Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#741295February 21, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN EARLY NOVEMBER WITH NO WARNING. IT WAS REPLACED AT AN AUTHORIZED MAZDA DEALER, ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN. IT FELT LIKE I WAS DRIVING ON GRAVELY GROUND THE FRONT END WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AGAIN BY THE MAZDA DEALER AND THE SERVICE REP SAID THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A FAULTY TRANSMISSION. NOW THE VEHICLE PRESENTLY NEEDS THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AGAIN. WHEN I SHIFT FROM REVERSE OR PARK TO DRIVE IT JERKS VIOLENTLY INTO GEAR, THEN IT HESITATES TO ACCELERATE. WHEN IT FINALLY DOES ACCELERATE IT JERKS OFF INTO GEAR. THE O/D LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY FLASHES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880990February 21, 2001
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE)
WHILE DRIVING 15 - 20 MPH, TRIED SHIFTING FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR, AND CLUTCH PEDAL BROKE. VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIME FOR REPAIRS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880858February 20, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT ENGINE "PEGGED" OUT, AND HAD TO PLACE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY RUINED TRANSMISSION. PROBLEM HAS RETURNED AFTER THE ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785279February 17, 2001
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING, TRANSMISSION FROZE UP, A TOOTH OFF ONE OF THE GEARS BROKE AND WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM, MAZDA SENT REPLACEMENT PARTS 3 TIMES, FIRST 2 WERE DEFECTIVE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741066February 17, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE: FIRST AT 28596 MILES THEN AT 56449 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741073February 17, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
I PURCHASED A MAZDA 626 FROM AUTO SERVICE COMPANY IN 1998. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THE CAR HAD 40865 MILES ON IT. IN OCT OF 1999 THE VEHICLE HAD A BAD CV AXLE THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO RADER MAZDA AND THE AXLE HAD BEEN REPLACED. NOV OF 1999 I WAS DRIVING AND I NOTICED THAT THE CAR KEPT IDLING HIGHER, BUT WASN'T GOING ANY FASTER, I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO RADER MAZDA IN AUGUSTA GA, THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT A BEARING IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD SLIPPED AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT REBUILD TRANSMISSIONS. I PICKED UP THE CAR FROM RADER MAZDA TWO WEEKS LATER I WAS ON MY WAY TO NY FOR THANKSGIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN. RADER MAZDA PUT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION IN THE AUTOMOBILE. A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE CV JOINT ON THE DRIVER SIDE HAD GONE BAD THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSAL AUTO REPAIR THE JOINT WAS REPLACED AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS MALFUNCTIONING AGAIN. I WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN THAT THE CAR NEEDED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION. THE WARRANTY FROM THE FIRST 2 REPAIRS EXPIRED AFTER 12 MONTHS OR 12,000 MILES. AUTO SERVICE COMPANY SOLD ME A LEMON, WHICH WAS A RENTAL CAR AND THEY DIDN'T MENTION ONE TIME THAT THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FROM A RENTAL CAR COMPANY. HAD I KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT THE CAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880728February 16, 2001
AIR BAGS, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN SYSTEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. ALSO, POWER WINDOWS MALFUNCTIONED. AFTER LETTING WINDOWS DOWN, THEY WILL NOT RETURN TO UPRIIGHT POSITION. *AK THE CONSUMER CAN NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK THE DOOR FROM INSIDE. THE AIR BAG LIGHT STILL ILUMINATES. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880607February 15, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION DOES NOT GO INTO REVERSE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880493February 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
CONSUMER HAD TO REPAIR BRAKES TOO OFTEN. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT BECAUSE OF EXTENSIVE DRIVING BRAKES SHOULD NOT BE REPLACED AS FREQUENTLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880330February 12, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AT 41,000 MILES TRANSMISSION HAS MALFUNCTIONED, AND WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740711February 10, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740645February 9, 2001
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE ODOMETER NEARLY DOUBLES ACUTUAL MILES DRIVEN/ CLIBRATED BY AAA SEVERAL TIMES TO COMFIRM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740657February 9, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN SEPT. OF 1994 AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION 3 TIMES ALREADY AND GUESS WHAT IT WENT AGAIN FOR THE 4TH TIME ON ME LAST NIGHT ...I HAD IT REPLACED FOR THE 3RD TIME LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.IWENT ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE LAST NIGHT AND I FOUND 11 PAGES OF COMPLAINTS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO MINE. HOLD LIGHT FLASING,NO PRESSURE ,TRANSMISSION FAILING,AND PEOPLE HAVING TO REPLACE TRANSMISSIONS 2 TO 4 TIMES IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.I HAVE CALLED EVERYONE IN CREATION TO SEEE IF I COUULD GET HELP. THE REASON THIS COMPANY IS ALLLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH THIS IS BECAUSE THERE ID NO BODY THAT GOVERND THIS PROBLEMA NOT TO MENTION THEY DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY ARBITRATION PROGRAMS....I WONDER WHY?...WHY SHOULD THEY BE ABLE TO SELL VEHICLES IN THE USA AND NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY ARBITRATION PROGRAMS.I HAVE MAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS TO MAZDA NA ABOUT THIS PROBLEM..THE LAST TIME I GOT A TRANSMISSION I ASSURED THEM THAT IT WOULD GO AGAIN AND IT DID.YOU KNOW WHATHEY TOLD ME IN SO MAY WORDS....."TOUGH LUCK" THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS....ON THE COMPLAINT WEBSITE ONE OF THE MAZDA REPS. ADMITTED THAT. HOW DO CONSUMERS LIKE USS GET ANY RETRIBUTION FROM THESE LARGE COMPANIES WHO STOMP ON LITTLE PEOPLE LIKE US. IWOULD LIKE TO KNOW. I DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO I HAVE TALKED TO EVERYONE IN CRREATION....."PLEASE HELP ME"*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880032February 7, 2001
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. SAME DAY RECEIVED RECALL LETTER ON AIRBAGS. DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#740508February 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE WARNING LIGHT-SERVICE 3 TIMES, TRANSMISSION JERKS-O/D LIGHT COMES ON, CANNOT LOCATE PROBLEM-TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT-MUST BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879829February 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE WAS RUNNING BADLY, ENGINE AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER FOUND ENGINE HAD "SLUDGED" UP, HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE. IN OCTOBER OF 1999, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740469February 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION MISSES FROM 1ST TO SECOND GEAR. KNOW OF SEVERAL MAZDA OWNERS, ALL HAVE HAD TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED AT LEAST ONCE. / HAD ONE SENSOR REPLACED, FOLLOWING WEEK LIGHT BACK ON AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPLIED I NEED TO REPLACE TWO MORE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879584February 1, 2001
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
AIR BAG LIGHT HAS FLASHED OFF AND ON INTERMITTENTLY ON DASH. ALSO, A 19 DAY OLD BATTERY WAS DEAD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER.*AK THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT AIR BAG SAFETY AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740259January 31, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
VEHICLE TAKEN TO SERVICE TWICE UNDER WARRANTY. SENSOR CLEANED INSTEAD OF REPLACED. PER MAZDA, THIS IS NOT A PROPER "REPAIR". NOW MASS AIR FLOW & O2 SENSOR DAMAGED. VEHICLE STALLS WHEN SLOWING OR STOPPED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879480January 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION BROKE WHILE DRIVING WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY.IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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