Mazda 626 Complaints (1995)
488 consumer complaints on file.
- #543099December 18, 1998TIRES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
TIRES FAILED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #832231December 14, 1998POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
OVERDRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES WITH NO CORRECTION TO THE PROBLEM. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE INTIAL PROBLEM WAS THE OD LIGHT WAS BLINKING, WHEN THE LIGHT BLINKED THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND SHIFT VERY HARD. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH OR MORE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. *YH
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #832198December 11, 1998POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. AFTERWARDS, THE TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM SHIFTING GEARS. DEALER STATES THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #701214December 8, 1998POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR/DOWNSHIFTS INAPPROPRIATELY, WITHOUT WARNING. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. DEALERSHIP IS AT A LOSS.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #831240November 24, 1998POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, JERKING INTO GEAR, ETC. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #828584November 10, 1998ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE DIDN'T GIVE ANY PRIOR WARNNIG AND EVERYTHING IN THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. THE CONSUMER HAD TO WAIT FIVE TO TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD START UP. DEALER PUT A COMPUTER CHIP ON THE VEHICLE AND STILL COULDN'T FOUND THE PROBLEM. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #829649October 28, 1998POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT. GIVING PRIOR WARNNIG BEFOR GOING OUT, AND THE OVERDRIVE WARNING LIGHT WILL COME AND KICK THE GEAR OUT OF OVERDRIVE.THE ENGINE RAISES UP REAL FAST AND GOT NOT GOING ANYWHERE, BUT THEN THE GEAR WILL GO BACK INTO NEUTRA.L AFTER 45 SECONDS IT WILL GO RIGHT BACK INTO DIFFERENT GEARS, AND THEN IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN FOR ABOUT TWO DAYS. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #700171October 28, 1998POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM WAS AN INTERNAL GASKET DEFECT FOR WHICH THERE IS A
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #829443October 26, 1998STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE THE DAUGHTER OF THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, CAUSING TO THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND SPIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE CAUSE REMAINS UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #781366October 19, 1998POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTIONED AND TRANSMISSION SLIPS.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #829104October 16, 1998POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHEN PUTTING THE PARKING PAWL IN PARKING AND APPLYING THE PARKING BRAKE, THEN SHE CAME OUT OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD HEARD A NOISE, AND VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS DOWN THE HILL, AND STRIKING THREE VEHICLE BEHIND. ACCORDING TO CONSUMER, SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. *AK
- Crash:
- Yes
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #540523August 27, 1998POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MECHANIC STATED THAT THE THRUST BEARING DISINTEGRATED. THIS WAS DUE TO TORQUE ON THE AXLE AT THE POINT IN COMES IN CONTACT WITH THE TRUSTE BEARING. THE TORQUE ON THE AXLE WAS DUE TO A FAULTY TRANSMISSION MOUNT WHICH ALLOW THE TRANSMISSION TO MOVED WHEN MAKING TURNS.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #826046July 30, 1998ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE STOPS RUNNING. DEALERS REPLACED ARCH PLUG WIRE WHICH DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FUTHER DETAILS. *AK CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT WEATHER STRIPPING COMES APART ON DRIVER'S DOOR, RATTLE NOISE FROM MUFFLER, HEADLIGHTS ADJUSTED TO FAR IN, ENGINE MISS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, O/D LIGHT COMES ON. *TT
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #541534July 28, 1998POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO MAKE A HARD SHIIFT AND LEAK OIL. DEALER INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BURNED OUT AND RECOMMENDED REPLACING IT.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #825889July 27, 1998POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO GEAR WHEN PUT INTO ANY GEAR. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM RETURNED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #538713July 23, 1998ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE HAS CONTINUAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. DASHBOARD LIGHTING GOES OUT WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE TURNED ON, AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS DISENGAGE WHEN USING THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL, AND THE OVERDRIVE INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHES RANDOMLY. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS EXTREMELY ROUGH WHEN CHANGE GEARS, VEHICLE VIBRATES FIERCELY AROUND 55-60 MPH. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING AFTER OWNING VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN NINE MONTHS.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #825061July 7, 1998FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING 50-70MPH THE VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. TOOK TO DEALER, DLR CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #824609June 23, 1998POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH OVERDRIVE LIGHT COMES ON. ALSO VEHICLE SHIFTS ERRACTICALLY. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. DELAERS CANNOT DUPLICATE. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #823655June 9, 1998POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE OVERDRIVE LIGHTS IS FLASHING, AND THE VEHICLE JERKS WHEN THE GEARS ARE CHANGING. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER, THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT WENT OFF. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. IN JANUARY OF 1997, THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER, DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #536296June 3, 1998AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0