed:
new brake caliper
tranny rebuild
paint job
body work
fuel filter
After fixing the brake caliper and fuel filter I have only had two problems. 1 was a vacuum leak. This was simply because a hose popped off. and the second is the wiper switch problem.
The paint and body work are from an accident (just body damage, thank god) which have nothing to do with reliability. The tranny seems like it should be going about now anyway at 113,000 miles.
Engine still runs strong. No weird boost, no smoke at all, including startup. No leaking fluids. Runs nice and cool (1/5 up the guage), no funny turbo noises, no backfiring, and it idles at a solid 750 rpm after the AWS stops. This car has been terribly reliable, especially considering the mileage and that it was sitting unattended for over a year. Mazda is awesome.
new brake caliper
tranny rebuild
paint job
body work
fuel filter
After fixing the brake caliper and fuel filter I have only had two problems. 1 was a vacuum leak. This was simply because a hose popped off. and the second is the wiper switch problem.
The paint and body work are from an accident (just body damage, thank god) which have nothing to do with reliability. The tranny seems like it should be going about now anyway at 113,000 miles.
Engine still runs strong. No weird boost, no smoke at all, including startup. No leaking fluids. Runs nice and cool (1/5 up the guage), no funny turbo noises, no backfiring, and it idles at a solid 750 rpm after the AWS stops. This car has been terribly reliable, especially considering the mileage and that it was sitting unattended for over a year. Mazda is awesome.
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My 10 AE just rolled over to 197,000 miles yesterday and it's still going. Original motor.
The coolant seals are about gone (getting water in my oil), I have to add fluids all the time, the exhaust is clogged up worse than a fat man's ateries after a night at a fried chicken buffet, the fuel injectors leak to the point of having to use a fuel-cut switch to start the car if I'm running errands......
But I'll be damned if that thing hasn't gotten me around every single day for the 4 months that I've owned it.![Smilie](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
I'll drive it til 200,000 for bragging rights; by then I'll definitely have another car, and AE is going into sweet retirement.
The coolant seals are about gone (getting water in my oil), I have to add fluids all the time, the exhaust is clogged up worse than a fat man's ateries after a night at a fried chicken buffet, the fuel injectors leak to the point of having to use a fuel-cut switch to start the car if I'm running errands......
But I'll be damned if that thing hasn't gotten me around every single day for the 4 months that I've owned it.
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I'll drive it til 200,000 for bragging rights; by then I'll definitely have another car, and AE is going into sweet retirement.
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I just bought my vert and I'm very happy to have it. It is also fun for me to work on it. Especially since I am not a auto tech, nor do I have the tools or knowledge to do too much to my car. But for every little thing that I fix I can be proud of my RX. So far the only thing my RX has let me down on is that it failed the emissinons test.
I still need to fix the speedometer and power windows. Plus replace / add some other misc stuff.
Stuff I fixed:
Battery negitive connection cable
APC fog lamps and wiring (DO NOT BUY APC!!!, I didn't buy these and I wouldn't wish APC on a dead goat)
Gas tank and trunk release and cables.
"Cheap" air filter replacement...K&N style (but NOT K&N)
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I still need to fix the speedometer and power windows. Plus replace / add some other misc stuff.
Stuff I fixed:
Battery negitive connection cable
APC fog lamps and wiring (DO NOT BUY APC!!!, I didn't buy these and I wouldn't wish APC on a dead goat)
Gas tank and trunk release and cables.
"Cheap" air filter replacement...K&N style (but NOT K&N)
-Max
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Originally posted by 86J
Never had a problem with mine,
I have only needed to do basic things like new breaks new fluids and other small maintenance things. i got her at 130 000 km and she still runs perfect at 180 000km. knock on wood.....
Never had a problem with mine,
I have only needed to do basic things like new breaks new fluids and other small maintenance things. i got her at 130 000 km and she still runs perfect at 180 000km. knock on wood.....
Holly crap
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i havent even drove it yet. but ive already fixed
- most of the interior
- rewired most of the stuff/replaced alot of fuses
- unflooded her to make sure she ran
todo
- replace the rear brake calipers cause there rusted so bad they dont even release
- 60k mile tune up
- passengers side front fender needs replaced because of accident (before i bought it)
- wheel under fender is missing a chunk of metal (ill post pics its nasty)
- needs seats
other then that shes one sweet machine
and hopefully she'll be driveable by friday.
- most of the interior
- rewired most of the stuff/replaced alot of fuses
- unflooded her to make sure she ran
todo
- replace the rear brake calipers cause there rusted so bad they dont even release
- 60k mile tune up
- passengers side front fender needs replaced because of accident (before i bought it)
- wheel under fender is missing a chunk of metal (ill post pics its nasty)
- needs seats
other then that shes one sweet machine
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if I had something fail every week I'd sell the unreliable piece of *****... usually have some little issue to deal with every 6 months or so, on my 88 t2.
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Its starting to get frustrating. The cars spent 5 months of the year down........
It was two incidents, engine failure and now transmission failure. Im hoping this will be the last of them for more then a couple months......
It was two incidents, engine failure and now transmission failure. Im hoping this will be the last of them for more then a couple months......
#45
Originally posted by PvillKnight7
the faster you go, the more stuff breaks the more money you spend on bigger and better stuff the less you have for cloths and food so you live in a box and eat out of dumpsters and drive a fast car thats only fast when it runs...Im getting tired of my, can you tell??
the faster you go, the more stuff breaks the more money you spend on bigger and better stuff the less you have for cloths and food so you live in a box and eat out of dumpsters and drive a fast car thats only fast when it runs...Im getting tired of my, can you tell??
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I've had my gen 2 for three years, And I've had to replace the clutch master cylinder, clutch and driveshaft. Thats all and its been driven fairly hard every day-plus I put a centerforce clutch in so its more fun now any way. The clutch had been replaced right before I got it on my 85, and the CMC needed replacing. I fixed that and then I damaged the ujoints so I replaced the driveshaft. Besides that I've had no other problems, my rides have been very reliable.
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Originally posted by PvillKnight7
the faster you go, the more stuff breaks the more money you spend on bigger and better stuff the less you have for cloths and food so you live in a box and eat out of dumpsters and drive a fast car thats only fast when it runs...Im getting tired of my, can you tell??
the faster you go, the more stuff breaks the more money you spend on bigger and better stuff the less you have for cloths and food so you live in a box and eat out of dumpsters and drive a fast car thats only fast when it runs...Im getting tired of my, can you tell??
But I like the sound of bigger and better stuff to continue going faster. Too bad getting bigger and better stuff doesnt make your wallet bigger and better,only smaller and thinner.
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The previous owner of my car beat the crap out of the engine since it was new. And when I bought it 3 yrs. ago it had 87,000 miles of pure hell on it. Now I drive it harder then he did and still take it to my local drag strip and even some autocross events where I squeeze every last bit of life out of it. And to my suprise I havent had any major problems with it other than normal stuff like fuel pump, brakes, vacum hoses, and other little stuff. As much as I beat it up I take care of it with regular maint. If I was to have a major problem I would have to take across the mountain to Seattle becuase my town blows ***!
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I have had my GTU '89 for 4 months and have had to change the transmission, (500) The mufflers blew up so i put some racing beats on the beast (400) o yeah and the clutch went (500) and the nitrous system cost.. 200.. this is in 4 months, lets see how the new year goes.