Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#10160165June 19, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR WAS LOSING SPEED EVEN THOUGH MY FOOT WAS ON THE GAS PEDAL. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF FOR A MOMENT AND THEN PUSHED ON THE GAS PEDAL AGAIN HOPING TO REGAIN SPEED. I DID NOT REGAIN ANY SPEED, AND IT CONTINUED TO DROP. I WAS ABLE TO GET A BREAK IN TRAFFIC WHERE I COULD TURN INTO A SMALL PARKING LOT TO REMOVE MYSELF FROM TRAFFIC. AS I BEGAN TO MAKE THE TURN I NOTICED THAT I HAD LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND HAD TO TURN THE CAR MANUALLY. WHEN I GOT INTO THE PARKING LOT, I HAD HELP ATTEMPTING TO JUMP THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF THAT WAS THE PROBLEM, BUT NOTHING WORKED. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC. AS THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TIMING BELT HAD "JUMPED". THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE TENSIONER SPRING BREAKING. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2000, THIS PART (TENSIONER SPRING) WAS RECALLED FOR DOING EXACTLY WHAT IT DID ON MY CAR. THE RECALL NUMBER IS 00V134000. I SPOKE WITH THE MAZDA DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE PART WAS RECALLED FOR MY CAR, BUT NOT FOR MY VIN. MY VIN IS:[XXX]. I WAS APPALLED THAT THE PART WAS RECALLED FOR MY CAR, FOR DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE BULLETIN SAID IT WOULD DO, BUT THAT MY VIN IS NOT COVERED. HOW CAN THIS BE SO? *NM UPDATED 07/16/2012*JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
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#10159897June 15, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE GEARED DOWN SUDDENLY. THE CONTACT PULLED OFF OF THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SHOP. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AT THE SHOP DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REBUILT. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THESE VEHICLES. UPDATED 7/13/2006 - *NM
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#10159774June 14, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
O/D OFF LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. TOOK VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER AND THEY RAN A DIAGNOSIS. THEY FOUND A DST P01718 FAILURE - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE CAUSING OVERHEAT CONDITION. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS IT WILL FAIL. IT IS A 2000 MAZDA 626 WITH ONLY 58000 MILES ON IT. *JB
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#10159778June 14, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT
I JUST FINISHED PAYING FOR THE SECOND TRANSMISSION IN MY 1998 MAZDA 626. THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WENT 93,000 MILES BEFORE COMPLETE FAILURE. THAT UNIT WAS REPLACED WITH A USED TRANSMISSION AND IT FAILED AT 105,000 MILES. I HAD THE SECOND FAILURE REBUILT AT A COST OF $2,100, THE FIRST USED TRANSMISSION COST $1,700 TO REPLACE. *JB
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#10159684June 13, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 2000 MAZDA 626, FOR THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE MONTGOMERY MAZDA (CHARLOTTE, NC) DEALERSHIP TWICE AND IT IS STILL NOT REPAIRED. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT, I CLEARLY TOLD THEM THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACT AS IF IT IS TRYING TO CHANGE GEARS BUT CAN'T (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND I AM ALREADY IN GOING 45 MPH SO IT SHOULD BE IN THE 5TH GEAR) THE RPMS GO UP TO 4 AND THEN IT JERKS (HARD) WHEN IT CATCHES UP AND THE RPMS DROP. THEY CLAIMED THAT IT NEEDED A TUNE UP, NEW SPARK PLUG WIRES (I ALREADY REPLACED THESE TWICE) AND A NEW FUEL FILTER. I SPENT $356 TO GET ALL OF THIS DONE AND ON THE WAY TO WORK THE CAR DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. I CALLED THEM BACK AND TOLD THEM THAT THE PROBLEM WAS STILL NOT FIXED AND THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT COULD BE. I TOOK THE CAR BACK AGAIN THAT FOLLOWING MONDAY AT 7:30 AM (ORIGINALLY TOOK IT THERE ON THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2006) AND THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE AND FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. AFTER WAITING FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS I CALLED SINCE I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING FROM THEM AND ANOTHER SERVICE PERSON TOLD ME THAT MY CAR HAD JUST BEEN SITTING THERE. WHEN I WENT TO PICK IT UP, THEN THEY TOLD ME THAT IT MIGHT BE THE ENGINE RELAY OR MAYBE THE TRANSMISSION. I ASKED THEM IF THEY CHECKED IT THEY STATED NO. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THE PERSON STATED THAT IT WAS LOW ON TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM BUT AFTER THEY FIXED THAT THE CAR WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. I LOOKS AS IF I WILL NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. EVERY MECHANIC I HAVE TALKED TO SINCE THINKS IT IS THE TRANSMISSION, I FOUND THAT MAZDA RELEASED A BULLETIN TELLING THE THEIR MECHANICS WHAT TO DO IF OD OFF LIGHT IS FLASHING AFTER LONG DRIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND THE MAZDA SERVICE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T EVEN MENTION IT AND I CLEARING TOLD THEM THAT IT ONLY DOES IT AFTER I HAVE BEEN RIDING FOR A WHILE. *NM
