Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#10000376December 26, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR DOES NOT RUN/START OR ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AND IT IDLES INAPPROPRIATELY. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED 10/02. IT WENT TO THE DEALER 11/02 AFTER ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AND CAR WOULD NOT START/DRIVE. CAR RETURNED 36 DAYS LATER. CAR NOW HAS ENGINE LIGHT ON AND IS AT A DIFFERENT DEALER FOR THREE DAYS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000606December 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1999 MAZDA TRAANSMISSION PROBLEMS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001052December 17, 2002
SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS HIT A 30 MPH IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE BUT THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO THE CONSUMER. THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD AND AS A RESULT THE DRIVER HEAD WENT THROUGH HE WINDSHIELD. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. TS *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10000179December 17, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRAMISSION PROBLEM WITH MADZA 626
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000096December 16, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
EARLY TRANSMISSINON FAILURE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000146December 16, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN
HAVING CONSTANT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH MY 1994 MAZDA 626. HAD IT REBUILT AT 140000 MILES. AFTER REPAIR CONSTANT PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING. ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH PLUG BREAKING. CONSTANT RPMS STALLING AND NO POWER. NOW AT DECELERATING AT 20 MPH IT KICKS BACK. TO THE POINT WHERE I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY OWN CAR. TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP ALSO AND THEY SAID THEY WOULDN'T DO RECALL OR DO ANYTHING TO FIX IT. LINKS BELOW ARE RELATED TO MY SITUATION AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME TRANSMISSION. EXACT INCIDENT DATES ARE UNKNOWN AS IT HAPPENS CONSTANTLY. DATE LISTED IS EARLIEST DATE. HTTP://WWW.BANTAPUBNET.COM/GEARS/2002/JANFEB02/NEWKID.HTML HTTP://WWW.DUSTBURY.COM/626/TRANS.HTML HTTP://WWW.DUSTBURY.COM/626/94SPEEDO.HTML HTTP://WWW.BANTAPUBNET.COM/GEARS/JAN00/6TRANSMISSIONTHERAPY.HTML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000147December 16, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN
HAVING CONSTANT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH MY 1994 MAZDA 626. HAD IT REBUILT AT 140000 MILES. AFTER REPAIR CONSTANT PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING. ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH PLUG BREAKING. CONSTANT RPMS STALLING AND NO POWER. NOW AT DECELERATING AT 20 MPH IT KICKS BACK. TO THE POINT WHERE I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY OWN CAR. TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP ALSO AND THEY SAID THEY WOULDN'T DO RECALL OR DO ANYTHING TO FIX IT. LINKS BELOW ARE RELATED TO MY SITUATION AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME TRANSMISSION. EXACT INCIDENT DATES ARE UNKNOWN AS IT HAPPENS CONSTANTLY. DATE LISTED IS EARLIEST DATE. WONDERING ON RECALL TO GET THIS FIXED AS IT SEEMS OTHER CARS OF THE SAME MODEL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM HTTP://WWW.BANTAPUBNET.COM/GEARS/2002/JANFEB02/NEWKID.HTML HTTP://WWW.DUSTBURY.COM/626/TRANS.HTML HTTP://WWW.DUSTBURY.COM/626/94SPEEDO.HTML HTTP://WWW.BANTAPUBNET.COM/GEARS/JAN00/6TRANSMISSIONTHERAPY.HTML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000063December 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE PINGING NOISE, THAT WAS ONLY NOTICEABLE UNDER HEAVY ACCELERATION, THUS CAUSING ME, THE DRIVER, TO ACCLERATE WITH GINGERLY. APPROX. ONE DAY AFTER THE ENGINE MADE PINGING NOISE NO MATTER HOW FAST OR SLOW THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, EVENTUALLY LEADING UP TO THE FOLLOWING: THE CAR WAS AT A SPEED OF APPROX 55-60 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PINGING GOT LOUDER, THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER, A LOUD NOISE OCCURED, SOMETHING APPEARED TO SHOOT FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, AND SMOKE BEGAN TO POUR FROM UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL SERVICE STATION, I WAS THEN TOLD THAT AN ENGINE ROD BLEW THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK, THUS REQUIRING A NEW ENGINE. APPROX 1 1/2 TO 2 WEEKS PRIOR AN OIL CHANGE WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE, AND THEREAFTER THE CAR RAN WITH NO PROBLEMS AT ALL UP UNTIL THE PINGING OCCURANCE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY UNDER MANUFACTURER EXTENDED WARRANT, BUT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED WHETHER IT COVERED UNDER WARRANT AT THIS POINT OR NOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000079December 12, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
