Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#766989September 11, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018303September 10, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ON FLAT SURFACE AND NO WARNING TRANSMISSION WILL STALL, MAKING IT HARD FOR CONSUMER TO CONTROL VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766916September 9, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766860September 8, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766802September 6, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE OVER DRIVE LIGHT BLINKING, LURCHING WHEN SHIFTING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766725September 5, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE MAZDA 626 IS NOW ON IT'S SECOND TRANSMISSION AND IS CURRENTLY NOT DRIVEABLE BECAUSE IT NEEDS ANOTHER NEW ONE. FOR THE PAST 5,000 MILES THE CAR'S HOLD LIGHT BEGINS TO FLASH, THE CAR JERKS AND THE SPEED DROPS ABOUT 40-50 MILES. THIS IS NOT SAFE WHEN TRAVELING AT ABOUT 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE OR ANYTIME FOR THAT MATTER. THE LAST STRAW WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING 55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT DECIDED TO JERK AND DROP DOWN TO 15 MILES AND HOUR. NOT ONLY WAS I ALMOST REAR-ENDED SEVERAL TIMES BUT I ALMOST FLEW THROUGH THE WINDSHEILD.AT THE NEXT RED LIGHT THE CAR DECIDED NOT TO EVEN GO ANYMORE. YOU CAN PRESS THE GAS BUT IN DRIVE IT WON'T MOVE. BUT IT DOES GO IN REVERSE ALTHOUGH IT STILL JERKS AND THE HOLD LIGHT CONTINUES TO FLASH. THE CAR IS TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. SOME PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD NEW VEHICLES AND CAN'T AFFORD $1200-$2500 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FIXED. SO THEREFORE WE CONTINUE TO BE WITHOUT A CAR WHILE THE MANUFACTURER MAKES MONEY OFF OF US PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GETTING INTO WHEN WE BOUGHT A MAZDA. THEY ALL ALSO NEED NEW MOTOR MOUNTS(WHICH AREN'T CHEAP)VERY SOON.YOU WOULD THINK SINCE SOOOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN A MAZDA THEY WOULD HELP THEM TO FIX IT. A GUY AT A JUNKYARD ONCE TOLD ME HE WOULD BE A MILLIONAIRE IF HE COULD SUPPLY A TRANSMISSION TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CALL NEEDING ONE FOR THEIR MAZDA. THAT'S SICK...*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766752September 5, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766655September 3, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766657September 3, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
THE "HOLD" LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BEGAN TO BLINK THIS MORNING. NOW THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY ROUGHLY - LIKE A PERFORMANCE TRANSMISSION... BASICALLY CRASH, BANG, SCREECH. I'VE CHECKED SEVERAL WEBSITES, AND HAVE SEEN REPORTS THAT THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM COMMONLY. SO FAR MAZDA HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL, I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME THEY CONSIDER IT. THIS IS STILL A LOW MILEAGE CAR!!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567262August 31, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL 98V249, THE AIR BAG LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH, AND THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE MODULE, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE MONITOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THEN WAS TOLD BY SOMEONE ELSE THAT THE SENSOR NEEDED REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR THE REPAIRS. *SLC *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766428August 29, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 626 IS FAILING AND ALL REPAIR GARAGES QUOTE ME AT AROUND 2500 DOLLARS TO REPLACE. THEY SAY THAT THEY WON'T REPLACE IT. SHOULDN'T MAZDA BE REPLACING THESE SINCE THEY SEEM TO FAIL IN SO MANY CASES?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766429August 29, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I TOO AM EXPERIENCING THESE NOTORIOUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH MY 94 MAZDA 626 WITH ALL THE COMMON SYMPTOMS LIKE OD LIGHT FLASHING, ROUGH AND JERKY GEAR SHIFTS, LOSING POWER ALL OF A SUDDEN, FIXING IN LOW GEARS ETC. ITS SO AGONIZING THAT DESPITE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING TO GO FOR COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS, MANY EVEN MULTIPLE TIMES ON THE SAME VEHICLE, NO ONE IS ABLE TO MAKE MAZDA TO FIX THIS FOR GOOD ON ALL THE 94 MAZDA 626S. ITS SUCH A PITY THAT EVEN MAZDA DEALERS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ITS NO LONGER A QUESTION OF IF, BUT WHEN THESE POORLY DESIGNED TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FAIL. I HOPE NHTSA CAN INTERVENE AND INVESTIGATE THESE