Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#10132294August 10, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1999 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION DIED I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY READING ON THE FORUMS ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON THE MAZDA 626. I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR ABOUT A YEAR AGO WITH ABOUT 110K MILES (THE CAR WAS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE). I HAVE PUT ABOUT 7K MILES AND THREE WEEKS AGO THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I TOOK A TRIP AND ON THE WAY BACK HOME THE O/D LIGHT CAME ON AND IT DID NOT TURN OFF UNTIL I STOPPED AT A REST STOP AND THE CAR COOLED DOWN. I GUESS IT WAS A SIGN THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVERHEATING. WELL, I HAVE SINCE TAKEN IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT NEEDS TO BE REBUILT ($1500 MIN.). I HAVE SINCE TRIED DRIVING IT TO ANOTHER SHOP AND NOW IT RUNS FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND QUITS. WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL. I TURN IF OFF AND WAIT A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO LET IT COOL OFF AND IT WORKS AGAIN FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF MINUTES. WHAT A CROCK!! IF MAZDA NEW ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND RELUCTANTLY ISSUED A TECH BULLETIN ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING, WHY DID THEY PUT THIS CAR OUT TO BEGIN WITH. MOTOR AND TRANNY ARE THE LIFE OF THE CAR, IF NEITHER WORK WHAT IS THE CAR GOOD FOR! *JB
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#10132068August 9, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2001 MAZDA 626 4 CYLINDER I HAVE JUST FOUND OUT I HAVE TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION DONE DUE TO THE CD4E WHICH WERE ON MODEL 1994-2002 ALSO FORDS NOW I AM FINDING OUT THAT MAZDA KNEW BOUT THIS AN STILL HAVE NOT RECALLED THIS IS A SHAME BECAUSE BEING A SINGLE MOM WITH A DISABLED CHILD WORKING UP TO 3 JOBS THINKING SHE WAS PURCHASING A RELIABLE CAR TO FIND OUT $3,055.43 WILL BE MY COST IS HARD TO SHALLOW KNOWING THAT MAZDA KNEW THIS ALL ALONG EVEN PUTTING OUT TSB, NOW I'M STUCK WITH A CAR PAYMENT AND I CAN'T DRIVE THE CAR. *JB
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#10131919August 8, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT
LEMON - THIS CAR HAS HAD PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT IT. EVERYTHING FROM TRANSMISSION TO COMPUTER TO TIMING BELTS TO POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. AT ABOUT 70,000 MILES I HAD IT FIXED AGAIN UNDER WARRANTY AND SINCE THEN I'VE HAD TO PAY FOR ALL REPAIRS. LAST YEAR IT WAS THE RADIATOR I GUESS THINGS WEAR OUT BUT IT TOOK MAZDA 2 TRIES TO FIX IT. THIS YEAR I GOT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FOR SOMETHING CALLED THE IDOL AIR CONTROL VALVE AND THE POWER STEERING SOMETHING OR OTHER. THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR AND THE SYMPTOMS ARE SOMETHING I'VE EXPERIENCED BEFORE. AFTER REPLACING THE IDOL AIR CONTROL VALVE IT THE PROBLEM DIDN'T GO AWAY AND I WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST 3500 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. I MADE THE MISTAKE OF TRYING TO FIX IT. I TOOK IT TO AAMCO AND I FEEL REALLY BAD NOW BECAUSE AFTER 3 TRIES THEY STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY STILL HAVE THE CAR AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN IT WILL BE FIXED NOT TO MENTION IT'S COST A LOT MORE THAN I EXPECTED TO FIX. *NM
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#10131519August 4, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT: THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO WARRANTY. THEY REPAIRED TRANSMISSION, THEY FIXED GASKET, PLATE, RINGS, NPN PLATE, MINI BULB, CLUTCH. THEY FIXED THIS 7-20-05. *AK
