1996 MAZDA 626 Problems & Recalls

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MAZDA 626. WHILE DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE SENSOR LIGHT SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WIRE HARNESS WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TH...

Mileage: 165,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MAZDA 626. WHILE DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE SENSOR LIGHT SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WIRE HARNESS WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TH...

Mileage: 165,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A PROGRESSING ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VENT CONTROLS FAILED TO WORK FOR THE AIR CONDITIONER AND HEATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FOUR DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MAZDA 626. AFTER PLACING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED A FUEL ODOR UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF FOR A WHILE AND PROCEEDED TO TURN THE VEHICLE BACK ON WITH THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WIND...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MAZDA 626. AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO FUEL VISIBLE ON THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED THAT THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK EXHIBITED A THREE INCH CRACK. THE MECHANIC ...

Mileage: 132,000

THREE INCH CRACK IN TOP OF RULE TANK ,SEAT BELTS BROKE AND SLOW TO ROLE BACK UP AND PLASTIC PARTS USED IN DOOR OPENING MECHANISM BROKE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

THREE INCH CRACK IN TOP OF RULE TANK ,SEAT BELTS BROKE AND SLOW TO ROLE BACK UP AND PLASTIC PARTS USED IN DOOR OPENING MECHANISM BROKE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

THREE INCH CRACK IN TOP OF RULE TANK ,SEAT BELTS BROKE AND SLOW TO ROLE BACK UP AND PLASTIC PARTS USED IN DOOR OPENING MECHANISM BROKE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

I SMELLED GAS WHENEVER I WOULD GET GAS FOR THE CAR OR SPEED UP THE CAR. SO I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT WAS SOME SORT OF A PROBLEM WITH THE GAS TANK. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT IS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE SHIFTER WAS IN THE PARK POSITION AND POWERED ON, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND CRASHED INTO A BRICK PILLAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED AN INJURE...

Mileage: 213,365

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE SHIFTER WAS IN THE PARK POSITION AND POWERED ON, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND CRASHED INTO A BRICK PILLAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED AN INJURE...

Mileage: 213,365

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING FROM A DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFAC...

Mileage: 140,000

1996 MAZDA 626 O/D LIGHT FLASHING AND TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING. *TR

Mileage: 108,750

AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IN MY 1996 MAZDA 626. WITHOUT ANY REASON, WHILE DRIVING. CAUSING SCRAPES AND BRUISING, AND THE WINDSHIELD TO CRACK. *TR

Mileage: 196,500

HI I HAVE A 1996 MAZDA 626 LX AND THE O/D LIGHT JUST WENT OFF AT 176,000 MILES. I READ SEVERAL FORUMS ONLINE AND THEY ALL SAID ITS MOST LIKELY A AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS CAN B VERY DANGEROUS TO US DRIVERS AS WELL AS DRIVERS NEXT TO US ON THE ROAD. I ADVICE TO PLEASE HAVE MAZDA...

Mileage: 167,000

HI I HAVE A 1996 MAZDA 626 LX AND THE O/D LIGHT JUST WENT OFF AT 167,000 MILES. I READ SEVERAL FORUMS ONLINE AND THEY ALL SAID ITS MOST LIKELY A AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO US DRIVERS AS WELL AS DRIVERS NEXT TO US ON THE ROAD. I ADVICE TO PLEASE HAVE MAZD...

Mileage: 167,000

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MY 1996 MAZDA 626 FAILED. AS I DID RESEARCH I FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED ONCE BEFORE WITH A PREVIOUS OWNER. FURTHER RESEARCH HAS SHOWN ME THAT THE "CD4E" TRANSMISSION IN MY CAR IS A "KNOWN" DEFECTIVE PART AMONG OWNERS OF THIS PARTICULAR CAR. I ONLY HAD ...

