Mazda 626 Complaints (1997)

358 consumer complaints on file.

#10100713November 29, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FLASHING "O/D OFF" LIGHT INDICATES FAILING TRANSMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100308November 21, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1) NORMAL DAILY USE (20) MILES TO FROM WORK ON HIGHWAY ROADS 2) TRANSMISSION WON'T WORK 3) COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REMOVAL AND REBUILD REQUIRED. I CAN'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AND COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET ON THIS MAZDA/FORD TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I ALSO CAN'T BELIEVE THIS GOVERNMENT OFFICE HAS STILL NOT ACTED ON IT. SURELY DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE OUR TAX DOLLARS WORKING FOR THE TAX PAYERS HERE. THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF WORN OUT TRANSMISSIONS CAUSED BY FAULTY COOLING DESIGN ON THIS COMBINED USED MAZDA/FORD TRANSMISSIONS MODEL LA4A-EL. MINE IS INSTALLED IN A 1997 MAZDA 626 4 CYLINDER. WILL THIS AGENCY PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THESE COMPLAINTS. THIS IS COSTING HARD WORKING PEOPLE A LOT OF MONEY TO REPLACE THESE TRANSMISSIONS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098735November 12, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AT 55000 MILES FOR NO REASON. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096992October 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING,WITHOUT WARNING THE OVER DRIVE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE VEHICLE START SHIFTING ERRATIC THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC PLACED THE VEHICLE ON A DIAGNOSTIC. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093699October 6, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
I WAS DRIVING MY 1997 MAZDA 626 WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING HARD AND ACTING WEIRD. THIS WAS THE CAR'S 2ND TRANSMISSION IT HAD REPLACED. I FIXED THE PROBLEM BY BUYING A NEW RADIATOR AND AN AUXILIARY COOLER BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION HAD OVERHEATED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091217September 18, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN DRIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY 2-4 HOURS THE OD OFF LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I'VE RESEARCHED THIS INCIDENT AND APPARENTLY THE TRANSMISSION GETS TOO HOT FREQUENTLY RESULTING IN COSTLY REPAIR! I HAD TO DRIVE BACK HOME AFTER DECIDING NOT TO CONTINUE MY VACATION AND EVERY 2 HOURS STOPPED TO LET THE CAR COOL BECAUSE LIGHT ( OD OFF) STARTED TO FLASH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090606September 7, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IMMEDIATELY AFTER USED CAR PURCHASE IN JUNE 2003 THE 1997 MAZDA 626 REQUIRED TRANSMISSION REBUILD. SIX MONTHS LATER AT MY EXPENSE OVER $3000 REQUIRED TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION. SINCE THEN HAS BEEN IN SHOP OVER SIX TIME WITH RECURRING OVERDRIVE LIGHT BLINKING, OVERHEATING AND POOR SHIFTING. TWO COOLERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. THE ENGINE THERMOSTAT REPLACEMENT, BATTERY REPLACEMENT, OIL CHANGE AND TUNEUP HAVE NOT PREVENTED A RECURRENCE. AFTER 100 TO 150 MILES OF HIWAY DRIVING THE O/D LIGHT BLINKS AND TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088931September 1, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1194-2002 MAZDA 626 4-CYL. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS ARE DEFECTIVE AS NOTED IN SIMILAR COMPLAINTS (FORMAL AND INFORMAL; SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LENGTHY DESCRIPTIONS IN 466 POSTS AT HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/YOURLEMON/189.HTML, A FORUM DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY TO THIS DEFECT). I PERSONALLY OWN A 1997 MAZDA 626 DX WHICH HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING THE DESCRIBED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, INDICATED BY THE FLASHING "O/D OFF" LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE "TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH MECHANICAL FAILURE" TROUBLE CODE RETRIEVED BY ODBII DIAGNOSTICS PERFORMED ON 8/27/2004. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MAZDA HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS DEFECT IN THEIR TRANSMISSIONS AS EARLY AS 2002, AND IN MAY 2002, TSB# 0500502 "A/T - OD OFF LAMP FLASHING/DTC P1783/SHIFT CONCERNS" WAS ISSUED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090093August 31, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH OVER DRIVE SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON . AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE POWER. NO IMPACT REPORTED. DEALER STATED TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088562August 25, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
