Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#10120126May 6, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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#10119931May 5, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION-- BEARING INSIDE BROKE IN TWO
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No
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No
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0
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#10119982May 5, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT: THE VEHICLE SHOOK PRIOR TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES. *NM
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#10119429May 3, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
HAVE A FLASHING O/D OFF LIGHT AND I AM NOW TOLD THAT I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. READING A LOT OF OTHER STORIES ON LINE APPARENTLY THIS IS MORE COMMON THAN NOT IN MY YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED
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0
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0
#10119654May 3, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 1997 MAZDA 626 ES V6. THE FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILED AT ABOUT 68000 MILES, AND NOW, AT ALMOST 200K MILES, ANOTHER IS HAVING PROBLEMS. THIS IS APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM, AS I HAVE FOUND A NUMBER OF WEBSITES WITH LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE CARS EQUIPPED WITH THE CD4E AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE FIRST TRANSMISSION I WAS TOLD DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT. ACCORDING TO EACH OF THESE WEBSITES DISCUSSED ABOVE, THIS IS ONE OF THE COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. THE PROBLEM WE ARE HAVING NOW IS ANOTHER APPARENTLY COMMON ISSUE. THE O/D LIGHT WILL BLINK ON AND OFF CONTINUOUSLY, AND THE CAR WILL SHIFT FROM 3RD TO 4TH REPEATEDLY WHILE DRIVING. MY WIFE DRIVES THIS CAR WITH THREE OF OUR CHILDREN DAILY, THEREFORE, THE PROBLEMS DEEPLY CONCERN ME, SINCE SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS ON THESE SITES INVOLVE THE TRANSMISSION LOCKING UP AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE NHTSA, THE REP INFORMED ME 335 COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED REGARDING THIS VEHICLE, WITH MANY OF THEM FOR THE SAME REASON. ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPLAINED ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED SITES HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MAZDA THESE PROBLEMS ARE NOT MAZDA'S, BUT THE CONSUMERS. ACCORDING TO MOST OF MY RESEARCH, ALL 626 MODELS FROM 1994 TO 2000 ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION, AND BEING THIS IS A FORD TRANSMISSION, THE FORD PROBES OF CORRESPONDING YEARS ARE AFFECTED AS WELL. THE FIRST TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, THE OLD TRANSMISSION IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS FAILURE WERE AS FOLLOWS: I MISSED FOUR DAYS OF WORK DUE TO THIS BEING OUR ONLY VEHICLE AT THE TIME. MY WIFE WAS THE ONE DRIVING, AND WAS STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 101 WITH MY SON AND INFANT DAUGHTER AFTER THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER WHILE DRIVING AT ROUGHLY 65 MPH.
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#10118822May 2, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DRIVING FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, 1999 MAZDA 626 THE TRANSMISSION OD LIGHT FLASHES AND THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT AND BLOWS THE EXTREMLY HOT TRANSMISSION FLUID OUT INTO THE ENVRONMENT AND ONTO THE EXAUST PIPE AND ENGINE COMPONENT AND COULD CAUSE A FIRE. NOT VERY ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY IF ALL MAZDA AND FORD DO THIS, AND ACCORDING TO HTTP://ATXPROBES.COM/CD4E.HTML AND MAZDA TSB 05-005/02 THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. MAZDA SAY TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND ADD A TRANSMISSION COOLER AT OWNERS EXPENSE. I SAY YOU AND THE EPA NEED TO MAKE MAZDA AND FORD RECALL AND MAKE THE REPAIRS.
