Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#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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#10169306September 26, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE JERKED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. AT 50,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION WAS FLUSHED AND THE FLUID WAS BLACK. THE REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE SEALS ON THE GASKETS WERE WORN AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITHIN 30,000 MILES. THEN, WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED A REBUILT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED.
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#10169360September 26, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE 626 LX MODEL MADE BY MAZDA IN 1999, SEEMS TO HAVE MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS SENT BY PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT MODEL AND YEAR WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS. DUE TO THE LACK OF COMPLAINTS, MAZDA DOES NOT WISH TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR FAULTY TRANSMISSION. *JB
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#10169195September 25, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A MAZDA 626 1994. ON 9/9/06 I CALLED BIDOLUPH MAZDA TO ASK ABOUT A RECALL ON MY TRANSMISSION FOR MY 94, 626. THEY SAID "SURE BRING IT DOWN WE WILL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING. ONCE I PAID $80 IN TOWING FEES. THE NEXT DAY THEY CALLED AND SAID THAT THE RECALL EXPIRED AND PROCEEDED TO CHARGE ME OVER $400 TO FIX THE RECALL. THEN ONE WEEK LATER THE TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE BUSINESS RELATIONS. MAZDA IS NO GOOD. *JB
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#10169208September 25, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DRIVING AND CAR BEGAN TO JERK OVER TIME. EVENTUALLY, CAR HAS LEAD TO PROBLEMS GOING IN REVERSE (MUST GAS TO 4000 RPM'S TO BACK UP). *JB
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#10169198September 25, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. *JB
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#10169145September 24, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2001 MAZDA 626 LX 4 CYL AUTO TRANS. AT 80K MILES, AFTER LONG HIGHWAY TRIPS, THE O/D OFF LIGHT STARTED FLASHING INTERMITTENTLY. THEN, THERE WAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING, THEN THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION FAILED. I HAVE HAD TWO TRANSMISSION REBUILDS AT A COST OF $3500 OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS. IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE MY LAST REBUILD AND I AM SEEING THE SAME PROBLEMS AGAIN. I HAVE SEEN REPORTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET SITTING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THIS VEHICLE AT ALL. *NM
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#10169005September 22, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I ALONG WITH ABOUT EVERY MAZDA 626 OWNER I KNOW AM FACING REPLACING MY TRANSMISSION. IT IS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY AND IS A REAL HAZARD SOMETIMES IS WORKS SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. IT IS SLIPPING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR AND WILL "HUNT" FOR FIRST GEAR AT TIMES WITH SEVERAL JERKS BETWEEN GEARS BEFORE IT SHIFTS. *NM
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#10168881September 21, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE - WOULD NOT GO INTO D. *NM
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#10168541September 18, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
A 1999 MAZDA 626 WAS PURCHASED IN JUNE 2006 FROM CARMAX IN TAMPA, FL. WE TRADED IN OUR 2004 FORD EXPLORER FOR THIS 626 TO SAVE ON GAS. THE MAZDA HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, NONE OF WHICH HAVE BEEN CLEARLY EXPLAINED TO US; NOR ARE THEY EXPLAINED ON THE RECEIPTS. THE FIRST PROBLEM WE EXPERIENCED WAS AN OVERHEATED TRANSMISSION WHICH CAUSED IT TO GET STUCK IN SECOND GEAR. THE MAZDA DEALER RECOMMENDED A TRANSMISSION COOLER ONCE THE TRANSMISSION WAS DISSECTED TO BE SURE THERE WAS NO INTERNAL DAMAGE. CARMAX TOWED THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER AND HAD AAMCO DO THE REPAIR WORK. NEW PARTS WERE ORDERED THOUGH CARMAX SAID AAMCO DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. UPON DRIVING MY 1 YEAR OLD SON HOME AFTER THIS FIRST REPAIR, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO LEAK AND MAKE GRINDING SOUNDS, NONE OF WHICH DID IT DO BEFORE BEING REPAIRED MIND YOU. THE SECOND TIME WE SIMPLY EXPERIENCE THE STUCK IN GEAR ISSUE AGAIN, HOWEVER, THIS TIME BELTS WERE ALSO SQUEALING AND OUR FUEL EFFICIENCY HAS DROPPED. THE THIRD TIME SEEMED DO BE THE CHARM, OR SO WE THOUGHT. THIS MORNING DRIVING THE CAR TO WORK, WE EXPERIENCED THE SAME STUCK IN SECOND GEAR PROBLEM WE HAD ORIGINALLY! AFTER CALLING THE LOCAL STORE THEY SAID TO TAKE IT TO AAMCO. I NEVER DEALT WITH AAMCO BEFORE WHY SHOULD I TAKE IT THERE NOW. I ALSO CALLED THE CARMAX CORPORATE HELP LINE AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD CALL THE LOCAL STORE WE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE CAR FROM. I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ANY PHONE CALLS OR GET THE SERVICE OR GUARANTEE THAT CARMAX PROMISED WHEN I PURCHASED THIS CAR. *NM
