Mazda 626 Complaints (1996)

359 consumer complaints on file.

#10098078November 1, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAD BIG PROBLEMS, EVEN AFTER USING THE CAR EXTREMELY CAREFULLY. JUST HAD 57000 MILES AND HAD TO GET MAJOR REPAIRS DONE TO THE TRANSMISSION. *AK
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0
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#10096323October 24, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AFTER BUYING THE CAR (USED) A YEAR AGO I FIRST HAD TO REPLACE THE 02 SENSOR, THEN WHILE DRIVING THE O/D LIGHT WOULD START FLASHING AND THE RPMS WENT CRAZY BETWEEN GEARS, AFTER A RESTART IT WOULD GO AWAY ONLY TO DO IT AGAIN. THIS ONLY LASTED 2 DAYS, SO I THOUGHT IT MUST NOT HAVE BEEN A BIG DEAL. THEN THIS PAST WEEKEND UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, IT WAS DRIVING FINE UNTIL I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD, I PUT IT IN THE AUTO 1ST GEAR THEN 2ND AND IT LURCHED FORWARD ONLY TO GO A MILE BEFORE NEVER MOVING AGAIN. IT WILL COST $3,000 TO REPLACE.*AK
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0
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#10091346September 20, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
JUNE 28, 2002 -- WELLINGS MAZDA, RICHMOND, IN "PERFORMED RECALL SSP-34 AIR BAG CAMPAIGN. MARCH 2004, MATT CASTRUCCI'S AUTO MALL, "BODY ELECTRICAL: CUSTOMER STATES AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON PLEASE CHECK OUT AND ADV," AND "CUSTORMER STATES CAR IS RUNNING ROUGH, WAS TOLD VALVE COVER GASKETS ARE LEAKING AND ON THE SPARK PLUGS PLEASE CHECK OUT." RESULTS WERE: "CHECKED OUT LIGHT IS NOT ON, NO CORRECTION AT THIS TIME." AND "CHECKED OUT REPLACED VALAVE {SIC} COVER GASKETS AND INTAKE GASKETS CLEANED SPARK PLUG WIRES AND PLUGS. RECHECKED OK" SEPT. 19, 2004 -- WHILE MOTIONLESS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. WE DO HAVE RELIABLE WITNESSES. THE DRIVER (ME) IS A PHYSICS PROFESSOR, THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER IS A PH.D. CANDIDATE, THE LEFT REAR PASSENGER IS A PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR, AND THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER JUST FINISHED LAW SCHOOL. THERE WAS ALSO A PEDESTRIAN STANDING 3 FEET AWAY AND A HELPFUL DRIVER IN THE ADJACENT (ALSO MOTIONLESS) CAR.*AK
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0
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0
#10090948September 14, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
EVERYTIME I DRIVE THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT COMES ON AND WHILE DRIVING IT HESITSTE ON FREEYWAY I CHECK TO THE MECHENIC HE SAY ITS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND IT IS THE PROBLEM WITH MAZADA 626 AND NEVER BEEN CORRECTED AND THEY DIDNT BUIL T IT CORRECTLY SO I THINK MAZADA SHOULD BRING THEM BACK
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Injuries:
0
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0
#10090882September 13, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
O/D LIGHT FLASHING ON VEHICLE; INDICATIVE OF A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. HISTORY OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON PRE-98 626S. HARD SHIFTING INTO DRIVE/REVERSE DURING COLD ENGINE; SLIPPAGE OF ENGINE. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090441September 4, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
JUST BOUGHT A USED 96 MAZDA 626LX. VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND HAD BEEN CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC THROUGHLY. A DAY LATER IT STARTED TO VIBRATE SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOTORMOUNT. WE WERE WRONG. SO WE JUST IGNORED THE VIBRATION. A FEW DAYS THE LATER IT WOULD'T START UP AND WE HAD TO GO AND GET THE BATTERY CHECKED OUT. NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MECHANIC TOLD US TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST FIX IT B/C THE FLUIDS WERE BLACK. WHICH THEY WEREN'T WHEN PURCHASED. SO AFTER ALL THIS WE ARE HAVING TO PAY FOR A TRANSMISSION. THE CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED AND TAKEN OFF THE MARKET. I THINK MAZDA NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT IS DAMAGING THEIR REPUTATION. AND HAVE MADE ME DECIED TO NEVER BUY ANY KIND OF MAZDA AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087714August 11, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE SHIFTING VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE ON ITS OWN. A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SHAFT SOLENOID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082699July 26, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
