Mazda 626 Complaints (1997)

358 consumer complaints on file.

#8010818May 31, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT BEING IN AN ACCIDENT, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO DRIVER, AND MAJOR INJURIES TO FRONT AND BACK PASSENGER.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#8009663May 13, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRVING OVERDRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATES, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION. SHORTLY AFTER VEHICLE SHIFTS FROM DRIVE INTO ANOTHER GEAR, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009580May 10, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. TOOKEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED TRANSMISSION WAS BURNING ITSELF UP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761700May 8, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HESITATING WHEN SHIFTING, OVERDRIVE WILL SUDDENLY KICK OUT AT ANY SPEED, OVERDRIVE LIGHT WILL FLASH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761623May 7, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION ON MY 1997 MAZDA 626 WENT OUT IN DECEMBER OF 2001. MAZDA WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY WERE WILLING TO LET ME PAY $3,000 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. I TRADED IT IN AT A LOSS, JUST TO BE RID OF IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9006763May 6, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
BATTERY CABLE CLAMPS ARE TOO LOOSE FOR THE BATTERY POLE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008409April 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE AT A STOP VEHICLE WOULD JERK UPON TAKING OFF. TOOK TO MECHANIC, AND THEY REPLACED TRANSMISSION. AT 67000 MILES VEHICLE HAS HAD 4 TRANSMISSIONS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007364April 11, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE TIMING CHAIN AND GEAR MALFUNCTIONED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007368April 11, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE JERKS/ SPUTTERS AND JUMPS OUT OF GEAR OR GETS STUCK BETWEEN GEARS. GEAR IS SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL FIRST BEFORE GOING INTO DRIVE. SERVICE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT VEHICLE DIDN'T FALL WITHIN THE GUIDELINS OF RECALL 98-V-206-001/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 76810. VEHICLE HAS A PREEXISTING TIMING BELT PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006150March 21, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED ENGINE CHECK LIGHT FLASHING, SOON AFTER VEHICLE STARTED JERKING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, CAN'T DUPLICATE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005791March 18, 2002
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER HIT A POTHOLE, AND BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER FEELS AIRBAGS SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005177March 8, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE STARTS TO JERK. ENGINE LIGHT AND OD LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED VEHICLE NEEDED NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS SECOND TRANSMISSION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004836March 1, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING 20-25 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION AIR BAGS DEPLOYED CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8004669February 27, 2002
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 20-25 MPH WITHOUT WARNING OR INVOLVEMENT OF A COLLISION, THE AIR AIR BAGS DEPLOYED CAUSING INJURY TO THE DRIVER.*AK. ALSO THE RIGHT TIRE AND WHEEL WERE DAMAGED AS THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AT THE CURB.*YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#758717February 27, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I FEEL THE NEED TO DO MY CIVIC DUTY BY REPORTING THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE A LOT OF 626 OWNERS ARE HAVING DRIVE-TRAIN-TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND EVENTUALLY ENOUGH OF US WILL GET THEM TO RECALL AND PAY FOR THE PROBLEM. FLASHING O/D OFF LIGHT STARTED FLASHING PERIODICAL ABOUT 12 MONTHS AGO. TOOK VEHICLE IN CONCERNING OTHER PROBLEMS TO INGRAM PARK MAZDA, 6990 NW LOOP 410 SAN ANTONIO, TX (210) 406-0122, AND THE AFTERNOON I PICKED UP THE CAR THE O/D OFF LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED JEFF VARHOFF, SERVICE CONSULTANT, AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE CLUTCH ON THOSE CARS ARE REALLY THIN AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS PROBABLY FIXING TO 'GO OUT'. HE SUGGESTED THAT I EITHER REPAIR IT NOW, LET IT GO ALL THE WAY OUT AND THEN GET IT FIXED OR GET RID OF THE CAR. IT WOULD BE AROUND $2500 TO FIX HE TOLD ME. ON THE EVENING OF FEB. 26, 2002 THE TRANSMISSION DID FINALLY GO OUT AND THE CAR WILL CRANK BUT THE ENGINE SPINS. I HAVE FOUND A LOT ON THE INTERNET CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM BUT MOST OF THE PROBLEMS HAPPENED EARLIER IN THE CARS LIFE-SPAN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785876February 18, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING THE FLUID TO BURN, ALSO VEHICE WAS SHIFTING HARD, THE TRANSIMISSION WAS REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME, HOWEVER VEHICLE IS STILL EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEMS.*YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758056February 10, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
O/D LIGHT STARTS BLINKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WHEN BLINKING THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARSHLY IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. THE PROBLEM CAN BE CORRECTED BY TURNING OF THE ENGINE. I TOOK IT TO A MAZDA DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS STICKING, AND A NEW TRANSMISSION IS NEEDED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $2,800. THIS IS A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION, THE ORIGINAL WAS REPLACED AT APPROX. 25,000. THERE APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING DEFECTIVE ABOUT THIS TRANSMISSION OR ELSE IT WOULD NOT BE FAILING SO OFTEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003547February 5, 2002
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
DRIVERS SEAT BELT CATCHES ON SEATBACK RECLINING MECHANISM, CAUSING SEATBACK TO RELEASE UNEXPECTEDLY DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE. THIS COMPLAINT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS ODI REFERENCE 885954, AND PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT HAS BEEB UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757154January 21, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
O/D OFF : FLASHING OCCASIONALLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8000608December 12, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STARTED IDLING AND STOPPED TRAVELING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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