Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#10088555August 25, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, OD LIGHT BLINKING, TRANSMISSION FLUID BOILING OUT OF DIP STICK AREA, COVERING MOTOR WHICH THEN STARTED BURNING WITH LOTS OF SMOKE. TOOK IT TO TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP THEY CHANGED THE FILTER AND FLUID, NOW IT DOING THE SAME THING. I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088562August 25, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
I PURCHASED A 1997 MAZDA 626 IN JAN OF 2004. TOOK IT ON ITS FIRST ROAD TRIP IN JUNE. WENT TO PASS ANOTHER DRIVER AND THE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING, CAR STARTED JERKING. I LIMPED BACK HOME WITHOUT HAVING TO DO A LOT OF MAJOR WORK. CONSQUENCES: TOWING, CANCELLED TRIP, REPAIR COSTS, TIME LOST. I'M WORKING ON SAVING THE MONEY TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. I WENT TO RESEARCH THE ISSUE & FOUND LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS DEALING WITH MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSIONS. BUT NO RESPONSE FROM MAZDA.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088486August 24, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED MY 1999 MAZDA 626 IN DECEMBER 2000. SINCE THAT TIME, THERE EXISTS AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH DOWNSHIFTS ROUGHLY AND HAS THREATENED TO FAIL ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. RECENTLY, A FRIEND WHO HAS THE SAME MODEL TOLD ME THAT MAZDA INSTALLED FORD TRANSMISSIONS IN THEIR 626 MODELS AND THAT THESE PARTICULAR TRANSMISSIONS WERE NOT SUFFICIENT TO OPERATE IN A 626. HER TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY AND SHE HAD TO REPLACE IT. SHE TOLD ME THAT THE MAZDA DEALERSHIPS ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM AND THAT THERE IS A HUNDRED-DOLLAR "FIX" THAT CAN STOP THE TRANSMISSION FROM FAILING. I LOOKED THROUGH YOUR DATABASE ONLINE. THE PROBLEM WITH MAZDA TRANSMISSIONS IS WELL-KNOWN AND WELL-DOCUMENTED AND YET: 1. THERE IS NO RECALL. 2. MAZDA HAS NEVER INFORMED ME OF A POTENTIAL PROBLEM OR POTENTIAL "FIX." I SUPPOSE I WILL EITHER HAVE TO TAKE MY CHANCES WITH THE "FIX" AND SPEND MORE MONEY ON A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSTALLED OR PAY APPROXIMATELY $2,000 WHEN MY TRANSMISSION FINALLY FAILS. IF THIS IS A DOCUMENTED CONDITION WHICH EVERYONE SEEMS TO KNOW ABOUT, WHAT IS NHTSA'S POSITION AND WHY ISN'T MAZDA BEING CALLED TO BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088335August 21, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION ON MY 99 MAZDA 626 LX IS GIVING ME PLENTY OF PROBLEMS. CAR WARRANTY IS ALMOST GONE. I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME CAR AND ALL HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT MAZDA SHOULD RECALL THE TRANSMISSIONS AS THEY ARE FAULTY! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089344August 20, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVEN AT 55 MPH BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY. PREVIOUS TO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT THERE WAS NO LIGHT INDICATION. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED AND DENIED ANY HELP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088289August 20, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TOOK MY 2000 MAZDA 626 TO MIKE MCGRATH'S IN CEDAR RAPIDS, IA WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WAS A DELAY IN SHIFTING AND SHIFTING HARD. SERVICE DROVE THE CAR AND I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. PROBLEM CONTINUED AND WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN AFTER IT WAS OFF OF WARRANTY, WAS TOLD BY MCGRATH'S THAT THE CAR NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. MCGRATH'S WAS AWARE THAT 2000 MAZDA 626'S HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THE FIRST TIME I TOOK THE CAR IN BUT NEGLECTED TO INFORM ME. APPEARS THAT MAZDA USES A FORD TRANSMISSION BUT DOES NOT INSTALL A COOLANT AS FORD DOES WITH THEIR VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS. ALTHOUGH MAZDA COVERED COST OF PARTS, I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LABOR COSTS OF $600. MCGRATH'S SHOULD HAVE ALERTED ME TO THE FACT THAT THERE WERE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT THE CAR IN AND MAZDA SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. I HAVE DRIVEN MAZDA'S FOR 19 YEARS BUT I AM FINISHED WITH THEM. THE QUALITY NOW IS EXTREMELY LACKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083862August 20, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
TIMING BELT TENSIONER FAILED RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. MANUFACTURER STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088138August 18, 2004
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
