Mazda 626 Complaints (1996)

359 consumer complaints on file.

#10162479July 15, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BROUGHT MY 1996 MAZDA 626 INTO HOEHN MAZDA OF CARLSBAD, CA FOR A SPECIFIC CODE (P0441-EVAP EMISSIONS CONTROL-INCORRECT PURGE FLOW). THE DEALERSHIP MECHANIC PULLED A CODE OF P0741- SLIPPING TORQUE CONVERTER. THEY SAID I WOULD NEED A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT (WHICH WOULD BE THE THIRD OR FOURTH FOR THIS VEHICLE). I STATED THAT MAY BE A PROBLEM SINCE THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT HAD BEEN BLINKING AND ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THESE PARTICULAR TRANSMISSIONS. SOON AFTER I CHECKED MY CAR'S VIN NUMBER ON CARFAX AND NOTICED A NOTE PLACED BY MAZDA THAT THIS CAR HAD NO RECALLS ON IT. HOEHN MAZDA TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A GOOD THING AS IT MEANT THAT MY PARTICULAR TYPE CAR WAS OK. I INTERPRETED IT TO MEAN THAT THIS WAS A WARNING TO DEALERSHIPS NOT TO DO ANY "FREE WORK" ON MY MAZDA. THESE FORD TRANSMISSIONS (CD4E) REALLY DO NEED A RECALL. I BELIEVE THE FIX IS A BETTER PUMP (SONNAX) AND HAVE SEEN MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION OVER THE YEARS. I JUST WANT TO ADD MY OWN COMPLAINT AND DISSATISFACTION WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEALERSHIPS TREATMENT OF A CUSTOMER. THEY NEVER DIAGNOSED THE ORIGINAL P0441 COMPLAINT AND CHARGED ME $88 FOR THE ADVICE ON REPLACING MY TRANSMISSION. HOW WAS THIS TRANSMISSION TREATED? FLUID CHANGE ANNUALLY OR EVEN MORE OFTEN; DRIVEN EXTREMELY GENTLY, AND FAILED LIKE CLOCKWORK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10162288July 13, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION ON A USED MAZDA 626 4 CYLINDER. (1996) FAILED AT 112K MILES. BOUGHT CAR USED AT 108K MILES, GOD KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES IT WAS REPLACED BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161921July 9, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY CAR HAS A LITTLE LESS THAN 90,000 MILES. EVERY TIME I DRIVE THIS CAR FOR MORE THAN 30 MILES OR SO, SOMETIMES LESS IF HAVING TO SPEED AND SLOW OFTEN, MY OVER DRIVE LIGHT BEGINS TO FLASH WHICH ALSO MAKES THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT ERRATICALLY. IF I PULL OVER AND RESTART THE ENGINE TO STOP THE LIGHT FROM FLASHING AND IT BEGINS TO FLASH AGAIN SHORTLY AFTER MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL ALSO COMES ON. NORMALLY AFTER A WEEK OR SO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL TURN OFF BY ITSELF. MY HUSBAND AND I HAD THE THROTTLE BODY CLEANED ABOUT A YEAR AGO THINKING THAT WAS THE PROBLEM WHEN ONE DAY MY CAR DECIDED WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT THAT I COULD NOT KEEP AN IDLE STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP THE MOTOR RUNNING AND I THEN HAVE HAD TO START PLACING MY CAR IN NEUTRAL FOR STOP LIGHTS AND REV THE ENGINE WHILE THE LIGHT WAS RED TO KEEP FROM STALLING. WE HAVE NOT REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, THOUGH I AM AWARE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE LONG BEFORE NOW. WE SIMPLY DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR FOR MORE THAN 20 MILES AT A TIME. IF WE ARE GOING 30 MILES OR MORE, I HAVE TO STOP HALF WAY TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF FOR SEVERAL MINUTES TO LET THE TRANSMISSION REST. I FEEL THAT MAZDA HAS BEEN COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE, UNETHICAL, AND RECKLESS IN ALLOWING LOYAL CUSTOMERS TO CONTINUE TO LOOSE FAITH IN MAZDA'S QUALITY OF STANDARDS. I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE LOSS IN AMOUNT OF PROFITS AND BUSINESS FOR YEARS OF PAST AND YEARS TO COME WOULD EASILY OUTWEIGH THE DAMPER TO PROFITS THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED FROM DOING THE RIGHT THING AND COMPENSATING MAZDA