Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#10167266September 2, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION REPAIRED FOR SUPPOSED LEAK IN MARCH 2006 AT DEALERSHIP AND WAS NOT CALLED IN UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY, THEN IN AUG. 2006 CAR WILL NOT MOVE WHEN PUT IN ANY GEAR, THE DEALERSHIP IS NOW CLOSED AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OF WHY THEY CHARGED ME WITH WARRANTY WORK, ALSO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP IS 75 MILES AWAY, I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN AND ON A FIXED INCOME I CANNOT AFFORD TO TOW IT THEN MAKE REPAIRS THAT SHOULD HAVE FALLEN UNDER WARRANTY WORK IN THE FIRST PLACE. ALSO MY EXTENDED WARRANTY RAN OUT JULY 1, 2006. I HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL ROUTES TRYING TO GET THIS RESOLVED AND FEEL I HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF MY MAZDA. *JB
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#10167156August 31, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A TURN AT 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND WOULD NOT MOVE ANY FURTHER. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE SHOP DETERMINED THE SPRING FOR THE TIMING BELT FRACTURED AND A NEW TIMING KIT NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, #00V134000, FOR THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.
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#10167173August 31, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE PROBLEM JUST OCCURRED ALL OF A SUDDEN. FROM A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED, IT PUSHED THE CAR FORWARD TO WHICH I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. BROUGHT THE CAR TO A MECHANIC, TRIED TO FIX IT BUT STILL THE PROBLEM IS THERE. *JB
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#10167177August 31, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 1999 MAZDA 626 WITH KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE FOR MY DAUGHTER TO DRIVE. *JB
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#10167118August 30, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
HELLO, WE HAVE A 2.0L ENGINE AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN OUR MAZDA 626 WHICH WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 1998. THE CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN SERVICED ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE HAVE JUST EXPERIENCED A MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 99,000 MILES AFTER DRIVING THE CAR ABOUT 250 MILES ON A 95 DEGREE DAY. A TSB WAS ISSUED BY MAZDA IN 2002 BUT CURRENT OWNERS WERE NOT SENT ANY NOTIFICATION REGARDING THIS ISSUE. WE ARE LOOKING AT A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL ($2500) REPAIR BILL ON AN ISSUE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED ON A VEHICLE WITH THIS LOW OF MILES THAT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED, AND NEVER ABUSED. MAZDA HAS KNOWN OF THIS ISSUE AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTED FAILURES ON THIS ISSUE, YET THEY HAVE REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. *NM
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#10167011August 29, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26 AT AROUND 3:00 PM I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE IN HOMESTEAD WHEN MY 2001 MAZDA 626 V4 STARTED TO SPIKE IN RPM'S UP ABOVE NORMAL. AT THIS SAME TIME I NOTICED THAT I STARTED TO DECELERATE IN SPEED. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE AND BEFORE THIS I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH MY AUTOMOBILE PURCHASE. UPON INSPECTION OF MY VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT IN DRIVE AND REVERSE MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. I HAD TO TOW MY CAR HOME AND UPON CALLING A MECHANIC I WAS INFORMED THAT I HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO GET ONLINE I STARTED TO SEARCH FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION AND WITH GREAT DISPLEASURE I FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE MAZDA 626 LINE. I WANT TO KNOW WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY KIND OF RECALL OR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THIS ISSUE BY THE GOVERNMENT OR BY MAZDA AT ALL. WHY IS THERE NO ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO COMPANIES AND FAULTY EQUIPMENT? IT IS JUST LIKE THE SAYING GOES ??THE POOR GET POORER AND THE RICH GET RICHER". MY CAR IS A 2001 AND ONLY HAS 35000 MILES ON IT. I DO NOT DRIVE LIKE A CRAZY PERSON AND DRIVE A TOTAL OF 8 MILES A DAY TO AND FROM WORK. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF MY TRANSMISSION FAILING IT JUST WENT FROM ONE MOMENT TO THE NEXT. FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT ON THE BUSY PART OF THE HIGHWAY OR ON I-95 WHERE THERE ARE LARGE SEMI TRUCKS GOING BY AT VERY HIGH SPEEDS. THIS COULD HAVE ENDED WORSE THAN IT DID. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO START DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE FIRST PLACE? I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT MY GOVERNMENT WOULD BE MORE PROACTIVE THAN THAT. PLEASE DO NOT PROVE ME WRONG AND INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. *JB
