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From: sean@geowhiz.UUCP (Sean Rooney)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Mazda RX-7 Owners
Message-ID: <138@geowhiz.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 13:51:32 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 10 13:51:32 1984
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           MAZDA RX-7 OWNERS !!!!!

The steering box in my 1982 RX-7 has failed after 47000 miles.
The dealer quotes $479 to replace it with a new unit.  A little
research here in Madison Wisconsin has led me to three other 
instances of steering box failure in 81-83 RX-7's, one with only
9000 miles !!!! I feel this indicates a design flaw which Mazda
should take some responsibility for fixing.  The distributor 
disagrees (surprise, surprise ...).  

I need more case historys to bolster my (and other RX-7 owners)
cases.  If you know of similar failure in 81-83 RX-7's please
mail me; 1) the owners name and address 2) the year RX-7 and
3) the mileage when failure occured.  I will post the terms of
any settlement to Net.Auto.
 
                         Sean Rooney
                         Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
                         University of Wisconsin
                path:    uwvax!geowhiz!sean

ps. The most notable symptom of steering box failure is 
    excessive, unadjustable, steering wheel freeplay.