Mazda RX-8 by model year

1,005 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Mazda RX-8 across 8 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Mazda RX-8

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
2004	626
2005	212
2006	74
2007	51
2008	23
2009	9
2010	5
2011	5

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2011	5		3	18 to 19
2010	5		4	18 to 19
2009	9		4	18 to 19
2008	23		5	18 to 19
2007	51	Air bags (31%)	5	18 to 19
2006	74	Air bags (23%)	5	18 to 19
2005	212	Engine (17%)	6	18
2004	626	Engine (22%)	10	18