Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#10024423July 24, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE TIMING BELT AND THE SYMPTOMS OF THAT FAILURE WERE SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEM THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. . *AK *CB *NLM
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#10028855July 22, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AIR VENT BLOWS INSULATION PARTICLES INTO DRIVER'S FACE AND EYES - POTENTIALLY DISABLING DRIVER DURING OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE
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#10029747July 21, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. OWNER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS SEVERAL TIMES, ONLY TO HAVE A REBUILT TRANSMISSION INSTALLED AT 5000 MILES , AND IT IS WORSE THAN THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION.*AK
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#10028634July 20, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH 1996 MAZDA 626-I BOUGHT THE CAR (A DEMONSTRATOR) FROM ALLENTOWN MAZDA IN ALLENTOWN PA. ON MAY15, 1997 WITH 10,000 MILES ON IT. I STOPPED AT A LIGHT 2 MILES BEFORE I WAS ABOUT TO GET ONTO ONTO THE NE EXTENSION OF THE PA TURNPIKE. AS I PULLED OUT, THE CAR BARELY PICKED UP ENOUGH SPEED TO MAKE THE TURN AND I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE REVVED, THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A GARAGE WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED - AT 56,000 MILES! I HAD A REBUILT TRANSMISSION PUT INTO IT FOR $2000. THERE IS NOW 86,000 ON THE CAR AND I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE CAR SHIFTING INTO 2ND AND 3RD GEAR AND I AM AFRAID, AFTER READING ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE'S PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR THAT IT IS THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. MY ENGINE LIGHT HAS ALSO BEEN ON CONTINUOUSLY, ALMOST FROM THE TIME I BOUGHT IT. NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT. I UNDERSTAND THIS HAS ALSO BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND YEAR AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO THE LIST OF DIS-SATISFIED MAZDA OWNERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE MAZDA ACCOUNTABLE IN SOME WAY FOR THESE EXPENSIVE, DANGEROUS, AND CHRONIC PROBLEMS.*AK
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#10028673July 20, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 1994 MAZDA 626 ES WITH 80,000 MILES. THE CAR HAS BEEN PREFECTLY CARED FOR AND I HAVE HAD SCHEDULED MAINTAINENCE DONE ON THE CAR.FOR ABOUTLELY NO REASON THE TRANSMISSION HAS DIED. I HAVE READ AND HEARD OVER A HUNDRED COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME REASON. I HAVE CONTACTED DEALERSHIPS AND MAZDA HEADQUATERS STILL WITH NO RESPONSE. THE TRASMISSION SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED FROM DAY ONE. I AND OTHERS HAVE HAD TO PAY OVER 2,000 DOLLARS IN REBUILT AND NEW TRANSMISSIONS. WHICH IS PLAIN OUT WRONG AND THE TRANSMISSIONS WILL DOWNSHIFT OUT OF NOWHERE. WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND IT DOWNSHIFTS FROM 70 TO 50 MPH, THEN IT BECOMES A HUGE PROBLEM THAT PUTS MYSELF AND OTHER DRIVERS AT RISK. THANK YOU . *AK
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#10028589July 18, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILING; BLINKING LIGHTS; ROUGH SHIFTING. (NOTE: I HAVE TWO 97 MAZDA 626 2.0 LTR CARS. ONE AUTO TRANS HAS FAILED TOTALLY, AND THIS IS MY SECOND ONE THAT IS STARTING TO FAIL.) *JB
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#10029586July 17, 2003
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING POWER STEERING BELT FELL OFF, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. *AK
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#10028521July 17, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