OWNERS FOR THE HARD SHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A MUCH NEEDED RECALL AND LACK THERE OF. MY HUSBAND AND I NOW ARE IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW VEHICLE, MOST LIKELY AN SUV, AND WHILE MAZDA BEFORE NOW WAS OUR FIRST VEHICLE MAKE OF CHOICE, IT WILL NOW NOT ONLY BE LAST BUT MAZDA WILL NOT BE AN OPTION AT ALL. AS I ASSUME OTHERS HAVE COME TO THE SAME TERMS, WE WILL NOT PLACE TRUST IN A VEHICLE USED TO TRANSPORT OUR CHILDREN THAT WE CAN NOT RELY ON FOR SAFETY AND DEPENDABILITY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161461July 5, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 98K MILES. NEEDE TO BE REPLACED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10160938June 27, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE 1996 MAZDA 626 LX, 4 CYLINDER. AT 100,000 (IN 2004) TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. I GOT NEW ONE WITH 30,000 MILES ON IT. IT LASTED ONLY 10,000 MILES MORE. MY FRIEND WITH A MAZDA 626 FROM 1996 HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AFTER ONLY 50,000 MILES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10160404June 21, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH A AUTOMATIC 1996 MAZDA 626 2.0 LITER 4 CYL. WE BOUGHT THE CAR WITH SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. SO WE BRING IT HOME AND IT WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR SO WE DECIDE WE HAVE TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. WE GET ON THE INTERNET AND SEARCH FOR ANY RECALLS ON THE TRANNY OR THE CAR AND ON SOME WEBSITES WE FOUND THAT THE TRANNY IS TOO SMALL FOR THAT PARTICULAR MAKE OF CAR AND IT TENDS TO OVERHEAT AND FOUND A TSB THAT SAID THE CAR NEEDED A TRANNY COOLING SYSTEM B/C WHEN IT WOULD OVERHEAT IT WOULD JUST CRASH, AND WE ALSO SAW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM AND THAT THEY HAVE HAD THEIR TRANNY REPLACED 2 OR 3 TIMES B/C OF THE OVERHEATING, AND I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THAT MAZDA WOULD STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT AND HELP EVERYONE OUT THAT IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM B/C WE THINK THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10155278April 13, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 1996 MAZDA 626 FAILED AT 75,000 MILES. MAZDA DEALERS SAID THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE 1996 MODEL 626. I REPLACED TRANSMISSION AT MY OWN COST. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153865March 27, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
TRANSMISSION HAS NOW WENT OUT TWICE IN MY 1996 MAZDA 626 WITHIN A YEAR. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS. IT JUST HAPPENED! CAME TO A LIGHT, STOPPED, LIGHT TURNED GREEN STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND IT ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. ENGINE JUST REVVED UP NOT GOING ANYWHERE. IN A PANIC, I PUSHED THE O/D BUTTON OFF AND IT FINALLY WENT INTO GEAR. THE ONLY TIME I COULD DRIVE IT WITH O/D ON WAS IF I WAS GOING OVER 50 MPH. IN THE MEANTIME. DRIVING WITH IT OFF AROUND TOWN. WHEN YOU STARTED SLOW DOWN ALMOST BEFORE YOU CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR WOULD JUMP LIKE IT WAS DOWN SHIFTING REALLY HARD. WHEN DRIVING IT ON THE HIGHWAY WITH O/D ON...IT WAS FINE UNTIL YOU TRIED TO PASS SOMEONE OR TRIED GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE PASSING GEAR WOULDN'T WORK AND ACTED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL AGAIN. SCARED ME TO DEATH! I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. AFRAID SOMEONE WOULD HIT ME. HUSBAND CHECKED THE TRANS. FLUID,,LOOKED FINE..SO WE TOOK IT IN, TO COTTMANS, BTW..DON'T EVER USE THEM. ENDED UP COSTING US $2800 FOR A REBUILT TRANNY. NOW ITS A YEAR LATER, SPRING BREAK, ME AND MY FAMILY OUT SHOPPING AND WENT TO PASS A CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN!! NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE CUT OUR OUTING SHORT AND WENT HOME. CALLED COTTMANS OF COURSE WOULDN'T HOLD UP TO THE WARRANTY. IT WENT OUT A MONTH TO THE DAY!!! WE ARE NOT GOING TO SHELL OUT MONEY ON THE CAR AGAIN! I HAVE DONE RESEARCH, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND HAVE HAD THEM REBUILT SEVERAL TIMES ONLY FOR IT TO FAIL OVER AND OVER. ALSO, I HAVE READ OTHER THINGS ABOUT THEM. WHICH I THOUGHT WAS MINOR ON MY CAR. BUT AFTER READING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEMS OTHERS HAVE I AM GOING TO LIST THOSE AS WELL. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS, OIL LEAK REAR MAIN SEAL, OXYGEN SENSOR DOESN'T WORK, CV JOINTS BAD. WITH ALL THIS SAID EVEN THOUGH I LOVED MY PAID OFF MAZDA, I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND BUYING A MAZADA. NOW WE ARE STUCK GOING OUT DOING THE DREADFUL CAR SHOPPING IN WHICH ANOTHER MAZADA WILL BE OUT OF THE QUESTION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153249March 20, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION CD4E IS FAULTY. WHY SHOULD MAZDA BE ALLOWED TO GET OFF SCOTT FREE WHILE THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THIS? BECAUSE IT'S NOT VIEWED AS A SAFETY ISSUE? ISSUE A RECALL ON THE CD4E TRANSMISSION. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MORE CLEAR CASE IN NEED OF A RECALL. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
99
Deaths:
99
#10149595February 6, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
FOR THE FIFTH TIME IN THREE YEARS THE TRANSMISSION O/D LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH, WITHIN ONE MINUTE THE TRANSMISSION WHEN IN DRIVE WOULD SKIP FIRST GEAR. IF YOU START IN FIRST GEAR AND MANUALLY SHIFT THE CAR APPEARS OK. JUST OUT OF 2 YEAR WARRANTY WITH LESS THEN 10,000 MILES BETWEEN LAST REPAIR. TRANSMISSION SHOP SAID THAT BECAUSE OF FAILURE HISTORY ON MAZDA 626 AND FORD PROBES THEY COULD NO LONGER SERVICE IN GOOD CONSCIENCE. RECOMMENDED I BRING TO DEALER. AT THIS TIME I CAN NOT AFFORD A 2500- 3000 DOLLAR REPAIR. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10148128January 19, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1996 MAZDA 626 WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS HAD WHAT I CONSIDER EARLY TRANSMISSION FAILURE. FROM WHAT I HAVE FOUND OUT THIS IS VERY COMMON ON THIS MODEL AND YEAR MAZDA AND WAS ADVISED TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10147281January 9, 2006
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE SPLIT OPEN CAUSING THE METAL PIN THAT HOLDS BUCKLE TO THE BELT PORTION TO FALL OUT, CAUSING ENTIRE BUCKLE TO FALL OFF. THE PLASTIC CASING IS THE ONLY THING HOLDING THE PIN IN PLACE BUT THE PLASTIC DRIES OUT WITH AGE AND SPLITS OPEN. REPORTED TO MAZDA, BUT THEY DON'T CARE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10141362November 1, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1996 MAZDA 626 4 CYL WITH CD4E AUTO TRANSMISSION & 110,000 MILES. THE TRANS O/D LOCK LIGHT WILL START TO BLINK. THE TRANS WILL START TO UPSHIFT HARD AND DOWNSHIFT FOR NO REASON. THE DEALER ADVISED THE TRANSMISSION MUST BE REPLACED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10136712September 16, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1996 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS I.E. OD LIGHT FLASHING WHEN CAR IS DRIVEN AT SPEED OF 65 MPH. CAR MUST BE STOPPED, SHUT OFF, AND RESTARTED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, OTHERWISE ONCE SPEED IS DECREASED THE CAR SHIFTS ERRATICALLY. IN A TWO HOUR CAR TRIP, I MAY HAVE TO RESTART CAR 3 OR 4 TIMES OR DRIVE UNDER 60 AT ALL TIMES. I'VE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND THE MAJOR COSTS TO REPAIR, SO I JUST DON'T DRIVE MY CAR ANY LONG DISTANCES AND HAVEN'T FOR YEARS! DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MAZDA ISN'T RECALLING IF THEY KNOW IT'S SUCH A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. I WORRY THAT BECAUSE I HAVE TO DRIVE SLOW, I'LL GET REAR-ENDED ON THE EXPRESSWAY BY SOMEONE GOING THE SPEED LIMIT!! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10136383September 13, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY OVER DRIVE LIGHT HAS BEEN BLINKING LATELY, AND MY WIFE TWO WEEKS AGO HAD THE LIGHT COME ON AND STAY ON WHEN RETURNING FROM A TRIP ON THE INTERSTATE DRIVING ABOUT 72 MPH. AT 121,000 MILES AND REGULAR MAINTENANCE, MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS ABOUT TO COMPLETELY FAIL IN MY 1996 MAZDA 626 LX. DOING ONLINE RESEARCH AND TALKING WITH THE SPECIALTY TRANSMISSION SHOP, I HAVE LEARNED THAT THE ISSUE WITH THE MAZDA TRANSMISSION TYPE CD4E IS WELL KNOWN BY THE COMPANY AND DOCUMENTED IN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS, YET MAZDA HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. I AM LUCKY TO HAVE THIS MANY MILES ON THE CAR, WHERE OTHERS HAVE FAILED MUCH WORSE, BUT AS A CONSUMER THAT DOES NOT DRIVE ABUSIVELY AND THAT REGULARLY (EVERY 30,000 MILES) HAS THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED AND REPLACED AND THE FILTER SERVICED, THIS IS AN EXPENSE THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT MY FAULT. AND GIVEN THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS SINCE THE MID 1990'S, IT IS FRUSTRATING. I AM NOW SPENDING BETWEEN $1500 AND $1800 TO GET A REBUILT TRANSMISSION PUT IN MY CAR, ALONG WITH AN ATX COOLER THAT MAZDA RECOMMENDED IN 2002 BUT DID NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY OR EVEN PROVIDE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO INSTALL.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10135105September 1, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
LOW POWER OUTPUT, THEN FINALLY CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. HAVE NOT REPAIRED YET. CAR STILL IN MY POSSESSION. BURNED UP TRANSMISSION FLUID WITH THREE THOUSAND MILES OF CHANGING. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10134174August 25, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FIRST MY TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING NOW THE OD LIGHT FLASHES WHEN I DRIVE ON THE THRUWAY OR ANY SITUATION WHERE IM GOIN 50MPH OR MORE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR LESS THAN A YEAR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133052August 16, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION ON MY 1996 MAZDA 626 HAS BEEN REPLACED MORE THAT ONCE. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT 50,000 MILES. 30,000 MILES LATER HERE IT GOES AGAIN. THE OVER DRIVE LIGHT BLINKS AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD. THIS PROBLEM IS SYSTEM WIDE ON NEARLY ALL THAT HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130696July 31, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION PUT IN THIS VEHICLE. IT CAUSES THE CAR TO HESITATE IN TRAFFIC AND OVERHEATS. THIS IS THE SECOND 626 I HAVE OWNED. TRANSMISSION WENT IN FIRST ONE AS WELL, CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. HOW SAFE IS THAT? HTTP://WWW.ESTREETJOURNAL.COM/MAZDA.HTM PLEASE READ THAT. THIS IS ONE OF MANY EXPERIENCES THAT SHOW JUST HOW DANGEROUS FORD'S FAULTY TRANSMISSION IS. YOU HAVE RECIEVED HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS. AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS THAT YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED. WHEN IS SOMEONE FINALLY GOING TO STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS???? MAZDA INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD TAKE NO ACTION UNLESS HIGHWAY SAFETLY DEEMED THEIR PORBLEM A HAZARD. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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