Mazda 626 Complaints (1994)

282 consumer complaints on file.

#10105843January 6, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON A MAZDA 626 LX MODEL 1994. SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM DUE TO FAULTY PARTS/DESIGN OF VEHICLE (AS INDICATED BY THE LARGE NUMBERS OF COMPLAINS POSTED IN VARIOUS WEBSITES). SPEED SENSOR HAS TO BE REPLACED,AND THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT OTHER TRANSMISSION PARTS HAVE TO BE REPLACED TOO. CLASS ACTION SUIT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, BUT MAZDA DOES NOT ACCEPT THAT THESE VEHICLES HAVE A MANUFACTURE DEFECT.*AK
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103964December 16, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1.)I PURCHASED A 1994 MAZDA 626 W/AT AND 2.0L ENGINE. TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REBUILT TWELVE MILES BEFORE I BOUGHT IT. I DROVE IT HOME, AND THAT EVENING THE TRANSMISSION HAD LEAKED ABOUT 4 QUARTS INTO MY LAWN. I HAD NOT DRIVEN IT IN A WRECKLESS MATTER WHATSOEVER. SINCE THERE WAS A WARRANTY ON THE REBUILD, I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THEM WHERE I HAD CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH IT OVER THE NEXT 4 MONTHS. DURING THESE EVENTS, I FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE TONS OF OTHER 626 OWNERS LIKE ME HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. 2.)IT'S INFLICTED MORE THAN USUAL STRAIN ON MY ENGINE, I'VE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR WEEKS AT A TIME, IT HAS COSTED ME LOTS OF MONEY. ON TOP OF THIS, MY NEW TRANSMISSION IS STARTING TO ACT UP AGAIN. 3.)THE TRANSMISSION SHOP EVENTUALLY ENDED UP SWAPPING THE TRANSMISSION OUT TWICE AND REPLACED COUNTLESS PART. I DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY.*AK
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0
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#10103679December 13, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO COAST DOWN TO 30 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO BEYOND SECOND GEAR.*AK
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No
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0
Deaths:
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#10097653October 25, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE STOPPED ON A BRIDGE AT 45 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. VEHICLE WOULD NOT PICK UP GEARS, NOR GO INTO REVERSE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK
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0
Deaths:
0
#10095936October 18, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM IT HAD BEEN REPLACED AT AROUND 60K MILES. NOW ITS AT 120K MILES AND IT FAILED COMPLETELY.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093537October 3, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1994 MAZDA 626 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE.1 THE CAR WAS BOUGHT WITH A PULL WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR OTHER THEN THAT NO WARNING. ALL I WAS DOING WAS BACKING OUT MY DRIVEWAY. 2 THE TRANSMISSION SUFFERED CATOSTROPHIC FAILURE.*AK 3 THE CAR IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE JUNKED BEING THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION IS WORTH MORE THEN THE CAR
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093213September 27, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. LIGHT IS FLASHING ON DASHBOARD. TOO MANY COMPLAINTS NOT TO BE RECALLED OR FIXED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086437August 9, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1994 MAZDA 626 HAS RECURRENT TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HAD TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED, THEN IT SHAKES AND VIBRATES HORRIBLY AND NOW HOLD LIGHT FLASHES AND IT WON'T GO INTO GEAR. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086353August 7, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
INTERMITTANT SURGING FROM TRANSMISSION, FLASHING HOLD LIGHT. SOME TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE, THEN TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 150K MLES. UNABLE TO MOVE AT ALL. THE TANSMISSION WAS REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED WITH A USED ONE. YES THE OLD TRANSMISSION IS AVAILABLE..PLEASE COME AND TAKE IT AWAY!*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086308August 6, 2004
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