O/D LIGHT START FLASHING AT ABOUT 93,000MILES AND CAR IS JERKING WHILE ACCELERATING FROM LOW SPEED. DEALER SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEED TO BE REPLACED. RESEARCH ON THE WEB SHOWS THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEMS AND DEFINITELY SHOULD BE RECALLED!*AK
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#10029591July 17, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING OIL WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. *AK
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#10028372July 16, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I'M AM AN UNFORTUNATE OWNER OF A 1998 MAZDA 626 LX. THERE'S NO NEED FOR ME TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY COMPLAINT BECAUSE IT'S EVERYBODY'S COMPLAINT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU ANYWAY. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS!! AFTER REGULAR MAINTENANCE, MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, WE ARE PAYING A JAPANESE PRICE FOR A FORD PIECE OF CRAP. IT'S A SHAME WHEN YOU GO TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THE DEALER SAYS SOMETHING LIKE "OH, WE DO A LOT OF THOSE" OR "THAT'S A COMMON PROBLEM IN YOUR MODEL". WHEN I WAS AT THE SHOP GETTING MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED, THERE WERE 2 OTHER 626'S BEING SERVICED AT THE SAME TIME. HOW CAN YOU CREATE A CAR THATS FAIRLY DECENT IN OTHER ASPECTS, THEN THROW IN A FAULTY TRANSMISSION, A PIECE THAT IS SO VITAL TO THE AUTOMOBILE. MAZDA KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE MADE A MISTAKE AND IT WOULD BE A BAD DECISION TO LEAVE A BUYER STRANDED LIKE THIS. THIS WILL DEFINATELY LOWER THE AMOUNT OF REPEAT BUYERS FROM MAZDA. YOU CAN COMPARE THIS TO A FATHER HAVING A CHILD AND NOT BEING THERE FOR HIM AND NOT EVEN PAYING CHILD SUPPORT. IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO HAUNT MAZDA IN SALES. NOW THEY'RE COMING OUT WITH THE MAZDA 6 HOPING TO JUST BRUSH ALL THE 626 PROBLEMS BEHIND THEM, BUT THEY ARE BRUSHING BACK PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD FOR THEIR MONEY. FATHERS AND MOTHERS WHO HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR CAR PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY FOR THE REPAIRS WHILE THEY'RE STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE CAR. FAMILIES WHO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION WHETHER TO PAY FOR REPAIRS OR PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE SO THEIR FAMILY CAN EAT. MAZDA DEFINATELY NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. ADMIT THAT YOU MADE A MISTAKE, FIX IT AND MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE. THERE IS NOTHING PROFESSIONAL ABOUT MAKING A BAD PRODUCT AND LEAVING THE CUSTOMERS BEHIND. JAMES WILLIAMSON. *AK
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#10028377July 16, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I'M AM AN UNFORTUNATE OWNER OF A 1998 MAZDA 626 LX. THERE'S NO NEED FOR ME TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY COMPLAINT BECAUSE IT'S EVERYBODY'S COMPLAINT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU ANYWAY. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS!! AFTER REGULAR MAINTENANCE, MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, WE ARE PAYING A JAPANESE PRICE FOR A FORD PIECE OF CRAP. IT'S A SHAME WHEN YOU GO TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THE DEALER SAYS SOMETHING LIKE "OH, WE DO A LOT OF THOSE" OR "THAT'S A COMMON PROBLEM IN YOUR MODEL". WHEN I WAS AT THE SHOP GETTING MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED, THERE WERE 2 OTHER 626'S BEING SERVICED AT THE SAME TIME. HOW CAN YOU CREATE A CAR THATS FAIRLY DECENT IN OTHER ASPECTS, THEN THROW IN A FAULTY TRANSMISSION, A PIECE THAT IS SO VITAL TO THE AUTOMOBILE. MAZDA KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE MADE A MISTAKE AND IT WOULD BE A BAD DECISION TO LEAVE A BUYER STRANDED LIKE THIS. THIS WILL DEFINATELY LOWER THE AMOUNT OF REPEAT BUYERS FROM MAZDA. YOU CAN COMPARE THIS TO A FATHER HAVING A CHILD AND NOT BEING