Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#861945May 16, 2000
SUSPENSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE DRIVING WHEELS MAKE A SCREACHING SOUND. ALSO, WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY BEGIN TO SQUEAK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861997May 16, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WOULD JERK, AND WOULD NOT BE UP TO SPEED. THE LIGHT FOR TRANSMISSION WOULD FLASH ON/OFF PERIODICALLY, INDICATING A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. HAD NO POWER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722753May 16, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE HOLD LIGHT STARTED BLINKING. DEALER SAID TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO WHAT THE DEALER SAID WAS A PRESSURE LEAK. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 1994 MAZDA 626 4 CYLINDER CARS. APPARENTLY THE TRANSMISSION IS A FORD PRODUCT WHICH AS A TYPICAL FORD PRODUCT FAILS PREMATURELY. I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE 1994 MODEL TRANSMISSION HAD A DESIGN DEFECT CORRECTED WITH THE 1995 MODEL YEAR. I'D LIKE NHTSA TO FORCE MAZDA TO INSTITUTE A RECALL, AND REIMBURSE THE OWNERS THE $2000+ CHARGE IT COSTS TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. I HAD MINE REPLACED, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT WILL FAIL AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722647May 14, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE "HOLD" LIGHT COMES ON WHICH CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO STAY IN ONE GEAR SHIFTING TO SECOND OR THIRD AND STAYING IN THAT GEAR, NOT SHIFTING OVER TO OVERDRIVE. THANK YOU. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861767May 11, 2000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
DRIVER'S REAR SIDE DOOR HAS JAMMED. OCCUPANTS HAVE TO EXIT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861783May 11, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE ACCELLERATED SLOWLY WHEN CONSUMER TURNED ON THE AIR CONDITIONER. VEHICLE HAS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND VEHICLE ISN'T SHIFTING PROPERLY FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861599May 8, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
RECALL 00V074000 CONCERNING MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR. TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS, BUT DEALER SAID THEY DID NOT NEED TO REPLACE THE BRAKE CAP. HOWEVER, THE BRAKING SYSTEM HAS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861492May 5, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
AIR BAGS DEPLOYED CAUSING MAJOR BURNS TO DRIVER'S FACE AND SKIN AS WELL AS BREASTS, BURNING THROUGH 3 PIECES OF CLOTHING. *AK WINDSHEILD BROKE BECAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#861525May 5, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. SECOND GEAR TO THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE. VEHICLE COULD ONLY TRAVEL ABOUT 15MPH BECAUSE SECOND GEAR BURNED OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861415May 4, 2000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
RIGHT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN WHEN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861297May 3, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED TRANSMISSION LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH, THERE WAS LOSS OF ACCELERATION. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER LINKED THE PROBLEM TO TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861353May 3, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING A FIRE STARTED WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BEHIND THE BATTERY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722174May 2, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722084April 29, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AFTER STARTING ENGINE AND STEPPING ON BRAKE TO SHIFT GEAR, THE SHIFT GEAR REMAINS LOCKED. DOES NOT MOVE. MUST PLAY (SOMETIMES HARD) TO GET FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND THEN MOVE. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722038April 28, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TEMPERATURE WAS VERY HOT ON THE CAR AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE. NO FLUID IN RADIATOR. REFILLED ONLY TO REALIZE A SLOW LEAK. TOOK IT TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. THEY COULDN'T FIND A LEAK BUT SAID IT HAD TO DO WITH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE, SO IT WAS REPLACED. 2 DAYS AFTER THE REPAIR, THE SAME PROBLEM HAS ARISEN. HAVE CONTACTED THEM AGAIN TO DETERMINE WHAT TO DO. SOMETIMES THE CAR GOES FROM NORMAL READING TO HOT,AND SUDDENLY RETURNS TO NORMAL. I HAVE ADDED APPROX. 1 GALLON OF FLUID EVERY 2 DAYS FOR THE PAST WEEK. WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE ENGINE DAMAGE AND STALLING IN TRAFFIC. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860887April 25, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHILE CONSUMER WAS DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THEY WOULD MAKE A GRINDING NOISE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860825April 24, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE LEAVING WORK VEHICLE WAS HESISTATING AT ACCELERATION, OVERDRIVE OFF LIGHT STARTED BLINKING, AND EVENTUALLY CAR CUT OFF, DEALER SAID TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN NOVEMBER OF 1997 HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION PUT IN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860641April 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE TRAVELING A NORMAL SPEED AND UPON DPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL WOULD NOT TRAVEL TO FLOORBOARD, CAUSCTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFOARMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721664April 19, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FIVE TIMES FOR THE SAME SYMPTOMS, THE CAR RUNS VERY ROUGH, STALLS, NO ACCELERATION ETC. IN NOVEMBER, 1998 (25,657 MILES), JIM ELLIS MAZDA IN ATLANTA DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BEING A DEFECTIVE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE. THIS PART WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. AT 63,000 MILES, THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE GOES BAD AGAIN. HOWEVER, THIS TIME, THE DEALER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL AS THE "MAZDA" REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THE REASON THE PART WAS BAD WAS DUE TO ME SPILLING A DRINK ON IT AND THUS BREAKING IT. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PART HAS AN 80,000 MILE WARRANTY, WHICH BECOMES AND VOID IF THE PART IS DAMAGED THROUGH OWNER NEGLIGENCE. TO MY ASTONISHMENT, THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE IS LOCATED DIRECTLY UNDER THE DRINK HOLDER NEAR THE GEAR SHIFT. THE UNPROTECTED LOCATION OF THIS CRITICAL PART UNDER A DRINK HOLDER IS EXCEEDING HAZARDOUS TO HUMAN LIFE BECAUSE WHEN THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE BREAKS DOWN, THE CAR DOES NOT RUN. LOCATING THIS CRITICAL ELECTONIC PART UNDER A DRINK HOLDER IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IN MY OPINION REQUIRES AN INVESTIGATION BY THE NHTSA. IMAGINE IF SOME OF MY GRANDCHILDEN SPILLED A DRINK ON THE INTERSTATE? IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE MAZDA REPRESENTIVES ACKNOWLEDGED TO ME THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW, BUT, IN MY CASE, SINCE I SPILLED A DRINK ON THE CONTROL MODULE, IT INVALIDATED THE WARRANTY. HOWEVER, THEY WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO RELEASE MY CAR TO ME BY ME PAYING 1/2 OF THE REPAIR COSTS AS A GESTURE OF GOODWILL. SINCE A REPRESENTATIVE WITH MAZDA ACKNOLWEDGED THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW, I WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT AND THAT MAZDA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE TAKE THIS MATTER SERIOUSLY AND INVESTIGATE THIS COMPLAINT. THE CAR BARELY RUNS WITH A DEFECTIVE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE. WITH THIS PART BEING SO EASILY SUSCEPTIBLE TO "DRINK" DAMAGE, THIS IS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721553April 17, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WISH I COULD BACK UP THE TIME AND RETURN THIS CAR TO THE DEALER I'VE PURCHASED IT FROM, THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS CAR SUCKS BIG TIME.AND I WANT MY MONEY OR A FREE REPAIR FROM MAZDA. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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