Mazda 626 Complaints (1995)

488 consumer complaints on file.

#10030595August 1, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISION FALURE 1995 MAZDA 626. *AK
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#10026510August 1, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION, THE VEHICLE HIT A CURVE AND THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK WHEN THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, THEY DESTROYED THE STEERING WHEEL, PASSENGER DASHBOARD, PASSENGER SUN VISOR, AND THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR THE AIR BAG SENSOR. THE CONSUMER FELT HE SHOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR(S). *SCC *JB
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#10030416July 30, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON LOCAL MECHANIC SUSPECTED OXYGEN SENSOR NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY ON EMISSION CONTROL COMPONENTS. LOCAL MECHANIC CHARGE 800$ TO CHANGE O2 SENSOR DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. TOOK TO DEALER AND CHANGED ANOTHER COMPONENT TO FIX IT. HAPPENED BECAUSE OF MANUFACTURER DEFECT SINCE THERE WAS NO WEAR AND TEAR AND NO EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE COMPONENTS. BUT I STILL HAD TO PAY FOR THE WORK OVER 1200$
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#10028521July 17, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
O/D LIGHT START FLASHING AT ABOUT 93,000MILES AND CAR IS JERKING WHILE ACCELERATING FROM LOW SPEED. DEALER SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEED TO BE REPLACED. RESEARCH ON THE WEB SHOWS THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEMS AND DEFINITELY SHOULD BE RECALLED!*AK
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#10026034July 14, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 1995 MAZDA 626 LX AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND THEY SAID, "THE 1993-1998 TRANSMISSIONS ARE ALL BAD DUE TO THE LACK OF A TRANSMISSION COOLER AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY MAZDA HASN'T ISSUED A RECALL YET." THIS WAS VERY UPSETTING, SO I AM REGISTERING THIS COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND ALL THE OTHER MAZDA 626 OWNERS THAT I HAVE READ ABOUT ON WEB SITES AND ONLINE BULLETIN BOARDS. IF THE COMPANY WON'T ADMIT THAT THE FORD TRANSMISSIONS ARE FAULTY THEN YOU NEED TO STAND UP FOR ALL THE CONSUMERS AND FORCE A RECALL.*AK
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0
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#10026025July 14, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT MY 1995 MAZDA 626 IN 1999 WITH 86,000 BY 2000 I REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. ON JULY 5,2003 MY TRANMISSION WENT OUT AGAIN. *AK
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#10018153June 26, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE SWITCHED TO A LOWER GEAR. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *QP THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN CHANGED TWICE BEFORE BY THE PREVIOUS OWNERS PER MECHANIC. *SCC *JB
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0
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#10023299June 18, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
OD OFF LIGHT FLASHES; MECHANIC CHECKED AND REPLACED O2 SENSOR. PROBLEM STILL HAPPENS. RESEARCH ON THIS WEBSITE INDICATES I AM LOOKING AT A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT SOON. I THINK THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM WARRANTS A RECALL. *NLM
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#10023124June 16, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 95 MAZDA 626 LX - THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN GIVING ME PROBLEMS. I'M ABOUT TO GET MY TRANSMISSION FIXED FOR THE 2ND TIME SINCE I'VE OWNED IT. IT HAS 75,000 MILES ON IT. THE O/D LIGHT FLASHES WHEN I DRIVE AT LEAST 40 STRAIGHT MILES WITHOUT STOPPING. THIS IS MY 2ND MAZDA. I HAD A 323 PRIOR AND I HAD TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION ON THAT ALSO. *NLM
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#10021242June 8, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FAULTY TRANSMISSION AT 5,000 MILES WHICH THE DEALER REPLACED. THE CAR NOW HAS 109,000 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. TRANSMISSION HAD HARSH ENGAGEMENT. *TT
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#10021221June 7, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION BROKE AFTER JUST 50000 MILES: WE WERE DRIVING FROM NY TO PITTSBURGH ON OUR WAY HOME AND THE O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. AFTER PULLING THE CAR TO THE NEXT EXIT BURNING SMELL STARTED COMING IN SO WE TOOK THE CAR TO PEP BOYS WHO CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BUT IT STILL DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM OF CAR UNABLE TO MOVE/SLIP GEARS WHEN OCCASIONALLY IT MOVED. TOOK THE CAR TO AAMCO WHO REPLACED THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION AND THE TOTAL COST CAME TO SOMEWHERE LIKE $4000. ON DOING FURTHER RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOUND OUT THAT MAZDA WAS PUTTING FORD TRANSMISSIONS IN SOME OF THERE VEHICLES AND FORD HAD ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS FOR THERE OWN VEHICLES AT ONE POINT. HERE IS THE LINK FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAD ISSUES WITH THERE TRANSMISSION FOR MAZDA CARS. I WAS JUST WONDERING WITH SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING ISSUES AND MANY MORE WHO HAVEN'T EVEN REGISTERED OR FILED COMPLAINT, HOW COME AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT YET RECALLED THIS CAR OR ORDERED MAZDA TO FIX THIS ISSUE AT THERE OWN COST. I HAVE TRIED TO TALK TO MAZDA DIRECTLY AND IT HAS JUST BEEN WASTE OF TIME FOR ME. HOPEFULLY THERE WOULD BE SOME ACTION TAKEN SOON FOR THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE. *JB HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/YOURLEMON/189.HTML