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0
#10119400May 2, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10118774May 1, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1) THERE WAS NO WARNING OF IMPENDING FAILURE ON THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE. IT SIMPLY CEASED TO FUNCTION IN FORWARD SPEEDS IN A MATTLER OF LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR. *AK 2) IT WAS PARKED ON STREET FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS AFTER HAVING BEEN DRIVEN 20 MILES ON THE FREEWAY. AFTER STARTING THE CAR, I SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND FOUND THERE WAS NO DRIVE GEAR. SHIFTING DOWN, THERE WAS SECOND AND FIRST AVAILABLE. AS I WAS LESS THAN 10 MILES FROM MY HOME, I DROVE THERE ON BACK STREETS, USING SECOND GEAR. WITHIN A MILE OF MY HOME, SECOND GEAR FAILED AND FIRST GEAR BARELY ENGAGED. I HAD TO HAVE IT PUSHED FROM A BUSY INTERSECTION TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WAS TOWED TO A SERVICE FACILITY FOR AN ESTIMATE. 3) AS OF TODAY, I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED. AFTER AN EXTERNAL INVESTIGATION TURNED UP NO ANSWERS, I WAS TOLD THAT THE ONLY WAY TO APPROACH THE REPAIR WOULD BE TO OPEN UP AND EXAMINE IT. AN INITIAL "GUESSTIMATE" WAS $900 TO $2800.
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#10118748April 30, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO MOVE MY CAR ,AND ALLOWED EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO ACCESS AN MVA FURTHER AHEAD IN TRAFFIC.*AK
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0
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#10118641April 28, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FAULTY/DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS ARE BEING USED IN MAZDA VEHICLES WELL AFTER THE ISSUE WAS KNOWN ABOUT BY THE MANUFACTURER. THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS, OF NOT THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES WHO HAVE HAD THEIR TRANSMISSIONS GO OUT... MANY WITH WELL UNDER 60K MILES. AND, MANY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL TRANSMISSIONS BEFORE 100K MILES. ALL OF THE PROBLEM VEHICLES SHARE THE SAME SYMPTOMS: OD LIGHT FLASHING OFF AND ON, AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPING IN AND OUT OF GEAR, AS THE TRANSMISSION BURNS UP, LITERALLY FROM POOR DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW FOR PROPER AIR FLOW AND COOLING. THIS PROBLEM IS WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE MANUFACTURER, CAR OWNERS, DEALERS, SERVICE CENTERS, AND OTHER AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONALS. PROOF OF THIS FACT WAS A NOTICE SENT OUT TO DEALERS THAT THERE IS A COOLING KIT "AVAILABLE" FOR THIS TRANSMISSION THAT SHOULD AID IN KEEPING THE TRANSMISSION COOL. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT A FREE ADDITION! MAZDA IS ACTUALLY CHARGING CUSTOMERS TO ADD A FIX TO THEIR DESIGN FLAW! I FEEL THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY A FRAUDULENCE ISSUE, BUT IS ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE. PEOPLE COULD (MAY HAVE ALREADY) BE SEVERELY INJURED, OR KILLED, BY HAVING THEIR TRANSMISSION GO OUT AS THEY ATTEMPT TO ENTER HIGH TRAFFIC, HIGH-SPEED AREAS, SUCH AS A FREEWAY. PERSONALLY, I EXPECT TO RECEIVE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT I COULD HAVE SOLD MY CAR FOR, AND WHAT I ACTUALY HAD TO SELL IT FOR DUE TO THIS KNOWN DEFECT. I ALSO EXPECT TO SEE MAZDA MAKE GOOD ON THIS PROBLEM WITH CURRENT AND PREVIOUS OWNERS, AS WELL AS CORRECTING THIS ISSUE ONCE AND FOR ALL, TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROBLEM DOESN'T CONTINUE. THANKS, DAVID WILLIAMS
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#10118517April 26, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
I HAVE HAD MY 2001 MAZDA 626 FOR 3 YEARS. THERE IS ONLY 69,000 MILES ON THIS CAR, AND NOW MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM HERE. MAZDA SHOULD HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES RECALLED. I DO NOT FEEL THAT CONSUMERS SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE WITH THE EXPENSE OF REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION AFTER A CAR BEING ONLY 4 YEARS OLD. *AK
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#10118377April 25, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1999 MAZDA 626 WITH 68,000 - ACCORDING TO DEALER TRANSMISSION IS FAILING AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT. VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF OVERDRIVE AND SEVERAL TIMES OD LIGHT HAS BEGUN FLASHING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER CLAIMS CODE 736 - "IMPROPER GEAR RATIO." DEALER EXPLAINED THAT SHE HAD SEEN THIS EXACT PROBLEM "MANY" TIMES AND REQUIRES $2900 REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION. *AK