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#10131405August 3, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: CALLER WAS DRIVING HER CAR AND ENGINE STALED AT SPEEDS 20, 25, 35, 45 OR 55 MPH. CAR RAN GOOD FOR A WHILE THEN IT JUST STALLED WHEN ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED. . NUMEROUS TIMES CALLER HAD VEHICLE SERVICED, BUT IT IS STILL DID NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *AK
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#10131482August 3, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2002 MAZDA 626, 4 CYLINDER AUTOMATIC CAR DROVE FINE UNTIL 2 DAYS AGO WHEN IT STARTED STUTTERING ON TAKEOFF. TOOK IT TO A MAINTENANCE SHOP WHO SAID 1ST GEAR IS PRETTY MUCH GONE AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. RESEARCHING ON THE WEB HAS INDICATED THAT THIS IA COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE 4 CYLINDER MAZDA 626 AUTOMATICS. *NM
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#10131504August 3, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY CAR IS MAZDA 626 LX 1999 WITH 66K MILES. THIS CAR HAS BAD TRANSMISSION. 1. FROM 30K MILES. THIS CAR SOMETIMES HAD TRANSMISSION JERKING 2. ONE DAY MY WIFE DRIVE THIS CAR. THE SHE PUT SHIFT ON REVERSE, BUT THE CAR WAS FORWARD ON FLAT PARKING LOT. SHE SHIFTED BACK ON PARK THEN SHIFTED ON REVERSE AGAIN, THE CAR WAS STILL FORWARD. SO SHE TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, THEN STARTED THE ENGINE, THE CAR WORKED FINE. 3. JULY 30,2005. AFTER DRIVING ONE AND HALF HOURS. THE O/D OFF LIGHT CAME OUT, THEN THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN JUMPING AND THE CAR LOST POWER. I TOOK EXIT RIGHT AWAY. I STOP THE CAR AND TOOK A LOOK. I FOUND WHITE SMOKING AND A LOT TRANSMISSION OIL ALREADY SPILLED OUT. THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVERHEATED. FOR THIS CAR I TOOK ALL MAINTENANCE SERVICE SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR. ACTUALLY I FOUND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED MANY TIMES. I LET MECHANIC GUY CHECKED. THEY DIDN'T FOUND ANYTHING WRONG BECAUSE I DIDN'T DRIVE THE CAR MORE THAN ONE HOUR BEFORE CHECKING. *NM
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#10130801August 1, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1) CAR OVERHEATING, O/D LIGHT BLINKING, CAR NOT SHIFTING OUT OF 1ST GEAR 2) CAR EVENTUALLY WOULD NOT SHIFT AT ALL, HAD REPAIRS DONE = $1900 3) TRANSMISSION SHOP REPLACED TRANNY. MAZDA DEALER QUOTED $3500 TO DO SAME REPAIRS. *JB
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#10130814August 1, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FIRST MY CAR STARTED JERKING, I WAS TOLD BY THE MAZDA DEALER THAT IT'S OKAY. THEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND MY O/D STARTED BLINKING... NEXT THING I KNEW MY CAR STOPPED. IT WILL GO INTO REVERSE BUT NOT DRIVE. I NOW NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I HAVE SINCE FOUND THAT MAZDA SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME ABOUT A TRANSMISSION COOLANT SYSTEM THAT WAS NEEDED FOR MY CAR, BUT NOT INSTALLED WHEN THE CAR WAS PURCHASED. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE THIS CONCERN.. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED. *JB
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#10130674July 31, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MAZDA 626 LX, 1998 - TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT 69000 MILES. *JB
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#10130696July 31, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION PUT IN THIS VEHICLE. IT CAUSES THE CAR TO HESITATE IN TRAFFIC AND OVERHEATS. THIS IS THE SECOND 626 I HAVE OWNED. TRANSMISSION WENT IN FIRST ONE AS WELL, CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. HOW SAFE IS THAT? HTTP://WWW.ESTREETJOURNAL.COM/MAZDA.HTM PLEASE READ THAT. THIS IS ONE OF MANY EXPERIENCES THAT SHOW JUST HOW DANGEROUS FORD'S FAULTY TRANSMISSION IS. YOU HAVE RECIEVED HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS. AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS THAT YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED. WHEN IS SOMEONE FINALLY GOING TO STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS???? MAZDA INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD TAKE NO ACTION UNLESS HIGHWAY SAFETLY DEEMED THEIR PORBLEM A HAZARD. *JB