OVERHEATED TRANSMISSION LEADING TO THE TEDIOUS AND COSTLY PROCESS OF GETTING ANOTHER TRANSMISSION WITH A COOLER KIT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088148August 18, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088072August 17, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT. AS A RESULT THE PART FAILED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088094August 17, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
STARTED OFF AS A SPEEDOMETER PROBLEM. SPEEDOMETER WOULD PEG FROM 0 TO WHATEVER SPEED I WAS TRAVELING WHEN TAKING MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR, THEN IT WOULD REVERSE IT AND ONLY PEG BACK AND FORTH WHEN MY FOOT WAS ON THAT ACCELERATOR. OVERDRIVE LIGHT BLINKS ON AND OFF AND OVERDRIVE FAILS. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO GEARS QUICKLY,CHIRPING TIRES. ALSO, WHEN SPEEDOMETER DROPS TO ZERO, IF YOU PUSH THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR SEEMS TO THINK IT NEEDS TO SHIFT INTO FIRST OR SECOND GEAR NO MATTER HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE 3 ACCIDENTS IN ONE DAY JUST DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089863August 16, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
1998 MAZDA 626 FAILURE OF THE TIMING CHAIN. *MR THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING ON AN EXTREMELY BUSY HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN TENSION MECHANISM FAILED. RECALL# 00V134000. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS AND PARTS. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086974August 16, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
STARTED MY CAR AND PUT IT INTO GEAR. IT DID NOT MOVE. I HAVE THE CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE SHIFTER CABLE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WHICH WILL COST $500 FOR PARTS AND LABOR. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I HAVE ANY RECOURSE IN OBTAINING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS COST.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087988August 16, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE TIMING BELT NEEDED REPLACEMENT. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087005August 16, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS DRIVING MY 1998 MAZDA 626 IN NORMAL TRAFFIC AND STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. AFTER THE LIGHT CHANGED, I ACCELERATED AS NORMAL AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT TO A HIGHER GEAR AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RACE. I PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT WHERE I FLAGGED DOWN MY HUSBAND AND TOLD HIM THERE WAS A PROBLEM. HE THEN GOT IN AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT TO A HIGHER GEAR. HE DROVE THE CAR TO MAZDA KNOXVILLE IN THE FIRST GEAR. THE SERVICE MANAGER LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND TOLD US THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD GONE OUT AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. HE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT WE INSTALL A "TRANSMISSION COOLER" TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. HE SAID THAT MAZDA PUTS THESE TYPE OF COOLERS IN NEWER MODELS. I HAD NO WARNING, NOR HAD I HAD ANY PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086887August 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1998 MAZDA 626. 89,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. CAR WOULD NOT RUN. AAMCO REPAIRS COST ME APPROXIMATELY $2,600. PREMATURE FAILURE IS COMMON. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, FOLLOW THIS LINK: HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/YOURLEMON/189.HTML. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086917August 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, REVEALED TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. O/D LIGHT FLASHES AFTER DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086784August 13, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 97 MAZDA 626 WITH 88000 MILES AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. STRATED OUT WITH A PROBLEM SHIFTING TO THIRD GEAR, BUT NOW THE O/D LIGHT IS BLINKING. THE MECHANIC SAYS THAT IT NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION THAT WILL COST $2000. I HAVE MAINTAINED THIS CAR PRETTY WELL AND IT SHOULDN'T HAVE PROBLEMS, UNLESS THE PRODUCTY IS FAULTY. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087714August 11, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE SHIFTING VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE ON ITS OWN. A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SHAFT SOLENOID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086545August 10, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CAR: 1995 MAZDA 626 LX FAILURE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AT 69,XXX MILES TRANSMISSION REBUILT BY LOCAL SHOP OF NATIONAL CHAIN FAILED AGAIN IN SEPT. OF 2001; TOTAL REPAIR COSTS EXCEEDED $2,300
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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