Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#549253October 27, 1999
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
STEERING RACK AND PINION FELL APART CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND VEHICLE COLLISION, INJURY TO CONSUMER. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#851794October 26, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HYDRAULIC VALVE LIFTER WITHIN THE ENGINE VALVE COVER GASKETS; 14 OUT OF 16 LIFTERS HAVE GONE BAD. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND HAS MANUFACTURED REPLACEMENT PARTS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED ALL LIFTERS NEED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713914October 26, 1999
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE CAR AND STATED:INSPECT CAR AT BODY SHOP AND FOUND A BROKEN SHAFT IN THE RACK AND PINION UNIT. THE CAR HAS NO DIRECT IMPACT TO ANY COMPONENTS RELATED TO THE STEERING FAILURE. THE SHAFT FAILED DUE TO A DEFECTIVE PART.THE BODY SHOP EMPLOYEE STATED: THE RACK AND PINION FELL APART CAUSING THE ACCIDENT TO OCCUR.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#851670October 25, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP WHEN MAKING A U TURN. WHEN CONSUMER COMES TO A STOP SIGN OR A STOP LIGHT VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS WHEN SHE APPLIES THE GAS PEDAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851518October 22, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE AIRFLOW SENSOR WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACE 3XS, THE VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTLY WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713327October 15, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
INITIALLY, "HOLD" LIGHT FLASHED AND CAR JERKED AS ACCELERATING TO 45. 2 DAYS LATER, THIS WORSENED AND BEGAN TO HAPPEN ALSO ACCELERATING TO 25-30. UNWILLING TO CAUSE ACCIDENT, TOOK IT TO MANUFACTURER WHO INDICATES TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED. CAR IS JUST OVER 5 YEARS OLD (NO WARRANTY) BUT UNDER 50,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION HAS NEVER SEEMED SMOOTH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713146October 11, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SLIPS, HAS JERKY SHIFTS, VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713105October 10, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CAR JERKS IN AND OUT OF GEAR VERY ROUGH SHIFTING. PROCEEDED WITH LEMON LAW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548931October 6, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE FAILED ON TWO OCCASIONS. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712881October 6, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL INTO SPARK PLUGSAND BOTH O2 SENSORS BAD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712727October 3, 1999
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON MY CAR. SINCE THEN, I HAVE READ ALOT OF ARTICLES ON THE WEB AND MY MECHANIC ADVISED ME TO REPORT THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD ALOT OF MAZDA 626 THEY HAVE REPAIRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712630October 1, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
O/D LIGHT FLASHED WHILE DRIVING, CAR SLIPS GEARS, DEALER FLUSHED SYSTEM BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. CAR IS LESS THAN 4 YEARS OLD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849526September 30, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL OR HESITATE, WHICH MAY RESULTIN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849619September 30, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRAVELLING DOWN THE HIGWAY AND VEHICLE LOST POWER ALL OF A SUDDEN. OVERDRIVE/GEAR LIGHT STARTED FLASHING WHICH SLOWED CAR DOWN. PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER . HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER WAS TOLD THAT TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848568September 23, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHEN APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE DOES NOT MOVE, AS IF IN NEUTRAL. DEALER HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWICE ALREADY. NEEDS THIRD TRANSMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845408September 22, 1999
SEATS
