Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 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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#10226873May 6, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION. *TR
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#10226619May 5, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING AND I HAVE A "HOLD" LIGHT BLINKING. FROM THE STATEMENTS ON INTERNET THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO DEFECTIVE DESIGN BY MAZDA. *TR
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#10226699May 5, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2000 MAZDA 626 EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION FAILURE AROUND 70,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON VACATION I NOTICED SOME OIL ON THE TRUNK AFTER ARRIVING AT OUR DESTINATION. BEFORE DEPARTING I HAD THE CAR CHECKED AT A LUBE AND TUNE CENTER. WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING AND THE LIKELY CAUSE WAS A LOOSE DRAIN PLUG. PLUG WAS TIGHTENED AND FLUID WAS TOPPED OFF. ON THE TRIP HOME SMOKE WAS VISIBLE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. OTHER DRIVERS BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION. AFTER PULLING OVER AND DISCUSSING THE MATTER WITH MY MECHANIC ON THE PHONE, I ELECTED TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP IN THE CLOSEST LARGE CITY. I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. APPARENTLY THE SEAL BETWEEN THE TWO HALVES OF THE TRANSMISSION RUPTURED. A SMALL LEAK SUDDENLY GREW TO A LARGE LEAK ON THE TRIP AND RUINED THE TRANSMISSION. THE TECHNICIAN SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN SEEING 'MORE AND MORE' OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. THE TOW WAS $500 AND THE REBUILD WAS $2500. TIME OFF WORK AND A RENTAL CAR FOR TWO WEEKS ALSO WERE NEEDED. *TR
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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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#10224694April 16, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WE RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS 2000 MAZDA 626 USED FOR OUR TWIN BOYS, AS THEIR FIRST CAR. WE HAD IT CHECKED OUT BY OUR LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE FOUND A FEW NORMAL THINGS WRONG WITH IT AND I WAS OKAY WITH THOSE THINGS. THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING NOW IS THIS; THE O.D. WARNING LIGHT NOW COMES ON AND FLASHES. IT HAD NEVER OCCURRED BEFORE. THIS BEGAN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FOR THE FIRST TIME (WE NEVER HAD A REASON TO GO ONTO THE HIGHWAY) ON THIS DAY WE DID AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR BEGINS TO DE ACCELERATE AND THE TACH NEEDLE START BOUNCING AROUND AND THE CAR DOES NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE. THE O.D. LIGHT CAME ON AND NOW COMES ON VERY OFTEN AT ALL TIMES AND ROADS. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL MAZDA DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THEY FOUND TWO CODES WRONG WITH IT ( P1746 AND P1783 ). THEY RESET THE COMPUTER AND TOLD ME THAT IF THE PROBLEM PERSIST, THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT IT IS NOT A REPAIR THAT IS COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY BECAUSE THE WARRANTY HAS ALREADY EXPIRED. I HAVE GONE ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND THAT THIS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND ANY VEHICLES WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. IT IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE NOT REPAIRED IT YET, BECAUSE I CAN NOT AFFORD TO REPAIR IT. IF THIS PROBLEM OCCURS SO OFTEN WHY DOESN'T MAZDA DECLARE IT A RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR
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#10224772April 16, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
1997 MAZDA 626 LX L4 2.0L 120,625 HAD TO HAVE A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REBUILD CD4E COST $2,539.00. *TR
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#10224356April 13, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FAILURE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS AT AN EARLY MILEAGE RANGE. EITHER HAVE TO REPLACE OR HAVE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. *TR
