Mazda 626 Complaints (1995)

488 consumer complaints on file.

#10227390May 11, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SHUTTERING THROUGH SHIFTING, O/D LIGHT FLASHES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON WHEN SHIFTING TO HIGHER RPMS. TRANSMISSION IS ABOUT TO CRAP OUT I'VE HEARD OF THESE PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO APROX $2,000 IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE VEHICLES. *TR
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0
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#10226479May 2, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 MAZDA 626. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD BANGING NOISE. THE RPM'S WOULD RISE AND THEN DROP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SURGE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.
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#10224070April 10, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY DAUGHTER IS USING THE MAZDA 626, 1995 YEAR WHILE GOING TO COLLEGE. SHE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THE CAR O/D LIGHT WAS FLASHING. THE NEXT DAY SHE GOT INTO THE CAR AND PUT IT IN R. THE CAR WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE. SHE PUT IT IN D AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. THE TRANSMISSION SHOP IS LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW AND TOLD ME THAT IT MIGHT HAVE TO BE REBUILT. I LOOK UP ON THE INTERNET AND SAW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT. I WAS TOLD THAT THE MAZDA USED A FORD TRANSMISSION AND IT WAS ALWAYS BREAKING DOWN. I JUST PURCHASED THE CAR 8 MONTHS AGO AS A USED CAR AND AM SPENDING TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. VERY UNHAPPY WITH MAZDA. *TR
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0
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#10212873December 26, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 MAZDA 626. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SHOP. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED; HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS FINE. THE ELECTRICAL SWITCH WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 133,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 01/29/08 *BF. UPDATED 01/29/08 TR
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Yes
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0
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#10211215December 8, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT THIS 1995 MAZDA 626 4 CYL VEHICLE USED AT 79K MILES. I RECENTLY HAD THE TRANSMISSION ROUTINELY SERVICED AGAIN AT A LOCAL GARAGE, INCLUDING YEARLY FLUID CHANGE, AND WITHIN JUST A FEW WEEKS THE TRANSMISSION LOST 2ND RANGE AND OVERDRIVE. ENGINE OVERSPEEDS BEFORE SHIFTING FROM 1ST INTO 3RD. I HAD TAKEN THIS CAR TO A PARR FORD/MAZDA DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR SAFETY CHECK AND OIL CHANGE, BUT THEY NEVER ONCE MENTIONED THE NEED FOR AN AFTERMARKET OIL COOLER. BUT WHEN I TOOK THE CAR BACK WITH THE TRANNY PROBLEM A FEW DAYS AGO, THEY TRIED TO SELL ME A REBUILT TRANNY FOR $3500 INSTALLED AND EMPHASIZED THAT THEY WOULD NOT INSTALL A REBUILT TRANNY WITHOUT ADDING AN AFTERMARKET OIL COOLER. NEVER ONCE DID PARR FORD/MAZDA MENTION INSTALLING AN AFTERMARKET TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER UNTIL AFTER THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. I CONSIDER THIS AN ACT OF GROSS NEGLIGENCE ON THEIR PART AND FEEL THEY OWE ME A NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR
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0
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#10209156November 16, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHILE IDLING IN DRIVE. O/D OFF LIGHT FLASHING WILL NOT GO OFF. GEAR SLIPS. *TR
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0
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0
#10208139November 7, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1995 MAZDA 626 4 CYLINDER AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITH OVERDRIVE (CD4E/LA4A-EL) HAS CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED WITH NO ABUSE ON THE PART OF THE OWNER/DRIVER. RESEARCH SINCE THEN SHOWS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND MAZDA WILL NOT REPAIR OR ADMIT THE PROBLEM EXISTS. *TR
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#10205303October 9, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 1995 MAZDA 626 HAS GONE THROUGH AT LEAST 5 TRANSMISSIONS, NOW NEEDS #6. I AM NOT GOING TO PUT ANOTHER $3,300 INTO THE CAR. A BANK TELLER SUGGESTED I TRY TO REPORT THE VEHICLE AS A "LEMON" SINCE NO VEHICLE SHOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION EVERY OTHER YEAR! *TR
