Mazda 626 Complaints (1998)

434 consumer complaints on file.

#882983March 14, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH , VEHICLE CAME TO A DEAD STOP WITH ENGINE RUNNING. FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP, AND WOULD NOT MOVE DUE TO TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. *AK ENGINE WOULD STALL DURING RIGHT TURNS, DEALER RESET COMPUTER, THEN ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DEALER STATED THE TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH WAS SLIPPING, TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP ON THE WAY TO A DEALERSHIP FOR REPLACEMENT OF TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH, A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED AND 20 MILES LATER THE OD OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED, VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING AND LOSING POWER, THIS TIME DEALER STATED THE COOLING SYSTEM IN THE RADIATOR WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO COOL THE TRANSMISSION, AN EXTERNAL COOLING SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED, NOW TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED AGAIN, CONSUMER REQUESTS THAT VEHICLE BE REPLACED OR REPURCHASED BY THE DEALER. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742207March 10, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED. RESEARCH THAT THIS VEHICLE HAD MANY REPORTS OF BEING PROBLEM PRONE POINTED TO THIS WEBSITE FOR INVESTIGATING THESE REPORTS. THE COST OF REPAIRING IS OVER $2500 AND OTHER MAZDAS WERE AT THAT DEALERSHIP THE SAME DAY FOR THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882312March 7, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING AT 10 MPH VEHICLE IS COASTING WITH OVERDRIVE INDICATION FLASH, AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE JUMPED INTO GEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741619February 27, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
LOSS OF POWER DURING ACCELERATION FRON STOP OR AT SLOW SPEED, ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON DURRING FAILURE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880607February 15, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION DOES NOT GO INTO REVERSE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737972December 19, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558448December 12, 2000
TIRES
BRIDGESTONE POTENZA 92 TIRES EXPERIENCED DRY ROT AT ONLY 9110 MILES AND CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT TIRES NEEDED REPLACED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#557974December 7, 2000
TIRES
TIRE (NO MAKE/MODEL PROVIDED) EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT, THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO THE CONCRETE WALL, THE DRIVER INJURED HER WRIST AND ARM. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#737333December 5, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AFTER THREE TRIPS TO AFOREMENTIONED DEALER WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT, DEALER REPEATEDLY SAYS THAT THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. HELP! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736082November 9, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CAR RAN HOT , WOULLDN'T FIXX, BROKE BOTH CAMSHAFTS IN THE HEADS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735694November 3, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 50 MILES AT 70-75MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SOMETIMES DOWNSHIFT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. SOMETIMES THE O/D LIGHT CAME ON, AND UPON PULLING OFF TO STOP, THE CAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE 1ST GEAR UNTIL THE CAR COOLED DOWN (THE O/D LIGHT RESET TO OFF WHENEVER THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. TOWARDS THE END OF AN 900 MILE TRIP TO PORT CHARLOTTE, FL, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING ON TOP OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS AND WOULD NOT MAINTAIN A CONSTANT SPEED (THE RPM'S VARIED SEVERELY DURING THIS TIME). HAD TO EVENTUALLY PULL OFF, CALL A TOW TRUCK AND HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. AFTER ABOUT 3 AND 1/2 WEEKS I GOT THE CAR BACK AND UPON DRIVING IT HOME THE O/D LIGHT CAME ON TWICE DURING THE 93 MILE TRIP HOME AND THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURED WITH THE CAR NOT WANTING TO START IN FIRST GEAR AGAIN. I TALKED TO THE AADCO TRANSMISSION REPAIR FACILITY IN TIFTON, GA AGAIN AND THEY IMFORMED ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS PROBABLY ELECTRICAL!!!!, I.E. THE COMPUTER. AFTER DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY TO RESET THE COMPUTER, IT SEEMED TO DRIVE BETTER, BUT STILL JERKY OR SLIPPING AT TIMES. I HAVEN'T DRIVEN IT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS YET, I'LL BE GOING ABOUT 190 MILES THIS WEEKEND, I HOPE. 1. WHAT SHOULD I DO NEXT? 2. IS THE COMPUTER THE MOST LIKELY FAILED COMPONENT AND IS IT EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR? 3. IS MAZDA RECALLING ANY OF THESE VEHICLES DUE TO THESE TYPE OF PROBLEMS? 4. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ACTIONS THAT I MAY TAKE TO RECOVER ANY PAST OR FUTURE EXPENSES?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735381October 29, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SINGLE RECALL NOTICE & I SEE THAT THERE ARE 3. PLEASE HELP ME TO GET THESE PROBLEMS RESOLVED. I PREFER TO USE A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP THAN COOLEY- THEY ARE AWEFUL!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873525October 20, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING. ENGINE WOULD OVERHEAT & START SMOKING. TOWED TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC INDICATED NO OIL IN CRANKSHAFT & NO ANTI-FREEZE IN RADIATOR. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD. THIS WAS A LEASED VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#555955October 11, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE STOPPED THE ENGINE RACES UP TO ABOUT 3000 RPMS ON THE TACKOMETER, WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE IT ACCELERATES AHEAD, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#872716October 11, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AFTER VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY DEALER UNDER RECALL 00V134000 VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#733572October 6, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TANSMISSION REPLACED WITH LESS THAN 12,000 MILES ON THE CAR. CARS SOMETIMES LOOSES COMPLETE POWER WHILE DRIVING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#733479October 4, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#733035September 30, 2000
SEATS
DRIVERS SEAT TOO LOW-5'5" DRIVER SITS LESS THAN 12" FROM AIRBAG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554619September 14, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER CHECKED TIRE BEFORE A TRIP AND NOTICED ABNORMAL WEAR ON BOTH REAR TIRES NEAR THE SIDEWALL, THE TREAD WAS WORN ALL AROUND BOTH TIRES, UPON RETURNING HOME CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE NO MORE TREADS ON THE TIRES (BRIDGESTONE PROTENZA P205/60R15 90H). NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730032September 3, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ALL THE TREAD ON TWO REAR TIRES VANISHED AFTER VACATION TRAVEL AT SPEEDS UP TO 65 MPH. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO TREAD LEFT ON LEFT REAR AND RIGHT REAR TIRES. TIRES ON REAR NORMALLY AT 26 PSI WERE NOT OPERATED BELOW THAT PRESSURE.GARAGE MECHANIC FOUND TWO REAR WHEEL TIE RODS BENT IDENTICALLY . THERE WAS NO SIGN UPON INSPECTION THAT THE VEHICLE HAD RUN OVER ANYTHING. THERE WERE NO SCRATCHES OR MARKS UNDER THE CAR TO INDICATE IMPACT WITH ROAD HAZARD. I BELIEVE THE TIRE WEAR PLUS THE MFG RECOMMENDED TIRE PRESSURE OF 26 PSI REDUCED ROAD CLEARANCE TO THE POINT WHERE THE CAR WOULD BOTTOM OUT AFTER HITTING UNREPAIRED WIDE CRACKS IN THE CONCRETE ROADWAY WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH.I BELIEVE THE TIRE WEAR WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIAL IN THE TIRES MADE BY BRIDGESTONE.I BELIEVE THE TIRE WEAR CAUSED THE TIE RODS TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE ROAD SERVICE CAUSING IDENTICAL BENDS IN EACH TIE ROD, THE BENT TIE RODS THEN WOULD THROW THE WHEELS OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND ERASE THE TIRE TREADS.( DOT NUMBER: Y7CD CCF TIRE SIZE: P205/60R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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