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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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#10223340April 4, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION IN 97 626 MAZDA 4CYL LOCKED UP WHEN TURNING CRUISE CONTROL OFF ON INTERSTATE CAUSING THE FRONT WHEELS TO LOCK UP AND SLIDING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP THE TRANS IS NO GOOD NOW . SHOULD THE MANUFACTURE BE RESPONSIBLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR
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#10223316April 3, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS IS THE SECOND MAZDA I HAVE HAD SINCE I EVER STARTED DRIVING. I AM 23 YEARS OLD AND HAVE HAD MY LICENSE FOR 4 YEARS. MY FIRST CAR WAS A 92 MAZDA MX-3, I LOVED THE CAR I THEN STARTED TO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH PISSED ME OFF BECAUSE I WAS VERY AWARE WITH THE MAINTENANCE DONE ON MY CAR. AS TIME PASSED ME AND THE MX-3 HAD TO PART WAYS. I THEN GOT A 98 MAZDA 626. I CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE MAZDA MOVEMENT ONLY BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU HAD TO KNOW HOW TO DRIVE A CAR IN ORDER TO OWN A MAZDA. I'M ABOUT TO HAVE TWO YEARS WITH THIS CAR, CONTINUING TO BE AWARE OF THE MAINTENANCE AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. I AM KIND OF UPSET. A MONTH AGO THE CENSOR IN THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SWITCH GEAR HAD LOCKED, WHEN I GOT THE PART FIXED THE MECHANIC SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE HE MADE IT A POINT TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, ONLY BECAUSE I AM PRETTY ADAMANT ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR FLUID ESPECIALLY KNOWING THE HISTORY. APRIL 1, 2008 THE CAR WAS STRUGGLING TO REVERSE, IT WOULD JUMP IF I WOULD ACCELERATE, OTHER THAN THAT IT WOULDN'T MOVE. I WAS HESITANT TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. I CHECKED THE FLUID AND IT WAS SUPER LOW. I BOUGHT ABOUT 4 BOTTLES AND THE PROBLEM WAS STILL EXISTENT. I EVEN STARTED STRUGGLING TO DRIVE THE CAR. MY FATHER THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS THE CABLE THAT WAS LOOSE, BUT NO. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS CAR HASN'T COMPLETE ITS SECOND YEAR WITH ME AND ITS OF NO USE. I BROUGHT IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HE HIMSELF CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ONCE AGAIN THE MAZDA AND I WILL SOON HAVE TO PART WAYS, WHICH IS SAD I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT MAZDAS WERE GOOD VEHICLES. I AM NOW DISCOURAGED ABOUT PURCHASING A MAZDA IN THE FUTURE. I AM NOT SURE WHAT THIS SCENARIO WILL DO BUT HOPEFULLY THEY GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED. I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT A BRAND NEW CAR BUT IF ITS WELL KEPT IT IS A BIT AGITATING. I DON'T SEE MYSELF BEING A LOYAL CUSTOMER TO MAZDA, WHEN MAZDA HAS YET TO BE LOYAL TO ME. *TR
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#10223190April 2, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
THE O/D ON MY 2001 MAZDA 626 IS NOT DISENGAGING. I NOTICED IN MARCH WHEN I WAS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND MY CARE STARTED OUT SUPER SLOW LIKE MY CAR WAS TAKING OFF IN 4TH GEAR. IT SHIFTED GEARS REAL FAST AND AFTER ABOUT 1 MINUTE, THE O/D OFF LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO STOP WAS BY TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON. THE O/D DOES NOT DISENGAGE AT ALL NOW. I HAVE READ SO MANY REPORTS OF THE COSTS PEOPLE ARE PAYING WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE HAD TO MANUALLY TURN OFF THE O/D EVERYTIME I SLOW DOWN AND STOP TO AVOID THIS ISSUE AND I HAVE NOT HAD THE ISSUE SINCE I STARTED DOING THIS. I AM HOPING THAT TURNING THE O/D OFF MANUALLY EACH TIME I STOP WILL SAVE MY TRANSMISSION. *TR
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#10222579March 28, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
OVER DRIVE LIGHT KEEPS BLINKING, REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWO TIME AND CAR O/D LIGHT STILL BLINKS, TRANSMISSION ABOUT TO GO OUT AGAIN!!!! *TR