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#10130648July 30, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I BOUGHT A 1999 MAZDA 626 LX IN NOVEMBER OF 1998. VIN [XXX] THE TIME THE WARRANTY RAN OUT I HAD TAKEN MY CAR INTO AN OIL CHANGE FRANCHISE. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I FLUSH AND RENEW THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. SO I DID. THAT'S WHEN ALL THE PROBLEMS BEGAN. I THEN DROVE THE CAR FROM NJ TO FL WHERE I LIVED. IT STARTED BURNING UP A LOT OF OIL SO I TOOK IT INTO TO MAZDA. THEY SAID THAT IT WAS WELL KNOWN THAT MY MAKE AND MODEL CAR RUNS HOT. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH WHAT THE OIL CHANGE FRANCHISE DID. THEY RECOMMENDED THAT I PUT A RADIATOR ON THE TRANSMISSION TO KEEP IT FROM BOILING...WHICH IS WHAT IT WAS DOING. I BELIEVE IT IS THE BOILING TRANSMISSION WHICH HAS CAUSE MY ENGINE TO HEAT UP SO MUCH THAT THE OIL HAS GUNKED MY ENGINE. ANYWAY, I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC AND THEY PUT IN A RADIATOR WHICH SEEMS TO HELP SOME BUT NOW I'M CONTINUALLY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE OIL BURNING UP WITHOUT THERE BEING ANY LEAKS. I HAVE CONTINUALLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE EVERY SINCE. IN AND OUT OF THE SHOPS. NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO GET THE CAR RIGHT. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF OTHER MAZDA OWNERS HAVING PROBLEMS OF THIS SIMILAR NATURE ON THE NET. MAZDA SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THESE PROBLEMS AND ADMIT PUBLICLY THAT THEY'VE GOT PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VEHICLES AND THEY SHOULD MAKE IT RIGHT. *JB UPDATED 07/19/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
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#10130628July 29, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PURCHASED A 1994 MAZDA 626 THAT SEEMS TO HAVE PROBLEMS CONSISTENT WITH MANY OTHER OWNERS COMPLAINTS. IDLES HARD AND JUMPS BETWEEN GEARS, HOLD BUTTON FLASHES AND TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. *NM
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#10130506July 28, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
STARTED WITH OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHING ON/OFF. CAR HESITATES AND CHUGS WHEN YOU STEP ON THE GAS FROM A STOPPED POSITION. JERKS WHILE SHIFTING AND TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. I HAVE HAD ALL THE RECOMMENDED SERVICES DONE INCLUDING TUNE UP, OIL CHANGE AND TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSH. THE CAR HAS 73,000 MILES ON IT. *JB
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#10130522July 28, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2001 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION FAILED. ON JUNE 6, 2003 WE PLACED OUR 626 WITH JIM ELLIS MAZDA IN ATLANTA, GA BECAUSE THE OVERDRIVE WAS FLASHING. THE WARRANTY REPAIR ORDER STATES "TRANS OVER HEATED. NEEDS UPDATED COOLER. INSTALLED TRANS COOLER. SEE RO FOR DETAILS." TWO YEARS LATER OUR TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED, AND AFTER READING EXPERIENCES FROM MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME FAILURE, THIS IS DUE TO A FAULTY TRANSMISSION THAT MAZDA HAS INSTALLED IN THEIR 626'S. I FEEL STRONGLY THAT MAZDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO ISSUE A RECALL, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DENY THIS PROBLEM UNTIL SOMETHING IS DONE TO FORCE THEIR HAND AND REQUIRE THEM TO FACE THE PROBLEM. *JB
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#10130262July 27, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 1998 MAZDA 626 LX 4 CYLINDER AUTOMATIC. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND IS GIVING JERKY MOVEMENTS WHILE DRIVING ESPECIALLY AFTER A EXTENDED DRIVING. ESTIMATED COST IS 3375 PLUS TAXES. I READ ABOUT SIMILAR PROBLEMS ON THE WEB AND DID NOT KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE COMPLAINED TO YOU.
