Mazda 626 Complaints (1999)

318 consumer complaints on file.

#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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#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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#10156760May 3, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE CHAIN IN THE TRANSMISSION IS "BREAKING" OFF THE TEETH OF THE SPROCKETS. CAR SPUTTERING AND JERKING. MAKES A CLICKING/POPPING SOUND. HAVE CONTACTED MAZDA ONLY TO BE TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. *JB
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#10155647April 18, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE, AUTOMATIC WITH 4 CYL MAZDA 626 1999. *NM
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#10154691April 6, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN FAULTY. AWARE THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON AS EACH TRANSMISSION SHOP THAT I HAVE CALLED FOR REPAIR DETAILED EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS DOING BEFORE I EVEN TOLD THEM ABOUT IT. REPAIR COST OF $2000 WITH ADDITION OF TRANSMISSION COOLER AND 12 MONTH WARRANTY WERE FAIRLY COSTLY AND WARRANTS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. *JB
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#10154710April 6, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
RUMBLING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD; MALFUNCTIONING BRAKE SYSTEM. *JB
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#10154562April 4, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FAULTY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MAZDA 626. THIS WILL BE MY SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. BOTH TRANSMISSIONS BEGAN SLIPPING AND OVERHEATING MANY MILES BEFORE FAILURE. THE DEALER NEVER INFORMED ME OF ANY BULLETINS OR PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS. *NM
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#10153711March 25, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY WIFE WAS ENROUTE FROM WORK TO HOME WHEN THE 626 STARTED LOSING SPEED. IT WOULDN'T PULL-OFF FROM STOP LIGHT. UNEVENTFULLY IT WOULD MOVE FOR THE DISTANCE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD AND QUIT IN HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC. I TOOK IT OUT FOR A DRIVE AND BARELY MADE IT BACK HOME. THE TRANSMISSION WILL DISENGAGE AND ENGAGE FROM TIME TO TIME. *JB
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#10153257March 20, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED A MAZDA 626 (1999 MODEL). THE TRANSMISSION IS NOW OVERHEATING. THIS IS SUCH A PREVALENT PROBLEM THAT MAZDA NEEDS TO PAY FOR IT. PUTTING A FORD TRANSMISSION IN A BIG MAZDA WAS A HUGE MISTAKE AND THEN NEED TO MAKE RESTITUTION FOR THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THOSE OF US WHO GOT DUPED MUST PAY. BOTTOM LINE: THEY MANUFACTURED TICKING TIME BOMBS AND ALL TRANSMISSION REBUILDS DO IS ADD A FEW SECONDS TO THE BOMB COUNTER. *NM
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#10152064March 6, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT; FAILURE TO ENGAGE AND OVERHEATING WHEN RUNNING; HAD TO HAVE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY REBUILT AT 85K MILES. *NM
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#10151687March 3, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
1999 MAZDA 626 -COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN MARCH,2003. REPLACED WITH REBUILT TRANSMISSION FOR $2048.00 - JAN-2006 - COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AGAIN. I HAVE ALSO REPLACED CATALYTIC CONVERTER TWICE, WITHIN ONE YEARS TIME. *NM
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#10151441February 28, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AT AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE EXTERNAL SPRING IN THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER BROKE. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, #00V134000, REGARDING THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.