Mileage: 126,000

SECOND TIME AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED!!! *TR

THE O/D OFF LIGHT ON VEHICLE FLASHES. I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT IS KNOWN TO MAZDA. MAZDA SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND RECALL THE TRANSMISSION IN THESE VEHICLES. THIS VEHICLE IS USED BY MY KIDS FOR TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCHOOL. THEY ARE AT RISK. *TR

Mileage: 143,000

MAZDA 626 1996, OD-OFF BLINKING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. *TR

Mileage: 92,000

TRANSMISSION SEAL LEAKING. *TR

Mileage: 176,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON 1996 MAZDA 626. REPLACED WITH USED TRANSMISSION THAT ALSO FAILED WITHIN 3 MONTHS. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

I PURCHASED MY 626 IN 2003. I WISH I WOULD HAVE DONE RESEARCH BEFOREHAND. I INSTALLED A TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER THE SAME WEEK. I'M ALSO RELIGIOUS ABOUT CHANGING THE FLUID. I ONLY DRIVE IN TOWN, LESS THAN 10 MILES PER DAY. MY O/D LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AS I WAS DRIVING AT 25 MPH. I STOPPED AT A...

Mileage: 170,000

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 96 MAZDA 626 JUST STARTED ACTING UP ONE DAY IT WILL WORK FINE UNTIL IT WARMS UP THEN IT STARTS SLIPPING BADLY EVENTUALLY ACTING LIKE ITS IN NEUTRAL. I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING BUT CHANGED THE FLUID YET BUT IM SURE ILL HAVE TO. THE PERSON I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM HAD THE SAME PROBLEM...

Mileage: 165,822

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN 1996 MAZDA 626 . *TR

Mileage: 120,000

I HAVE A 96 MAZDA 626 THAT IS HAVING CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND AM BEING TOLD THAT IT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT WOULD COST WELL OVER $400 BECAUSE I NEEDED THE MAZDA BRANDED ONE FROM A DEALERSHIP. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION SWITCH IS FAULTY. WHICH THE GUY I...

Mileage: 150,000

OVER DRIVE LIGHT KEEPS BLINKING, REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWO TIME AND CAR O/D LIGHT STILL BLINKS, TRANSMISSION ABOUT TO GO OUT AGAIN!!!! *TR

ON MY 1996 MY MAZDA 626 I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ONLINE AND THERE WAS THOUSANDS OF THE SAME COMPLAINT I THINK IS WAS A OVER DRIVE SOLENOID OR A SENSOR THAT CONTROL GEAR SHIFTING. APPARENTLY THIS HAPPENS TO ALOT OF MAZDA 626'S AND ...

Mileage: 108,500

I BOUGHT A 1996 MAZDA 626 LX AT APPROXIMATELY 82,000 MILES THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. I HAD REBUILT AND NOW IT IS FAILING AGAIN. I CANNOT AFFORD TO KEEP FIXING THIS PROBLEM THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM TO START WITH. THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING. I UNDER...

Mileage: 82,000

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE - DRIVING MY CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTS BUCKING AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO BE HIT IN THE BACK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. *JB

Mileage: 157,000

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. WENT BACK TO VEHICLE CRANKED IT UP, AND WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE. THE SHIFTER WOULD MOVE BUT TRANNY DID NOTHING LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. TRANNY WORKED FINE BEFORE IT WAS PARKED. *TR

LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING THAT I WISH I HAD PULLED UP THIS WEB SITE BEFORE I PURCHASED THIS AUTOMOBILE. APPARENTLY, OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE VOICED THEIR MANY COMPLAINTS TO NO AVAIL, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I SOUND A BIT LET DOWN AND DISAPPOINTED BY THIS GREAT DEPARTMENT OF OUR AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. MAINLY...

I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MY MAZDA 626 LX 1996 MODEL. I BOUGHT THIS USED CAR ON JAN 2006 AND IT STARTED TO GIVE PROBLEMS BY SHOWING O/D LIGHTS OFF. THEN CHECK SIGN POPPED UP AND I FIXED THAT ONE. AGAIN POPPED UP AND FOUND TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. I TOOK IT TO TRANSMISS...

Mileage: 89,000

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 WI...

Mileage: 96,450

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

Mileage: 144,800

2ND TRANSMISSION FAILURE OF CAR. HAPPENS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. IN THIS CASE IN TRAFFIC. *JB

Mileage: 92,000

I WAS DRIVING ON 131 NORTH ABOUT 75-80 MPH AND MY AIRBAGS (BOTH SIDES) DEPLOYED. THERE IS NO DAMAGE AND I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. I RECEIVED BURNS ON MY NOSE, ON MY LIPS, SPRAINED JAW, BLOODY NOSE, BURNS ON MY WRIST, AND FACIAL SCRAPES AND CONTUSIONS. THE PASSENGER SIDE STARTED TO SMOKE, AND WOULDN...

