Consumer Complaint Detail

MAZDA / RX7 / 1986

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005056398 Incident Date: May, 30 2005
Consumer's City: HARPER WOODS Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Mazda North American Operations
Model Name: RX7 Model Year: 1986
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 16 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 2 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Fuel injection pulsation dampener began leaking. due to it being located over the lower intake manifold which is right over the exhaust manifold when it leaks fuel runs down the lower intake manifold and onto the exhaust manifold. when the car is running the exhaust manifold is extremely hot and this problem leads to many fires on the mazda rx7 which can and do cause damage that runs into the thousands of dollars to repair. i smelled fuel when getting out of my car and was able to replace the fuel rail before any additional damage occurred. because this problem is common with these cars mazda should do something such as replace the existing dampener with one that will not leak or at least redesign the dampener so that it drains any leaking fuel through a tube of some sort to the ground instead of allowing it to leak on a hot exhaust manifold. many an rx7 has died a fiery death due to this known problem. *jb