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#10168446September 16, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT 6 YEARS AGO AT 40,000 MILES AND NEEDS REBUILD AGAIN AT 57,000 MILES .AN EXTERNAL COOLER WAS INSTALLED AFTER FIRST REBUILD AND CAR IS BABIED . ITS A FORD CD4E AND IT IS A LEMON. *JB
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#10168266September 14, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE...*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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#10167772September 10, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION BREAKDOWN. BACK ON APRIL 07, 2003, I BROUGHT MY 1998 MAZDA 626 INTO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP TO GET MY VEHICLE FIXED. I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WAS TOAST. IT HAD OVERHEATED AND BURNT UP MOST OF THE INTERNALS. I ENDED PAYING FOR A REBUILT UNIT, A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER, AND A DRIVE CHAIN. THE TOTAL OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE WAS $1272.00 NOW EXACTLY THREE YEARS DOWN TO THE MONTH I'M STARTING ALL OVER WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING DOWNHILL AGAIN. FORTUNATELY THIS TIME I PARKED IT IN THE DRIVEWAY AND HAVEN'T FIXED IT YET. I AM CURRENTLY RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM AND IT APPEARS TO BE A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM, YET NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. *NM
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#10167633September 8, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED TO 2 WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 70-75 MPH. CAUSED VEHICLE TO SKID ON WET ROAD! WHILE CROSSING AN INTERSECTION, TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND ALMOST CAUSED A MULTIPLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT. *NM
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#10167643September 8, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
OWN A 1999 MAZDA 626, 2.0 4-CYLINDER. IT ONLY HAS 52,170 MILES BUT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BURNT OUT. ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOPS AND MAZDA DEALERS, THEY HAVE SEEN AND REPAIRED LOTS 626 (1999 -2001 MODELS) DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS WHICH HAD BEEN DESIGNED BY FORD FOR MUCH SMALLER AND LIGHTER VEHICLES THAN THE 626. CONSEQUENTLY, IF ONE DRIVES LONG DISTANCE, IT DOES BURN OUT. THE DEALERS AND AAMCO SHOPS RECOMMEND TO HAVE THE COOLING PUMP TO COOL THE TRANSMISSION. IT IS WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED THE CASE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURES AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BY MAZDA. *NM
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#10167724September 8, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
REPEATED FAILURE OF CD4E AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER. DATES - 11/02/2004 AND 08/29/2006. BOTH TIMES TRANSMISSION WAS RECONDITIONED BY LOCAL REPAIR SHOPS (MIDDLETOWN TRANSMISSION AMD MECCA TRANSMISSION, INC). *JB
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#10167725September 8, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
CAR HAD O/D LIGHT ON WHEN BOUGHT IT AND TOLD IT WAS FINE BY DEALER. EVENTUALLY THE LIGHT WAS OFF FOR GOOD. CAR IS CURRENTLY DOWN SHIFTING FOR NO REASON AND NOW THE MECHANICS THAT I TOOK IT TO SAY THAT IT IS THE TRANSMISSION AND STUCK IN 3RD GEAR. *JB
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#10167362September 5, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 1996 MAZDA 626 LX HAS 86K MILES ON IT. I NOTICED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, IT WAS LEAKING FLUID (I THOUGHT IT WAS OIL), BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE TRANSMISSION FLUID, SO I MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT FIXED. MY CAR WAS FINALLY FIXED AFTER ALMOST 2-WEEKS IN THE SHOP AND WITHOUT A VEHICLE TO DRIVE. A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER HAVING IT REPAIRED, AND COSTING ME $2,000 - I NOTICED THAT IT IS STILL LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. MY CAR GAVE ME NO WARNING (NO LIGHTS EVER CAME ON SAYING THERE WAS A PROBLEM). NOW, I AM READING ABOUT THOUSANDS OF OTHER MAZDA 626 OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB
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#10167286September 4, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY WOULD NOT CHANGE INTO HIGH GEAR AND HAD NO REVERSE. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS WORSE. I TOOK IT TO AAMCO AND THEY DID A COMPLETE REBUILD OF TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER TO THE TUNE OF $2,000. *NM
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