Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#10189977May 7, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TL- CALLER OWNS A 1998 MAZDA. CURRENT MILEAGE 140000. CALLER DOES NOT KNOW FAILURE MILEAGE. WHILE DRIVING DOWN STREET AT 3MPH THE CAR SHUT OFF. WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AFTERWARDS. CAR WOULD NOT START BACK UP. HE PUSHED CAR BACK TO HIS HOME. MECHANIC CAME OVER NEXT DAY AND NOTICED SPRING TENSIONER WAS BROKEN ;THIS WAS REPLACED IN 2000 UNDER RECALL 00V134000 . WEATHER WAS WARM APPROXIMATLEY 82 DEGREES. KTF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189906May 6, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2001 MAZDA 626 ES V6 TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 78,000 MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189846May 5, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. HIGH RPM RACING FOR PROLONGED PERIODS BETWEEN EACH GEAR SHIFT. TODAY, "HOLD" BUTTON STARTED FLASHING ON DISPLAY PANEL. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189476May 2, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ON APRIL 16, 2007. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC ,WHO DETERMINED THAT THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER WAS CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE BELT. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WAS RECALL # 98V206001 CONCERNING ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING ON, AND HE SHOULD CALL THE MAZDA MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS VEHICLEWAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE RECALL WAS NOT REMEDIED PREVIOUSLY. THE CONTACT ARRIVED AT A MAZDA DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS, WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THIS VEHICLERWAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. HE SHOWED THE DEALER A COPY OF THE RECALL NOTICE, AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BRANDED WITH NO WARRANTY. THE DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 83,936, AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.*AK
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189016April 26, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2002 MAZDA 626 CUSTOMER STATES THAT HE HAS HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN**CC CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER REPLACED WITH REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION AND WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE 2ND TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE IS SHIFTING HARD. WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FLUID WAS BLACK, WHICH INDICATED A PREMATURE FLUID BREAKDOWN. THE CONSUMER STATED MAZDA INSTALLED A FORD CD4E TRANSMISSION THAT WAS TOO SMALL FOR THE VEHICLE; THUS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO OVERHEAT AND THE FLUID TO BREAKDOWN PREMATURELY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189047April 26, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1998 MAZDA 626 4 CYLINDER TRANSMISSION BEING REPLACED FOR THE FOURTH TIME...THE AUTO IS UNDER 100,000 MILES...*JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10188860April 25, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SUSPENSION:FRONT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, TIRES, STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 MAZDA 626. THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING AND A NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE BRAKES. THE MECHANIC DIDN'T CHECK THE OVERHEATING FAILURE. HOWEVER, STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A TERRIBLE VIBRATION. THE MECHANIC REBUILT THE FRONT END. AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DRIVE STRAIGHT , AND THE BRAKES WERE COMPLETELY DAMAGED. THE SECOND REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THEY COULDN'T REPAIR THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE DAMAGES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103696 ,AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED PRIOR TO THE MOST RECENT REPAIRS THE FOLLOWING SERVICES WERE PERFORMED: NEW RADIATOR, COMPLETE TRANSMISSION SERVICE, ENGINE TUNED, AND NEW TIRES. THE DEALER STATED STEERING GEAR DRIFTS DURING TURNS. UPDATED 06/26/07 *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10187998April 16, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT
THE DOLLAR FIGURES ARE APPROXIMATE. IN FEBRUARY 2002 MY DAUGHTER AND I PURCHASED A USED 1999 MAZDA 626 WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FROM WILSON DODGE IN TORRINGTON CT, 06790 FOR $9000. PART OF THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE WAS A PROMISE TO INSTALL A SUN ROOF FOR $500. THE WARRANTY WAS FOR 60 DAYS OR 2000 MILES. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION ON THE CAR WAS ITS SECOND. UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, I WOULD TAKE THAT AS GOOD NEWS. A FAULTY ONE IS REPLACED. HOW OFTEN DOES A TRANSMISSION FAIL? *AK IN APRIL (ABOUT 5 '' 10 DAYS AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED), THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACING. THE COST WAS ESTIMATED AT $2300. