Recalls (0)

No recalls found for the 1988 Mazda Rx7.

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date	Component	Crash	Injuries	Summary
2011-05-25	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE	No	0	THE FUEL PULSATION DAMPER FAILED AND GASOLINE WAS LEAKING ONTO THE TOP OF THE ENGINE.
2011-03-09	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE	No	0	1988 MAZDA RX7 GXL PULSATION DAMPENER ON THE INJECTOR RAIL HAS STARTED SPRAYING FUEL ONTO MY ENGINE DUE TO ITS AGE.. T…
2009-02-22	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE	No	0	I PURCHASED A 1988 MAZDA RX-7 GXL A FEW WEEKS. TWO DAYS AGO I BEGIN TO SMELL GAS IN THE CABIN. UPON INSPECTION OF TH…
2008-09-24	FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER	No	0	THE FUEL PULSATION DAMPENER ON MY 1988 RX-7 FAILED, LEAKED FUEL AND MY ENGINE ALMOST BURNED DOWN IF I HAD NOT BEEN CARR…
2007-09-30	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM	No	0	(1) NO LEADING EVENTS (2)PULSATION DAMPER FAILED/BROKEN: LOW COMPRESSION IN THE FRONT ROTOR; LOW POWER OVER ALL; CONS…
2006-03-14	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS	No	0	I RECENTLY NOTICED A FUEL SMELL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF MY 88 RX7. FOUND IT TO BE THE FUEL PULSATION DAMPENER, A C…
2004-09-13	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	No	0	WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT VEHICLE WAS BURNING UNTI…
2004-07-23	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE	No	0	MAZDA RX7 DEFECT 86-91. MAZDA IS WELL AWARE OF THIS ONGOING ISSUE BUT WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL. THE PULSATION DAMPER ON…
2004-06-21	FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS	No	0	I HAVE JUST HAD A FUEL PULSATION DAMPENER ON MY 1988 MAZDA RX-7. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE SAME FAILURE ON MY 1994 MAZDA RX-7…
2003-09-06	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY	No	0	THE PULSATION DAMPER ON MY MAZDA RX7 1988 GXL SCREW WORKED ITS WAY OUT AND I WAS GETTING FUEL SPILL ALL OVER MY ENGINE …
2003-01-07	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM	No	0	THE PULSATION DAMPER HAS BEEN LEAKING FOR A WHILE, BUT WAS NOT DETECTED UNTIL VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALERSHIP HAS BE…
2002-11-25	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE	No	0	I WAS PROCEEDING TO THE PEP BOYS TO GET THE FUEL LEAK IN THE PULSATION DAMPENER FIXED WHEN THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. IT …
2002-08-03	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM	No	1	THE PULSATION DAMPER RUBBER SEAL RUPTURED DUE TO BAD PLACEMENT AND DESIGN. THE VEHICLE BEGAN LEAKING FUEL RIGHT OVER T…
2001-11-23	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD	Yes	0	INTERSECTION COLLISION. THE MAZDA WAS HIT ON THE RIGHT FRONT QUARTER PANEL AND SPUN AROUND INTO A TREE. THE CAR THEN …
2000-11-12	VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL	No	0	ENGINE ACCELERATES TO APPROXIMATELY 3000 RPM'S WHEN INITIALLY STARTED WHETEHR HOT OR COLD. AFTER DRIVING, ENGINE DROPS …
1999-08-10	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE	No	0	THE PROBLEM I HAD, WITH THE FUEL PULSATION DAMPER, IS AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS AND HAZARDOUS SITUATION. LOCATED ON TOP OF T…
1998-11-15	SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR	No	0	SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE RETRACTOR. SOMETIMES THE SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WILL…
1998-06-01	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD	No	0	ENGINE WIRING HARNESS CAUSED FIRE WHICH DAMAGED THE ENGINE.
1997-11-30	VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM	No	0	THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE DEFROSTER, AS WELL AS WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WO…
1997-06-01	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD	No	0	I HAVE NOW HAD TWO FIRES FROM FAILED PULSATION DAMPNERS. VERY POOR DESIGN.*AK
1995-12-16	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL	No	0	WHILE DRIVING THEN STOPPED AT LIGHT, ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO A FUEL LEAK IN THE FUEL INJECTION RETURN HOSE. *AK
1995-07-01	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	No	0	WHEN WARM THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. IT FLOODS ITSELF WHEN TRYING TO RESTART. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, DEALER CANNOT REPAIR…
—	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE	No	0	ENGINE FIRE.
—	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM	No	0	CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN HE SAW A FLARE, PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE PASSENGERS SIDE, …