THERE FOR HIM AND NOT EVEN PAYING CHILD SUPPORT. IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO HAUNT MAZDA IN SALES. NOW THEY'RE COMING OUT WITH THE MAZDA 6 HOPING TO JUST BRUSH ALL THE 626 PROBLEMS BEHIND THEM, BUT THEY ARE BRUSHING BACK PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD FOR THEIR MONEY. FATHERS AND MOTHERS WHO HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR CAR PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY FOR THE REPAIRS WHILE THEY'RE STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE CAR. FAMILIES WHO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION WHETHER TO PAY FOR REPAIRS OR PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE SO THEIR FAMILY CAN EAT. MAZDA DEFINATELY NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. ADMIT THAT YOU MADE A MISTAKE, FIX IT AND MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE. THERE IS NOTHING PROFESSIONAL ABOUT MAKING A BAD PRODUCT AND LEAVING THE CUSTOMERS BEHIND. JAMES WILLIAMSON. *AK
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#10028376July 16, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I'M AM AN UNFORTUNATE OWNER OF A 1998 MAZDA 626 LX. THERE'S NO NEED FOR ME TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY COMPLAINT BECAUSE IT'S EVERYBODY'S COMPLAINT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU ANYWAY. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS!! AFTER REGULAR MAINTENANCE, MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, WE ARE PAYING A JAPANESE PRICE FOR A FORD PIECE OF CRAP. IT'S A SHAME WHEN YOU GO TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THE DEALER SAYS SOMETHING LIKE "OH, WE DO A LOT OF THOSE" OR "THAT'S A COMMON PROBLEM IN YOUR MODEL". WHEN I WAS AT THE SHOP GETTING MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED, THERE WERE 2 OTHER 626'S BEING SERVICED AT THE SAME TIME. HOW CAN YOU CREATE A CAR THATS FAIRLY DECENT IN OTHER ASPECTS, THEN THROW IN A FAULTY TRANSMISSION, A PIECE THAT IS SO VITAL TO THE AUTOMOBILE. MAZDA KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE MADE A MISTAKE AND IT WOULD BE A BAD DECISION TO LEAVE A BUYER STRANDED LIKE THIS. THIS WILL DEFINATELY LOWER THE AMOUNT OF REPEAT BUYERS FROM MAZDA. YOU CAN COMPARE THIS TO A FATHER HAVING A CHILD AND NOT BEING THERE FOR HIM AND NOT EVEN PAYING CHILD SUPPORT. IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO HAUNT MAZDA IN SALES. NOW THEY'RE COMING OUT WITH THE MAZDA 6 HOPING TO JUST BRUSH ALL THE 626 PROBLEMS BEHIND THEM, BUT THEY ARE BRUSHING BACK PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD FOR THEIR MONEY. FATHERS AND MOTHERS WHO HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR CAR PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY FOR THE REPAIRS WHILE THEY'RE STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE CAR. FAMILIES WHO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION WHETHER TO PAY FOR REPAIRS OR PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE SO THEIR FAMILY CAN EAT. MAZDA DEFINATELY NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. ADMIT THAT YOU MADE A MISTAKE, FIX IT AND MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE. THERE IS NOTHING PROFESSIONAL ABOUT MAKING A BAD PRODUCT AND LEAVING THE CUSTOMERS BEHIND. JAMES WILLIAMSON. *AK
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#10029502July 15, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NAR 07-15-2003 THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE A LITTLE AFTER 60,000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED. *CB
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#10026034July 14, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 1995 MAZDA 626 LX AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND THEY SAID, "THE 1993-1998 TRANSMISSIONS ARE ALL BAD DUE TO THE LACK OF A TRANSMISSION COOLER AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY MAZDA HASN'T ISSUED A RECALL YET." THIS WAS VERY UPSETTING, SO I AM REGISTERING THIS COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND ALL THE OTHER MAZDA 626 OWNERS THAT I HAVE READ ABOUT ON WEB SITES AND ONLINE BULLETIN BOARDS. IF THE COMPANY WON'T ADMIT THAT THE FORD TRANSMISSIONS ARE FAULTY THEN YOU NEED TO STAND UP FOR ALL THE CONSUMERS AND FORCE A RECALL.*AK