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#10166618August 26, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED MY CAR IN APRIL OF 2004 WITH 45,000 MILES ON IT; AROUND 102,000 MILES, MY CAR STATED JERKING WHEN IT CHANGED FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR; NOW, AT 106,000, THE O/D LIGHT, AND THE ENGINE LIGHT BOTH FLASHES, AND I CAN BARELY MAKE IT UP A HILL, BECAUSE OF ALL THE JERKING AND HESITATING THAT IT DOES. *JB
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#10166042August 20, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED FOUR TIMES IN TWO YEARS. THE FIRST TIME (AUGUST 2004) IT FAILED IT WAS 24 HOURS AFTER WE BOUGHT IT FROM A MAZDA USED DEALER, HOLIDAY MOTORS IN FOND DU LAC WI. THEY PULLED THE TRANSMISSION OUT AND REPLACED GASKETS. I ASKED THEN TO PUT ON THE COOLING KIT AND THEY DID NOT. A YEAR LATER (OCTOBER 2005) MY DAUGHTER WAS STRANDED NORTH OF CHICAGO IL WITH THIS CAR AND A PUDDLE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID UNDER IT (GASKETS AGAIN). THE THIRD TIME (MAY 2006) IT WAS SMOKING AND LEAKING FLUID (GASKETS). TWO MONTHS LATER (AUGUST 2006) IT WAS SMOKING AND LEAKING FLUID. THIS TIME IT LEFT MY DAUGHTER IN A VERY UN-SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MILWAUKEE WI. A COOLING KIT PUT ON THIS CAR TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE LAST PROBLEM BUT IT WAS ALREADY TOO LATE. THIS TIME THE SHOP IS REPLACING THE TORQUE CONVERTER (?) THEY SAY IT OVER HEATED. REPAIR COST HAVE BEEN ABOUT $600-$300-$150 (COOLING KIT) $700-$300. *NM
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#10165996August 19, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 1997 626 MAZDA STARTED ACTING LIKE IT WAS HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING GEARS (IT'S AN AUTOMATIC) AND SOON AFTERWARDS, THE TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT. I AM 51 YEARS OLD AND TREAT MY CARS WITH RESPECT, GETTING REGULAR CHECKUPS FROM MY MECHANIC AND DRIVING WITH CAUTION. I DO NOT ABUSE MY CAR AT ALL. THIS FAILURE CAME AS A SURPRISE TO ME. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. HE TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CURRENTLY, WE ARE SEARCHING FOR A USED TRANSMISSION. *JB
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#10165513August 15, 2006
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING CHILDREN TO SCHOOL MY CAR STARTED LOSING SPEED AND THE RPMS WERE WAY HIGH. PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GO IN ANY GEAR. LUCKILY I PULLED OVER WHEN I DID. CAR WAS TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS TOLD THEY SEE SO MANY MAZDA VEHICLES COME IN BECAUSE MAZDA PUT IN A FORD TRANSMISSION MADE FOR A SMALLER VEHICLE. THEREFORE THE TRANSMISSION BURNS OUT. WAS TOLD MY TRANSMISSION NEEDED REBUILT AND TO ADD THIS COOLING UNIT $2,100.00. THANK YOU MAZDA FOR KEEPING YOUR CUSTOMERS INFORMED OF THIS. IF I HAD KNOWN THAT IT NEEDED THIS COOLING UNIT OR MY TRANSMISSION WOULD BURN UP, I WOULD HAVE SPENT THE $140.00 FOR THE UNIT. BUT MAZDA DID NOT FEEL THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS WERE PRIVY TO THIS INFORMATION. NEVER WILL BY MAZDA AGAIN!!!!! *NM
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#10165590August 15, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THIS AUTOMOBILE AT 90,000, AND AGAIN AT 140,000 MILES. *JB
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#10165181August 10, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2000 MAZDA 626 (56 THOUSAND MILE) DIED ON THE HIGHWAY, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND I ALMOST GOT KILLED! MY GIRLFRIEND CALLED THE MAZDA DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT MY CAR ( EAST COAST MAZDA) AND PRETTY MUCH WAS TOLD, OH WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO ABOUT IT?? WELL, I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON IN MAZDA 626 FROM YEARS 1994-2002. I PUT OUT OVER THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A TRANSMISSION AND I THINK THEY SHOULD PAY ON CARS LIKE MINE THAT ONLY HAVE 56 THOUSAND MILES & THE TRANS DIES, PLUS PEOPLE COULD GET KILLED, I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE HAS BEEN "NO RECALL" FOR THIS PROBLEM TO DATE, ARE THEY WAITING TO GET SUED?? THAT MONEY WAS MY VACATION MONEY SO NOW I AM OUT OF MY TRIP BECAUSE OF A BAD TRANSMISSION WHICH THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF, JUST LOOK UP MAZDA 626 TRANS PROBLEMS ON THE WEB AND SEE HOW MANY THERE ARE! *NM
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#10165200August 10, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, SHIFT GEAR LOCKED UP, O/D OFF BLINKING, CHECKED BY MAZDA DEALER, RECOMMEND REBUILD TRANSMISSION. *NM
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#10165031August 9, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION HAD LEAKED FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR FURTHER INSPECTION, HOWEVER NO DETERMINATION HAS YET BEEN MADE ON THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED.
