Mazda 626 Complaints (1999)

318 consumer complaints on file.

#769700November 14, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IT IS CRAZY TO HAVE TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSON AFTER LESS THAN 72000 MILES. THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE, THAT IT REALLY SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. IT'S REALLY SAD FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT CAN BARELY AFFORD THE MONTHLY PAYMENT, THEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769346November 6, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BLACK. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768717October 22, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021314October 22, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE VEHICLES CLUTCH BAND WAS SLIPPING AND AS A RESULT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TS *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021097October 18, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES THE TRANSMISSION MAKES A CLICKING NOISE AND JERKS INTO GEAR. THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS TURNING BACK AND FORTH INSTEAD OF ONE WAY WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO FALL OUT. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766655September 3, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766289August 27, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE SERVICED AND ALL FLUIDS CHECKED AND TOPPED OFF ON 8/13/02. NO TRANSMISSION OR FLUID PROBLEMS REPORTED DURING THAT SERVICING. NO OTHER PROBLEMS, LIGHT INDICATORS, OR TRANSMISSION RELATED ISSUES BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. ON 8/26/02, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, OIL FLUIDS BEGAN SPRAYING THE WINDSHIELD AND SMOKE POURED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE STALLED OUT IN THE MEDIAN OF EXTREMELY BUSY AND CONGESTED GEORGIA HWY 400. POLICE AND FIRE RESPONDED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF SMOKE AND HAZARD OF BEING STALLED IN MEDIAN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MAZDA DEALER WHO INFORMED US THAT THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF $2,700! MY RESEARCH HAS DISCOVERED SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE. PLEASE ADVISE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016852August 21, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OWNER STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STALLING. SHE WAS TOLD BY MAZDA THAT THE EXTERNAL SPRING IN TIMING BELT TESIONER BROKE. MAZDA DOES HAVE A RECALL 00V134000 ON TIMING BELT TENSIONER, PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765119August 2, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WAS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM HOME, ACCELERATING FROM A TURN. TRANSMISSION WENT "CLUNK" THEN NOTICIBLE HESITATION WHEN APPLYING GAS. WHEN CAR WAS PARKED, SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. CHECKED AND NOTICED "BURNED" TRANNIE FLUID COVERING COMPONENTS. HAD CAR TOWED TO JAPANESE AUTO. REPAIR SERVICE. TOLD NEEDED NEW TRANNIE. HAD TOWED TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP PROVIDED NEW TRANNIE, RADIATOR AND COOLANT SWITCH B/C COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT RADIATOR WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO HELP COOL TRANNIE. MAZDA COVERED PARTS, BUT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DO THAT I NEED TO PAY LABOR AND GET TIMING BELT, GASKETS AND SEALS CHANGED. OVERALL I AM PLEASED WITH MAZDA'S ACTION, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE KNOWN THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR COMBO. FYI. TOM NASO'S STAFF WAS EXTREMELY COURTEOUS AND HELPFUL. I APPRECIATED ALL THEIR WORK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011956June 17, 2002
SUSPENSION
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762888June 10, 2002
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IN EARLY 2001,MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED SQUEAKING LOUDLY.THE DEALER REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION STEERING.THE VERY NEXT MONTH I WAS DRIVING ON A LONG TRIP,STOPPED TO GET GAS,AND THE ENGINE STARTED SMOKING.THE DEALER TOLD ME I HAD DRIVEN THE CAR OUT OF OVERDRIVE WHICH I HAD NOT.IN MAY,2002 I AGAIN MADE A LONG TRIP,STOPPED SUDDENLY FOR A WRECK,WITH ANOTHER INCIDENT OF SMOKE FROM THE ENGINE.THE DEALER NOW SAYS IT IS THE TRANSMISSION WHICH I HAVE SEEN NOTED MULTIPLE TIMES AS A DEFECT ON THIS WEB SITE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010762May 30, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
FRONT COLLISION AT 35 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUFFERED HEAD AND CHEST INJURIES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#762097May 20, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 5000 MILES. JUST OVER A YEAR OF OWNING IT I HAD TO PUT NEW BRAKES ON THE CAR. IN APRIL OF 2002 IT NEEDED A BRAKE JOB AGAIN. FOR A CAR THAT IS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD IT IS HAVING TO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. NOW THE BRAKES THINK THEY ARE ON AT ALL TIMES AND THE CAR VIBRATES. I HAVE WENT TO THREE MECHANICS AND THEY CAN'T FIND WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THEY SOLD ME A CAR THAT WAS IN AN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING WAS REALLY WRONG WHEN THEY SOLD IT TO ME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008754April 29, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE IS STALLING OUT WHEN CONSUMER IS DRIVING. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE INTO SHOP FOUR TIMES ALREADY IN ONE MONTH, BUT THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760819April 17, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WITH THE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED PROPERLY, TRANSMISSION WAS TOO YOUNG TO FAIL. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007632April 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING AT 75-80 MPH THE VEHICLE JUST STARTED TO SMOKE FROM ENGINE AREA AND THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759718March 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006238March 22, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN DRIVING TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONS, AND VEHICLE CAN ONLY BE DRIVEN IN OVERDRIVE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, AND IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759535March 19, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
THE FRONT BRAKES ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED VEHICLE WEAR OUT EVERY 10,000 MILES OR SO. THERE IS CURRENTLY 47,000 ON THE VEHICLE, AND I HAVE CHANGED THE BRAKES 7 TIMES!!! I NOTIFIED MAZDA USA, AND NOTHING WAS EVER DONE. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD SEVERAL TIMES BY SERVICE MANAGER THAT THIS WAS "NORMAL WEAR" AND THAT I MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE MY DRIVING HABITS, WHICH., BY THE WAY, ARE NOT BAD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759206March 11, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE O/D LIGHT WAS FLASHING JUST BEFORE I BEGIN TO SEE THE CAR SMOKING, I LOOK UNDER THE HOOD AND THERE IS TRANSMISSION FLUILD ON THE MOTOR AND THEN I GOT BACK INTO THE CAR TRYING TO MOVE THE CAR...THEN THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK INTO THE GEAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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