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT HAS A PROBLEM. IF IT IS LEANED BACK ON WITH A CERTAIN A MOUNT OF WEIGHT, IT WILL COLAPSE WHILE DRIVING THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIME IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848370September 22, 1999
POWER TRAIN
WHEN TRAVELING AT REGULAR SPEED SPEEDOMETER JUMPS BACK AND FORTH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711707September 21, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILS UPON DECELEREATION. UNIT DOWNSHIFTS HARD, THEN O/D LIGHT FLASHES AND THEN ENGINE COMPARTMENT STARTS TO FILL WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSING MUCH SMOKE AND A POTENTIAL FOR FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711671September 20, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
MY PROBLEM IS WITH THE REAR CENTER SHOULDER SEAT BELT STRAP OF THE 1998 MAZDA 626. WHAT I CONSIDER AS A LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM TO MY THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. WE WERE IN ROUTE TO OUR HOME, SHE WAS RESTRAINED CORRECTLY IN A CHILD CAR SEAT IN THE SEAT DIRECTLY BEHIND MYSELF (DRIVER) SHE WAS BEING VERY QUITE SO I LOOKED IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR TO SEE IF SHE HAD FALLEN ASLEEP. I NOTICED HER SKIN COLOR WAS DARKER THAN NORMAL AND SHE WAS FOAMING AT THE MOUTH, I QUICKLY PULLED OVER TO THE CURB BECAUSE I THOUGHT SHE WAS CHOAKING ON SOMETHING. SHE HAD TAKEN THE SHOULDER STRAP FROM THE REAR CENTER SEAT AND WRAPPED IT AROUND HER NECK SEVERAL TIMES. I REACHED IN OVER THE CHILD SEAT AND TRIED TO RELEASE THE TENSION, BUT IT WOULD NOT LOOSEN UP. I REACHED INTO THE DARK TO RELEASE THE RED BUTTON THAT HOLDS THE LAP BELT THAT SNAPS INTO THE LOCKING DEVICE, BUT THE CENTER BELT DOES NOT HAVE A RED BUTTON. AT THIS POINT I PANICKED, MY DAUGHTER COULDNT BREATH AND I COULD DO NOTHING TO RELEASE THE REAR CENTER SEAT BELT. I MANAGED TO WORK MY FINGER IN BETWEEN THE STRAP AND HER THROAT SO SHE COULD GET SOME AIR. NOW I WAS TRAPPED AND COULD DO NOTHING THAT WOULD RISK HER LIFE. I SCREAMED AND SOMEONE CAME TO MY RESCUE WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS. I CUT THROUGH THE SOLDER STRAP AND UNWRAPPED IT FROM AROUND HER NECK. THE TOP HALF OF THE SHOULDER STRAP RETRACTED INTO THE TOP SLOT IN THE REAR OF THE SEAT. THE NEXT MORNING I CLOSER EXAMINED THE BELT MECHANISM AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A SMALL RELEASE LATCH NO BIGGER THAN THE SIZE OF A BB THAT WOULD HAVE RELEASED THE BELT. I FEEL THIS NON-STANDARD RELEASE BUTTON ALMOST COST ME MY DAUGHTERS LIFE. I'M SO UPSET WITH THIS DESIGN FLAW THAT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR SOME SERVICE MANAGER TELL ME IT WAS MY FAULT FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO FIGURE OUT EVERY DUMB THING MY THREE YEAR OLD COULD DO AHEAD OF TIME. AT THIS POINT I HAVE NOT BROUGHT THIS PROBLEM UP TO MY MAZDA DEALER, NOR HAVE I DECIDED TO EVEN ASK THEM TO REPLACE THE SHOULDER STRAP THAT I HAD TO CUT THROUGH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#711606September 19, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHIN THREE MONTHS/3,000 MILES! THIS TRANSMISSION WAS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE INCONVENIENCE OF BEING 8 HOURS FROM HOME, MOVING OUR DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON, THE MAZDA WAS PACKED FULL, ALONG WITH A CARAVAN OF A MOVING TRUCK AND OUR DAUGHTER'S CAR. THIS WAS NOT THE TIME FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE! WE HAD JUST LEARNED MAZDA WOULD NOT RECONSIDER PAYING FOR THE FIRST TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT WITH ONLY 42450 MILES. NOW, WITHIN 3 MONTHS, THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AGAIN. WE HOPE THIS TIME MAZDA WILL STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS AND ALSO RE-IMBURSE US FOR THE FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND THE EXPENSES INCURRED FROM FAILURE. I HAD TO DRIVE ON THE EDGE OF A VERY BUSY STREET IN FT. COLLINS,CO, WAVING TRAFFIC TO CAUTIOUSLY PROCEED AROUND ME, HOPING TO CATCH UP WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE ALREADY OUT OF MY SIGHT, BUT I HAD NO AVENUE TO TURN OFF THIS BUSY STREET! THANKFUL, NO OTHER DRIVERS OR PASSENGERS WERE INVOLVED IN REAR ENDING ME-I WAS TRAVELING AT A SNAILS CRAWL-OR WITH THE TRAFFIC GOING AROUND ME, DIDN'T RUN INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. MY PREVIOUS ODI # IS 709937 SUBMITTED ON 8/12/99
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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