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#10198244August 2, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1995 MAZDA 626 AT 97,000 MILES: THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN UPPER GEARS. AFTER PULLING OFF AND VERIFYING FLUID LEVELS, THE CAR DROVE WELL FOR 4 MILES, BEGAN SLIPPING AGAIN AND FINALLY DROPPED OUT OF ALL GEARS. THEN IT SEEMED TO BE IN NEUTRAL NO MATTER WHAT GEAR WAS SELECTED. AFTER A TOW TO A TRASMISSION SHOP, I WAS TOLD THAT A TRANSMISSION REBUILD WAS REQUIRED @ $2,000. THERE SHOULD BE MANY MORE MILES LEFT IN THIS CAR WITHOUT REQUIRING A $2,000 INVESTMENT! AFTER READING MANY SIMILAR SLORIES, I BELIEVE MAZDA SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT! *TR
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0
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#10191639May 24, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
I HAVE A '95 MAZDA 626 2.0L AUTOTRANS, IT DRIVES FINE IN TOWN AND FOR SHORT PERIODS BUT SINCE I LIVE IN A RURAL AREA MOST SHOPPING IS DONE AND HOUR FROM HOME. ON SUCH TRIPS, MY CAR WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT HARD AND THE O/D OFF LIGHT WILL START FLASHING. I'VE TALKED TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID ITS A TYPICAL MAZDA PROBLEM AND TO UNHOOK THE NEG BATTERY CABLE, WAIT 3 MINUTES THEN RECONNECT AND THE LIGHT WILL BE OFF. THIS WORKS BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO RESET THE COMPUTER EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY CAR FOR AN HOUR. I'VE ALSO DONE LOTS OF INTERNET RESEARCH AND IT APPEARS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM CAUSED BY THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING AND EVENTUALLY BURNING UP. I'VE FOUND MAZDA TSB #0500502 PUBLISHED MAY 21, 2002 THAT SHOWS MAZDA IS AWARE OF THE SAID PROBLEM AND ALSO KNOWS HOW TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE, SO WHY IS IT THE CONSUMERS RESPONSIBILITY TO INSTALL THE ATF COOLER KIT WHEN MADZA ADMITS THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS THIS PART TO RUN EFFECTIVELY FOR LONG TERM VEHICLE USE?? MAZDA SHOULD BE PICKING UP THE TAB BY EITHER REPLACING THE TRANNY WITH ONE THAT WORKS PROPERLY OR INSTALL THE COOLER KIT THEMSELVES!!
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#10187526April 10, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 1995 MAZDA 626 HAS GONE THOUGH TWO TRANSMISSIONS DESPITE BEEING WELL CARED FOR. THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 130,000 MILES ON IT. MY GIRLFREINDS 1996 MAZDA 626 HAS GONE THOUGH TWO AS WELL AND HAS 101,000 MILES. MY BROTHERS MAZDA 626 HAD SIMULAR ISSUES BEFORE SELLING IT TO SOME OTHER NON SUSPECTING CONSUMER. CONSUMER REPORTS HAS SHOWN THEM TO BE TROUBLED IN THIS AREA, TO SAY THE LEAST. MAZDA HAS MADE NO EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. FOR SOME MAZDA OWNERS AN UNEXPECTED $2,000-$2,500 BILL COULD BE A LIFE ALTERING EXPENSE. WHEN WILL WE SEE A GOVERNMENT FORCED RECALL? MAZDA SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A MAZDA VEHICLE AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING A FORUM FOR SUCH COMPLAINTS.*AK
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#10180961January 29, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION IS CRAP!! AND HAVE READ VARIOUS REPORTS OF THE SAME ISSUE ON THE SAME MODEL OF CAR. *NM
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#10178767January 15, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION IN 1995 MAZDA 626, JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR AND TRANSMISSION IS BAD ALREADY. CAR HAS 121,000 MILES ON IT..... IT HAS THE CD4E TRANSMISSION IN IT... WE WENT ON THE WEB AND DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM..... TRANNY IS ABOUT TO GO..... *JB
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#10175148December 5, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE IN 2004 AND 2006. *NM
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#10172428November 2, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 1995 MAZDA 626 DIED AFTER APPROX 75K MILES. THERE ARE NO REPLACEMENTS ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. I WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE CURRENT TRANSMISSION REBUILT FOR APPROX $3K OR SELL THE VEHICLE FOR PARTS. THAT IS RIDICULOUS FOR SUCH A LOW-MILEAGE VEHICLE TO BE IN SUCH A SITUATION. RESEARCHING THE ISSUE ONLINE I SEE THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE 1995 MAZDA 626. I SEE MENTION OF THE TRANSMISSION POSSIBLY REQUIRING A TRANSMISSION COOLER, SUGGESTING THAT THE FAILURE OCCURS BECAUSE THE FLUID OVERHEATS. NOT SURE IF THAT IS THE CASE, BUT CLEARLY SOMETHING IN THE DESIGN HAS RESULTED IN AN UNREASONABLY SHORT LIFESPAN FOR THE TRANNY. IT IS NOT REASONABLE FOR THE CONSUMER TO TAKE THIS ON THE CHIN. MAZDA NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND BEAR AT LEAST SOME OF THE PAIN THEIR FLAWED DESIGN HAS CAUSED. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS AS NEEDED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. *NM