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#10159698June 13, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FAULTY COMPONENT CAUSES LOW PUMP VOLUME IN TRANSMISSION, WHICH ULTIMATELY LEADS TO OVERHEATING AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE HAS LITERALLY COME TO A STOP ON THE INTERSTATE, CAUSING DRIVERS TO EVADE HITTING MY CAR. *NM
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#10159705June 13, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTO WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW, THREE MONTHS LATER, THE TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER AND WIRING WAS REPLACED. THREE YEARS LATER , THE TRANSMISSION HAS PACKED UP AGAIN. *NM
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#10159759June 13, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 75,000 MILES. *JB
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#10159615June 12, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1) DRIVING ON LOCAL AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 HRS, TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHIFTING IRREGULARLY AND ERRATICALLY. SOMETIMES IT WOULD SKIP A SHIFT, OR DOWNSHIFT SUDDENLY CAUSING VEHICLE TO LURCH TO A STOP, OR SLOWER SPEED. 2) TOOK CAR TO MAZDA DEALER. HIS DIAGNOSIS WAS COMPLETE AND TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY ANOTHER INDEPENDENT. THERE WAS NO FIX AVAILABLE OTHER THAN A COMPLETE REBUILD. THERE WAS NO ADVANCE WARNING OR EARLIER SIGNS OF TROUBLE. 3) HAD TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY REBUILT. COST WAS $2,000 PLUS COST OF A RENTAL CAR. *JB
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#10159503June 10, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1) CAR CONSTANTLY SHAKING WHEN STOPPED, WHILE IN GEARS 2) TRANSMISSION FAILURE 3) TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. *JB
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#10158964June 5, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WITHOUT WARNING, THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 MAZDA 626, V6 2.5L EFI, QUIT SHIFTING INTO 4TH GEAR. THERE IS NO MENTION IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL OF A TIME FRAME TO CHECK THE FLUIDS. HOWEVER, I HAVE LOOKED ON THE NET, AND I CERTAINLY DO NOT SEEM TO BE THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS PROBLEM. MY WIFE AND I JUST MOVED TO A NEW TOWN. THIS LEAVES US WITH NO VEHICLE TO GET BACK AND FORTH FROM WORK. SO NOW WE MUST RENT A CAR OUT OF POCKET TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. JUST TO PAY THE $1500 TO FIX IT. AS OF YET, WE HAVE NOT TAKEN IT TO GET FIXED B/C WERE WAITING ON A RIDE TO THE CAR RENTAL. *NM
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#10158762June 1, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE/ TRANSMISSION MOUNT FAILURE ON MY 2000 MAZDA 625 4 CYLINDER AUTO. MILEAGE 117,000. OVERHAUL COSTS $2300 TWO MONTHS AGO REPLACED CV JOINTS. THIS IS PREMATURE FAILURE IN MY OPINION. MOST VEHICLES EXCEED 160,000 BEFORE THEY START HAVING THIS TYPE OF FAILURE. *JB
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#10158760June 1, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 1997 MAZDA 626 HAS GONE OUT AND WOULD NOT APPEAR TO BE AS A RESULT OF ANY ABUSE ON MY PART. MY DAUGHTER HAD BEEN DRIVING THE CAR WHEN THE OVER DRIVE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND THE MOTOR WAS REVVING HIGHER THAN NORMAL. AFTER VISITING A MAZDA DEALERSHIP IN FT. BRAGG, NC THEY ESTIMATE THE COST TO BE APPROXIMATELY $3,600.00. AFTER CONSULTING A NATIONALLY KNOWN TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP, I HAVE FOUND THAT THESE TRANSMISSIONS WERE DEFECTIVE TO BEGIN WITH IN THAT THEY WERE COMPLETELY UNDERSIZED FOR THE MOTORS THEY WERE ATTACHED TO. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH COUNTLESS MAZDAS I NOW KNOW AND MAZDA HAS NOT AND WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. THIS WAS AN APPARENT DESIGN PROBLEM. TO HAVE ONE OF THEIR DEALERSHIPS TRYING CHARGE AN EXORBITANT PRICE FOR REPAIRING THE DEFECT IS SLAP IN THE FACE TO THE PUBLIC WHEN ANOTHER TRANSMISSION SHOP CAN REPAIR IT FOR APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE MAZDAS PRICE. THE PROBLEM IS SO BAD, I UNDERSTAND, THAT NO ONE WILL INSTALL A USED TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE USED ONES ARE JUST AS BAD. YOU HAVE TO REPAIR THE ONE YOU HAVE UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE EXTORTED INTO BUYING A NEW ONE FROM A DEALERSHIP THAT IS STILL UNDERSIZED FOR ITS PRIMARY USE. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT MAZDA IS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND IS DOING ITS BEST TO HIDE IT. GIVEN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS I'VE WITNESSED ON VARIOUS WEBSITES AND FORUMS ETC.. IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT MAZDA NEEDS TO BE CALLED ON THE CARPET FOR SELLING KNOWN DEFECTIVE MACHINERY. ITS AMAZING HOW MOST OF THESE FAILURES OCCUR JUST OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. I REALIZE THAT I MAY NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY TYPE OF COMPENSATION FOR MY CAR'S PROBLEM GIVEN ITS MILEAGE, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE IF SOMEONE COULD FORCE MAZDA TO RECONCILE ITS MARKETING OF DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE FROM HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS MENTALITY. *JB
