Service bulletins for the 2008 Mazda RX-8
A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.
186 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| SB-09-003-13 | 2013-06-19. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES. MAZDA: ON VARIOUS MODEL YEARS AND MODEL VEHICLES, THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY WOULD HAVE EXCESSIVE CONDENSATION OR WATER WITHIN AND SHOULD BE CHECKED AND REPLACED, IF NECESSARY FOR CORRECT INSTALLATION. *PE |
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| SB-09-005-13 | 2013-06-19. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT. MAZDA: ON SOME VEHICLES, TO AVOID POTENTIAL INTERFERENCE OF FOOT PLACED ON PEDALS, INFORMATION IS PROVIDED REGARDING PROPER USE, AND PLACEMENT, OF DRIVER'S FLOOR MAT. VARIOUS MODELS AND MODEL YEARS. *PE |
| 04-002-12 | 2012-05-16. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK. MAZDA: CLUNK/BANG NOISE DURING FIRST FORWARD MOVEMENT AFTER SITTING. THIS IS A NORMAL OPERATING NOISE OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS). DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY REPAIRS. ALSO INCLUDED MODEL CX-5 YEAR 2013; MODEL CX-9 YEARS 2012-2013; MODEL MIATA YEARS 2006-2013; MODEL MX-5 2006-2013; MODEL MAZDA2 2011-2013; MODEL MAZDA3 YEAR 2007-2013; MODEL MAZDA5 2006-2010/ 2012-2013. *JS |
| SB-02-001-12 | 2012-04-18. Service bulletin. TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS. MAZDA: TPMS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINDATED. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY DAMAGE TO THE VALVE NUT AND/OR VALVE STEM OF THE WHEEL. *KB |
| 09-005-11 | 2011-06-08. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. MAZDA: THERE IS POSSIBLE EXCESSIVE CONDENSATION OR WATER INSIDE THE HEADLAMP UNIT ON MANY MAZDA MODELS. *RM |
| SB-09-057-10 | 2011-06-02. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES; EXTERIOR LIGHTING. MAZDA: THERE IS CONDENSATION AND FOG IN THE FRONT AND REAR COMBINATION LIGHTS. *RM |
| SB-01-016-10 | 2010-09-04. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. MAZDA: HESITATION/IDLE VIBRATION DUE TO CRACKED ENGINE MOUNT. ON SOME VEHICLES WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION MAY EXPERIENCE DECELERATION IN 3RD GEAR WITH ENGINE SPEED LESS THAN 3000 RPM AT APPROX. 30 MPH (50KM/H), THEN QUICKLY DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AGAIN, A HESITATION MAY OCCUR; ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VEHICLES, WHEN AT A STOP IN D RANGE, EXCESSIVE ENGINE/BODY VIBRATION MAY OCCUR. *PE UPDATED 10/18/10. *PE |
| 02-005-08 | 2008-09-27. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT; SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR. MAZDA: NOISE FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE/STABILIZER CONTROL LINK BROKEN. THE PLASTIC INSERT CONNECTING THE STABILIZER CONTROL LINK BALL JOINT TO THE CONTROL LINK MAY CRACK AND BECOME SEPARATED. *PE UPDATED 3/19/09. *PE |
| 01-015/08 | 2008-04-29. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE CRANKS NO START. *NJ |
| 01-014/08 | 2008-04-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE LACK OF POWER. *NJ |
| 01-013/08 | 2008-04-25. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). MAZDA SPECIAL PROGRAM (MSP16) - ENGINE LACK OF POWER -PCM REFLASH. VEHICLES PRODUCED FROM APRIL 10, 2003 THROUGH NOV. 9, 2007. VIN RANGE JM1FE17**40100053 - 80215462. *NJ UPDATED 6/3/08. *NJ |
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