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO GET THIS COVERED BY THE DEALER IN GOOD FAITH, I AUTHORIZED THE INSTALLATION OF A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. DURING THIS NEGOTIATION I HAD TO ENDURE WITH SOME SNIDE REMARKS FROM SOME OF THE OTHER SALES PEOPLE WHEN I MENTIONED THAT ANOTHER DEALER WOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THIS. THEIR RESPONSE WAS ''YEAH. THEY SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT SELL YOU THE CAR!'' (THE WARRANTY ON THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION WAS 1 YEAR OR 12,000 MILES) THE SUNROOF COST WAS FORFEITED LEAVING A BALANCE OF $1800. IT WAS AGREED THAT I WOULD PAY $300 A MONTH UNTIL THE BALANCE WAS DONE. IN APRIL OF 2007, THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT MAZDA HAD USED AN INFERIOR TRANSMISSION IN ITS 626 MODELS. (HTTP://WWW.ESTREETJOURNAL.COM/MAZDA.HTM) MY BIG COMPLAINT IS AGAINST MAZDA, BUT I ALSO HAVE ONE AGAINST WILSON DODGE. THEY HAD TO HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE. MECHANICS KNOW THESE THINGS. I BELIEVE THIS IS A CASE OF FRAUD ON THEIR PART. TWICE MY DAUGHTER WAS STUCK ON A BUSY ROAD BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THIS IS A FATHER''S WORST NIGHTMARE. I AM LOOKING FOR A SETTLEMENT THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE REMAINING BALANCE ON THE LOAN ($1,600), REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE FIRST TRANSMISSION REPLACED $2300) AS WELL AS A RECALL ON THE MAZDA 626 WHERE THIS GROSSLY, NEGLIGENT PROBLEM EXISTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10188073April 16, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO CRASHES OR INJURIES JUST YET, BUT I PURCHASED A 2002 MAZDA 626 BRAND NEW AFTER I WAS TALKED INTO IT BY THE DEALERSHIP. I HAD A 2001 626 WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION THAT I BROUGHT IN TO BE SERVICED BY THE DEALERSHIP (FIVE STAR MAZDA). THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD GET ME INTO A BRAND NEW 626 WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FOR LESS PER MONTH THAN I WAS PAYING AT THE TIME. BEING YOUNG, AND JUST PURCHASED A HOME WITH ONE CHILD AND ANOTHER ON THE WAY, I JUMPED AT THE IDEA OF DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF OUR BILLS. I ALSO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER TO DEAL WITH TWO LITTLE ONES IF I DIDN'T HAVE TO FOOL WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. I SURE WISH I'D HAVE KEPT THAT CAR NOW!! ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF THE WARRANTY (2005), YOU GUESSED IT, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP. WHEN I TOOK IT INTO FIVE STAR MAZDA, THEY CHARGED ME $90 TO RUN DIAGNOSTICS ON THE CAR (EVEN THOUGH ACCORDING TO NUMEROUS INTERNET POSTS, THEY ALREADY NEW THE PROBLEM!) AT ANY RATE, THEY CONTACTED ME LATER THAT DAY TO LET ME KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE NEARLY $3000 TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION, AND WOULD I LIKE TO KEEP IT THERE TO HAVE IT DONE. HELLO, LET ME JUST CLIMB UP MY MONEY TREE AND HAND IT RIGHT OVER!!! WE RECENTLY FILED A BANKRUPTCY AND ARE UNABLE TO JUST GO GET A LOAN OR PUT IT ON A CREDIT CARD, WE WOULD BE IN CONTEMPT OF COURT. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS. I'M SORRY, BUT MAZDA HAS KNOWN OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE 1993? WHY HASN'T SOMETHING BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS? THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR MISTAKE! ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT I STILL HAVE TO PAY ON THE LOAN, I SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE EXTRA MONEY TO EVEN SAVE UP FOR REPAIR BILLS COSTING THE AMOUNT OF ANOTHER CAR!! THE CAR WORSENS DAILY, AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT TAKES AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO BUILD UP SPEED, IF A CAR IS EVEN IN SIGHT RANGE OF MINE, I CANNOT DRIVE OUT IN FRONT OF IT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187879April 15, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2002 MAZDA 626 2.0 W/ 39000 MILES TRANSMISSION FAILED AS REPORTED BY THOUSANDS ON THE NET. ERRATIC HARD SHIFT OCCURRED THAT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE ODOMETER INDICATOR BEGAN FLASHING RIGHT THERE AFTER. I SEE NO RECALLS FOR THIS ALTHOUGH REPORTED SO MANY TIMES ,WHICH I AM VERY SURPRISED. I SEE SO MANY FAILURES FOR THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION . VERY DISAPPOINTED! NOT MANY MILES ON THIS CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187878April 15, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2002 MAZDA 626 2.0 W/ 39000 MILES TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AS REPORTED BY THOUSANDS ON THE NET. ERRATIC HARD SHIFT OCCURRED THAT ALMSOT CAUSED ME TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT. THE OD INDICATOR BEGAN FLASHING RIGHT THERE AFTER. I SEE NO RECALLS FOR THIS ALTHOUGH REPORTED SO SO MANY TIMES WHICH I AM VERY SURPRISED. I SEE SO MANY FAILURES FOR THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION . VERY DISSAPPOINTED! NOT MANY MILES ON THIS CAR.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187842April 14, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CAR HAVE A KNOCKING NOISE WHEN YOU FIRST TAKE OFF. I SENT IT TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD COST $4000.00 TO FIX IT. THEN IT TOOK IT IN FOR A SECOND OPINION AND WAS TOLD IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION ALSO. I HAVE DONE MY RESEARCH AND NOTICE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. OVER THE YEARS I HAVE HAD THE CAR I HAVE TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET REPAIRS OR THE NORMAL SERVICE. I THINK THAT IT IS VERY UNUSUALLY THAT EVERYONE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, AND THAT THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM. THAT IS NOT PROFESSIONAL FOR THERE COMPANY AND THEY WILL LOST BUSINESS LIKE THAT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187669April 12, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