I PURCHASED A 1997 MAZDA 626 IN JAN OF 2004. TOOK IT ON ITS FIRST ROAD TRIP IN JUNE. WENT TO PASS ANOTHER DRIVER AND THE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING, CAR STARTED JERKING. I LIMPED BACK HOME WITHOUT HAVING TO DO A LOT OF MAJOR WORK. CONSQUENCES: TOWING, CANCELLED TRIP, REPAIR COSTS, TIME LOST. I'M WORKING ON SAVING THE MONEY TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. I WENT TO RESEARCH THE ISSUE & FOUND LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS DEALING WITH MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSIONS. BUT NO RESPONSE FROM MAZDA.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086784August 13, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 97 MAZDA 626 WITH 88000 MILES AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. STRATED OUT WITH A PROBLEM SHIFTING TO THIRD GEAR, BUT NOW THE O/D LIGHT IS BLINKING. THE MECHANIC SAYS THAT IT NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION THAT WILL COST $2000. I HAVE MAINTAINED THIS CAR PRETTY WELL AND IT SHOULDN'T HAVE PROBLEMS, UNLESS THE PRODUCTY IS FAULTY. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082752July 27, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1997 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION GAVE UP AT AROUND 85,000 MILES. THE O/D LIGHT BLINKS AT SPEEDS OF 60+ MPH AND THE CAR SOMETIMES COMPLETELY LOSE POWER MAKING IT A DANGEROUS RIDE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082431July 22, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS COMPLAINT IS REGARDS TO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (ATX) ON MY 1997 MAZDA 626, 2.0L I4. THE TRANSMISSION IS MANUFACTURED BY FORD, MODEL CD4E. DESPITE FAITHFULLY CHANGING THE FLUID AT RECOMMENDED INTERVALS, THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY DIED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT AT 105,000 MILES. THIS TRANSMISSION WAS FORCED ON MAZDA BY FORD IN ALL POST 1993 4 CYLINDER MODELS, AND SUFFERS MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH HEAT AND METAL PARTICLES DUE TO INADEQUATE COOLING AND FILTRATION SYSTEMS. THE FILTER IS INTERNAL TO THE TRANSMISSION AND INACCESSIBLE (CANNOT BE CHANGED) REQUIRING THE FLUID TO BE FLUSHED. IT IS ALSO WOEFULLY UNDER COOLED, WITH A SIMPLE PASS THROUGH THE ENGINE RADIATOR, AND NO EXTERNAL COOLER. MODELS SUBSEQUENT TO 1999 HAS EXTERNAL COOLERS INSTALLED, SO IT SEEMS THAT MAZDA/FORD ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THIS PROBLEM. THE FOLLOWING LINK IS VERY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THIS VEHICLE: HTTP://HOMEPAGE.NTLWORLD.COM/DOROTHY.BRADBURY/PROBEMX/INDEX.HTM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080977July 13, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE SOME PROBLEM ABOUT MY CAR. MAZDA 626 1997 AUTOMATIC. LIKE EVERYONE ELSE,THE TRANSMISSION WENT DOWN AT 95,822 MILES. I'VE FOUND OUT THAT THAT PROBLEM HAPPENS TO EVERY 626 MAZDA. THEY [MAZDA] HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.I'M JUST ONLY STUDENT FROM THAILAND. I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY TO FIX IT.{2000-3000$}. MY CAR IS NOT WORTH THAT MUCH. PLEASE HELP ME TELL THEM {MAZDA} TO DO SOMETHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080414July 6, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE OD LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND WHEN I STOPPED THE CAR, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE. I LET THE CAR SIT A FEW MINUTES AND TRIED AGAIN. IT SEEMED TO GO BUT TOOK A LOT MORE ENGINE POWER TO MAKE THE CAR DRIVE. THE NEXT DAY THE CAR STARTED TO POP OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO GEAR. STOPPED THE CAR AND HAD IT TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. 130000 MILES ON THE CAR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079482June 18, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 TO 50 MPH TRANSMISSION JERKED VIOLENTLY. WHEN THE VEHICLE CHANGED GEARS VERY HARD AND WITH A THUMP. VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CONSUMER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION ONCE, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074671June 2, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON MY 1997 MAZDA 626 4 CYLINDER AUTOMATIC.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073285May 28, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MAZDA 626 '97, TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073197May 26, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1997 MAZDA 626 - AUTO TRANSMISSION FAILED 3 TIMES. COST TO REPAIR - 2300.00. NOT FIXED YET. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074251May 25, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE OVER DRIVE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN PARTS. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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