Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#10116819April 12, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
I HAVE FAILED 2 TIMES TRYING TO TYPE THIS LETTER OF COMPLAINT. WELL,I HAVE A 1997 MAZDA 626 LX 4 CYLINDER,2 LITER ENGINE SEDAN.,THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THEW TIME NOW. FIRST TIME I TOOK IT BACK TO GRANGER IN GARDEN CITY,GA AND THEY SENT IT TO FAIRWAY FORDMAZDA IN ABERCORN ST IN SAVANNAH,GA. THEY KEPT IT ABOUT 6 WEEKS AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED OFF ABOUT 2 YEARS. THEN IT STARTED COMING BACK ON IN FEBRUARY 2005,SO I TOOK IT TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC HERE IN POOLER,GA.HE CLEARED THE SENSORS,LASTED ABOUT 1/2 DAY,TOOL\K IT BACK,HE SAID IT WAS NUMBER 2 SENSOR,REPLACED IT,LASTED ABOUT A DAY AND NOW IT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. NUMBER 2 SENSOR WAS WHAT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME. I;M ALSO EXPERCING SOME JERKY MOTION IN THIS CAR AND IT COULD BE THE TRANSMISSION. SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE FAULTY PROBLEMS WITH THESE CARS,LIKE RECALL THEM AND REPAIR THEM AT NO COST TO THE OWNERS. [email protected]. *AK
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#10116840April 12, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AND O/D OFF LIGHT FLASHED. VEHICLE OVERHEATED. HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. EXTENDED WARRANTY DECLINED TO PAY FOR SERVICES.*AK
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#10115444April 12, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. *AK AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE TIRES WOULD SPIN BUT THE VEHICLEWOULD NOT MOVE. THE CONSUMER CALLED EVERY SALVAGE AND JUNK YARD BUT NO ONE HAD THE TRANSMISSION. *BF *NM
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#10116712April 11, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH ONLY 69,000 MILES IN THE ENGINE. BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW AND PERFORM ROUTINELY MAINTANANCE ON IT AND IT STILL FAILED.*AK
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#10116725April 11, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY SON HAS A 1998 MAZA 626 AND THE TRANSMISSION IS BURNT UP, HE ONLY HAS A 100,000 MILES ON IT. I READ WHERE MAZDA WAS HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION .*AK
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#10116761April 11, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED A 1994 MAZDA 626 WITH 72,000 MILES. AT 84,000 MILES, MY HOLD LIGHT WOULD START FLASHING ON AND OFF, WHEN THIS HAPPENED MY TRANSMISSION WAS VERY ROUGH, SHIFTED HARD. NOW, THE HOLD LIGHT DOESNT ALWAYS FLASH, ONLY FROM TIME TO TIME. IM AT 93000 MILES NOW AND ITS STARTED AGAIN, MY CAR IS RUNNING ROUGH WITH A WHEEZE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I HAVENT HAD ANY WORK DONE CONCERNING THE TRANSMISSION YET. *AK
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#10116697April 10, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 1997 MAZDA, THAT I BAUGHT FROM MY FRIEND IN 2001. IT HAD A TRANSMISSION BREAKDOWN WHEN AT HAD AROUND 30K MILES ON IT. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY MAZDA AS IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRENTY. NOW IT HAS 112K MILES ON IT AND THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT BLINKS. I WAS SEARCHING ON THE WEB TO GET SOME CLUE ON THE PROBLEM AND I FOUND PLENTY OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM AND REPLACING THEIR TRANSMISSION WITH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. MY BELEIF IS THAT THERE IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT ON THIS VEHICLE. IT SHOULD BE FIXED BY THE COMPANY AND NOT COST THE OWNERS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. SO FAR NOTHING DANGEROUS HAS HAPPENED BUT IT SHOULD BE FIXED BEFORE SOME THING HAPPENS.*AK
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#10116589April 8, 2005
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
MAZDA 626 LX 96' TRANSMISSION TROUBLE, THE TRANSMISSION CONSISTANTLY HAS PROBLEMS, IT'S DANGEROUS, BECAUSE IT WILL GO OUT, AT THE MOST INCONVIENT TIME. IT WILL JOLT, OR SLOW DOWN, EXTREMELY FAST, OR SLIP, AT A STOP LIGHT, AND IT'S SCARY, LUCKLY THERE HAS BEEN NO PROBLEMS, IF IT HAS HAPPED ON THE HIGHWAY, THERE'S NO DOUBT THERE COULD BE AN ACCIDENT. I'VE HEARD CONSISTANT COMPLAINTS FOR OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME MODEL, AND MAKE, AND YEAR. HTTP://WWW.MAZDA626.NET/ IT'S MOSTLY YOUNG ADULTS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. SINCE THEY ARE USED CARS.*AK
