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Mazda RX7

Every Mazda RX7 model year on file, 1973 to 1989. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years12645 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years131973 to 1989
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins56Summed across model years
By model year

The 1987 model year drew the most complaints, 50, 40% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0204060197319791981198319851987501989
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Fuel system leads the Mazda RX7 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system
56
Seat belts
23
Engine and cooling
20
Electrical system
16
Visibility and wipers
7
Brakes
3
Steering
3
Equipment
2
Speed control
2
Wheels
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Mazda RX7 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Mazda RX7 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1989Coupe306.7231118
1988Coupe2450.0480006
1987Coupe5044.0833105
1986Coupe1154.5183104
1985Not decoded40.0400004
1984Not decoded560.0500004
1983Not decoded0NoneNone103
1982Coupe20.0100104
1981Not decoded0NoneNone104
1980Not decoded0NoneNone104
1979Not decoded0NoneNone104
1978Not decoded0NoneNone003
1973Not decoded0NoneNone003
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mazda RX7

  • 96V-173 Sep 16, 1996
    Rail of the automatic shoulder belt can wear sufficiently such that the cable which retracts the buckle assembly will become jammed in the rail…
    Seat belts · 18k vehicles
  • 87V-160 Oct 14, 1987
    In areas of heavy usage, road salt may accumulate at surfaces of components of front brake calipers
    Brakes · 18k vehicles
  • 85V-108 Sep 4, 1985
    In certain high salt areas, the idler arm is exposed to road salt which causes the dust seal to deteriorate resulting in idler arm pin corrosion
    Steering · 137k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.