Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#10100308November 21, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1) NORMAL DAILY USE (20) MILES TO FROM WORK ON HIGHWAY ROADS 2) TRANSMISSION WON'T WORK 3) COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REMOVAL AND REBUILD REQUIRED. I CAN'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AND COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET ON THIS MAZDA/FORD TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I ALSO CAN'T BELIEVE THIS GOVERNMENT OFFICE HAS STILL NOT ACTED ON IT. SURELY DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE OUR TAX DOLLARS WORKING FOR THE TAX PAYERS HERE. THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF WORN OUT TRANSMISSIONS CAUSED BY FAULTY COOLING DESIGN ON THIS COMBINED USED MAZDA/FORD TRANSMISSIONS MODEL LA4A-EL. MINE IS INSTALLED IN A 1997 MAZDA 626 4 CYLINDER. WILL THIS AGENCY PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THESE COMPLAINTS. THIS IS COSTING HARD WORKING PEOPLE A LOT OF MONEY TO REPLACE THESE TRANSMISSIONS.*AK
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#10100212November 19, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND FAILED ON THE MAZDA 626 V6 1999. *AK
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0
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0
#10100219November 19, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
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0
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0
#10100027November 16, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT A USED 1998 MAZDA 626 ON OCT 8, 2004 AND NOV 15, 2004 THE TRANSMISSION DIED IN IT AND THE DEALER WON'T DO A THING, MAZDA IS DENYING THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND STILL THERE IS NO RECALL FORCED ONTO THE MANUFACTURE. I'M NOT SPENDING $1500 OR MORE, I'M GOING TO TRY TO REBUILD THE TRANNY MYSELF AND BILL MAZDA @ $85/HR PLUS PARTS. WE NEED A CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED. ANY LAWYERS' OUT THERE, PLEASE HELP US. I DON'T WAN'T TO REPAIR THE TRANNY 3 TIMES OR MORE.*AK
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0
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#10098904November 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
MY1999 MAZDA 626 DOES NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY AND THE GARAGES ALL TELL ME THIS IS NORMAL FOR THIS CAR. THEY TELL ME THIS STARTS AS THE CAR GETS OLDER AND IT IS NOT AN EASY FIX AS MAZDA IS HAVING A PROBLEM FIXING THIS.*AK
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No
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098735November 12, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AT 55000 MILES FOR NO REASON. *JB
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No
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Injuries:
0
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#10098771November 12, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 82,000 MILES (ON AN ALREADY REBUILT TRANSMISSION). *JB
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No
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098471November 8, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
3 MAZDA 626'S ONE 1999 AND TWO 2001. THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM TRANSMISSION STARTS SLIPPING AND JUMPING ESPECIALLY IN REVERSE ALL THREE TRANSMISSION HAVE FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED MAZDA SUPPLIED THE TRANSMISSION FOR THE 1999 AT 81,229 MILES I HAD TO PAY FOR INSTALLATION AND A COOLING SYSTEM FOR THE NEW TRANNY. I TOOK THE SECOND ONE TO THE PLACE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE( A WRECK REBUILDING SERVICES) AND THEY INSTALLED A USED TRANNY FOR $1500. THE THIRD IS IN THE SHOP NOW AND MAZDA HAS REFUSED TO HELP. INCIDENT DATES: 1ST 1999 MODEL NOV 11, 2003 2ND 2001 MODEL SEPT 20, 2004 3RD 2001 MODEL IN THE SHOP NOW THIS IS NOV. 8, 2004. *AK
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0
Deaths:
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#10098320November 5, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PURCHASED THE VEHICLE (1996 MAZDA 626) AT 27,000MI ON ODOMETER - TRANSMISSION HAD GONE BAD. BECAUSE IT WAS STILL IN WARRANTEE, THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK IT BACK A FEW TIMES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE OF LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON. NOTHING WAS FOUND OR DONE. LAST DECEMBER, AT 96,000MI, THE TRANSMISSION BURNED OUT AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THIS WOULD BE THE 3RD TRANSMISSION IN UNDER 100,000 MILES!! AS MAZDA WOULD NOT ASSIST IN THE COST OF REPLACEMENT, IN JULY I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUILT ONE. A FEW WEEKS AGO (OCTOBER 2004) THE O/D LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND I TOOK IT BACK TO THE MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. HE SEARCHED DEEPER AND FOUND THAT THE CUPHOLDER IS PLACED DIRECTLY OVER THE CAR'S COMPUTER, AND HAD BEEN LEAKING ANY SPILLED FLUID ONTO IT, SHORTING OUT THE OVERDRIVE, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION SOLONOID TO BURN OUT. HE CLEANED THE COMPUTER AND REPLACED THE TCC SOLENOID, MAZDA TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY EVEN THOUGH THEIR TECHNICIANS HAD THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT PROPERLY DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM.*AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098329November 5, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
I OWN A 1999 MAZDA 626 ES WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANS AXLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY, AND HAS 78,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. LAST WEEK THE TRANSAXLE FAILED AS IT DROPPED DOWN A GEAR, TO GO UP A SLIGHT HILL, AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSAXLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR. THE RESULTING REBUILD OF THE TRANSAXLE WILL COST $2100, HALF THE CURRENT TRADE-IN VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. MY CONCERNS ARE TWO-FOLD. FIRST, THE TRANSAXLE SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AT 78,000 MILES; THIS IS NOT A NORMAL SITUATION FOR A WELL-MAINTAINED VEHICLE OF THIS AGE AND MILEAGE. SECOND, AFTER A SEARCH THROUGH INTERNET DISCUSSION SITES, AND DISCUSSING THE ISSUE WITH A CO-WORKER WHO HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN WITH A 1995 MAZDA 626, IT HAS BECOME EVIDENT TO ME THAT MAZDA 626 TRANSAXLE FAILURES ARE A FAIRLY COMMON, SEEMINGLY SYSTEMIC PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