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0
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#10119033April 21, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING,THE VEHICLE STALLS THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULL OVER. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART,BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM
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#10118097April 19, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2002 MAZDA 626 HAD A MAJOR TRANSMITION FAILURE AT 45000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO THE MAZDA DEALER AT THE FIST SIGN OF THIS PROBLEM WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD THAT ALL THE PROBLEMS I WAS HAVING WAS NORMAL. WARRANTY RAN OUT ON DECEMBER 31, 2004. IT COST ME $3100 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I TOOK IT IN FOR BURNT TRANSMITION FLUID. THE DEALER JUST CHANGED FLUID ,AND SAID THAT IT WAS NORMAL FOR THE FLUID TO BE LIKE THAT. *AK
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#10118125April 19, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, TIRES, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
HEARD NOISE AND BAD VIBRATION FROM FRONT LEFT , IT GOT WORSE AND LOUDER WHEN MAKING TURNS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO STATED THAT FRONT WHEEL BEARING WAS BAD. AROUND TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE SAME THING HAPPENED, HEARD LOUD NOISE ON FRONT RIGHT, GOT LOUDER WHEN TURNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO REPLACED FRONT RIGHT BEARING. CAR ALWAYS SERVICED AT DEALER, TWO WEEKS BEFORE TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR PULLING TO THE RIGHT. DEALER STATED IT NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT AND BALANCING. DID THAT NEXT DAY AND SAME THING HAPPENED WITHIN THE PAST MONTH. I HAD NEW FRONT BRAKES, NEW TIRES, NEW RIGHT AND LEFT BEARINGS, AND SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO BALANCE AND ROTATE TIRES. ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION, BUT DEALER INSISTED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG, SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS LIKE IT SHOULD WHEN GOING OVER SPEED BUMPS. VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. ALSO, HAD TO REPLACE COOLANT BOTTLE THREE TIMES, AND ONCE CAR OVERHEATED. IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *AK
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0
Deaths:
0
#10118885April 15, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 40 MPH VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO A SHOP FOR REPAIRS, AND RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION.*AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117880April 14, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PURCHASED A 2002 MAZDA 626 LX 4 CYLINDER IN NOV 2001.FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILURE @ 30,000 MILES. REPLACED DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION WITH A NEW ONE. ECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE @ 59,000 MILES.*AK THE CAR IS USED FOR OFFICE COMMUTE ONLY. PROPER MAINTENANCE WORKS ARE DONE AT THE DEALER'S SERVICE CENTER AT REGULAR INTERVALS. ALL THE SERVICE HISTORY IS DOCUMENTED.
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10116846April 13, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
REPEATED TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR MOUNT PROBLEMS /AXLES TOO. *AK
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0
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0
#10116882April 13, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION REPLACED DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS/HARD SHIFTING/ROUGH IDLE. *AK
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No
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0
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#10116887April 13, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MAZDA PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 90000. O/D LIGHT BLINKS AND TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS. POOR PLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION FILTER. THIS TRANSMISSION IS MANUFACTURED I BELIEVE FROM 95-2000 AND MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE AROSE THROUGHOUT ALL PRODUCTION YEARS. ALL OVER THE INTERNET INCLUDING A CLASS ACTION BEING FILED IN MICHIGAN. I THINK IT SHOULD BE NATIONALLY FILED. DEALERSHIPS ARE NON RESPONSIVE. *AK
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