Mileage: 126,109

1996 MAZDA 626. *NM

Mileage: 86,459

AFTER ALREADY REPLACING MY TRANSMISSION ONCE, I HAVE TO AGAIN DUE TO ANOTHER FAILURE. THE CAR HAS 125,000 MILES AND SO FAR I HAVE BEEN OUT $2,900 JUST ON PRIOR REPAIRS AND AM FACING ANOTHER $2,500. *JB

Mileage: 125,000

TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND THE O/D LIGHT FLASHED. *NM

Mileage: 52,000

TRANSMISSION BEGINNING TO FAIL. BROKE DOWN NUMEROUS TIMES ON A LONG DRIVE LATE AT NIGHT. *NM

Mileage: 150,000

1996 MAZDA 626 OVERDRIVE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHIFTING VERY ROUGH. TURNING CAR OFF AND RESTARTING CLEARED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY, BUT IT KEEPS RECURRING. A WEB SEARCH REVEALS THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM THAT LEADS SHORTLY TO COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. **NM

Mileage: 96,000

MY 1996 MAZDA 626 LX HAS 86K MILES ON IT. I NOTICED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, IT WAS LEAKING FLUID (I THOUGHT IT WAS OIL), BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE TRANSMISSION FLUID, SO I MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT FIXED. MY CAR WAS FINALLY FIXED AFTER ALMOST 2-WEEKS IN THE SHOP AND WITHOUT A VEHICLE TO DRIVE. ...

Mileage: 86,000

DROVE THE VEHICLE UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS FOR 108,000 MILE. CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AT 100,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION CAME APART AT 108,000 MILES. HAD TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT A COST OF $2600.00. *NM

Mileage: 108,000

I BROUGHT MY 1996 MAZDA 626 INTO HOEHN MAZDA OF CARLSBAD, CA FOR A SPECIFIC CODE (P0441-EVAP EMISSIONS CONTROL-INCORRECT PURGE FLOW). THE DEALERSHIP MECHANIC PULLED A CODE OF P0741- SLIPPING TORQUE CONVERTER. THEY SAID I WOULD NEED A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT (WHICH WOULD BE THE THIRD OR FOURTH FOR T...

Mileage: 199,700

TRANSMISSION ON A USED MAZDA 626 4 CYLINDER. (1996) FAILED AT 112K MILES. BOUGHT CAR USED AT 108K MILES, GOD KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES IT WAS REPLACED BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT. *JB

Mileage: 112,000

MY CAR HAS A LITTLE LESS THAN 90,000 MILES. EVERY TIME I DRIVE THIS CAR FOR MORE THAN 30 MILES OR SO, SOMETIMES LESS IF HAVING TO SPEED AND SLOW OFTEN, MY OVER DRIVE LIGHT BEGINS TO FLASH WHICH ALSO MAKES THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT ERRATICALLY. IF I PULL OVER AND RESTART THE ENGINE TO STOP THE LIGHT FRO...

Mileage: 77,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 98K MILES. NEEDE TO BE REPLACED. *NM

I HAVE 1996 MAZDA 626 LX, 4 CYLINDER. AT 100,000 (IN 2004) TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. I GOT NEW ONE WITH 30,000 MILES ON IT. IT LASTED ONLY 10,000 MILES MORE. MY FRIEND WITH A MAZDA 626 FROM 1996 HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AFTER ONLY 50,000 MILES. *JB

Mileage: 102,000

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH A AUTOMATIC 1996 MAZDA 626 2.0 LITER 4 CYL. WE BOUGHT THE CAR WITH SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. SO WE BRING IT HOME AND IT WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR SO WE DECIDE WE HAVE TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. WE GET ON THE IN...

Mileage: 109,000

FAULTY COMPONENT CAUSES LOW PUMP VOLUME IN TRANSMISSION, WHICH ULTIMATELY LEADS TO OVERHEATING AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE HAS LITERALLY COME TO A STOP ON THE INTERSTATE, CAUSING DRIVERS TO EVADE HITTING MY CAR. *NM

Mileage: 113,000

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 1996 MAZDA 626 FAILED AT 75,000 MILES. MAZDA DEALERS SAID THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE 1996 MODEL 626. I REPLACED TRANSMISSION AT MY OWN COST. *NM

Mileage: 75,000

TRANSMISSION HAS NOW WENT OUT TWICE IN MY 1996 MAZDA 626 WITHIN A YEAR. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS. IT JUST HAPPENED! CAME TO A LIGHT, STOPPED, LIGHT TURNED GREEN STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND IT ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. ENGINE JUST REVVED UP NOT GOING ANYWHERE. IN A PANIC, I PUSHED THE O/D BUTTON OFF ...