O/D LIGHT BLINKING AFTER LONG DRIVE. HARSH SHIFTING. OVER REVVING DURING ATTEMPTED SHIFTING.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187526April 10, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 1995 MAZDA 626 HAS GONE THOUGH TWO TRANSMISSIONS DESPITE BEEING WELL CARED FOR. THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 130,000 MILES ON IT. MY GIRLFREINDS 1996 MAZDA 626 HAS GONE THOUGH TWO AS WELL AND HAS 101,000 MILES. MY BROTHERS MAZDA 626 HAD SIMULAR ISSUES BEFORE SELLING IT TO SOME OTHER NON SUSPECTING CONSUMER. CONSUMER REPORTS HAS SHOWN THEM TO BE TROUBLED IN THIS AREA, TO SAY THE LEAST. MAZDA HAS MADE NO EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. FOR SOME MAZDA OWNERS AN UNEXPECTED $2,000-$2,500 BILL COULD BE A LIFE ALTERING EXPENSE. WHEN WILL WE SEE A GOVERNMENT FORCED RECALL? MAZDA SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A MAZDA VEHICLE AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING A FORUM FOR SUCH COMPLAINTS.*AK
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187378April 9, 2007
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
MY CAR IDLES BACK AND FORTH LIKE SOMEONE IS PRESSING THE GAS AND LETTING OFF. I HAD IT PUT ON A COMPUTER AT ADVANCED AUTOMOBILE AND I GOT A THROTLE POSITION SENSOR , AND HAD IT PUT ON. MY CAR STILL DID THE SAME EXACT THING. HAD IT PUT BACK ON THE COMPUTER, AND HAD A MASS FLOW SENSOR PUT ON IT. MY CAR STILL DID THE SAME THING .TOOK CAR TO DEALER, PUT IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE AND REPLACED WIRING TO THIS SENSOR. I EVEN PUT AN EMC FROM A SALVAGE YARD IN MY CAR. STILL MY CAR DID THE SAME THING . WERE THERE ANY OTHER MAZDAS DOING THE SAME THING? I' SPENT ALOT OF MONEY TO TRY AND FIX MY CAR .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186960April 3, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
4TH TIME IN 6 YEARS, OD LIGHT STARTS FLASHING AFTER DRIVING FOR APPROX 1 HOUR ON HIGHWAY. SHIFTING IS NOT WITH MOTOR, TEMP REMEDY IS TO MANUAL SHIFT. IF HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF IN APPROX 2,000 MILES I WILL LOSE 1ST GEAR IF I CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT THAT WAY IN ABOUT 500 MILES TRANS GOES BYE BYE ALONG WITH 1500-2000 GEORGE WASHINGTON'S. I LOVE THE WAY SHE HANDLES BUT THIS IS BULLSPIT LOOKING FOR A 99-01 LEXUS LE ANYTHING. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186600March 30, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BROUGHT A 1996 MAZDA 626 USED FROM A CAR LOT SATURDAY MARCH 24,2007 AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT THE NEXT DAY . I FOUND THIS FORUM THAT TALKED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I JUST FEEL LIKE SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186132March 26, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
O/D LIGHT BLINKING AFTER LONG DRIVE. HARSH SHIFTING. OVER REVING DURING ATTEMPTED SHIFTING.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185980March 23, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I AM STARTING TO HAVE TROUBLE ON MY 2000 MAZDA 626 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE AND FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. WAS THERE ANY RECALL OR FIX FOR THE TRANSMISSIONS ON THESE VEHICLES, WITHOUT SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185787March 21, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT OUR 1998 MAZDA 626 BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH ONLY 76,691 MILES ON THE CAR. WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS, SO THAT MILEAGE IS CORRECT. THE TOTAL COST TO HAVE IT REBUILT WAS $2,222.87. HAD THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THERE CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT WITH SERIOUS, IF NOT FATAL INJURIES. WHEN WE LOOKED ON THE INTERNET, WE FOUND MANY OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE PROBLEM, WHICH MAZDA IS AWARE OF IS, IT THAT THEY PUT A FORD TRANSMISSION IN THE MAZDA 626, BUT THIS TRANSMISSION WAS MEANT FOR A SMALLER, LIGHTER CAR, WHICH IS THE REASON FOR THE OVERHEATING AND EVENTUAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THEIR BULLETIN TSB# 0500502.ADDRESSES THIS PROBLEM. MAZDA HAS REFUSED TO REPLACE THESE TRANSMISSIONS OR COMPENSATE OWNERS FOR THIS PROBLEM. SINCE THIS TRANSMISSION FAILURE HAPPENS VERY SUDDENLY, IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS GRAVELY INJURED OR KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. PLEASE MAKE MAZDA DO THE RIGHT THING!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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