Mazda 626 Complaints (1999)

318 consumer complaints on file.

#10053043January 13, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING DURING A ROAD TRIP. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED, FLASHING LIGHT WOULD STOP. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE CALLED THE MAZDA DEALER WHERE WE BOUGHT THE CAR AND THEY ADVISED THAT AS LONG AS THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT FLASHING WE WERE SAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. IF THE O/D STARTING FLASHING AGAIN, CUT-OFF/RESTART. THEY ALSO ADVISED US TO GO TO AUTOZONE TO GET ENGINE CODE AND THEN CALL BACK. THE ENGINE CODE=P1744 AND PER THE SERVICE TECH AT MAZDA IT MEANT THAT THE TCC CYLINOID WAS EITHER STUCK; HANGING OR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE ASKED IF WE COULD DRIVE THE CAR HOME (300MILES) - HE TOLD US YES BUT IF THE O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING TO CUT-OFF/RESTART. HE ALSO SAID THAT IF THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING THAT WE NEEDED TO STOP AND HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE ENGINE LIGHT DISILLUMINATED ALTOGETHER. WE WERE ON THE ROAD APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR WHEN THE O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. WE STOPPED AND SAW SMOKE BILLOWING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN WE LIFTED THE HOOD TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS ALL OVER EVERYTHING. WE TOWED CAR TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE TECH SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD OVERHEATED / PURGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID/ AND BURNED SOME COMPONENTS IN TRANSMISSION WHICH RESULTED IN THE NEED FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO BE REPLACED. REPAIR BILL ESTIMATE = $2,900.00. THIS IS A FLAW OR DEFECT AS THE FAIL-SAFE COMPONENTS FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY IN THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT NEVER FLASHED TO WARN US AND TO THE CONTRARY THE LIGHT DISILLUMINATED GIVING THE FALSE APPEARANCE OF ALL THINGS BEING WELL.
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053855January 12, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER MALFUNCTIONED. ALSO, TORQUE CONVERTER BECAME DEFECTIVE, RESULTING IN MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *AK
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052497January 6, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AT PRESENT I OWN A 1999 MAZDA 626ES AND AM EXTREMELY DISSATISFIED WITH MAZDA, FORD, AND THIS VEHICLE OVERALL. THE 626 HAS CAUSED ME A LOT OF HEADACHES AND MONEY. EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND THERES SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE. I RECOGNIZE THAT ALL CARS MUST BE MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO THE DEALER SUGGESTED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES TO GET THE FULL LIFE OUT OF THE VEHICLE (WHICH I DO), BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY PREPOSTEROUS! THE PRICIEST EXPENSE WAS THE TRANSMISSION THAT I REPLACED DECEMBER 2002. WITH A PRICE TAG OF $2900.00 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION, YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE REBUILT TO LAST LONGER THAN 1 YEAR. YEP, HERE IT IS JANUARY 2004 AND THE FORD TRANSMISSION THAT WAS PLACED IN MY CAR IS SLIPPING! AND OF COURSE, THE 12 MONTH, 12,000 MILE WARRANTY THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP OFFERS HAS NOW EXPIRED. I JUST FELT A NEED TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE MAZDA BRAND. I KNOW THAT MAZDA HAS DONE AWAY WITH THE 626 AND HAVE REPLACED IT WITH THE MAZDA6&HOPE THE MAZDA/FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS TAKEN PRIDE IN THERE NAME AND TRY TO REBUILD THERE CHARACTER AND BUILT A BETTER VEHICLE. I AM SO DISGUSTED WITH MAZDA, THAT ONE COULDNT PAY ME TO LOOK AT/CONSIDER TO STEP FOOT IN ANOTHER MAZDA AS LONG AS I HAVE BREATH IN MY BODY. DISGUSTED 626 OWNER. *AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10051476January 1, 2004
AIR BAGS
I BROUGHT A 1999 626 MAZDA NEW IN 1999,I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS FROM DAY ONE. I HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION INSTALL AND A NEW MOTOR AND STILL HAVING PROBLEMS.I HAVE SPENT OVER 8000 ON THIS CAR.TODAY WHILE DRIVING TO WORK THE OD LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULDN'T GO IN REVERSE.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052166December 31, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD THE ENGINE MAKING A RATTLING NOISE AND THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND SUBSEQUENTLY HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. RECALL#00V134000. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049673December 12, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS IS TOTALLY INCREDIBLE!! HOW CAN THIS MANY COMPLAINTS GO BY WITH OUT MAZDA DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!? I BOUGHT A 1999 MAZDA 626, WITH JUST AT 59,000 ALMOST 60,000 MILES ON IT, THIS SUMMER. AND NOW THIS WINTER, A FEW MONTHS LATER, WITH ALMOST 67,000 MILES... I AM HAVING MOST OF THE PROBLEMS THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS HAVING...FLASHING OD LIGHT AND HORRIBLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE WARM TO RUN SMOOTH... OTHER WISE IT HESITATES WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR AND EVEN THEN IT SHIFTS HARD WHEN RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD... SO BAD THAT I SOUND LIKE I AM PEELING OUT WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. THIS MAINLY HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR HAS ONLY BEEN RUNNING A LITTLE WHILE. AFTER BEING WARM AND DRIVING A WHILE TRANSMISSION IS OK EXCEPT FOR AT STOP LIGHTS. THEN TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SHIFT (FEELS LIKE I AM BEING "TAPPED" BY ANOTHER CAR FROM BEHIND). I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER MAZDA OR A FORD PRODUCT FOR THAT MATTER! I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND WORK PART TIME WHILE ATTENDING COLLEGE FULL TIME. I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER CAR TO USE WHILE MINE IS IN THE SHOP NOR THE MONEY TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE!! THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE HANDLED FOR THE CONSUMERS SAKE AND MAZDA/FORD'S REPUTATION! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047106November 18, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 82,000 --1999 MAZDA 626 LX. HAVE MOST OF MAINTENANCE ON TIME -- HAVE RECORDS. TRANSMISSION OIL LEAK STARTED AT 2000 WHEN CAR WAS UNDER 5000 MILES, I WENT TO DARCARS MAZDA DEALER FOR AT LEAST 5 TIMES, NEVER GOT MY PROBLEM SOLVED. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047063November 17, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY CAR STALLING AND A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES, I PULLED UP SOME RECALL INFORMATION ON THIS PARTICULAR CAR AND THESE PROBLEMS THAT I AM EXPERIENCING HAVE BEEN RECALLED. WHEN I CALLED THE MAZDA SERVICE, I WAS TOLD THAT IT DIDN'T AFFECT MY CAR. CLEARLY IT DOES IF I'M HAVING THESE PROBLEMS. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045555November 6, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY SISTER AND I OWN A 1999 MAZDA 626 LX. I WAS DRIVING OUT OF TOWN WHEN MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO MOVE I HAD TO PUT IT IN OVERDRIVE. ONCE THE CAR WAS GOING AT 60 MPH IT WAS OKAY BUT GOING ANY FASTER AND THE OD LIGHT WOULD START FLASHING. I AM VERY UPSET BECAUSE A MAJORITY OF MY FRIENDS THAT OWN MAZDA'S HAD TRANSMISSION WORK DONE. SINCE MAZDA/FORD WOULD NOT TAKE RESPONSIBIBLITY FOR FAULTY WORK THE OWNERS OF THESE CRAPPY CARS ARE LEFT WITH HUGE BILLS. WE HAVE TO PAY 1450.00 FOR THIS. I AM DEFINITELY GOING TO FILE A LAWSIUT BECAUSE IF SO MANY CONSUMERS ARE COMPLAINING THEN THEY NEED TO TAKE ACTION ASAP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045070October 30, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND WITH NO PRIOR WARNING OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTS FLASHING, AND VEHICLE JERKS BADLY, BARELY SHIFTING GEARS, AND WOULD NOT REVERSE. HAD THE CAR ASSESSED BY TWO CERTIFIED MECHANICS, BOTH STATING THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THIS CAR-- CALLED MAZDA CORP AND LOCAL DEALER WHO BOTH OFFERED NO HELP, AS OF COURSE THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AT 70,600 MILES- THIS IS RIDICULOUS CAR WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW AND SHOULD NEED TRANSMISSION REPLACED THIS SOON!!!*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044785October 27, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TIME LAPSE BETWEEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEARS SHIFTING WAS INCREASING, AND VEHICLE WON'T SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR. DEALER RECOMMENDD TO CONSUMER TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10043362October 22, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTO: 1999 MAZDA 626 AT 92,000 PROBLEM: LOOKS LIKE OVERHEATING OF TRANSMISSION AND LEAKAGE OR OVERFLOWING OF TRANSMISSION ALL OVER THE ENGINE: - OD LIGHT IS BLINKING - ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND OFF - GEAR SLIPPING *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10043174October 18, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT OF 1999 MAZDA 626 AT 87,500 MILES. UNTIL NOW NO PROBLEMS EXISTED NOW DEALER WANTS $3,500 TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION. MY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE 1999 626 HAS MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND MAZDA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE RECALL ON ALL CARS. *LA
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10043047October 16, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 58,000 MILES. BROUGHT TO MAZDA IN JULY AND TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVERHEATING. *LA
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041362October 7, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHENEVER THE TRANSMISSION HEATS UP ON MY MAZDA 626 IT THEN JERKS, AND MOVING THE GEARS. THIS HAS BEEN ESTIMATED FOR A COMPLETE REBUILD OF THE TRANSMISSION AT 55,000 MILES AND I WAS ESTIMATED AT $3000 FOR THE REBUILD. I HAVE NOTICED MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS CAR WITH THE EXACT SAME INCIDENT. IT STARTED AROUND THANKSGIVING 2002 AND CONTINUES ON TO THIS DAY. *LA
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041302October 6, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041030October 1, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANMISSION ACTING UP. TRANSMISSION O/D LIGHT FLASHING AT 70MPH. TRANS FLUID APPERS TO BE DARK IN COLOR DUE TO OVERHEATING OF TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION HAS HARD TIME SHIFTING GEARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041038October 1, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANMISSION ACTING UP. TRANSMISSION O/D LIGHT FLASHING AT 70MPH. TRANS FLUID APPERS TO BE DARK IN COLOR DUE TO OVERHEATING OF TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION HAS HARD TIME SHIFTING GEARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037706October 1, 2003
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS INOPERATIVE. THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT BACK INTO ITS POSITION. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041922September 29, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE COOLANT BOTTLE ON THE VEHICLE. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, AND CURRENTLY IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED AGAIN. THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT THEY WILL REPLACE IT, BUT IT WILL TAKE OVER A WEEK TO REPLACE IT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT T DO ANY REPAIRS UNTIL THE PART BECOMES AVAILABLE.*AK THE PROBLEM HAS RECURRED FOR THE FIFTH TIME ALONG WITH THE DEALER REPLACING THE COOLANT OVERFLOW BOTTLE, WITH LAST INCIDENT, JULY 12, 2004.
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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