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#10150680February 20, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
REFER TO ODI 10150361. WANT TO CLARIFY THAT PURCHASED VEHICLE NEW 6-28-99. TRANS WENT OUT AT 87000 MILES. HAD REBUILT. NEVER SHIFTED CORRECTLY WHEN NEW. EVEN WORSE AFTER REBUILD. REVERSE SHIFTED VERY ROUGHLY AFTER VERY APPARENT PAUSE. CALLED MAZDA DEALERSHIP PURCHASED FROM, THEY DIDN'T CARE. SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. HAD REBUILT 23 MONTHS AGO. ALREADY WENT OUT AT CHRISTMAS 2005. HAD REBUILT. LASTED TWO DAYS - RETURNED TO TRANS SHOP. WENT BACK TO THE SHOP TODAY FOR THE 5TH TIME SINCE WAS "REBUILT" AGAIN AT CHRISTMAS. NO ONE DROVE THE CAR/SAT IN DRIVEWAY AFTER PICKED UP THE LAST TIME. DECIDED TO TAKE THROUGH CAR WASH TODAY, AND DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY - SO NO CAR WASH. WANTED TO GET IT READY TO TRADE OFF, AND TRANS STARTED SLIPPING AND JERKING AGAIN. O/D LIGHT FLASHING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AGAIN. WON'T SHIFT INTO REVERSE. SAME THING AGAIN. I CERTAINLY WISH I WAS A MILLIONAIRE AND I WOULD PURSUE A LAWSUIT AGAINST FORD AND MAZDA FOR THEIR "EXPENSIVE JUNK" CARS! MY CAR HAS ALWAYS HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE, OIL CHANGES, TUNE-UPS, ETC. IT HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED AND STILL LOOKS LIKE BRAND NEW INSIDE AND OUT. TOO BAD IT'S NOT RELIABLE. JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID HERE, WORD OF MOUTH, SAYING THEY WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER MAZDA OR FORD AGAIN. THE SAME DEFINITELY GOES FOR ME. SO, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS I'VE SPENT OVER $4000 FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIRS, AND IT STILL WON'T RUN CORRECTLY! I'M JUST FED UP!*JB
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#10150361February 15, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE BEGAN JERKING, AND THEN THE REVERSE WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. LESS THAN TWO YEARS LATER, THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY AND THE REVERSE FAILED AGAIN. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT A SECOND TIME. THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN JERKING LESS THAN A WEEK LATER.
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#10149570February 6, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED THIS 1999 MAZDA 626 USED IN NOVEMBER 2002. I HAD THE DEALER CHECK THE CAR TO MAKE SURE ALL WAS OKAY; THEY SAID YES. A FEW MONTHS LATER, WITH 3 PEOPLE IN THE CAR AND SOME LUGGAGE FOR THE WEEKEND, WE EMBARKED ON A TRIP. TWO HOURS INTO THE TRIP AT SPEEDS NO HIGHER THAN 75 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BLEW. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MAZDA DEALER WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT DRIVING AT SUCH HIGH SPEEDS (70 TO 80 MPH) FOR 2 HOURS WITH 3 PEOPLE IN THE CAR WAS TOO MUCH FOR THE MAZDA 626. I DID HAVE THEM PUT IN A TRANSMISSION AND A TRANSMISSION COOLER WHICH WE FOUND OUT WAS NOT STANDARD FOR THE 1999 626. IT WAS QUITE DIFFICULT TO DO, BUT MAZDA AGREED TO PAY PART OF THE COST. INTERESTINGLY, WHEN I CALLED TO SPEAK TO THE MECHANIC WHO INFORMED US OF THE MISSING TRANSMISSION COOLER ABOUT 1 WEEK AFTER THE CAR BROKE DOWN, HE NO LONGER WORKED THERE. ANYHOW, TO NOTE I DID PUT THIS INFORMATION IN AT THE TIME, BUT I NOTICED TODAY MY COMPLAINT WAS NOT IN THE SYSTEM. MOVING ON, IT IS ONE THING AFTER THE OTHER ON THIS CAR. I REALLY WANT TO GET RID OF IT, BUT I DO NOT EVEN WANT TO IMAGINE PUTTING SOMEBODY ELSE THROUGH THIS. I HAVE PUT MORE MONEY INTO REPAIRS IN A COUPLE YEARS, THAN I EVER DID WITH THE SATURN. THIS IS MY THIRD CAR AND THE ONE WITH THE MOST PROBLEMS. MY FIRST WAS A USED DODGE K, AND MY SECOND, A WONDERFUL SATURN SL1. I THOUGHT I WAS MOVING UP IN THE AUTO WORLD WHEN PURCHASING THE MAZDA. SORRY TO SAY, I DO NOT HAVE GOOD REPORTS ABOUT THE COMPANY. IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR PARTS THEY KNOW ARE FAULTY. IT APPEARS FROM OTHER REPORTS THEY WERE/ARE AWARE OF THIS. IF ANYONE FROM MAZDA IS READING THIS, CONSIDER THE KIND OF PRESS UNHAPPY CONSUMERS ARE GIVING YOUR COMPANY. I AM SURE OTHERS AGREE, WHEN MAZDA IS READY TO MAKE THIS RIGHT, WE WILL BE QUITE HAPPY TO ALSO GIVE POSITIVE REPORTS OF THE COMPANY. WHEN A COMPANY CARES ABOUT THEIR PRODUCT AND THE CONSUMER, THEY DO ALL THEY CAN TO ASSURE QUALITY PRODUCT AND SERVICE. THANK YOU.*JB
