Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#832541December 22, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHEN AT ANY SPEED THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, AND THE GEAR SHIFTS VERY HARD, THE VEHICLE JERKS/ SHAKES. ALSO, THERE IS SOME TYPE OF FUEL LEAKAGE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701464December 19, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
ANTI FREEZE SMOKE IS COMING THROUGH THE HEATER VENTS, ALSO EXHAUST IS LEAKING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#543099December 18, 1998
TIRES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
TIRES FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832578December 18, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER CAR ON 17 DEC 98, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO, PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT INERTIA DEVICE DID NOT LOCK. FAILURE OF PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT ALLOWED PASSENGER TO BE THROWN FORWARD, STRIKING LEGS IN DASH AND HEAD HITTING WINDSHIELD. CONSUMER SUSTAINED ALOT OF BRUISING AND SWELLING, BUT DID NOT SUFFER SERIOUS INJURY. ALSO, DRIVER HAD SOME BRUISING AND CUTS. BOTH ARE UNDERGOING PHYSICAL THERAPY. *AK *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832231December 14, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
OVERDRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES WITH NO CORRECTION TO THE PROBLEM. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE INTIAL PROBLEM WAS THE OD LIGHT WAS BLINKING, WHEN THE LIGHT BLINKED THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND SHIFT VERY HARD. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH OR MORE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832198December 11, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. AFTERWARDS, THE TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM SHIFTING GEARS. DEALER STATES THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832051December 9, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE. ALSO, VEHICLE WOULD JERK INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION, NOTICED A HOLD LIGHT WOULD COME ON THE PANEL, BUT DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT MEANT. DEALER/MFR WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701214December 8, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR/DOWNSHIFTS INAPPROPRIATELY, WITHOUT WARNING. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. DEALERSHIP IS AT A LOSS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#542912December 7, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
RECALL REPAIR WORK ON THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER DENIED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#542918December 7, 1998
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, SEATS
DOOR TRIM PANEL FALLING OFF ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831838December 4, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
THE WARNING LIGHT FOR AIR BAG KEEPS COMING ON. TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS FRIED. NO OTHER WARNING WAS GIVEN EXCEPT THE BLINKING OF THE LIGHT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831585December 2, 1998
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SEAT BELTS:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
FRONT SEAT BELT DOESN'T WORK AUTOMATICALLY WHEN GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE, AND HAVING TO PUT THE SEAT BELT AROUND DRIVER'S BODY. THE CONSUMER IS ALSO HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE REVERSE LIGHTS AND OTHER LIGHTS. THEY COME ON AND OFF WHENEVER THEY WANT TO, AND THE CONSUMER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. THE BRAKE SYSTEM HAS ALSO CAUSED PROBLEMS. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831369November 25, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
COLLISION WAS CAUSE BY LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO ENGINE STALLING. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM THE MFR. CONCERNING MAZDA/TIMING BELT # 98V-206.001. CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF VEHICLE STALLING AND THEN BEING OUT OF CONTROL. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831240November 24, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, JERKING INTO GEAR, ETC. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831271November 24, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
FRONT BRAKE PADS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. *AK THE ROTORS HAS BEEN TURNED. THREE PAIR OF BRAKE SHOES REPLACED WITHIN MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831199November 23, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE LEAVING PARKING LOT WHEN THE AIR BAG SUDDENLY DEPLOYED. DID NOT HIT ANY BUMPS OR ANOTHER VEHICLE. CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE DUE TO LACK OF VISIBILITY & WENT INTO A DITCH. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831030November 18, 1998
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH HEADLIGHTS, AS WELL AS TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. WHILE DRIVING, HEADLIGHTS KEPT GOING OUT INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830939November 17, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
ALTERNATOR BELT PREMATURELY BROKE AND SLIPPED ONTO THE TIMING BELT, CAUSING IT TO BREAK WHICH RESULTED IN THE BENDING OF THE VALVES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830948November 17, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
A MALFUNCTION OCCURS WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO FLICKER AND THE VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. CAUSE UNKNOWN. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DISTRIBUTOR WAS REPLACED, BUT HAS NOT REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700666November 16, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
EXCESSIVE GRINDING NOISE OF FRONT BRAKES. REPLACED TWICE. BOTH TIMES ROTORS WERE REPORTED WARPED. ROTORS AND CALIPERS REPLACED FIRST TIME. SAME PROBLEM RECURRED 1 YEAR LATER. TRANSMISSION FAILURE STARTED WITH SUBTLE RUBBING SOUND ON DRIVER FRONT. ESCALATED TO POPPING NOISE WHILE DRIVE/REVERSE GEAR ENGAGED. SURGE/STALL WHILE AT STOP. REQUIRED COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT (NON-WARRANTIED!)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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