Some of these problems may or may not apply to your make of car. Some
model years were not available with certain options or did not suffer
from certain problems. I did not list a problem unless more than one
person reported it. Some problems are listed with only one reported
occurrence, this is due to the large amount of mail that I received in
which the model year of the vehicle was not listed. No responses were
received from RX-7 convertible owners, 1989 RX-7 owners, or owners past
the 1990 model year.
Electrical
- Cold solder points in CPU.
- Affects horn, interior lighting, alarm system, clock/idiot light function.
- Cold solder points in Clock/Idiot Light module.
- Affects clock and warning lights (may flicker or come on for no reason).
- Cold solder points and blown transistors in Logicon (The climate control unit)
- Fan may blow intermittently or not at all, vent positions may be stuck, heater or A/C may not function.
- 3800 RPM Hesitation
- Hesitation in acceleration of vehicle at ~3800 RPM.
- Shift up light malfunction.
- Shift up light may come on in fifth gear.
- Light Switch Failure.
- Light switch will stop functioning, may smoke and burn.
- Wiper Switch Failure
- Wipers will not return to correct position, switch will not work in all positions.
Mechanical
- Seat Adjust Mechanism failure/jamming
- Power Antenna failure
- Parking Brake cable failure/seizure
- Exterior door handle failure
- Rear Suspension control links
- Sticking sunroof
- Worn out shift lever bushings
Body
- Rusting exterior window trim
- Cracked/Faded plastic Turbo hood scoop
- Rusted out catalytic converter shield
- Rusted out mufflers
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