1996 MAZDA 2.0 626 LX. OVERDRIVE FLASHES FROM 4TH TO 3RD. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO FIX/FIND PROBLEM TO NO SATISFACTION. MAZDA DEALER ADVISED NEW TRANSMISSION NEEDED-SIGHT UNSEEN. SEEMS TO BE A MORE THAN PREVELANT SITUATION. *AK
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075737July 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON INDICATING THAT THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED. HOWEVER, THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THEREFORE, THE CONSUMERTOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. *AK THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT OUT THREE TIMES. *SC
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10075285June 12, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT A 1996 MAZDA 626 WITH 85,000 MILES ON IT. I HAD A TRANSMISSION TUNE-UP DONE WITHIN A MONTH OF THE PURCHASE. NOW, AT 94,000M THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPAIRED AT COSTS EXCEEDING $1500! THE PROBLEM WAS SAID TO BE OVERHEATING OF THE TRANSMISSION. ALSO, THE O/D LIGHTS CONTINUE TO FLASH AFTER 15-20 OF DRIVING AROUND.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073556May 12, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND FUEL WAS LEAKING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER TOLD HIM THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. CONUMER STATED THAT DEALER TOLD HIM IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $3000.00. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE THAT MANY MILES ON VEHICLE. ALSO, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068532May 9, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 1996 MAZDA 626 THE MANUFACUTRE REFUSED TO ADMIT THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OF THE TRANSMISSON. IT FAILED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE POSTED CITY SPEED LIMIT. COULD HAVE CAUSED ASERIOUS CRASH. *AK
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No
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071995May 3, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
FRONT SEAT BELTS WERE INOPERATIVE. THE PLASTIC PIECE OF THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY THAT THE BUCKLE WAS INSTALLED ON CAME APART. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE METAL PIECE INSIDE THE PLASTIC SEAT FELL OUT. SEAT BELT REMAINED FASTENED, BUT WILL NOT RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANT IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PLASTIC PART. *AK
Crash:
No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10067925April 27, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AT 120K MILES ON MY HIGHLY MAINTAINED 1996 MAZDA 626 MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND MANY OTHER CUSTOMERS HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE SAME SITUATION WITH THE SAME MODEL CAR. REPAIRS WILL END UP COSTING ME $4000.00. AS A COLLEGE STUDENT IT IS GOING TO BE HARD TO COME UP WITH THAT TYPE OF MONEY. I WOULD SUGGEST IF THERE ARE AS MANY FAILURES AS I HAVE SEEN IN THE RESEARCH A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED BY MAZDA CORP. DESIGN FLAWS SHOULD BE FIXED BY THE DESIGNER OR COMPANY, NOT BY THE CONSUMER. *AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066574April 20, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 4 CYL 1996 MAZDA 626 AUTOMATIC. A FEW DAYS AGO MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. EVERY MECHANIC I HAVE SPOKEN TO INCLUDING AAMCO, THE RENOWNED TRANSMISSION PLACE TELLS ME THAT THIS MODEL ALWAYS HAD A DESIGN FLAW IN TRANSMISSION. ALL MAZDA OWNER FORUMS ARE FULL OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRANSMISSION ISSUE ON THAT YEAR CAR. I HAVE CONTACTED MAZDA CORPORATION WITH NO AVAIL. WHAT IS NEXT??*AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066427April 18, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 50000 MILES AND THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP REPLACED IT AND CHARGED ME A LABOR CHARGE OF 700. NOW, MY TRANSMISSION IS OUT AGAIN AT 108,00 MILES. WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT 60 MPH. *JB