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#10130270July 27, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT: THE TRANSMISSION PERFORMED POORLY. BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP TWICE, THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND JERKING WHEN ACCELERATING PAST FIRST GEAR. HAD AROUND 40,000 MILES. SECOND TIME IT HAD 54,000 MILES FOR THE EXACT SAME THING, AND CURRENTLY, THE THIRD TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STILL LEAKING FLUID AND IT WILL NOT GO FORWARD BUT WILL ONLY GOING BACKWARDS. THE FIRST TIME WAS AROUND 2001. *AK
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#10130092July 26, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN, EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
1)NEW CAR PURCHASE AUG 1997 - 5 MILES;2)TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT FEB 1999~38,000 MILES;3)TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT DEC 1999~57000 MILES;4)INFORMED AT 130K MILES THAT I NEEDED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION ( WITH EACH TRANSMISSION CLEARLY HAVING LESS THAN AN AVERAGE OF 60,000 MILES ON IT. IN EACH CASE MY O/D LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD, IMMEDIATELY SENDING A SIGNAL TO TURN ON THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I SENT FORMAL COMPLAINTS TO MAZDA, THE DEALERSHIP AND SINCE HAVE SENT COMPLAINTS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. I HAVE LEARNED OF TSB # 0500502 (WHICH YOU DO NOT SHOW ON YOUR SITE). YESTERDAY (07/25/2005) I LEARNED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CONSUMER COMPLAINTS AND TODAY I LEARNED OF NHTSA. SINCE THERE ARE NO SET NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS NEEDED BEFORE A RECALL IS ISSUED AND CONSIDERING THE SEVERITY OF THIS ISSUE, WHY WAS A RECALL NOT ISSUED? I SENT A COMPLAINT LETTER TO TOWN NORTH MAZDA (DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE) WHILE LOOKING FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIR FACILITIES, I RAN ACROSS THIS ARTICLE AND AM OUT DONE BY THE BLATANT DISLOYALTY AND FAILURE ON THE PART OF MAZDA/FORD MOTORS TO STAND BEHIND ITS PRODUCTS VIA RECALL OR SOME OTHER MEANS. HTTP://WWW.ESTREETJOURNAL.COM/MAZDA.HTM
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#10130099July 26, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
A FEW WEEKS AGO MY 2000 MAZDA 626 WAS BUCKING IN REVERSE, THEN IT WOULD START DOING THE SAME THING IN DRIVE IF I WAS STOPPED. I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THEY HAD TO REBUILD MY TRANSMISSION. THERE WAS A CODE COMING UP ABOUT THE PARK NEUTRAL SWITH THAT IT WASN'T GETTING ANY POWER AND MADE THE TALL CONVERTER GO AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED IT RUINED MY TRANSMISSION. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL REMAINED ON MY CAR WAS THEN SENT TO A MAZDA DEALERSHIP WHERE IT STILL IS NOW AND THEY CANNOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. I AM STILL WITHOUT A CAR THIS IS GOING ON THE THIRD WEEK AND I STILL WITHOUT AN ANSWER. THEY THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE COMPUTER LEADING UP TO THESE INCIDENTS BUT THEY ARE STILL UNSURE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING REGARDING A RECALL. THANK YOU.
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#10130158July 26, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IN FEB. 2005 I PURCHASED A 97 MAZDA 626 WITH 74000 MILES ON IT. ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. IT STARTED IDLING AT 500-2500 RPMS AND HAD TROUBLE SWITCHING GEARS. AROUND 75 MPH IT WOULD CUT OUT AND DROP TO 60 MPH BEFORE JERKING BACK INTO GEAR. LAST MONTH MY O/D OFF LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR STARTING LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. I HAD THAT FIXED, HAD A NEW O2 SENSOR PUT IN, AND MY O/D OFF LIGHT IS STILL COMING ON. NOW MY OVERDRIVE DOESNT WORK AT ALL AND I HAVE TROUBLE SWITCHING IT OUT OF LOW GEARS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION, AFTER ALREADY PUTTING A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY INTO REPAIRS. I HAVE 84000 MILES ON IT RIGHT NOW, AND AFTER SEEING HUNDREDS OF OTHER SIMILIAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE, AM OUTRAGED THAT MAZDA IS DOING NOTHING AS FAR AS A RECALL.
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