Mazda 626 Complaints (1993)

122 consumer complaints on file.

#537430July 8, 1998
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
LEFT FRONT MACPHERSON STRUT DETACHED AT THE TOWER CAUSING THE CAR TO BE UNDRIVEABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#535929May 21, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY FAILED TWICE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#532379March 6, 1998
PARKING BRAKE
EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#530890February 16, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER
DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE CALIPER FROZE (SEIZED), CAUSING A LOUD THUNK, THEN GRINDSWHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. ALSO A STRONG ODOR WAS NOTICED, LIKE A PART WAS SEVERLY OVERHEATING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#532426February 16, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE LOCKED, CAUSING A LOUD NOISE, THEN GRINDING WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THERE WAS ALSO A STRONG ODOR OF SOMETHING OVERHEATING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#530765February 11, 1998
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#820753December 11, 1997
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE USED TURN SIGNAL. TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS FAILED TO WORK. IN THE BEGINNING, AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. BUT NOW CONTINUOUS. TOOK TO DEALER INFORMED IT WAS ELECTRICAL, BUT THEY WILL NOT REPAIR DUE TO BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#819060November 14, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
DRIVING AT APRROX 20-30MPH ON SMOOTH PAVEMENT TURN SIGANL FAILED ,THIS ALSO CONNECTS TO HEADLIGHT/TAIL LIGHTS. ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS. ALL COMPONENTS TURNED OFF AT ONCE. IN ORDER TO RECOVER FROM THIS DEFECT, HAD TO REPOSITION STEERING WHEEL.THIS PROBLEM IS STILL REOCCURRING AND IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHICH CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. DEFECT IS IN STEERING COLUMN COMBINATION SWITCH. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, INCLUDING FAULTY WIRING TO POWER WINDOWS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#524152October 4, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE STOPS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#522865August 22, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
ABS BRAKE FAILURE; ALSO REPLACED LEFT REAR CALIPER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#811003April 15, 1997
SEAT BELTS
OWNER STATES THAT HER SEAT BELTS GET JAMMED AND TRAPPED UNDER THE SEAT. OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT HER SEAT BELT HAS BEEN FIXED BUT THE PROBLEM CONTUES. THIS OCCURS ON THE PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S SIDES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#810595April 2, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
THE REAR CALIPERS DO NOT DISENGAGE WHEN RELEASING THE EMGERENCY BRAKE, THIS MAKES THE VEHICLE HARD TO DRIVE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#513971January 14, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC
VALVE LIFTERS FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#513376January 6, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
DISC HANDBRAKE FAILED TO RELEASE, DESTROYING PADS/CALIPERS; VEHICLE SPUN AS RIGHT REAR WHEEL LOCKED, VEHICLE FIRE ERUPTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#805364November 20, 1996
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN THE VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD POPING SOUND FROM THE FRONT END, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#804934November 13, 1996
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, TIRES, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR, STRUCTURE:BODY, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS PULLING ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THERE WAS A REAL LOUD NOISE, VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH NO INDICTATION OF A PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATESDOOR HANDLE WAS LOOSE HAD TO BE TIGHTEN, BATTERY WAS REPLACED, RDIO ATENNA WAS REPLACED, TIRES WERE REPLACED,WEATHER STIP ON ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S DOOR WAS REPLACED DUE TO BEING DEFECTIVE, AND ALSO BY PASS AIR CONTROL VALUE WAS REPLACED DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURE, ALSO REAR VIEW MIRROR HAD TO BE REGLUED, LEFT FRONT AND RIGHT FRONT VISOR HOLD CLIP WAS LOOSE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#511131November 6, 1996
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
SEAT BELT BUCKLE FELL APART..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#509736October 11, 1996
TIRES
BRIDGESTONE TIRES EXHIBIT POOR TRACTION ON ICY ROADS, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#801267August 26, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED OF 35MPH, ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM BLEW UP,CAUSING 75% LOSS OF EFFECTIVENESS AND ABS LIGHT DID NOT COME ON
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#506607July 25, 1996
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSED VEHICLE TO JUMP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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