Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#10086559August 10, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
OWN 1995 MAZDA 626. GOT IT USED WITH 50,000 MILES. NOW HAS 94,000 MILES. SINCE THEN I HAVE REPLACED MANY SENSORS, THE HEAD GASKET, ROTERS TWICE, AND HAVE HAD THE OCCURING ISSUE OF THE HOLD LIGHT BLINKING AND THE TRANNY SHIFTING HARD. DEALER SAYS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.
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#10087632August 10, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND SPILLED COOLANT. IT HAD BEEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP 5 TIMES FOR OVERHEATING. *AK
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0
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#10086587August 10, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH MY TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SHIFT UNCONTROLLED. IT DOWNSHIFTED FROM OD TO 3RD THEN TO A NEUTRAL TYPE OF GEAR. THEN SHIFTED BACK INTO OD. THIS OCCURED SEVERAL TIMES.I HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FILTER AND FLUID WITH NO HELP. MY CAR JUST TURNED 72000 MILES AND HAS BEEN ADULT HIGHWAY DRIVEN. I HAVE READ IN SEVERAL PLACES OF OTHERS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS SOUND LIKE A COMMON OCCURANCE AND SOUND BE INVESTIGATED FOR DEFECTS IN THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION.
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#10086433August 9, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
SINCE OWNING MY MAZDA626 I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON AND OFF I AM ASSUMING ITS A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. I WAS READING A ARTICLE OWN THE NET SAYING THAT MAZADA IS INFAMOUS FOR HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THERE CARS AND THAT NO ONE HAS BOTHERED TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES. THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE TO ME, I HAVE A 2000,626 AND I HAVE TO MANY PROBLEMS FOR THE YEAR OF CAR IT IS PLEASE HELP. I AM REQUESTING THAT THE MAZDA 626 BE RECALLED TO CHECK AND MAINTENANCE ITS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SEEING THAT EVERYONE KNOWS ITS A PROBLEM NOW WHY SHOULD THE CONSUMER BE HELD RESPONSIBLE? SHOULDN'T MAZDA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I HAVE HAD BARINGS REPLACED AND MY CAR IS ONLY 4YRS. OLD. THE RADIO/CD PLAYER REPLACED, AND NOW THE ENGINE LIGHT. PLEASE HELP.*AK
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0
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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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0
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#10086461August 9, 2004
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
IVE HAD MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED ONCE AND IM GOING TO HAVE IT REPLACED AGAIN BECAUSE ITS SLIPPING . *AK
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0
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#10086386August 8, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WE BOUGHT A USED 1999 MAZDA 626 EX FROM A MAZDA DEALERSHIP IN NOVEMBER 2000. IT WAS A "GOLD CHECK CERTIFIED" CAR. WHILE WE WERE BUYING THE CAR, THE DEALERSHIP WAS SOLD TO CAPITAL MAZDA OF CARY. WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT THE CAR, THOUGH WE DID RECEIVE SOLICITATIONS FOR SERVICE AND REPAIR WORK, WARRANTIES, OR TO BUY A NEW CAR. IN APRIL 2004, WE DROVE THE CAR FROM RALEIGH NC TO CHARLESTON SC, AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. WE HAD OUR 3 YEAR OLD AND 1 MONTH OLD IN THE CAR, IN THE HEAT, WALKING TO GET HELP. THE AAMCO DEALER TOLD US IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT OF THE FORD TRANSMISSION. THERE WAS A CRACK INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION WHICH HE SAID WAS AN "INHERENT DEFECT." WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO REPAIR IT SO WE COULD GET HOME. WE ARE VERY UPSET THAT WE HAD TO PAY $2000 TO FIX IT WHEN IT IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM - WE FEEL THAT MAZDA SOLD US A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. NOW, LESS THAN THREE MONTHS LATER OUR CAR BROKE DOWN WHILE MY SISTER WAS TAKING IT TO GET THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT LOOKED AT. SHE WAS STRANDED. WE HAVE HAD TO SPEND ANOTHER $275 ON TRANSMISSION WORK AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT RESOLVED. WE ARE STILL PAYING FOR THIS VEHICLE AND CANNOT AFFORD TO SELL IT, NOR CAN WE AFFORD TO KEEP REPAIRING IT. WE ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING ANY CLASS ACTIONS BEING DEVELOPED AGAINST MAZDA REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS WIDELY KNOWN THAT FORD TRANSMISSIONS ARE NO GOOD, YET MAZDA HAS NOT TAKEN ANY STEPS TO RECALL THESE.*AK
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0
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#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
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0
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0
#10086365August 7, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
A YEAR AGO THE SHIFTER CABLE ON MY 2001 MAZDA 626 BROKE (CAR UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME). I TELEPHONED THE LOCAL DEALER AND THE CABLE WAS ON BACKORDER INDICATING MANY OTHERS WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM A LOCAL MECHANIC PUT A BUSHING WHERE THE CABLE WAS ATTACHED TO THE SHIFTER ARM AT TRANSMISSION TO REPLACE THE FAILED PART. THAT WORKED FINE UNTIL YESTERDAY (8-6-04). I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO EXIT A PARKING LOT AND COULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE. AT PRESENT, A CABLE TIE IS ON THE CABLE TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. I TELEPHONED THE DEALER AGAIN THIS MORNING, HE SAID MAZDA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE DEALER HAS ALSO TALKED TO MAZDA BUT HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THE CABLE IS NOW AVAILABLE NOW THAT OUR WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE FIRST FAILURE, WE HAD OUR GRANDSON IN HIS SAFETY SEAT, OUR CAR CRANKED, BACKED INTO THE STREET, STOPPED AND WOULD NOT SHIFT. CARS TURNING INTO THE INTERSECTION COULD NOT SEE US BECAUSE OF BUILDINGS. WE PUSHED THE CAR OUT OF THE STREET. IT APPEARS THE BUSHING THAT CONNECTS CABLE ONTO SHIFTER IS MADE OUT OF NYLON/PLASTIC AND FORCED ONTO PIN. THIS APPARENTLY FAILS DUE TO HEAT OR BEING SPLIT WHEN MOUNTED. *AK