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#10170884October 16, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 1995 MAZDA 626 HAS MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. AFTER I GOT IT FIXED, IT STILL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM BUT I CRASHED BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE IT BACK AND USE THE WARRANTY. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH MANY 626 MAZDAS MADE BETWEEN 95' AND 00'. *NM
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#10170511October 11, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 1995 MAZDA 626 HAD TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH ONLY 79K MILES ON ENGINE. NOW, BARELY 2 YEARS LATER AND WITH ONLY 100,200 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AGAIN AND AN ESTIMATED COST OF $2,000! *JB
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#10169448September 27, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I AM NOW ON MY THIRD TRANSMISSION SINCE I BOUGHT MY 1996 MAZDA 626 DX, 4 CYL. THE FIRST TRANSMISSION WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE SECOND FAILURE WAS IN NOV 2005. I TOOK VEHICLE TO NON-DEALER SOURCE. THE TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN LAST WEEK. AFTER ABOUT 40 MILES SHIFTING GETS HARD AFTER A STOP. VEHICLE WILL DOWN SHIFT WHEN YOU TAKE FOOT OFF THE GAS. RIGHT NOW THE REPAIR SHOP IS TRYING TO TROUBLE SHOOT WITHOUT FINDING THE PROBLEM. *NM
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#10167958September 12, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 1995 MAZDA 626 - AND EVERY NOW AND THEN THE "OD OFF" LIGHT WILL FLASH CONTINUOUSLY FOR MONTHS....I HAVE CHANGED THE BELTS, WATER PUMPS, FAN BELTS, TRANSMISSION FLUID GASKETS AND EVEN THE BATTERY THREE TIMES. RECENTLY THE DEALER ADVISED ME TO CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION SINCE IT WAS LEAKING TO THE POINT OF NO REPAIR. WE CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION AND AFTER TWO DAYS OF DRIVING THE CAR JERKS WHEN TAKING OFF, THE OD OFF LIGHT IS FLASHING AGAIN, AND THE IT APPEARS TO BE OVERHEATING - BUT THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOREVER WITH THE MAZDA - HOW MANY TIMES CAN ONE CHANGE PARTS ABOUT EVERY SIX MONTHS?...MAZDA SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THIS MODEL YEARS AGO - THERE IS A FAULT IN ITS TRANSMISSION OR COMPUTER SYSTEM. *NM
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#10164818August 7, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I CURRENTLY HAVE APPROX. 112,000 MILES ON MY CAR. I DO NOT DRIVE IT A WHOLE LOT BUT DURING A TRIP FROM MARYLAND TO FLORIDA, MY TRANSMISSION STARTED TO GO UP. THE O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING, THE RPM AND MILEAGE NEEDLE WAS GOING WACKY AND THE CAR WOULD BARELY DRIVE. THE MILEAGE NEEDLE WOULD SAY THAT I WAS DOING 0 MPH WHEN IN FACT I WAS DRIVING AT 20 MPH. I HAD TO DRIVE ON GEAR 1 OR 2 HALF THE WAY BACK. THERE WAS ALSO THIS BURNT SMELL COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION OIL. WHICH SCARED ME BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE CAR WAS SURELY GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE SINCE I WAS ONLY IN VIRGINIA (AGAIN, FINAL DESTINATION FLORIDA) NOW I TAKE CARE OF MY CAR, I HAD JUST HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED TWO MONTHS BEFORE. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, DURING DAILY OPERATION, WHENEVER I WOULD SHIFT GEARS ON MY CAR, THE RESPONSE WAS ALWAYS DELAYED ABOUT 1 SECOND AND A HALF, WHICH I HAVE BEEN TOLD ARE CLEAR SIGNS OF IMPEDING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I ALSO FOUND OUT FROM SEVERAL OTHER MAZDA 626 OWNERS THAT THESE MAZDA VEHICLES ARE WELL KNOWN FOR TRANSMISSIONS FAILURES. DUE TO THE FACT OF POOR VENTILATION FOR THE TRANS, THIS CAUSES TOO MUCH HEAT THAT LEADS TO TRANS. FAILURE. I FEEL THAT THIS IS THE MANUFACTURERS FAULT FOR LETTING A FAULTY ENGINEER AS THIS ONE GO TO THE MARKET. WHAT IF SOMEONE GETS HURT? NO I HAVE TO FRONT THE BILL FOR A TRANSMISSION THAT WAS DOOMED TO FAIL AND I DO NOT THINK THAT IS RIGHT. MAZDA SHOULD PAY, NOT ME. *NM
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