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#10026069July 14, 2003
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AIR CONDITIONER HAS A FOUL SMELL LIKE OLD VINEGAR AND THE REMNANTS OF THE FILTER BLOW OUT IN TINY OR BIG PIECES .*AK
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#10026025July 14, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT MY 1995 MAZDA 626 IN 1999 WITH 86,000 BY 2000 I REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. ON JULY 5,2003 MY TRANMISSION WENT OUT AGAIN. *AK
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#10027106July 11, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED AT 19,000 MILES. RECENTLY AT 32,000 MILES THE BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
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#10022130July 11, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE PROBLEM ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. RESEARCH SHOWED IT APPEARED TO BE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING ON MAZDA 626'S. *AK *CB *JB
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#10025777July 10, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT MY 1999 MAZDA 626LX USED IN JUNE OF 1999 WITH 39,000 MILES ON IT AND THROUGHOUT THE TWO YEARS THAT I HAD IT I'VE GOTTEN SERVICED MORE TIMES THAN I CAN EVEN COUNT. OVER THE PAST 8 MONTHS THE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR HAVE BEEN GETTING WORSE. INITALLY THE CAR WAS SHUTTING OFF OCCASIONALLY WHENEVER I CAME TO A STOP. THAT ALONE SCARED ME AND I FEARED DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE BECAUSE OF THIS. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT MY SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SO I DID THAT BUT THE SAME DAY THAT I GOT IT FIXED THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND CAR STARTED DRIVING VERY ROUGH. ALTHOUGH THE CAR HAS NOT SHUT OFF ON ME LATELY IT HAS DONE SOME VERY WEIRD THINGS LIKE DRIVING WHILE THE CAR IS IN REVERSE. I PARKED THE CAR ONE DAY IN AN AWKWARD WAY SO I WANTED TO CORRECT MYSELF AND WHEN I TRIED TO REVERSE THE CAR KEPT ON DRIVING FORWARD (I'M LUCKY THERE WASN'T ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF ME) AND IT WAS HARD TO SHIFT INTO PARK WHEN I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO DO THAT I TURNED TO CAR OFF BUT THEN COULDN'T GET IT TO COME BACK ON SO I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SHIFT INTERLOCK GEAR. SINCE I 'VE GOTTEN MY CAR BACK IT DRIVES WORSE THAN EVER BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS, I CAN ONLY DRIVE IN OVERDRIVE, THE CAR SHAKES WHEN IT SHIFTS GEARS AND AT CERTAIN SPEEDS IT THRUSTS FORWARD WITH SO MUCH FORCE THAT I IT FEELS LIKE I'VE JUST BEEN REAR-ENDED. FORTUNATELY, I HAVEN'T HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION BUT AFTER READING OTHER REVIEWS ABOUT THIS CAR I FEAR THAT THE TIME MAYBE COMING SOON ESPECIALLY SINCE I JUST REACHED 83,000+ MILES. WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM MAZDA SHOULD REALLY TAKE ACTION ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THESE CARS ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND PERSONALLY I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER MAZDA AGAIN. *AK
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#10025793July 10, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
INTERMITTENTLY (IN LOW GEAR, MANUAL SHIFT), AS I PULL THE CAR TO THE LEFT (ONLY), TO PARK OR TURN A CORNER, THE CAR DIES. THE INCIDENT DATE BELOW DENOTES THE LATEST INCIDENT.NOT CERTAIN OF EXACT DATA OF PURCHASE FROM 128 MAZDA, BUT WEB SITE DEMANDED A SPECIFIC DAY SO, TO SATISFY IT, I ENTERED IN AUGUST 7. *AK
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