Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#6900325August 31, 2001
TIRES
FIRESTONE AFFINITY TIRE FAILED, P185/70R14, DOT NUMBER VDRVA1B, CLAIM 11-3689-056. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785479August 24, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL AND CUT OFF, AND WILL NOT RESTART, AFTER ENGAGING CLUTCH AND ATTEMPTING TO CROSS INTERSECTION WHILE STILL IN FIRST GEAR, ENGINE CUTS OFF AGAIN, CONSUMER STATES THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 20 TO 30 TIMES.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751073August 24, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM ON THE MAZDA 626. DEALERS ARE MAKING HUGE PROFITS BY NOT FIXING THE PART BUT THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION FOR A COST OF 2600 TO 3500 BASED ON MY RESEARCH. THERE ARE MANY POSTINGS ON THE INTERNET WITH THIS PROBLEM. ALL CARS EFFECTED THAT I HAVE RESEARCHED HAVE LESS THAN 100,000 MILES. ONE SOURCE SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION MAY BE FAILING BECAUSE OF A FAULTY COMPUTER CHIP. WHY DO NOT THE DEALERS JUST REPLACE THE COMPUTER CHIP ON A RECALL IF THIS IS A PROBLEM? PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY ARE MAKING SO MUCH MONEY REPLACING THE TRANSMISSIONS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895116August 24, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
VEHICLE STALLED AT 60MPH WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. DEALER STATED STALLING WAS CAUSED BY AN ENGINE ROD FAILURE AND WAS COMMON. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895175August 24, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON VEHICLE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS, NOR WOULD IT ACCELERATE. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ON 3-27-98, AND CURRENTLY VEHICLE WAS HAVING SAME PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER STATED UNLESS PARTS WERE ON RECALL, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751007August 23, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I CAN GET STATEMENTS FROM TWO DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION SHOPS SAYING THAT MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSIONS ARE WORKED ON MORE THAN ANY OTHER AUTOMOBILE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750937August 22, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I SAW THE ITEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY TRAVELING 55 MPH DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. IT WAS SMALL AND DUE TO TRAFFIC, I RAN OVER THE ITEM AND THE NEXT THING I REMEMBER WAS AN AIRBAG IN MY FACE. I LOOKED AROUND TO SEE IF SOMEONE HIT ME OR IF I HIT SOMEONE. DUE TO THE FORCE OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG, IT CRACKED MY WINDSHEILD. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED UNDERNEATH MY VEHICLE SO WHY DID MY AIRBAGS DEPLOY? THIS DEFECT COULD HAVE CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE IF I HADN'T REACTED CALMLY WHEN IT HAPPENDED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894760August 20, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND VEHICLE WASN'T RUNNING PROPERLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NEEDED NEW TRANSMISSION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750778August 20, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AFTER OWNING VEHICLE FOR ONLY 1 YR. AFTER CONTACTING A MECHANIC, I WAS TOLD THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED THREE NEW UPDATED PARTS OR TRANSMISSION WOULD CONTINUE TO GO OUT EVEN IF I PURCHASED A NEW ONE. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE? I LOOKED AT THE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ON YOUR SITE. I SEE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN BEFORE A RECALL IS DONE?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750727August 18, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I'VE READ A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FILED FOR THE MAZDA 626. I HAD NO IDEA HOW BAD IT WAS. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THESE TRANSMISSIONS.THE TRANI SHOP THAT CURRENTLY HAS MY CAR ALSO HAS 4 OTHER MAZDA 626'S ON THE LOT FOR TRANI REPLACEMENTS. THAT IS RIDICULOUS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750547August 15, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSIONS HANGS UP WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEARS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH ALL 626'S, WHY ISN'T ANYTHING GETTING DONE ABOUT IT? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750414August 14, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION PROBLEM/ CAUSING SERIOUS JERKING MOVEMENT TO THE CAR. A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS SITIUATION FOR THE DRIVER AND OTHER MOTORISTS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A REOCCURING PROBLEM AFFECTING TRANSMISSION AND LINKED PARTS IE. AXL. THIS SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING QUITE FREQUENTLY DUE TO THE COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN AND HEARD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750452August 14, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NOISE FROM ENGINE, WHINING NOISE, RPM DIAL JUMPS UP WHEN ACCELERATOR PUSH BUT NO POWER. CAR JERKS UPON COMING TO A FULL STOP. RPM DIAL GOES UP AND DOWN TO THE POINT THAT ENGINE WILL CUT OFF. NO DASH BOARD LIGHT EVER CAME ON TO GIVE WARNING. ON 8-01-01, HAD CAR TOWED TO MONTGOMERY MADZA IN CHARLOTTE, NC (VACATIONING) DEALER CALLS ON MONDAY TO STATE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND TO REPLACE WOULD COST $2700.00. DEALER CALLED BACK WITH A NEW QUOTE OF $1700.00. STATED THAT TERRITORY REP, TOM WATKINS WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD AUTHORIZE A DIFFERENT BUT BECAUSE I WAS OVER 80,000 MILES, HE WAS STICKING TO HIS DECISION. I ASKED TO SPEAK WITH MR. WATKIN AND WAS TOLD HE WAS UNAVAILABLE AND WAS GIVEN MY PHONE NUMBER BUT HE NEVER RETURNED THE CALL. I CALLED MY DEALER LOCATED IN ATLANTA, GA, HENNESSY MAZDA AND SPOKE WITH STEVE ANDREWS IN THE REPAIR DEPT AND TOLD HIM OF THE SITUATION AND HIS ONLY RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THEY ADD AN ADDITIONAL TRANSMISSION COOLER AND HE WAS NOT SURPRISED THAT THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE NOT GOOD. I GAVE AUTHORIZATION TO HAVE THE CAR REPAIRED AT 4:30PM ON 8-6-01. I ALSO STATED THAT I HAD SOME DEALER (HENNESSY MAZDA) COUPONS THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED WITH THE COST OF THE REPAIRS BUT MONTGOMERY MAZDA WOULD NOT HONOR THE COUPONS. DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND TO MY SURPRISE THAT THIS MODEL AND MAKE HAS SO MANY PROBLEMS. MY FAITH IN MAZDA HAS GONE OUT OF THE WINDOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750459August 14, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. ATTEMPTED TO HAVE ORIGINAL DEALER PAY OFF BALANCE OF LOAN IN SUPPORT OF PURCHASE OF NEW CAR. VALUE IS NOW ONLY $2000 (PAID $12995 12/98) BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE. BALISE MAZDA OPERATION RECOGNIZED THAT THERE IS A FAILURE WITH 1995 4 CYLINDER TRANSMISSIONS. INTERNET RESEARCH SUGGESTS LONGSTANDING PROBLEMS WITH MID 1990 4 CYLINDER MAZDA 626. AM NOW STUCK WITH A LEMON AND $2500 BILL ON CAR WITH ONLY 58,000 MILES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894266August 14, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 75MPH ON FREEWAY TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT AND VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER STATED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS FREYED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750342August 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750180August 10, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY NAME IS [XXX] BUT THE CAR IS UNDER MY FATHER'S NAME, [XXX]. HE BOUGHT THE CAR FOR ME. THE GEARS SOMETIMES WILL NOT ENGAGE AND WHEN I AM FINALLY ABLE TO SWITCH GEARS THE CAR WILL JERK ABOUT A FOOT BACK, AND I'VE ONLY HAD THE CAR 3 MONTHS. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893932August 9, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLIGHTS GO OFF WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, HAS TO KEEP MESSING WITH SWITCH FOR HEADLIGHTS TO EVENTUALLY COME BACK ON.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750022August 7, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION JUST DIED AT HIGH SPEED, WELL SERVICED, ONLY 78000 MILES AND 3YEAR OLD CAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893613August 7, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT HAVE POWER WHILE IN DRIVE. IN ORDER TO MAKE VEHICLE ACCELERATE, SHE HAS TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE-2. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER ENDED UP PAYING 1391 DOLLARS FOR A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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