A CONSTANT FLASING OF THE O/D LIGHT AFTER LONG TRIPS.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087126August 3, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. 15 MINUTES AFTER STARTING TO DRIVE IN COLD START THE HOLD LIGHT FLASHED. AFTER TRANSMISSION WARMED UP IT SLIPPED FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR. THEN, IT DID NO SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. CONSUMER LOOKED THIS PROBLEM UP ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS.*AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082808July 28, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 94 626 WHICH HAS BEEN TREATED WITH KID GLOVES HAS ACTED ERRATIC AND HAS BEEN CAUSING OTHER COMPONENTS OF MY CAR TO SUFFER.ALL THIS AND I HAVE SERVICED IT ACCORDING TO THE MANUEL FAITHFULLY. MY TRANS FLUID HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRISTINE AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN RACED OR TOWED OR DRIVEN IN EXTREME WEATHER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080799July 11, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUTH A 1994 MAZDA 626 WITH 93,915 MILES IN 2000. THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT HAS STARTED COMING ON IN MY CAR, AND IT WON'T SHIFT LIKE IT SHOULD. ALL THE DEALERS I HAVE CALLED SAY "WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE JUST REPLACE IT", LIKE THEY SEE IT ALL THE TIME.*AK SO I PAID $1800 HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE REPAIR AND GUESS WHAT STILL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, I TOOK MY CAR 6 TIMES BACK FOR TRANSMITION REPAIR AND THE O.D LIGHT STILL FLASHING SOMETIMES, I THINK IS VERY BAD FOR THE COSTUMERS OF MAZDAS 626 TO BE PAYING HUNDREDS OF DOLLAR FOR REPAIR SOMETHING THAT WILL BE BROKEN AGAIN WITH THE SAME EXATLY PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080734July 10, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE VEHICLE "SLAMS" INTO SECOND GEAR WHEN ENGINE WARMS UP. I WAS TOLD BY THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON EARLY 90'S 626'S ARE A COMMON PROBLEM. I WAS QUOTED $2,800 TO REPLACE/REPAIR TRANSMISSION. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW WITH ONLY 18 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I CURRENTLY HAVE 88,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PROTECT CONSUMERS LIKE ME. THIS VEHICLE COSTS ME CLOSE TO $30,000 TO PURCHASE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078819June 25, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1994 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION HOLD LIGHT BLINKED BEFORE I HAD TO BUY A SECOND REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. I HAD TO CORRECT THIS TRANSMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075596June 2, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE SHIFTING GEARS VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073124May 25, 2004
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AIR CONDITIONER LEAKS INSIDE THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR WELL, WHEREIN IT ACTUALLY FILLS THE FLOOR AND SPILLS BACK INTO THE BACK SEAT FLOOR WELL. SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER. MOLD AND MILDEW PROBLEM ON FLOORING, FLOOR MATS, ETC. EVERY YEAR TAKE TO DEALER OR OTHER AUTO BODY TO CLEAN OUT A/C DRAINAGE AREA, STILL CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. MOLD SMELL CAUSES HEADACHES WHEN IN VEHICLE LONG PERIODS OF TIME. * NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10067680April 22, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
1994 MAZDA 626 AUTOMATIC WHILE DRIVING IN HIGHWAY AT 60 MILES/HOUR, SUDDENTLY THE ENGINE SHUDDERED, WITH TRANSMISSION MOVING IN AND OUT ITSELF. ENGINE LOSING POWER AND SPEED. O/D LIGHT BLINKED. *AK MANAGED TO SAFELY PULL OUT OF HIGHWAY. THIS CAR PUT ME AND MY FAMILY INTO DANGER. TOWED THE CAR TO MAZDA DEALER.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066577April 20, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY TRANSMISSION ON 1996 MAZDA 626. VERY HARSH UPWARD SHIFTING SPECIALLY FROM 1ST TO SECOND GEAR. DOWNWARD SHIFTING IS HARSH AS WELL BUT NOT AS BAD AS UPWARD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064748March 23, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS VEHICLE HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED. ALSO, VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT ANY GIVEN TIME. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, AND NO ONE WANTED TO HELP HIM . CONSUMER HAD TO PAY $3300.00 FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIRS. CONSUMER WAS AFRAID FOR HIS DAUGHTER TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS THE ONLY WAY SHE HAD TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL. IN ADDITION, CONSUMER'S WIFE ALSO DROVE THIS VEHICLE, AND CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY. *AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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