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#10159457June 1, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
1999 626 STALLED DUE TO A FAILURE IN THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER. *TS THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SAME MAKE MODEL AND YEAR SHE HAS. *JB
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#10158711May 31, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1. 2001 MAZDA 626 --- TRANSMISSION FAILURE. 2. AAMCO #4660-- KEPT MY CAR FOR 2 WEEKS. DIFFERENT STORY/EXCUSE FOR JOB NOT BEING COMPLETED. DIDN'T PUT IT BACK PROPERLY, ENDED UP WITH ENGINE LIGHT ON, TRANSMISSION FLUID SPILL ON RIGHT SIDE LEAKING DOWN ON THE GROUND; HOSE NOT CONNECTED & CAUSE FOR A 2ND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *JB
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#10158543May 30, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED IN EARLY 2003 WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER THE 3 YEAR/36,000 MILE WARRANTY (IT HAD ABOUT 33,000 MILES ON IT). THE PROBLEM WAS THE ONE OUTLINED IN THE MAZDA TSB # 0500502. I HAD THE FLUID COOLER INSTALLED AT THAT TIME AS WELL AS A REPLACEMENT FACTORY REFURBISHED FORD/MAZDA TRANSMISSION (THE DEALERSHIP SOLUTION). I WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY MORE PROBLEMS FOR THE LIFE OF THE (NEW) TRANSMISSION, WHICH I TOOK TO MEAN THAT IT WOULD LAST ABOUT 100-120,000 MILES. WELL, HERE I AM, LESS THAN 50,000 MILES LATER AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD A MAJOR FAILURE. WITHOUT WARNING, THE CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A SOUND I CAN ONLY LIKEN TO TIN CANS IN A TUMBLER. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES, THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID ON THE GROUND. A GOOD MECHANIC WILL REBUILD IT FOR $2800. THAT IS MORE THAN HALF THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE (~$5000). THIS DEFECT IS APPARENTLY MUCH MORE THAN A SIMPLE MATTER OF KEEPING THE TRANSMISSION COOL, IT IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS THE MECHANICALS OF THE TRANSMISSION AND HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH THE OPERATING TEMPERATURE OF THE FLUID. SINCE THE WARRANTY ON THE CAR HAS EXPIRED, AS WELL AS THE WARRANTY ON THE WORK THE DEALERSHIP DID 3 YEARS AGO TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM INITIALLY, I AM STUCK WITH A HUGE REPAIR BILL AND NO DESIRE TO OWN THE CAR. WHEN THE REPAIR IS COMPLETE, I WILL BE SELLING THE CAR. *JB
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#10158602May 30, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE IDLES TO LOW DUE TO THE AIR FLOW RATIO. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 97V228000, REGARDING THE FUEL SYSTEM GASOLINE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.*AK
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#10158488May 29, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2001 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY WENT BAD ON THE INTERSTATE. MY HUSBAND KNOWS A SALVAGE YARD OWNER AND HE SAYS HE CAN'T KEEP THEM IN STOCK BECAUSE THEY ARE NOTORIOUSLY BAD. IT ONLY HAS 79K MILES ON IT. THIS IS SO WRONG ON A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. I SEE THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. MAZDA CORP. DOESN'T SEEM TO BE INTERESTED IN ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR SHORTCOMINGS. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AT THE DEALER. I WON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF PURCHASING A MAZDA AGAIN. *NM
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#10158451May 28, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ON MARCH 27TH 2005, I WAS RETURNING FROM A 4 HOUR TRIP WHEN THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT ON MY DASH STARTED FLASHING, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO OVERDRIVE AND SMOKE BEGAN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, TRANSMISSION FLUID COVERED MY ENGINE. I STOPPED TO ALLOW FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO COOL, IT WAS FINE AFTER THIS. THE SAME THING HAPPENED 7 MONTHS AGO. AT THAT TIME I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID REPLACED. MAZDA DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE MAZDA TRANSMISSION WERE KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEM, THAT ON LONG TRIPS AT ROADWAY SPEEDS THEY TEND TO OVERHEAT AND SHOULD HAVE A TRANSMISSION COOLER INSTALLED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED, MY FLUID HAS ONLY 5000 MILES ON IT. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS TO CONTINUE HAPPENING, OR HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. MAZDA/FORD, WHOEVER, SHOULD BE REPLACING ALL THESE TRANSMISSIONS. *JB
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#10158311May 26, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE A 2000 MAZDA 626 6 CYLINDER AND FOR SOME REASON IT HAS STARTED TO JUST PERIODICALLY CUT OFF WHEN AT A STOP, FEELS LIKE IF I HIT MY BRAKES A CERTAIN WAY, IT WILL CUT OFF. I HAVE ALSO HEARD 2 OTHER PEOPLE WITH SAME VEHICLE WITH LIKE PROBLEM. PLEASE ADVISE IF ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE ABOVE. *JB
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