ALL TOO COMMON AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FAILURES NOW, RATHER THAN WAITING UNTIL FATALITIES ARE REPORTED. HAVING READ SO MANY SAD HISTORIES WITH THIS MODEL, THERE IS NO POINT SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN HAVING THIS TROUBLING TRANSMISSION REPLACED FOR MY CAR, ITS OBVIOUS THE PROBLEM IS BOUND TO OCCUR AGAIN. I CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER CAR IN THIS ECONOMY. I CAN'T TRADE-IN MY CAR EITHER (I HATE TO VICTIMIZE ANOTHER INNOCENT BUYER WITH THIS LEMON). SO, I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE RISK CONTINUING TO DRIVE THIS, UNLESS MAZDA CAN EITHER PICK UP THE TAB FOR THE REPLACEMENTS, OR ATLEAST OFFER TO FIX IT FOR A FAIR PRICE WITH A REASONABLE GUARANTEE PERIOD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017270August 27, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY.FRONT END OF CAR HIT RIGHT REAR SIDE OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. MAXDA HAS BEEN CONTACTED. CONSUMER FELT AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766286August 27, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 50000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766289August 27, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE SERVICED AND ALL FLUIDS CHECKED AND TOPPED OFF ON 8/13/02. NO TRANSMISSION OR FLUID PROBLEMS REPORTED DURING THAT SERVICING. NO OTHER PROBLEMS, LIGHT INDICATORS, OR TRANSMISSION RELATED ISSUES BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. ON 8/26/02, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, OIL FLUIDS BEGAN SPRAYING THE WINDSHIELD AND SMOKE POURED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE STALLED OUT IN THE MEDIAN OF EXTREMELY BUSY AND CONGESTED GEORGIA HWY 400. POLICE AND FIRE RESPONDED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF SMOKE AND HAZARD OF BEING STALLED IN MEDIAN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MAZDA DEALER WHO INFORMED US THAT THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF $2,700! MY RESEARCH HAS DISCOVERED SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE. PLEASE ADVISE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766074August 22, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS IS IN FOLLOWUP TO MY PREVIOUS VEHICLE OWNER'S QUESTIONNAIRE NHTSA ODI NUMBER 763482. I TOOK MY MAZDA 626 BACK TO THE DEALER FROM WHOM I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I EXPLAINED MY RESEARCH TO THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO ADMITTED THAT HE HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AND THAT SOME VEHICLES EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM AGAIN AFTER A REBUILT TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN INSTALLED TO CORRECT THE INITIAL PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED HE CONTACTED THE REGIONAL MAZDA ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIBED OUR CASE AND OUR LOW MILEAGE OF JUST OVER 32,000. MAZDA OFFERED TO PAY FOR THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION IF I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LABOR. HAVING READ OTHER OWNER'S COMPLAINTS THAT IT COST THEM BETWEEN $2,200 AND $2,900 TO GET THEIR CAR ON THE ROAD, I ACCEPTED THE OFFER. I AM STILL HOPEFUL THAT THE NHTSA WILL INVESTIGATE THE MAZDA TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. IF RECALLED, I AM HOPEFUL OF GETTING MY MONEY REFUNDED, WHICH I BELIEVE IS REASONABLE GIVEN THE PERVASIVENESS OF THIS VEHICLE DEFECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. JJB*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016852August 21, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OWNER STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STALLING. SHE WAS TOLD BY MAZDA THAT THE EXTERNAL SPRING IN TIMING BELT TESIONER BROKE. MAZDA DOES HAVE A RECALL 00V134000 ON TIMING BELT TENSIONER, PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765867August 19, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CAR WOULD JUST REV AND NOT CATCH GEARS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016588August 19, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT TRANSMISSION FAILED, WITH GEARS NOT RESPONDING TO ACCELERATION. RPMS WERE VERY HIGH FROM ATTEMPTING TO GET VEHICLE IN MOTION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016653August 19, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD CLINKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH HOOD AREA, VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, AND WOULD NOT RESTART. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE DID START BACK UP, BUT WOULD NOT FOWARD OR BACKWARD, CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ABOUT A YEAR AGO.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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