Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#8000608December 12, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STARTED IDLING AND STOPPED TRAVELING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900712December 11, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATED INTERMITTENTLY THE ENGINE ROARS AND VEHICLE WILL LURCH BACKWARD WHEN IN REVERSE.*AK. CONSUMR ALSO STATED IT HAPPENS WHEN VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE, THE ENGINE WILL ROAR AND THE TIRES START TO SPIN, ALSO THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT IS NOT RETRACTING PROPERLY, THE GEAR SHIFT IS MAKING NOISES AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO GO FROM DRIVE TO PARK ETC.*YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755525December 11, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE VEHICLE STALLED AFTER A SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE. AFTER RETURNING TO THE SERVICE CENTER WHERE THE OIL CHANGE WAS PERFORMED, I WAS TOLD THAT I NEED TO HAVE MY VALVE COVER GASKETS CHANGED. I WANTED A SECOND OPINION AND SCHEDULED A CHECK WITH THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER. I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH STALLING AFTER THE FIRST INITIAL INCIDENT. AFTER THE DEALERSHIP MECHANICS LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE UNLESS THE ENGINE WAS REVED. I WAS INFORMED AT THIS POINT THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND THAT I NEEDED MY VALVE COVER GASKETS AND SPARK PLUGS CHANGED. THE TOTAL COST WOULD AMOUNT TO OVER $3200. AFTER GETTING A SECOND OPINION ON THE STATE OF THE TRANSMISSION I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. I WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP MECHANIC THAT THE 1997 MAZDA HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE NEW TRANSMISSION IS EXTREMELY LOUD, THE CAR DOES NOT DRIVE THE SMOOTHLY; I CAN FEEL THE GEARS CHANGE, AND THE ODOMETER IS RUNNING RAMPANT. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT MAZDA TRANSIMISSION ARE GENERALLY LOUD AND THAT THE CAR WILL REV AND CAUSE ONE TO FEEL A SHIFT IN GEAR IF THE COMPUTER CANNOT DISTINGUISH A SPEED SETTING. I FEEL THAT AFTER RESEACH AND SPEAKING WITH THE DEALERSHIPS MECHANICS THAT MAZDA WAS AWARE THAT THE MADZA 626 V6 1997 YEAR WAS DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO MAKE REVENUE FOR A COSTLY "REPAIR" THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED BY THE MANUFACTURE. WHEN MY VEHICLE STALLED IT WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC (45MPH ZONE) AND IT IS A BLESSING THAT I DID NOT CAUSE A WRECK OR HIT ANYONE. THANK YOU T. SIMPSON*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755457December 9, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CAR CAN BARELY GET POWER TO GO. TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP TRIED TO STEP THE CAR JUST REVEV UP. IS ONLY ABLE TO 10 MPH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755358December 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
"O/D OFF" LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. DIAGNOSIS IS THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION IS NEEDED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899894December 5, 2001
SEAT BELTS
RECALL 88 V 063 000/PASSIVE RESTRAINT BELT: BOTH DRIVER'SAND PASSENGER'S MOTOR BELTS FAILED TO OPERATE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THERECALL DUE TO VIN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899793December 4, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SPEED CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, AND ENGINE INCREASED POWER, CONSUMER TURNED ONTO MEDIAN TO PREVENT CRASHING, CONSUMER TURNED IGNITION OFF AND VEHICLE SPUN OUT CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT A DITCH AND DAMAGE THE UNDERSIDE AND 2 WHEELS. DEALER REPLACED LOOSE BRAKE LIGHT AND CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. *AK *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755298December 4, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899596November 28, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PASSENGERS SIDE REAR AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED BECAUSE IT WAS CRACKED. VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE WHEN DRIVEN AT 60 MPH OR FASTER. DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT DRIVERS SIDE AXLE NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. DEALER HAS REPLACED DRIVERS SIDE, BUT CONSUMER WAS HAVING SAME PROBLEM. DEALER HAD INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PASSENGERS SIDE AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED SHE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION STALLING, VEHICLE BACK FIRING, TREMBLING/SHAKING AND ALSO STEERING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE TIRES THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIRE PRESSURE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED UNTIL SHE WAS FINALLY TOLD THAT THE AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754985November 27, 2001
AIR BAGS
RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL IN MAIL TO HAVE DEALER RE-PROGRAM AIRBAG SYSTEM DUE TO RISK OF PRE-MATURE DEPLOYMENT. UPON PRESENTING VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL SAFETY FIX, WAS ADVISED THAT AIRBAG SYSTEM WAS NO LONGER OPERATIVE AND MUST PAY $365 TO INSTALL NEW UNIT. CURRENTLY WITHOUT AIRBAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM DUE TO COMPLYING WITH MAZDA FACTORY SAFTEY RECALL ACTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754878November 25, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
CAR GOES DEAD AT LIGHTS AND AROUND CURVES AND DURING PULLOFFS FROM ANY POSITION FROM A START TO STO, STEERING ASSEMLY VERY LOOSE HAVE TO SWERVE SOMETIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754850November 24, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DEAR SIR/MADAM, AFTER I HAD MY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM I CONTACTED WITH TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP BUT THEY COULD NOT FIX THE TRANSMISSION. THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION IS OD LIGHT FLASHES AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A GENERAL PROBLEM FOR MAZDA 626. EVEN ON THE INTERNET MANY MAZDA 626 OWNERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I KNOW THE MILEAGE OF MY CAR IS HIGH BUT EVEN FOR THE LOW MILEAGES PEOPLE ENCOUNTER WITH THE SIMILAR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS FOR MAZDA 626. IF THIS IS A GENERAL PROBLEM WHY DOESN`T THE MAZDA COMPANY RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM? THIS PROBLEM COSTS TOO MUCH MONEY FOR THE CUSTOMERS AND MAYBE SOME DANGEROUS SITUATIONS ON HIGHWAYS OR BUSY TRAFFIC. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME CHANCE TO INFORM YOU ABOUT THIS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754829November 23, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I RECENTLY EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 1997 MAZDA 626 AFTER ONLY 61,406 MILES. LUCKILY I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE OF THE CAR. HOWEVER, UPON REPLACING MY TRANSMISSION WITH A "REMANUFACTURED" ONE I HAVE AGAIN EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINEERING OF THE TRANSMISSIONS THAT WENT INTO THIS MODEL YEAR CAR. I HAVE READ SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON CONSUMER COMPLAINT BOARDS ON THE INTERNET. WHAT HAS EXASPERATED THIS SITUATION EVEN MORE IS WHEN I BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR REPAIRS THE DEALERSHIP (ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT ONES) RECOMMENDED THAT I PURCHASE A TRANSMISSION COOLING KIT FOR ABOUT $100.00 AS THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION JUST COULDN'T TAKE THE HEAT OF THE DEEP SOUTH (I LIVE IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA). THIS REALLY IRKED ME. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THESE TWO DEALERSHIPS WERE TRYING TO GET ME TO PAY FOR THIS KIT WHEN IT IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINEERING OF THE TRANSMISSIONS OR ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. I CALLED MAZDA USA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR THIS KIT INSTALLATION AND THEY DID NOT THINK IT WAS AT ALL NEEDED. IN OTHER WORDS THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING EVEN IN THE SOUTH ACCORDING TO MAZDA MOTORS NORTH AMERICA. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY OTHER MAZDA OWNERS (ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE SOUTH) HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THEIR DEALERSHIPS THAT THEIR TRANSMISSION WOES CAN BE SOLVED BY PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF THIS COOLING KIT. I WOULD HOPE THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN PERSUADED INTO PURCHASING ONE OF THESE KITS WHEN ITS NOT THEIR PROBLEM TO PAY FOR- IT IS THE DEALERSHIP'S OR MAZDA MOTORS RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899371November 21, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN DRIVING SPEEDOMETER WILL GO BACK TO ZERO. GAUGES ON DASH WILL START TO ACT ERRACTICALLY. VEHICLE STAYED IN THIRD GEAR. ALSO, HAD TO STOP VEHICLE AND LET IT SIT, AND THEN START VEHICLE BACK UP, AND EVERYTHING ACTED NORMALLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED COULD NOT FIX PROBLEM. CONTACTED MAZDA, AND MAZDA INDICATED THAT THERE WAS RECALL 99I005000 ON 1994 MODEL. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754715November 20, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
DURING A SHORT DRIVE ON A 2 LANE ROAD, IN THE EVENING, DURING A SNOWSTORM, THE AFOREMENTIONED VEHICLE, HAD A COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE, WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR IMPENDING INDICATION. THERE WAS TOTAL & SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT (EVER) RESTART & NEEDED TO BE TOWED AWAY. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE ENTIRE DISTRIBUTOR ASSY. & SAYING IT IS A 'COMMON FAILURE' WITH THIS SERIES OF MAZDA VEHICLES. THIS IS A VERY SIMILIAR PRODUCT AS THE FORD PROBE, WHICH ALSO WAS RECALLED FOR IGNITION PROBLEMS. SHOULD THE DOMESTIC MADE MAZDA'S HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE FORD RECALL? IN URBAN DRIVING SITUATIONS & UNDER NIGHTTIME CONDITIONS, THIS TYPE OF FAILURE COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754626November 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
EXHAUST FAILURE...FIRE UNDER CAR, CAR STOPPED RUNNING, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS MELTED, ENTIRE SYSTEM REPLACED, COVERED BY CALIFORNIA WARRANTY. TRANSMISSION FAILURE, NO REVERSE, NO NEUTRAL GEARS. ONLY HAVE 1ST AND 3 RD GEARS. TRANSMISSION OIL READ OKAY TILL THIS HAPPENED, NOW IT IS GONE AND DEALER SAYS THE FLUID IS FRIED. LOOKING AT $3000. FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899167November 15, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED ON VEHICLE, BUT BRAKES ARE STILL INOPERABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754521November 14, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
O/D LIGHT STARTED BLINKING, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON - SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR CONTINUOUSLY, TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED EVENTHOUGH THE CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754543November 14, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
COMPLETE TRASMISSION FAILURE; SEVERAL MECHANICS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS AN ENGINEERING/MECHANICAL DEFECT KNOWN TO MAZDA AND FORD. I WOULD LIKE SOME RECOURSE AGAINST MAZDA FOR THIS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754492November 13, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING, AT SPEED SLIGHTLY ABOVE 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. WHEN VEHICLE WAS ATTEMPTED TO RESTART, ALL LIGHTS WOULD WORK PROPERLY , CAR WOULD NOT CRANK OR REIGNITE TO START ENGINE. TECHNICAL HELP ATTEMPTED TO JUMP START VEHICLE BUT WAS ASKED TO STOP ATTEMPT DUE TO SOUND BEING BROKEN TIMING BELT. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN SUMMIT AUTOMOTIVE FOR THE REPAIRS, WHICH MUST BE PAID FOR BY THE DEALERSHIP WHO DID NOT MENTION THIS RECALL TO A BUYER. WITH THE POWER DOOR LOCKS, THE LOCKS ENGAGES TO UNLOCK ITSELF WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS ON PARK OR DRIVE AND AT TIMES LOCKS ITSELF NOT ALLOWING DRIVER OR PASSENGER TO UNLOCK DOOR MANUALLY. WITH THE DOOR LOCKS, THE PASSENGERS AND DRIVERS CAN FATALLY DIE IF NEEDED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP WITH REGARDS TO WHAT I NEED TO DO, AS A CONSUMER AND OWNER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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