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#10222230March 25, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FLASHING "O/D OFF" LIGHT, ROUGH SHIFTING, JERKING, SLUGGISH ACCELERATION NEARLY RESULTING IN T-BONE COLLISION. INCIDENTS TOO RECENT FOR REPAIR ACTIONS TO BE ATTEMPTED, BUT CONSISTENT WITH OTHER REPORTS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR YEAR/MAKE/MODEL. *TR
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#10222301March 25, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2000 MAZDA 626 AND IT KEEPS SLIPPING INTO AND OUT OF DRIVE, REVVING THE RPMS. A MECHANIC DROVE IT, ANALYZED IT AND SAYS IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR
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#10222060March 23, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2001 MAZDA 626 AUTO TRANS WITH 80,000 MILES ON IT. FOR THE MOST PART MY COMMUTES WOULD BE AN AVERAGE 10 MILES EACH WAY DAILY. LAST SIX MONTHS THE COMMUTE WAS ABOUT 25 MILES EACH WAY WITH A COMBINATION OF HIGHWAY AND CITY DRIVING. ON THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE INCIDENT, THE CAR SEEMED TO JERK INTO THE HIGHER GEARS - THAT WAS THE FIRST SIGN OF TROUBLE. ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT, IT STARTED UP FINE BUT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WHEN GEARS ARE ENGAGED IN "DRIVE" MODE. IT WOULD MOVE A LITTLE IN THE FIRST GEAR IF I PRESSED DOWN THE ACCELERATOR BUT NEVER SHIFTED INTO THE HIGHER GEAR. I DID NOT WANT TO BURN OUT MY ENGINE - SO I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC CHECKED IT OUT AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REBUILD MY TRANSMISSION OR REPLACE IT WITH A REMANUFACTURED PIECE. HE ALSO STATED THAT IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO GET A GOOD WORKING TRANSMISSION FROM ANOTHER CAR AS THIS TRANSMISSION (LA4A-EL BY MAZDA OR ITS EQUIVALENT CD4E BY FORD) HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE PROBLEMS. SO NOW I AM LOOKING AT A HIGH REPAIR BILL AND SINCE THIS IS A ONE CAR FAMILY, AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HAVING TO ARRANGE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION. THIS IS THE THIRD MAZDA (929, MX6 AND NOW 626) IN THE FAMILY. NEVER HAD ISSUES WITH THE PREVIOUS CARS. *TR
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#10222032March 22, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
TRANSMISSION FAILED ON A MAZDA 626 '97 4CYL, HARDLY 9 YEARS AFTER MANUFACTURE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION ON THE VEHICLE. *TR
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Deaths:
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#10221937March 21, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
97 MAZDA 626 2 LITER ENGINE, AUTO TRANSMISSION FAILURES. 1ST TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 80,000, 2ND ONE WENT AT 105,000, 3RD FAILURE AT 124,000. *TR
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#10221978March 21, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I AM TRULY DISAPPOINTED IN THE SERVICE AND QUALITY RECEIVED BY MAZDA. WHEN I BOUGHT MY 2002 MAZDA 626 IN 2005 I TOOK MY CAR IN APPROXIMATELY 1 WEEK LATER TO LET THEM KNOW THAT MY ENGINE SHAKES. MECHANIC SAYS THAT'S THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO ME (ALTHOUGH NO OTHER CAR THAT I'VE BEEN IN DID THAT). AS TIME WENT ON & THINGS GOT WORSE WE DISCOVERED THAT OUR ENGINE MOUNTS WERE BROKEN. WE SEEM TO HAVE TO CHANGE OUR BRAKE PADS EVERY 3 MONTHS. WE TOOK OUR CAR IN TODAY BECAUSE OUR CAR WAS "JUMPING", FIND OUT OUR TRANSMISSION IS SHOT. IM A SINGLE MOM AND DO NOT HAVE A 6 FIGURE JOB , BUT HAS HAD TO DISH OUT $ ALL THE TIME FOR THE REPAIRS ON THIS CAR. IT IS MERELY A WORK VEHICLE AND I DON'T TRAVEL MUCH OTHER THAN THAT. I'VE BEEN PUT BEHIND ON BILLS AND NOW IS TOLD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION IT WILL BE $2000. IT IS FRUSTRATING. ITS NO WONDER WHY SO MANY PEOPLE LOVE TOYOTAS AND HONDAS. *TR
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#10221578March 18, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH A CODE OF P1744. DEALER ADVISED TO GO FOR REBUILT ONE AND CHARGED ME OVER $3000 WITH TAXES. I THINK MAZDA SHOULD TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY LOOKING AT SO MANY OTHER INCIDENCES THAT I FOUND ON THE WEB. *TR
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