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#10116591April 8, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED A 2001 MAZDA 626 IN JULY OF 2002 AND HAVE HAD EXTENSIVE PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES ON THE CAR. I'VE HAD TO CHANGE USUALLY TWO TIRES AT A TIME EVERY SIX MONTHS. AS OF TODAY ALONG WITH PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES MY TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT AND I'M BEING QUOTED $3,300 TO REPLACE IT. THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING ON ANY CAR THAT IS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD. IT HAS 72,000 MILES ON IT. I'VE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE COME ACROSS 200 OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. SOME OF THEM WITH BRAND NEW MAZDA'S AND SOME OF THEM WITH THE SAME CAR THAT IS OLDER THAN MINE. IT'S AMAZING TO ME THAT MAZDA CAN GET AWAY WITH SELLING THIS CAR FOR SO LONG WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THE CAR WITH ME DAILY AND I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE CAR DIED ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD. BUT YET, MAZDA CAN CONTINUE TO PUT THIS CAR ON THE ROAD EVEN WITH ALL OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS. MY PARENTS HAD A 1994 MAZDA 626 THAT THEY PURCHASED BRAND NEW WITH ZERO MILES AND THEY HAD THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM, HAD THE CAR REPAIRED AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN WITHIN TWO MONTHS. THEY ARE ASTONISHED THAT THE MAZDA 626'S ARE STILL ON THE ROAD WHEN THEY HAVN'T CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AND HAVE THE NERVE TO SELL THIS CAR WITH PRIDE IN THEIR DEALERSHIPS. *AK
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#10116594April 8, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF MAZDA 626 1993 GE 2.0 HAS FAILED AND BEEN REPLACED TWICE IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS. *AK
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#10116604April 8, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANMISSION FAILURE,, JUST DRIVING ALONG AND THE CAR,1995 MAZDA 626,BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND STOPPED ALL TOGETHER.HAD TO HAVE IT REBUILT COSTING OVER $1900.00 INCLUDING LABOR ,REBUILDING KIT AND ADDITIONAL HARD PARTS. *AK
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#10117610April 7, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
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#10116320April 4, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1996 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THE O/D LIGHT FLASHED AND I IMMEDIATEDLY TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF AND ON AND THE PROBLEM CLEARED UP FOR A FEW MINUTES. THEN THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING AS I WAS COMIMNG DOWN A STEEP HILL. THE EVENT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING BUT NO ONE WAS HURT.*AK
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#10116357April 4, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BROUGHT A 1999 MAZDA 626 AT AROUND 64,000 MILES. I ALWAYS GOT MY FLUIDS CHECK AND CHANGE AROUND EVERY 3,000 MILES. IT DROVE FINE UNTIL RECENTLY AT 115,000 MILES WHEN IT HAD A HARD TIME GOING INTO 2ND GEAR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE O/D LIGHT ALSO STARTED FLASHING. IT FINALLY GOT THE PLACE WHERE IT WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD AT ALL. I HAD TO MISS A DAY AT WORK BECAUSE OF IT. I HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED AND LOOK AT BY A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE MY 2ND GEAR WAS ABOUT TO GO OUT. HE TRIED TO GET IT TO WORK BY CHANGING MY TRANSMISSION FLUID AND REPLACING MY ALTERNATOR BELT. THE CAR RAN GOOD FOR ONLY ONE DAY AND ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK THE CHECK ENGINE AND THE O/D LIGHT CAME ON. LUCKLY, MY CAR MADE IT HOME, BUT THE NEXT DAY IT WOULDN'T EVEN MOVE FORWARD. IT WILL COST BETWEEN 1,200 AND 2,500 DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED. THIS IS MONEY THAT I DO NOT HAVE! I STILL GOT TWO YEARS WORTH OF PAYMENT TO MAKE ON IT AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW I'M GOING TO GET TO WORK EVERY DAY. HOPEFULLY I CAN COME UP WITH THE MY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.*AK
