2006 Mazda RX-8 Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2006 Mazda RX-8 documents the 4-door coupe, listed for this year in the Base trim alone. One engine is recorded, a naturally aspirated 1.3L that runs on gasoline, and the manual sets out its procedures and specifications together with torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostics. Fuel delivery, ignition, cooling, the transmission and drivetrain, brakes, suspension, steering, the electrical system and the body receive that coverage too.

Engines covered

• 1.3L — naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door coupe

Trims covered

• Base

Known issues on the 2006 RX-8. For the 2006 RX-8, NHTSA lists 5 recalls and 60 owner complaints. The driver's dual-stage inflator in certain 2006 RX-8 vehicles may be susceptible to moisture and to manufacturing variability, either of which could eventually make it rupture; owners were told not to drive until it was replaced. Heat from the engine and exhaust could also crack the main fuel pump pipe on certain cars and let fuel leak, and the fix was a new fuel pump filter kit. Air bags lead the complaints at 17, the power train follows at 13, and 1 complaint reported a crash. Air bag wiring diagrams and diagnostics, and fuel system procedures and specifications, are in the manual.