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A TSB was issued for non starting, lack of power and/or presence of trouble codes, ( P2107, P2108, P2402, P0420). For such cases, the PCM has to be reflashed and this can only be done at the dealer.
ENGINE NO START, LACK OF POWER, DTCS P2107, P2108, P2402 OR P0420 - POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) REFLASH
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN
Reference Number(s): 01 - 008/05
Affected Model(s): Mazda Special Program (MSP04) - 2004 RX- 8
Superceded Bulletin(s): 01 - 022/04, Date of Issue: November 01, 2004
Related Ref Number(s): 01 - 008/05, 01 -022/04
ARTICLE BEGINNING
APPLICABLE MODEL(S)/VINS
NOTE: This bulletin supersedes the previous bulletin 01 -022/04, issued on 11/01/2004. The REPAIR PROCEDURE and CALIBRATION INFORMATION has been revised.
2004 RX- 8 vehicles built prior to March 12, 2004
VIN Range: JM1FE17**40100001 - 40135536 "Â
DESCRIPTION
Some vehicles may experience the following concerns:
"Â Engine fails to start (cranks but no start) at cold engine temperature. This is caused by
flooded spark plugs due to slightly rich air/fuel ratio for cold starting.
"Â Engine is hard to start after short distance drive without engine reaching normal operating temperature at cold ambient temperature. This is caused by lower engine compression due to seals icing by moisture inside engine.
"Â Engine has lack of acceleration power and / or knocking when driving at more than approx. 6000 RPM or at high altitudes. This is caused by poor combustion gas sealing due to the lack of amount of oil supplied from the metering oil pump.
"Â MIL illuminates with DTC P2107/2108 stored in memory. This is caused by sub CPU - main CPU communication error after jumpstarting the engine due to dead battery.
"Â MIL illuminates with DTC P2402 stored in memory. This is caused by improper threshold setting for DMTL motor electric current tolerance.
"Â MIL illuminates with DTC P0420 stored in memory. This is caused by improper threshold setting for rear O2 sensor output tolerance.
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