Mileage: 168,000

MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION CD4E IS FAULTY. WHY SHOULD MAZDA BE ALLOWED TO GET OFF SCOTT FREE WHILE THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THIS? BECAUSE IT'S NOT VIEWED AS A SAFETY ISSUE? ISSUE A RECALL ON THE CD4E TRANSMISSION. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MORE CLEAR CASE IN NEED OF A RECALL. ...

Mileage: 53,000

FOR THE FIFTH TIME IN THREE YEARS THE TRANSMISSION O/D LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH, WITHIN ONE MINUTE THE TRANSMISSION WHEN IN DRIVE WOULD SKIP FIRST GEAR. IF YOU START IN FIRST GEAR AND MANUALLY SHIFT THE CAR APPEARS OK. JUST OUT OF 2 YEAR WARRANTY WITH LESS THEN 10,000 MILES BETWEEN LAST REPAIR. TRAN...

1996 MAZDA 626 WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS HAD WHAT I CONSIDER EARLY TRANSMISSION FAILURE. FROM WHAT I HAVE FOUND OUT THIS IS VERY COMMON ON THIS MODEL AND YEAR MAZDA AND WAS ADVISED TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT. *JB

Mileage: 106,000

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE SPLIT OPEN CAUSING THE METAL PIN THAT HOLDS BUCKLE TO THE BELT PORTION TO FALL OUT, CAUSING ENTIRE BUCKLE TO FALL OFF. THE PLASTIC CASING IS THE ONLY THING HOLDING THE PIN IN PLACE BUT THE PLASTIC DRIES OUT WITH AGE AND SPLITS OPEN. REPORTED TO MAZDA, BUT THEY DON'...

Mileage: 94,000

1996 MAZDA 626 4 CYL WITH CD4E AUTO TRANSMISSION & 110,000 MILES. THE TRANS O/D LOCK LIGHT WILL START TO BLINK. THE TRANS WILL START TO UPSHIFT HARD AND DOWNSHIFT FOR NO REASON. THE DEALER ADVISED THE TRANSMISSION MUST BE REPLACED. *JB

Mileage: 116,521

1996 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS I.E. OD LIGHT FLASHING WHEN CAR IS DRIVEN AT SPEED OF 65 MPH. CAR MUST BE STOPPED, SHUT OFF, AND RESTARTED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, OTHERWISE ONCE SPEED IS DECREASED THE CAR SHIFTS ERRATICALLY. IN A TWO HOUR CAR TRIP, I MAY HAVE TO RESTART CAR 3 OR 4 TIMES OR D...

Mileage: 32,000

MY OVER DRIVE LIGHT HAS BEEN BLINKING LATELY, AND MY WIFE TWO WEEKS AGO HAD THE LIGHT COME ON AND STAY ON WHEN RETURNING FROM A TRIP ON THE INTERSTATE DRIVING ABOUT 72 MPH. AT 121,000 MILES AND REGULAR MAINTENANCE, MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS ABOUT TO COMPLETELY FAIL IN MY 1996 MAZDA 626 LX. DOIN...

Mileage: 121,305

LOW POWER OUTPUT, THEN FINALLY CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. HAVE NOT REPAIRED YET. CAR STILL IN MY POSSESSION. BURNED UP TRANSMISSION FLUID WITH THREE THOUSAND MILES OF CHANGING. *NM

Mileage: 91,000

FIRST MY TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING NOW THE OD LIGHT FLASHES WHEN I DRIVE ON THE THRUWAY OR ANY SITUATION WHERE IM GOIN 50MPH OR MORE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR LESS THAN A YEAR

Mileage: 134,000

TRANSMISSION ON MY 1996 MAZDA 626 HAS BEEN REPLACED MORE THAT ONCE. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT 50,000 MILES. 30,000 MILES LATER HERE IT GOES AGAIN. THE OVER DRIVE LIGHT BLINKS AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD. THIS PROBLEM IS SYSTEM WIDE ON NEARLY ALL THAT HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION. *JB

Mileage: 50,000

TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION PUT IN THIS VEHICLE. IT CAUSES THE CAR TO HESITATE IN TRAFFIC AND OVERHEATS. THIS IS THE SECOND 626 I HAVE OWNED. TRANSMISSION WENT IN FIRST ONE AS WELL, CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. HOW SAFE IS THAT? HTTP://WWW.EST...