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#10021100June 5, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
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No
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#10020875June 2, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 1995 MAZDA 626 FAILED AT 78,000 MILES AND IT COST ME $2400 TO REPLACE. *AK
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#10020790May 31, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, I PURCHASED A 1995 MAZDA 626 LX FROM A FRIEND. MY FRIEND HAD INFORMED ME THAT THE CAR HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION, ETC.. SO I DECIDED TO PURCHASE THE CAR SINCE IT DID NOT SEEM THAT MUCH ELSE COULD GO WRONG WITH IT BESIDES MAINTENANCE. SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR, THE O/D OFF LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH. NOTHING SEEMED TO BE WRONG WITH THE CAR, THOUGH SO I CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT. MY FRIEND SAID THAT HE HAD TAKEN IT BACK TO THE PLACE THAT HAD REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY COULD FIND NO REASON WHY THAT LIGHT OCCASSIONALY CAME ON. THE LAST TIME THE LIGHT CAME ON, THE CAR BEGAN TO SHIFT REPEATEDLY FROM 3RD TO 4TH GEAR AND WOULD REMAIN IN NEITHER GEAR. IT HAS NOW BEEN A MONTH AND I AM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. EVERYONE I HAVE CONSULTED HAS EITHER REFUSED TO WORK ON THAT CAR OR HAVE RUN ME AROUND TO THE POINT THAT I NOW HAVE A LONG LIST OF POSSIBLE PROBLEMS BUT NO CLEAR ANSWERS. I BEGAN TO RESEARCH ON MY OWN RECENTLY OVER THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF THIS YEAR AND MAKE OF CAR. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT I ISSUE A COMPLAINT AND SO HERE I AM. THE TRANSMISSION IS LESS THAN TWO YEARS OLD AND YET, SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG AGAIN. OF COURSE, THERE IS NO LONGER A WARRANTY ON IT AND I FIND IT RATHER ODD THAT SO MANY MECHANICS, EVEN THE DEALTERSHIP ITSELF, DOES NOT WANT TO HELP OUT WITH THE REPAIRS TO THIS TRANSMISSION.
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#10020814May 31, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
GEAR DOWNSHIFTED FROM 60 MPH TO 5 MPH WHILE DRIVING. THE O/D LIGHT STARTED BLINKING WITH HUGE VIBRATION. A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 2002 FEB. *TT
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#10021725May 28, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF THEN VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. *TT
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#10019131May 22, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION ON 1995 MAZDA 626 ACTING VERY STRANGE. OVERDRIVE LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND CAR SHIFTED VERY RAPIDLY AND HARD JARRING THE WHOLE CAR. I REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWICE HAVING THE SAME RESULT AFTER SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. *NLM
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#10018650May 13, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1995 MAZDA 626 LX AROUND 35 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT THIS CAR I KNEW I WAS IN TROUBLE, AFTER TWO HOURS OF DRIVING MY BROTHER AND I WERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH A SMOKING CAR. WE ENDED UP HAVING TO PUT IN TWO CONTAINERS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID EVERY 30 MINUTES. THE CARS BEHIND US HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID ALL OVER THEIR WINDSHIELDS. I HAD THIS CAR FOR AROUND A YEAR AND A HALF AND HAVE ALREADY HAD THE TRANSMISSION FIXED ONCE, AND NOW IT'S DUE FOR ANOTHER FIX. I THINK THIS IS HORRIBLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE AND TRANSMISSION. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS.*JB
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#10018471May 9, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWNED A 1995 MAZDA 626 THAT HAD REPEATED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. STARTED AT 70,000 MILES. MAZDA HAS BEEN INFORMED BUT HAS DONE NOTHING. *JB
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#10016587April 27, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT
I OWN A 1995 MAZDA 626. I RECENTLY BOUGHT IT USED OFF OF ONE PRIVATE OWNER AT AROUND 57K MILES. AT AROUND 62,700K MILES THE O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND APPARENT PROBLEMS COULD BE SEEN IN THE SHIFTING. I TOOK THE CAR TO MAZDA AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I THEN WENT TO AAMCO AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD REBUILD IT FOR A MORE REASONABLE PRICE THAN MAZDA HAD OFFERED. IT HAS BEEN 8 MONTHS SINCE I GOT THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND LAST NIGHT THE CAR STARTED SMOKING FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING EVERYWHERE. THE CAR TODAY WONT EVEN STAY INTO ONE GEAR IT CONSTANTLY SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE TRANSMISSION PART ON MAZDAS FROM NOT ONLY 1995 BUT FROM 1994 TO 1997 SHOULD ALL BE RECALLED. I HAVE BEEN ON A SITE (HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/YOUR LEMON/189.HTML) WHERE THERE ARE SO MANY CASES OF THE SIMILAR TYPE. FOR EXAMPLE, CALBEARONE WRITES: "PURCHASED A USED 97 MAZDA 626 LX 4-CYL AUTO TRANS WITH 37K ON IT. I JUST HIT 59K ON IT THIS MONTH. GUESS WHAT. TRANSMISSION FAILED. GOT IT REPLACED AT A COST OF $2300. THESE AREN'T ISOLATED INCIDENTS. I HAVE YET TO READ ABOUT A 626 OWNER THAT'S HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION." THERE ARE AT LEAST 150 COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM ON THAT SITE ALONE! MAZDA CONTINUES TO IGNORE THE CONTINUAL PRESS BY THE CONSUMER FOR A RECALL BY MAKING A RIDICULOUS STATEMENT THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH COMPLAINTS! SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS I, MYSELF FEAR THAT I AM ABOUT TO BE ON MY 3RD TRANSMISSION. PLEASE INVESTIGATE INTO A RECALL ON THIS PART. THE PART FOR THE TRANSMISSION IS CD4E. THANK YOU. TIM R. *NLM
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