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0
Deaths:
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#10086381August 7, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1) TRANSMISSION SLIPPED/ SPURRATIC SHIFTING/HESITATION IN ALL THE GEARS. ) TRANSMISSON FAILED AT 74,000 MILES. 3 )MECHANIC SAYS OVERHAUL / STILL TRYING TO LOCATED A WORKING TRANSMISSION TO FIT. *AK
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#10086304August 6, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS DRIVING MY 1995 MAZDA 626 TO WORK ON 08/05/2004 AND ABOUT A MILE FROM WORK, MY O/D OFF LIGHT STARTED BLINKING. ONCE I GOT TO WORK, I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. I CALLED A MAZDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS PROBABLY MY TRANSMISSION AND IT MIGHT NEED TO BE REPLACED. I THEN WENT ON CARTRACKERS.COM AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MOST MAZDA 626'S. I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND SURELY CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE A PAYMENT ON A NEW VEHICLE. PLEASE MAKE MAZDA CORRECT THEIR PROBLEM!!!*AK
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#10086308August 6, 2004
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
A CONSTANT FLASING OF THE O/D LIGHT AFTER LONG TRIPS.*AK
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No
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No
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0
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#10086332August 6, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1999 MAZDA 626 WITH 86,512 MILES STARTED TO SMOKE FROM THE UNDERNEATH CAR. UPON INSPECTION OF THE PROBLEM, TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS SEEN DRIPPING FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR AT A MODERATE RATE. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM DUE TO A REAR CRANKSHAFT SEAL FAILURE. TOTAL REPAIR BILL WAS $742.89. *AK
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0
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#10087300August 5, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ODOMETER FLASHED AND JUMPED. VEHICLE HAD TO BE PARKED. ENGINE WAS SLUGGISH AND STALLED. CONSUMER OBTAINED A RENTAL.*AK
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0
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#10087314August 5, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK
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#10087464August 4, 2004
SUSPENSION, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
PROBLEMS WITH STABILIZER BUSHINGS AND POWER STEERING.*MR AT APPROXIMATELY 27000 MILES THE STABILIZER BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED. AGAIN AT 43000 THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN BY THEN THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE POWER STEERING WAS VERY SQUEAKY WHEN MAKING TURNS. *NM
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#10086178August 4, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED A 1995 MAZDA 626 WITH 04,000 ON 106,000 THE TRANSMISSION WENT. I FOUND OUT THAT THE TRANSMISSION FOR THIS CAR IS REALLY A FORD CD4E. ALL OVER THE INTERNET THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS TRANSMISSION. I HAVE PAID $2,500 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION IT IS BEING INSTALLED NOW. WHEN WILL THERE BE A RECALL?*AK
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0
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0
#10086186August 4, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV)
I PURCHASED A CRANKSHAFT PULLEY FOR MY 99 MAZDA 626 ON 06/01/04 & HAD IT INSTALLED. ON 07/10/04 THE SAME PART BROKE AGAIN & HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS COST ME $1100 IN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS. THE SHOP THAT REPAIRED MY VEHICLE THE 2ND TIME INFORMED ME THAT WHEN THEY ORDERED THE PART FROM MAZDA, THEY WERE ADVISED THAT THEY CAN'T KEEP THIS PART ON THE SHELF. SINCE MAZDA IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM-THEY NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO HELP THE OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES.*AK
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0
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#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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#10083081August 1, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ON APRIL 15TH, 2004 I WAS DRIVING TO WORK IN MY 1998 MAZDA 626 LX AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP THEN FAILED COMPLETELY. I HAD TO DRIVE OFF THE HIGHWAY IN FIRST GEAR. I THEN TOOK MY 626 TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY INFORMED ME MAZDA TRANSMISSIONS HAD A FAULTY DRUM. HE INFORMED ME THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I PICKED UP MY VEHICLE FROM THE TRANSMISSION SHOP ON APRIL 23RD, 2004 AND ON APRIL 24TH, 2004 I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND THE THE CAR BEGAN TO DECELERATE AND ALSO BEGAN SMOKING. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY INFORMED ME THE TRANSMISSION HAD BLOWN ONCE AGAIN. THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION A SECOND TIME AND ON SUNDAY, MAY 2ND, 2004 I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH ONCE AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF OF THE FREEWAY AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE SAME TRANSMISSION SHOP. I CALLED MAZDA AND THEY INFORMED ME THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION AND STATED I NEEDED TO INSTALL A TRANSMISSION COOLER TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING. THEY INFORMED ME A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN DONE ON THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION. THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION IS NOT AVAILABLE. DURING THIS TIME I NOT ONLY HAD TO PAY FOR A NEW TRANSIMSSION AND COOLER I ALSO HAD TO PAY FOR TOWING COSTS AND CAR RENTALS FOR ALMOST 3 WEEKS.*AK
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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