Mileage: 104

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS - 1996 MAZDA 626 - WHICH MAZDA HAS KNOWN ABOUT FOR OVER 10 YEARS

Mileage: 68,000

OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHES, ENGINE LIGHT IS ON...ALL OF IT IS LINKED TO THE TRANSMISSION. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN REBUILT ONCE AND WAS TOLD IT WILL NEED REBUILT AGAIN. ALSO THE CAR IDLES VERY ROUGH.

I BOUGHT A 1996 MAZDA 626 IN THE SUMMER OF 2004. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT COMING ON WHEN I DRIVE ABOUT 55 M.P.H. I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME OR MONEY TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION! I BOUGHT THE CAR FOR LESS THAN WHAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD COST. NOW I AM TRYING TO SELL THIS CAR AND ITS ...

PROBLEMS WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION STARTED TO FAIL AT 45,000. FINALLY WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR AT 84,000. MAZDA DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION WITH REBUILT TRANSMISSION WHICH FAILED AT 86,000 (ONLY TWO MONTHS IN SERVICE). NEXT TRANSMISSION HAS 11,000 MILES ON IT AND...

Mileage: 84,000

TRANSMISSION-- BEARING INSIDE BROKE IN TWO

Mileage: 109,000

MAZDA 626 LX 96' TRANSMISSION TROUBLE, THE TRANSMISSION CONSISTANTLY HAS PROBLEMS, IT'S DANGEROUS, BECAUSE IT WILL GO OUT, AT THE MOST INCONVIENT TIME. IT WILL JOLT, OR SLOW DOWN, EXTREMELY FAST, OR SLIP, AT A STOP LIGHT, AND IT'S SCARY, LUCKLY THERE HAS BEEN NO PROBLEMS, IF IT HAS HAPPED ON THE HI...

Mileage: 110,000

1996 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THE O/D LIGHT FLASHED AND I IMMEDIATEDLY TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF AND ON AND THE PROBLEM CLEARED UP FOR A FEW MINUTES. THEN THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING AS I WAS COMIMNG DOWN A STEEP HILL. THE EVENT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING BUT NO ONE WAS HURT.*AK

Mileage: 107,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

Mileage: 112,550

I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED IN MY 1996 MAZDA 626 AND NOW THE 2ND ONE IS FAILING AT 85,000 MILES (I REPLACED THE FIRST ONE FOR $2500 AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES). *AK

Mileage: 85,000

HAVE A MAZDA 626 1996. WITH BAD TRANSMISSION. CAR COMPLETLY STOP IN THE HIGHWAY ALMOST CAUSING ME AND ACCIDENT ON THE ROAD. I HAVE READ ALOT OF REPORTS ON THIS PARTICULAR CAR AND MODEL WITH BAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. STRAIGHT FROM THE FACTORY. WITH MAZDA TOTALY IGNORING THE ISSUE.

MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVIE EVEN IF I KEEP IT IN R OR D. SOMETIMES IT MOVE BUT AFTER REACHING A CERTAIN SPEED SAY 30 MPH EVEN IF I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE I AM PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR IN THE NEUTRAL GEAR. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT MY TRANSMISSIO...

Mileage: 94,600

MY 1996 MAZDA 626 HAD TRANSMISSION FAILURE, IT FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE DRIVING. I CONTACTED MAZDA AND FORD AND WAS TOLD THAT TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS COMMON WITH THAT MODEL TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT ANY REPAIR OF THE TRANSMISSION WOULD BE AT MY EXPENSE. I HAD THE TRANSM...

Mileage: 85,000

I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED IN NOVEMBER OF 2002 WITH APPROXIMATELY 90,000 MILES, TRANSMISSION FAILED ME IN TRAFFIC IN OCTOBER OF 2004, IT PRESENTLY HAS 131,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION WOULD SEEM TO ENGAGE AND THEN DISENGAGE VERY RAPIDLY UNTIL IT FINALLY COMPLETELY FAILED, AND NO LONGER WOULD ENGAGE. I WA...