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Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087915November 5, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE POWER STEERING FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE STARTING SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL SENDING THE VEHICLE OVER THE MEDIAN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *JB WHILE EXITING THE EXPRESSWAY THE CONSUEMR NOTICED , ON TWO ACCASIONS, THAT THE VARIABLE ASSIST POWER STEERING MOMENTARILY FALED TO ENGAGE. THIS OCCURED ABOUT A YEAR PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. *NM *TC
Crash:
Yes
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098078November 1, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAD BIG PROBLEMS, EVEN AFTER USING THE CAR EXTREMELY CAREFULLY. JUST HAD 57000 MILES AND HAD TO GET MAJOR REPAIRS DONE TO THE TRANSMISSION. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098008October 29, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I'M A VICTIM TO A BAD TRANSMISSION. I HAVE A MAZDA 626 LX YEAR 2000. IT IS HAS AROUND 63500 MILES AND I JUST FOUND OUT TODAY THAT MY CAR NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW FROM THE MAZDA DEALER. MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I WAS TOLD THAT I HAVE TO BUY A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH IS GOING TO COST ME $2900. AS YOU KNOW THAT 63500 IS NOT A LOT OF MILES. WHAT SHOULD I DO?. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP, PLEASE EMAIL ME AT [email protected] *JB
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098973October 28, 2004
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
PARTICLES ARE COMING THROUGH THE AIR VENTS. IT IS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE BECAUSE IT BLOWS THE PARTICULES INTO THE CONSUMERS EYES. DEALER STATES IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.*AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097957October 28, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WE JUST HAD TO REPLACE THE TRASMISSION ON ARE 2000 MAZDA 626 WE WERE TOLD THAT MAZDA BUILT A VERY POOR TRANSMISSION, AND TO FILE A COMPLAINT.*AK
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No
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096521October 27, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT A 1995 MAZDA 626 AND I HAD IT 2 OR 3 DAYS HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION .THAT WAS 2,400.00 .STILL HAVE ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION IN BACK 7 OR 8 TIMES STILL SPITS OUT ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID .IT IS OVER HEATING TOOK IT TO BULL CHEVROLET THEY PUT NEW INTAKE GASKETS ON IT AND CHECKED FOR A BLOWN HEAD GASKET SAID IT WAS NOT THE HEAD GASKET .WE REPLACED THE WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT AND TO FIND OUT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE OTHER PARTS .I DON'T BELIEVE THE CHEVROLET CHECK TO SEE IF IT HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET CAUSE THE NEXT DAY WE TOOK THE HEAD OFF AND ALL THE PISTONS HAD WATER JUST STANDING ON TOP OF THEM.NOW I'M OUT ANOTHER 2500.00 . *AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097653October 25, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE STOPPED ON A BRIDGE AT 45 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. VEHICLE WOULD NOT PICK UP GEARS, NOR GO INTO REVERSE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096323October 24, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AFTER BUYING THE CAR (USED) A YEAR AGO I FIRST HAD TO REPLACE THE 02 SENSOR, THEN WHILE DRIVING THE O/D LIGHT WOULD START FLASHING AND THE RPMS WENT CRAZY BETWEEN GEARS, AFTER A RESTART IT WOULD GO AWAY ONLY TO DO IT AGAIN. THIS ONLY LASTED 2 DAYS, SO I THOUGHT IT MUST NOT HAVE BEEN A BIG DEAL. THEN THIS PAST WEEKEND UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, IT WAS DRIVING FINE UNTIL I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD, I PUT IT IN THE AUTO 1ST GEAR THEN 2ND AND IT LURCHED FORWARD ONLY TO GO A MILE BEFORE NEVER MOVING AGAIN. IT WILL COST $3,000 TO REPLACE.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096279October 23, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
YES I PURCHASE A CERTIFIED USED 2001 MAZDA 626 THE SUMMER OF 2003 FOR MY GRADUATION GIFT FROM HIGH SCHOOL, NO HAVING THE CAR FOR 3 YEARS I AM NOW LOOKING TO TRADE IN MY CAR OR BUY ME ANOTHER ONE. WITH 91.000 MILES ON MY CAR, MY TRANSMISSION HAS GOTTEN TO BE REPLACE. I COULD NOT MOVE MY CAR IN DRIVE WHILE I WAS IN OVERDRIVE. I COULD ONLY USE OVERDRIVE ONCE I HAVE GOTTEN OVER 50. THE NEXT DAY I MADE A APPOINTMENT AND THEY TOLD ME MY OVERDRIVE HAD BURNT OUT AND I HAD MORE INTERNAL FAILURES ON MY TRANSMISSION AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT MADE THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR. THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT IN A REMADE TRANSMISSION FOR $2700. I AM REALLY PISS OF AT MAZDA. FOR ONE THEY DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT DO NOTHING AND THE TRANSMISSION WARRANTY RUNS OUT A 3 YEAR OR 36,000. WHAT TYPE OF BS IS THAT FOR A TRANSMISSION WARRANTY.*AK
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096213October 22, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
1)CAR WAS JERKING,TRANSMISSION WAS REVING ON MY 2001 MAZDA 2)TOOK IT TOOK THE DEALER AFTER I BROKE DOWN,SAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD & NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. 3)TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED TWICE,BUT STILL HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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