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#10116355April 4, 2005
EQUIPMENT, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH MY 1997 MAZDA 626. I HAVE REPORTED IT TO MAZDA CORP. AND NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN. MY TRANSMISSION FAILED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUG. 2002, A GA MAZDA DEALER ADMITTED THAT MAZDA IS AWARE THAT THE THIS YEAR MAKE & MODEL HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. DUE TO THIS ADMISSION MY TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AND I SPLIT THE COST 50/50 WITH THE DEALER. NOW TWO PLUS YEARS LATER, I AM TOLD TODAY BY A CA MAZDA DEALER THAT MY TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT AGAIN. THE CA MAZDA DELAER ALSO ADMITS THAT THIS YEAR MAKE & MODEL HAS A KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, BUT WARRANTS THAT TECHNICALLY IT IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEALER TO OFFER SUCH INFORMATION...BUT ONLY TO TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM AT HAND. THEY STATED THEY WERE BEING NICE BY TELLING ME TO NOT PUT ANY MORE MONEY INTO THE CAR BECAUSE IT WILL PROBABLY ONLY BE A TEMPORARY FIX AND I MAY EXPERIENCE ANOTHER TRANSMISSION FAILURE LATER. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT A MAJOR US CAR MANUFACTURER CAN GET AWAY WITH SELLING A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE FOR THIS MANY YEARS. PY PERUSING THE INTERNET I HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS, AND DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THAT MAZDA 626'S RANGING FROM 1994-2000 HAVE KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. YET MAZDA DEALERS & CAR LOTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE STILL ABLE TO SELL THESE CARS. IT IS NOT FAIR TO THE CONSUMER, AND IT IS NOT FAIR TO THOSE WHO VALUE AND DEPEND ON THE AUTO INDUSTRY TO DELIVER SAFE AND WELL ENGINEERED CARS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER, HOW MANY MORE COMPLAINTS WILL IT TAKE!!*AK
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#10117402April 4, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DRIVER WAS ACCELERATING UP ON A HILL AND VEHICLE STARTED DECELERATING. THEN, VEHICLE JERKED UNCONTROLLABLY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, PULLED OVER, AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND TOOK THE IT HOME. THE NEXT DAY, DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND UNABLE TO MOVE IT. *AK
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#10116269April 2, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
(1) NOTHING EXCEPT DRING 2) HOLD LIGHT FLASHING, TRANSMISSION ACTING FUNNY; (3) NOTHING YET. *AK
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#10116197April 1, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
EVENT LEADING UP TO FAILURE: MY 1994 MAZDA 626 LX 4 CYL. AUTOMATIC CAR WAS NOT SHIFTING INTO FIRST OR SECOND GEAR WELL. I TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND APPARANTLY, MY TRANSMISSION IS PRETTY MUCH SHOT. THIS WILL BE THE 2ND TIME I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION FIXED IN THE LAST 4 YEARS. FAILURE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES: WELL, I AM CERTAINLY SPENDING MORE MONEY ON TRANSMISSIONS THAN I WOULD HAVE EVER LIKED. IF I HAD NOT BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE REPAIR SHOP AS SOON AS I DID, I MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED ON THE ROAD IF I CONTINUED TO DRIVE WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THAT STATE. REPAIR SHOP HAS BEEN TRYING TO PUT A USED TRANSMISSION IN THE CAR FROM OTHER 626'S...BUT AFTER 3 DIFFERENT TRANSMISSIONS, NONE OF THEM HAVE WORKED WELL. IT LOOKS LIKE TRANSMISSIONS FOR MAZDA 626'S 4 CYL AUTOS WERE EXTREMELY EXTREMELY BAD IN 1994.*AK
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Deaths:
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#10116201April 1, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
O/D OFF LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE SHIFTED THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. I BROUGHT IT INTO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR CENTER WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FLUID WAS LEAKING THROUGH THE BUSHINGS AND BURNING.*AK
Crash:
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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#10116112March 30, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
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