Mazda 626 Complaints
3,130 consumer complaints on file.
- #8022955November 18, 2002AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE CONSUMER IS CONCERN BECAUSE THE VEHICLE FLIPPED AND THE INTERIOR AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY AT ALL. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS
- Crash:
- Yes
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 1
- Deaths:
- 0
- #769847November 18, 2002POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTO TRANS IS NOT WORKING RIGHT SLIPING WHILE SHIFTS.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #769861November 18, 2002POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
EVEN TAKING GOOD CARE OF IT, TRANSMISSION BROKE DOWN. DT
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #8022797November 15, 2002STRUCTURE:BODY
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE BEEN HIT AND CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN ON 4 DIFFERENT COLLISIONS AND EVERYTIME THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN HIT AT NO MORE THEN 15 MPH IT HAS CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THIS PRESENT TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS
- Crash:
- Yes
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #8022786November 14, 2002LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
THE DOOR LOCK WILL CLOSE AND LOCK INTERMITTENLY. CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO CLAM OUT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. PLEASE FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #769700November 14, 2002POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IT IS CRAZY TO HAVE TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSON AFTER LESS THAN 72000 MILES. THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE, THAT IT REALLY SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. IT'S REALLY SAD FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT CAN BARELY AFFORD THE MONTHLY PAYMENT, THEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS. DT
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #8022687November 13, 2002POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, AND ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT GEAR IN REVERSE, HOWEVER IT WOULD ONLY GO INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED THE DEALER. MR *JB
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #8022599November 12, 2002AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE CONSUMER APPLY HIS BRAKES TO AVOID ANOTHER MOTORIST. AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY PLEASE FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR
- Crash:
- Yes
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #769428November 7, 2002POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. DT
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #769346November 6, 2002POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BLACK. DT
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #769390November 6, 2002POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR WHEN COLD OR AT SLOW SPEEDS. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS NORMAL OR NO PROBLEM FOUND. DT
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #8022084November 4, 2002POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER REPLACE TWICE. MR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #8022043November 1, 2002AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH,VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONTAL COLLISON. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. RESULTING IN INJURIES TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. MR
- Crash:
- Yes
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #769199November 1, 2002POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. JUST SEARCH MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION FROM ANY SEARCH ENGINE. YOU WILL FIND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS. MAZDA NEEDS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THEY SOLD A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. THEY KNOW IT. AND, THEY WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS. DT
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #769142October 31, 2002POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE LIGHT COMES ON AFTER ABOUT 60 MILES OF DRIVING. TURNING THE IGINTION OFF AND BACK ON WILL TURN OFF THE OD LIGHT BUT ONLY TEMP. AFTER THE SECOND TIME THE OD LIGHT COMES ON, THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. I HAVE TAKEN THIS TO A MECHANIC AND HE CLEARED THE CODES AND CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS CYCLE OF EVENTS HAS HAPPENED 15 TIMES IN 6 MONTHS. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MAZDA 626'S FROM ABOUT 1994 - 1997. I HAVE CONTACTED MY CLOSEST DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION, I WILL NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH WILL COST ABOUT $2000. I SEE ON THE INTERNET HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM IN THEIR MAZDA 626'S AS I AM HAVING. IF MAZDA KNOWS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR AUTOMOBILE, WHY DON'T THEY FIX IT FOR US. I SPENT VERY GOOD MONEY ON MY VEHICLE AND I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. THE TRANSMISSION SHOULDN'T BE GOING OUT @ 60000 MILES. DT
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #8021982October 31, 2002POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THEN VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #8022020October 31, 2002STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
CONSUMER STATE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCKS CONSUMER INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE DEALER AND MANUFACTURE HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #769094October 30, 2002POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY. DT
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #769065October 29, 2002POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 34,600 MILES OF NORMAL CITY DRIVING. THE WARRANTY WAS FOR 3 YEARS/36,000 MILES. (I WAS ABOUT 6.5 MONTHS PAST WARRANTY TIMEWISE) THE MECHANICS WHO REPLACED IT SAID THAT THE FRONT PUMP WAS SCORED, AND THAT METAL BITS FROM IT CAME OUT FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND LODGED IN THE PRESSURE VALVE, WHICH WAS STUCK. ALSO, THE CHAIN WAS STRETCHED. DT
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #769007October 28, 2002POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THIS CAR HAS VERY LOW MILEAGE. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS FROM THE START RIGHT AFTER MY WARRANTY RAN OUT. I'VE HAD TO CALL THE CORPERATION FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THAT CAME ON, THEY HAD THE DEALER REPLACE A SENSOR FOR ABOUT $1200.00. THIS CAR HAS NO BUSINESS BEING SOLD. NOW THE DEALER IS NO LONGER SELLING MAZDA'S. THE NEW DEALER IS JAY MAZDA AND THEY DON'T CARE. DT
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0