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10066379April 17, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
I BOUGHT A USED 1996 MAZDA 626LX FROM RIERSON MOTORS IN CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO AND HAVE HAD THE CAR LESS THAN ONE MONTH AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON , IT LOSES POWER ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN I ACCELERATE ABOVE 55 MPH AND LURCHES AND GOES IN TO NEXT GEAR VERY HARD. I THINK MAZDA SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR THESE DEFECTS IN THIS PATICULAR MODEL. I HOPE THE GOVERNMENT WILL LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND INVESTIGATE WHY SO MANY CONSUMERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND MAZDA SHOULD STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND ADMIT THEIR FAILURE AND FIX THE PROBLEM ARE COMPENSATE THE CONSUMER FOR THEIR EXPENDITURES.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066118April 14, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A MAZDA 1996 626 LX SEDAN 2.0 LITER ENGINE WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, 4 CYLINDER, FRONT WHEEL DRIVE. I BOUGHT IT FROM A PRIVATE PARTY ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO AT 93400 MILES. I NOW HAVE ONLY ABOUT 96000 MIKES AND MY TRANSMISSION FAILED TODAY. I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET IT OUT OF THE OVERNIGHT PARKING SPOT IN MY APARTMENT COMPLEX. I HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC(A VERY RELIABLE ONE), WHO AFTER AN EXTENSIVE CHECKUP, DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD "BROKEN DOWN" AND THAT IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. HE INFORMED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT INCLUSIVE OF INSTALLATION CHARGES WOULD COST ABOUT $2500 TO $3000, WHICH IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE FOR A FULL-TIME GRADUATE STUDENT LIKE ME. I PERFORMED MY RESEARCH ON THE ADVICE OF THE MECHANIC AND CAME ACROSS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS OF MAZDA 626 MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 93-97. THIS IS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE, FORD (FORD PROBE IS THE TRANSMISSION USED IN THE ABOVE SAID VEHICLES) AND MAZDA ARE AWARE OF THIS MATTER AND HAVE NEVER FOUND IT SO MUCH AS BEING RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE THEIR CUSTOMERS AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS. I WANT JUSTICE TO BE DONE AND I WOULD VERY MUCH LOVE FORD AND MAZDA FOR BEING SO ASKANCE IN THIS MATTER. I ALSO WANT ALL THE OWNERS OF THE MAZDA VEHICLES INVOLVED IN CHANGING THEOR TRANSMISSIONS TO BE COMPENSATED ADEQUATELY. BUT MORE THAN THAT, I WANT FEDERAL AGENCIES TO BE AWARE OF THESE EVASIVE TACTICS OF MAZDA AND FORD AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM FEDERAL CASE TO BE SO INHIBITIVE AS TO ALMOST SHUT OFF THEIR OPERATIONS.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066162April 14, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
MAZDA 626 1996 SEDAN 4 DOOR LX MODEL BOTH SEAT BELTS/DRIVER AND PASSENGER RETRACTORS WILL INADVERTENLY LOCK MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO FASTEN SEAT BELT. PASSEGER SIDE IS WORST THAN DRIVER AND BOTH HAVE BEEN WORKED ON AT DEALERSHIP BUT THEY CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING CONTINOUSLY. DEALER HAS RECORDS OF WORKING ON PROBLEM BUT UNABLE TO RESOLVE ISSUE. O AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065753April 8, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
O/D LIGHT FLASHES AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY. HAVE BEEN USING MAZDA FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS. MY O/D LIGHT HAS STARTED BLINKING ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND GOT IT FIXED. *AK THE LIGHT HAS BLINKED CONTINUALLY EVERY MONTH. I HAVE ALREADY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON ISSUES WITH MAZA. AFTER READING COMPLAINTS ON THE NET I DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE 1000'S OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I THINK MAZDA SHOULD RECALL THE CARS AND FIX THIS ISSUE. I WILL THINK TWICE BEFORE BUYING AZNOTHER MAZDA.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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