1995 MAZDA 626 Fuel System, Gasoline Problems

WHILE DRIVING GAS FUMES WERE FLOWING FROM THE VEHICLE, WELD TO THE TANK GAVE WAY, AND TANK ITSELF CRACKED. MAZDA HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

CONSUMER SMELLED A STRONG GASOLINE SMELL. CONSUMER LOOKED UNDER CAR AND NOTICED A NICE FLOW OF GAS COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE FEUL TANK ON TO THE GROUND. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH GAS ON THE GROUND THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS TO START, AND BECAUSE IT WAS SO CLOSE TO EXHAUST PIPE. DEALER SAID THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE TOP OF FUEL TANK AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. DEALER SAID LOOKED LIKE TANK WAS DETERIORATING. *AK

TRANSMISSION WAS MAKING LOUD DROPPING SOUNDS WHEN ENGAGING INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE, WAS TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. 2. REAR SWAY BAR NEEDS NEW FASTENING DEVICE. 3. FRONT ENGINE EXHAUST PIPE NEEDS REPLACING. (REPLACED MUFFLER AND PART OF EXHAUST 7 MTHS. PRIOR.) 4. FUEL GAUGE INOPERATIVE AS OF PURCHASE DATE, HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE ALONG WITH FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT. 5. MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR NEEDS REPLACING. 6. HEAT ACTUATOR NEEDS REPLACING. 7. DISTRIBUTOR IGNITOR IS FAULTY. 8. HAVE HAD GASKET COVERS AND LIFTERS REPLACED.

TRANSMISSION WAS MAKING LOUD DROPPING SOUNDS WHEN ENGAGING INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE, WAS TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. 2. REAR SWAY BAR NEEDS NEW FASTENING DEVICE. 3. FRONT ENGINE EXHAUST PIPE NEEDS REPLACING. (REPLACED MUFFLER AND PART OF EXHAUST 7 MTHS. PRIOR.) 4. FUEL GAUGE INOPERATIVE AS OF PURCHASE DATE, HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE ALONG WITH FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT. 5. MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR NEEDS REPLACING. 6. HEAT ACTUATOR NEEDS REPLACING. 7. DISTRIBUTOR IGNITOR IS FAULTY. 8. HAVE HAD GASKET COVERS AND LIFTERS REPLACED.

TRANSMISSION WAS MAKING LOUD DROPPING SOUNDS WHEN ENGAGING INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE, WAS TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. 2. REAR SWAY BAR NEEDS NEW FASTENING DEVICE. 3. FRONT ENGINE EXHAUST PIPE NEEDS REPLACING. (REPLACED MUFFLER AND PART OF EXHAUST 7 MTHS. PRIOR.) 4. FUEL GAUGE INOPERATIVE AS OF PURCHASE DATE, HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE ALONG WITH FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT. 5. MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR NEEDS REPLACING. 6. HEAT ACTUATOR NEEDS REPLACING. 7. DISTRIBUTOR IGNITOR IS FAULTY. 8. HAVE HAD GASKET COVERS AND LIFTERS REPLACED.

THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED IN 1998. SHIFTING ALWAYS SEEMED A PROBLEM. TEN MONTHS AFTER THE PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE STARTED HESITATING AT HIGH SPEEDS. THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS CHECKED A NUMBER OF TIMES AND IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHILE THE DEALER WAS TEST DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. IT LASTED ABOUT ONE MONTH AND THE REPLACED TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH THE CURRENT TRANSMISSION WHICH IS THE THIRD ONE IN THIS AUTOMOBILE. TWO MONTHS LATER, A HESITATION WAS NOTED AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN THE GAS TANK WAS BELOW HALF FULL AND TAKING A LEFT TURN. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY HAVING THE FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT REPLACED.

DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE AIRFLOW SENSOR WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACE 3XS, THE VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTLY WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *YC

WHEN AT ANY SPEED THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, AND THE GEAR SHIFTS VERY HARD, THE VEHICLE JERKS/ SHAKES. ALSO, THERE IS SOME TYPE OF FUEL LEAKAGE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50-70MPH THE VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. TOOK TO DEALER, DLR CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

WHEN GOING THROUGH A PUDDLE (4 OR 5 INCHES ) OF WATER, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND STOPPED BECAUSE WATER WAS STUCK IN THE ENGINE THROUGH THE AIR INTAKE FOR THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM . *AK

GAS FUMES SMELL COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, DEALER SMELL THE FUMES BUT CAN NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. TT