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#10149321February 2, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IF ONLY I DID MORE RESEARCH ON THE 626! WIFE DROVE 30 MILES WITH NO PROBLEM. HAD PREVIOUSLY REPLACED CABLE LINKAGE FOR THE TRANSMISSION. WIFE TRIES TO PUT CAR IN REVERSE, BUT COULDN'T. O/D LIGHT FLICKERING ON AND OFF , FLUID COMING OUT OF DIP STICK ONTO MOTOR. MECHANIC SAYS THE TRANS IS COMPLETELY GONE OR SOME ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *JB
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#10149154January 31, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
SEVERAL MONTH BACK, AFTER 2 HOURS OF A 3 HOUR TRIP ON I-77, THE O/D OFF LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING ON MY 1999 MAZDA 626. IT REMAINED IN THE OD (4TH) GEAR, BUT I SLOWED DOWN ANYWAY AS I THOUGHT THIS MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO W/ OVERHEATING. AFTER CHECKING WITH MY NEIGHBOR (HAS HIS OWN TRANSMISSION SHOP) HE NOTED INHERENT PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL TRANSMISSION, AND THAT IT WAS LIKELY DUE TO OVERHEATING. THIS WAS AT AROUND 96,000 MILES. NOW, AT 104,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED COMPLETELY. AT FIRST, IT WAS SLIPPING ON THE HIGHWAY. THEN IT WOULD ONLY GO FORWARD IF SHIFTED INTO 1, 2, OR DRIVE, BUT NOT OVERDRIVE. LASTLY, IT LOST ALL FORWARD POWER WHILE ALMOST AT THE TOP OF A HILL AT A RED LIGHT. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST IN REVERSE DOWN THE HILL AND INTO A PARKING LOT, LET THE TRANNY COOL, AND GET A POLICE ESCORT TO MY APARTMENT 4 BLOCKS AWAY (IN REVERSE), UP A ONE WAY STREET. REPLACEMENT COSTS PER MY TRANSMISSION GUY (FOR A USED TRANNY) AROUND $1000 + LABOR.*JB
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#10148382January 23, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
THE O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. STOPPED AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT ON TRANSMISSION FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I FILLED THE TRANS BACK UP AND IT ALL LEAKED OUT WITHIN FIVE MINUTES. THE FLUID IS COMING OUT OF THE VENT TUBE. I WILL BE TAKING IT TO GET IT FIXED. THIS IS ONE OF MANY PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR. JUST REPLACED THE COOLING LINES THAT RUSTED IN HALF!*AK
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#10146892January 4, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 99 MAZDA 626 W/ 120K MILES ON IT. ON NEW YEARS DAY I WAS DRIVING HOME ON A HIGHWAY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER THE CAR STARTED REVVING UP PERSISTENTLY. IT SEEMED LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. QUICKLY THE CAR ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL IN ALL THE GEARS. THERE WAS ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO GET THE CAR TO A SIDE ROAD. LUCKILY I WAS NEARLY HOME. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION PLACE TO GET LOOKED AT. THE FINAL QUOTE WAS ABOUT $3000 DOLLARS. SUPPOSEDLY THE TRANSMISSION PUMP WENT OUT AND THE TRANNY BURNED UP. THE TORQUE CONVERTER, SOLENOID BLOCK, 4 GEARS, AND ALL THE BUSHINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED. I THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST BAD LUCK BUT AFTER CHECKING ONLINE I FOUND THAT TRANSMISSION FAILURES WERE COMMON FOR 93-2001 MAZDA 626'S. APPARENTLY THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ENOUGH COMPLAINTS OR PUBLICITY FOR MAZDA TO ISSUE A RECALL, YET THEY STOPPED PRODUCING THE VEHICLE DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *JB
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#10146700January 2, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
(1) THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AT 120000 MILES WHEN ACCELERATING HARD (2) I HAD THE CAR CHECKED OUT PRIOR TO DEPARTING FOR MY CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP FROM FL TO CA, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT I DID NOT HAVE THE TIME NOR MONEY TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION; I HAD TO TAKE MY CHANCES AND BARELY MADE IT. THE CAR NOW CANNOT BE DRIVEN, IT CANNOT MAKE IT UP A HILL, AND I'M STUCK WITH NO TRANSPORTATION. (3) NOTHING HAS YET BEEN DONE; I'LL BE DROPPING THE CAR OFF EITHER AT A MECHANIC TO GET IT FIXED (IF I CAN GET A CREDIT CARD) OR AT A DEALER AS A TRADE-IN FOR ANOTHER CAR. *NM
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