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#10165058August 9, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FAILED TRANSMISSION IN 1998 MAZDA 626. MAZDA CONTINUED TO USE TRANSMISSIONS THEY KNEW WOULD FAIL, INSTEAD OF FIXING THEIR PROBLEM, THEY PASSED THE COST ALONG TO THE CONSUMER. *NM
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#10164950August 8, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS CONSISTENTLY EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS RESULTING IN A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WOULD SWITCHED GEARS BY ITSELF. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO INDEPENDENT MECHANICS, THEY DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED TO SEARCH FOR RECALLS BY VIN WHO DETERMINED THAT THE VIN DID NOT MATCH ANY RECALLS.
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#10164970August 8, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS RECENTLY INFORMED THAT MY VEHICLE (2000 MAZDA 626) IS IN NEED OF A TRANSMISSION. I HAVE HAD PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE DONE AT THE SUGGESTED TIMES AND NOT UNTIL DOING RESEARCH DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THE MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSIONS. UPON TAKING IT TO THE SHOP, I NOTICED 3 OTHER 626'S IN THE GARAGE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SOMEONE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO RECALLING THESE VEHICLES AND THE ISSUES THAT THEY ARE HAVING. WHILE I DON'T HAVE MY OLD TRANSMISSION, I DO HAVE RECEIPTS DOCUMENTING THE REPLACEMENT COST FOR THE PART. *NM
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#10164818August 7, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I CURRENTLY HAVE APPROX. 112,000 MILES ON MY CAR. I DO NOT DRIVE IT A WHOLE LOT BUT DURING A TRIP FROM MARYLAND TO FLORIDA, MY TRANSMISSION STARTED TO GO UP. THE O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING, THE RPM AND MILEAGE NEEDLE WAS GOING WACKY AND THE CAR WOULD BARELY DRIVE. THE MILEAGE NEEDLE WOULD SAY THAT I WAS DOING 0 MPH WHEN IN FACT I WAS DRIVING AT 20 MPH. I HAD TO DRIVE ON GEAR 1 OR 2 HALF THE WAY BACK. THERE WAS ALSO THIS BURNT SMELL COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION OIL. WHICH SCARED ME BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE CAR WAS SURELY GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE SINCE I WAS ONLY IN VIRGINIA (AGAIN, FINAL DESTINATION FLORIDA) NOW I TAKE CARE OF MY CAR, I HAD JUST HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED TWO MONTHS BEFORE. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, DURING DAILY OPERATION, WHENEVER I WOULD SHIFT GEARS ON MY CAR, THE RESPONSE WAS ALWAYS DELAYED ABOUT 1 SECOND AND A HALF, WHICH I HAVE BEEN TOLD ARE CLEAR SIGNS OF IMPEDING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I ALSO FOUND OUT FROM SEVERAL OTHER MAZDA 626 OWNERS THAT THESE MAZDA VEHICLES ARE WELL KNOWN FOR TRANSMISSIONS FAILURES. DUE TO THE FACT OF POOR VENTILATION FOR THE TRANS, THIS CAUSES TOO MUCH HEAT THAT LEADS TO TRANS. FAILURE. I FEEL THAT THIS IS THE MANUFACTURERS FAULT FOR LETTING A FAULTY ENGINEER AS THIS ONE GO TO THE MARKET. WHAT IF SOMEONE GETS HURT? NO I HAVE TO FRONT THE BILL FOR A TRANSMISSION THAT WAS DOOMED TO FAIL AND I DO NOT THINK THAT IS RIGHT. MAZDA SHOULD PAY, NOT ME. *NM
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#10164877August 7, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
RECALL 00V134000 ON 1999 MAZDA 626 TIMING BELT TENSIONER SPRING DID NOT COVER SAME PART FAILURE ON SAME CAR(BY VIN #). *JB
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#10164659August 6, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. DEALER SAYS I WILL NEED A NEW ONE SOON. THE CAR WAS NEVER ABUSED AND WAS ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OFF. *NM
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