QUICK VERSION: TRANSMISSION DIED IN CAR TWICE. FIRST TIME IT DIED AROUND 112500 MILES. SECOND TIME IT DIED 11500 MILES LATER. STILL RUNNING ON SECOND REPAIR JOB AS OF 12/12/2002. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTED ROUGH (WHICH I WAS TOLD WAS "STANDARD" BEHAVIOR) FOR THE ENTIRE TIME I OWNED THE CAR. THE TRANSMISSION DIED A YEAR AGO AND THE LOCAL MAZDA DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT WOULD COST ME ABOUT $4000 TO REPLACE IT. I WENT TO A PRIVATE TRANSMISSION SHOP INSTEAD AND CUT THAT COST IN HALF. REPAIR JOB DIDN'T LAST VERY LONG, HOWEVER AND I WOUND UP GOING TO A DIFFERENT SHOP THE SECOND TIME. STILL RUNNING FOR THE MOMENT. I FULLY BELIEVE THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE EXPERIENCED SUCH PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR IN THE FIRST PLACE. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE REGARDING THE 626'S TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, MY OPINION IS SHARED BY MANY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770731December 11, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS TRANSMISSION IS FIX THREE TIMES AND IT ALWAYS FAIL. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770548December 6, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
O/D OFF LIGHT FLASHES CONSTANTLY ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023783December 5, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE STARTED HESITATING TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770441December 4, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE TRANSMISSION ACTS UP SO BAD THAT I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770368December 3, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THERE HAVE BEEN AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FROM MAZDA 626 OWNERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. MY TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED TWICE AND IS ABOUT TO GO INTO ITS 3RD REBUILD IN 18 MONTHS. PLEASE, PLEASE JUST READ THIS PAGE OF THIS MESSAGE BOARD AND YOU WILL FIND AN INCREDIBLY HIGH NUMBER OF OWNERS REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM. IF THIS MANY PEOPLE REPORTED THE PROBLEM, IMAGINE HOW MANY OTHERS THERE ARE THAT HAVEN'T DONE SO. I WHOLE HEARTEDLY BELIEVE THAT THESE TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD BE RECALLED. PLEASE SEE: HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/YOURLEMON/189.HTML DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770330December 2, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION (DRUM) FAILED AFTER NORMAL USE AT 100K MILES. REGULAR MAINTENANCE WAS STRICTLY KEPT ON THE FLUID A $2000 REPAIR BILL. NOTICEABLY, THERE WERE 3 OTHER MAZDA'S (626 AND PROTEGE'S) THERE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT MAZDA DOES NOT EVEN ISSUE THE SAME DRUM ANYMORE. THEY HAVE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT DESIGN TO REPLACE THESE COMMONLY MALFUNCTIONING PARTS. IN MY EYES, THIS AMOUNTS TO AN ADMISSION FROM MAZDA THAT THEIR PRODUCT IS FAULTY. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770135November 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. O/D LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON. CAR REVVED BUT DID NOT MOVE. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770073November 24, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WENT TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD NEED NEW TRANSMISSION AND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL WAS TOLD MAY BE A RECALL PENDING. PLEASE ADVISE. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770079November 24, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING BADLY IN LOWER GEARS. SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND TO 3RD IS VERY BAD AND OFTEN THE RPMS ARE APPROX. 5000 BEFORE THE SHIFT OCCURS. (EVEN ON A DOWNHILL SLOPE) AS OF EARLY NOVEMBER, THE TRANSMISSION WILL PERIODICALLY NOT GO INTO REVERSE. I HAVE CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID ON THE RECOMMENDED SCHEDULE OF EVERY 5K MILES. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022947November 18, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HEARD A NOISE FROM ENGINE AND VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER ADVISED THAT THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER BROKE CAUSING STALL. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANFACTURER REGARDING RECALL 00V134000. MFR ADVISED V.I.N. IS NOT INCLUDED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022954November 18, 2002
SUSPENSION
WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 20MPH ON THE HIGHWAY HE MADE A RIGHT TURN SUDDENLY TO AVOID ANOTHER VEHICLE. AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE FLIPPED AND LANDED ON THE ROOF UP SIDE DOWN. PLEASE FILL ADDITONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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