Mazda 626 Complaints (1998)

434 consumer complaints on file.

#10139116October 8, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
(1)TRANSMISSION OCCASIONALLY SHIFTED WITH A HARD JOLT FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND FROM 2ND TO 3RD, THEN BEGAN TO EMIT A LOUD WHIZZING/SQUEAKING TYPE OF SOUND IN ALL GEARS(INCLUDING PARK AND NEUTRAL). THE SOUND WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF A LOOSE BELT, BUT WAS CLEARLY COMING FOR WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. (2)WITHIN A WEEK OF MAKING THAT SOUND, THE TRANSMISSION, ALTHOUGH APPARENTLY SHIFTING IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE, STARTED SLIPPING. OBVIOUSLY THIS RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE BEING EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. (3)AT THIS POINT I HAVE: A - RECEIVED ESTIMATES RANGING FROM $1800-$2700 FOR A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REBUILD WITH INSTALLATION, AS WELL AS ESTIMATES RANGING FROM $650-$1750+SHIPPING FOR A USED TRANSMISSION WITHOUT INSTALLATION. SO FAR, I HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AFTER DRAINING AND FLUSHING THE SYSTEM, AT WHICH POINT I DISCOVERED THAT UNLIKE VIRTUALLY ALL OTHER AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS, THE FORD CD4E TRANSMISSION MUST BE REMOVED AND COMPLETELY DISASSEMBLED IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FILTER. OBVIOUSLY, AS THE FILTER BECOMES CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS, THE PRESSURE AND FLOW OF THE FLUID IS RESTRICTED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF PERFORMANCE, OVER-HEATING, AND EVENTUALLY A COMPLETE SYSTEM FAILURE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10138544October 4, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DT: THE CALLER SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE REVVED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CALLER SAID IT WOULD HAPPEN MOSTLY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. SHE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC SHOP. DEALER SAID SHE NEEDED TO GET A DIFFERENT YEAR TRANSMISSION, AND SHE WILL HAVE TO UPDATE THE COMPUTER. MANUFACTURER SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON HER VEHICLE AND OFFERED NO HELP FOR FREE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10138230September 30, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A MAZDA 626 1998, 4 CYLINDER. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION JUST FAILED ON ME AT 79000 MILES. I WAS JAMMED ON THE HIGHWAY UNTIL I GOT TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO SOLD ME THE CAR. THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW AND WAS DRIVEN BY MY WIFE FROM 1998 TO 2004. IT WAS NEVER ABUSED. IT STARTED SLIPPING AT DRIVE POSITION WHEN I GOT OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THE DAY BEFORE IT BROKE I HAD TO REMOVE O/D TO ENGAGE AND MOVE FORWARD. THEN, PUT O/D ON AT APPROXIMATELY 50 M/H TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD ALSO A FIRST FAILURE ON JAN 04,2003 AT 46500 MILES. LOST TRANSMISSION PARTS DIRECTLY IN THE STREET ! IT WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AND DEALER SAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS A-1 LIKE A NEW ONE. NOW WARRANTY IS OVER AND MY DEALER IS ASKING FOR $3726 TO FIX !! NO DEAL TO DO! NOT EVEN SPLIT COSTS HALF AND HALF. THIS TRANSMISSION HAD A DEFECT FOR SURE. SO GOT THE CAR TOWED ELSEWHERE FOR LOWER REPAIR COST ($1900 )*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10138153September 29, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
DT: ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2005, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS CUT OFF AND IT LOST POWER, THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO STEER IT AND LOST THE BRAKES. RECALL 00V134OOO WAS ISSUED . IT STATES THE EXTERNAL SPRING IN THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER COULD BREAK AND BE CAUGHT IN THE TIMING BELT, RESULTING IN STALLING; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. . THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER, AND THEY ARE SAYING THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO FOREWARNING AND NO NOISE. IT WAS RUNNING SO ROUGH THAT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHIN A FEW SECONDS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137940September 28, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GOING OUT. PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE IT REPLACED REAL SOON. IT HAS BEEN SLIPPING EVER SINCE I GOT IT. DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE IS MUCH HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137042September 20, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING 2 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE STORE THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED RESPONDING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. AFTER THIS THE CAR DID MOVE IN ANY GEAR. I SINCE THEN HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10136957September 19, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TRANSMISSION FAILURE/ENGINE FAILURE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10136427September 14, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT MAZDA 626 LX 1998 AND TWO MONTHS AFTER TRANSMISSION FAILED. CAR STARTED MAKING CLINGING NOISE,SLOW PERFORMANCE AND ABRUPT SHIFTS, SLOW START UPS. TOOK IT TO AAMOCO AND THEY DIAGNOSED FAILING TRANSMISSION AND CHARGED ME $2200,DIDN'T HAVE MONEY SO END UP GETTING LOAN TO PAY OF,PLUS INTEREST. JUST PAID OF LOAN AND MY REBUILT TRANSMISSION (ORIGINAL ONE BUT FIXED IT BY AAMOCO) IS FAILING AGAIN,ABRUPT SHIFTS,VERY SLOW STARTS AND I ACTUALLY GOT TICKET FROM POLICE. FOUND PLACE TO GET CAR REPAIRED SECOND TIME FOR $1500. SO FAR IN 3 1/2 YEARS TRANSMISSION FAILED 2 AND AROUND $4300 IN REPAIRS COSTS AND LOANS. LUCKILY I DID NOT DRIVE CAR ON HIGHWAY WHILE IT HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS,OTHERWISE WOULD BE IN DANGER OF ACCIDENT. CAR TAKES SLOW SHIFT,AROUND 30-40 MPH MAKES MOVES LIKE IT WILL STALL,IT TAKES FROM 0-60 MINUTES NOT SECONDS...VERY DANGEROUS TO OPERATE ON HIGHWAY DURING FAILURE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10135956September 9, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1998 MADZA 626 TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE ENTERING INTERSTATE WITH VEHICLES TRAVELING AT 60+ MPH. BEFORE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE, I DID MY RESEARCH. I FOUND THAT TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS A KNOW PROBLEM IN MAZDAS BUT THE CAR SALESMAN ASSURED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM EXISTED ONLY IN THE MODEL PREVIOUS TO THE 1998 WHICH I WAS INTERESTED IN. SHE STATED THAT AFTER THE DESIGN OF THE EMBLEM WAS CHANGED, THIS PROBLEM AS WELL HAD BEEN CORRECTED. THIS WAS A LIE. I WAS ENTERING INTERSTATE ONGOING A RAMP WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR STOPPED PULLING AND ALL I COULD SEE WAS CAR RUSHING TOWARDS MY REAR END AND STEERING TO AVOID HITTING MY RAPIDLY SLOWING VEHICLE. I CALLED THE LOT WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BUT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133479August 19, 2005
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT MY 1998 MAZDA 626. THIS CAR HAS BEEN TROUBLE EVER SINCE DAY ONE. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TIMING BELT, THE DRIVE AXLES TWICE, AND PUT IN 4 TRANSMISSIONS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR SINCE 2002 AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION EVERY YEAR. I COULD HARDY MAKE MY CAR PAYMENTS FOR HAVING TO SPEND EXTRA MONEY TO REPAIR MY CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130674July 31, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MAZDA 626 LX, 1998 - TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT 69000 MILES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127572July 6, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MAZDA 1998 626....OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AND OFF.TRANS FLUID HAD BOILED OUT OVER MOTOR..ONLY HAD 65,000 MILES...CAR WAS FINE HAD TRANS AND COOLING SYSTEM SERVICED AT 52,000 MILES WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WAS FINE NEEDED TO BE DONE AGAIN AT 100,00...IT WILL COST ME BETWEEN 1,800 TO 3,600 TO GET FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128086June 6, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1998 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION DEFECTIVE.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR *TT TWO DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124147June 3, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MAZDA 626. SHE STATES THAT TRANSMISSION IS BAD. SHE DID FIX THE TRANSMISSION IN MARCH OF 2005, AND IN JUNE 2005 THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122474May 31, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE AFTER 91000 MILES ON A 626 MAZDA 2.0L AUTOMATIC. WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY TRANSMISSION WOULD JUST GIVE OUT MAKING ENGINE JUST REV WITH NO POWER. FORCING ME TO DRIVE OFF ROAD TO PREVENTING AN INCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122145May 25, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS 1998 626 HAS 84,000 MILES AND IS ON ITS 3RD TRANSMISSION. THIS ONE IS SHOWING THE ALL TOO FAMILIAR SIGNS OF GOING OUT. UNBELIEVABLE HOW THE COMPANYCAN STAY IN BUSINESS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105145May 23, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
NHTSA RECALL 00V134000 CONCERNING THE TIMING BELT . THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ALTHOUGH THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER. *AK THE VEHICLE WOULD START BUT NOT ACCELERATE. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121766May 21, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY COMPLAINT IS WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THE MAZDA 626 (CD4E).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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