Mileage: 131,000

I BOUGHT A MAZDA 626 NEW IN 1996 I DRIVE THE CAR TWICE A WEEK... THE CAR HAS ABOUT 60,000 MILES ON IT.. THE TRANSMISSION WENT BAD. AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CAR... I LOOKED THIS UP AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM... PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, AS I D...

Mileage: 65,000

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSION BROKE.*AK

Mileage: 95,000

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED. THE ONLY GEAR THAT WAS RESPONSIVE WAS REVERSE. *AK *SC *JB

Mileage: 51,290

TRANSMISSION FALIURE AT 72,000 MILES, DEALERSHIP REPLACED TRANSMISSION BEFORE AT 12,000 MILES. MY GUESS IT WAS CD4E TRANSMISSION. *AK

Mileage: 12,000

1. TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. 2. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO RESIDENCE. 3. TOLD THAT TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED. COST ABOUT $2500. *JB

Mileage: 126,415

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 1996 MAZDA 626. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED MY TRANSMISSION 3 TIMES IN 8 YEARS AND LOOKING AT REPLACING IT AGAIN FOR A 4TH TIME. THE CAR ONLY HAS 150K MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION ONLY LASTS ANYWHERE FROM 30K-40K BEFORE IT GOES OUT. I HAVE CONTACTED MAZDA AND THEY BASICALLY...

Mileage: 150,168

PURCHASED THE VEHICLE (1996 MAZDA 626) AT 27,000MI ON ODOMETER - TRANSMISSION HAD GONE BAD. BECAUSE IT WAS STILL IN WARRANTEE, THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK IT BACK A FEW TIMES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE OF LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON. NOTHI...

Mileage: 27,000

TRANSMISSION HAD BIG PROBLEMS, EVEN AFTER USING THE CAR EXTREMELY CAREFULLY. JUST HAD 57000 MILES AND HAD TO GET MAJOR REPAIRS DONE TO THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

Mileage: 57,000

AFTER BUYING THE CAR (USED) A YEAR AGO I FIRST HAD TO REPLACE THE 02 SENSOR, THEN WHILE DRIVING THE O/D LIGHT WOULD START FLASHING AND THE RPMS WENT CRAZY BETWEEN GEARS, AFTER A RESTART IT WOULD GO AWAY ONLY TO DO IT AGAIN. THIS ONLY LASTED 2 DAYS, SO I THOUGHT IT MUST NOT HAVE BEEN A BIG DEAL. THEN...

Mileage: 106,600

JUNE 28, 2002 -- WELLINGS MAZDA, RICHMOND, IN "PERFORMED RECALL SSP-34 AIR BAG CAMPAIGN. MARCH 2004, MATT CASTRUCCI'S AUTO MALL, "BODY ELECTRICAL: CUSTOMER STATES AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON PLEASE CHECK OUT AND ADV," AND "CUSTORMER STATES CAR IS RUNNING ROUGH, WAS TOLD VALVE COVER GASKETS ARE LEAKING AND O...

Mileage: 85,600

EVERYTIME I DRIVE THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT COMES ON AND WHILE DRIVING IT HESITSTE ON FREEYWAY I CHECK TO THE MECHENIC HE SAY ITS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND IT IS THE PROBLEM WITH MAZADA 626 AND NEVER BEEN CORRECTED AND THEY DIDNT BUIL T IT CORRECTLY SO I THINK MAZADA SHOULD BRING THEM BACK

EVERYTIME I DRIVE THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT COMES ON AND WHILE DRIVING IT HESITSTE ON FREEYWAY I CHECK TO THE MECHENIC HE SAY ITS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND IT IS THE PROBLEM WITH MAZADA 626 AND NEVER BEEN CORRECTED AND THEY DIDNT BUIL T IT CORRECTLY SO I THINK MAZADA SHOULD BRING THEM BACK

O/D LIGHT FLASHING ON VEHICLE; INDICATIVE OF A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. HISTORY OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON PRE-98 626S. HARD SHIFTING INTO DRIVE/REVERSE DURING COLD ENGINE; SLIPPAGE OF ENGINE. *AK

Mileage: 95,000

JUST BOUGHT A USED 96 MAZDA 626LX. VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND HAD BEEN CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC THROUGHLY. A DAY LATER IT STARTED TO VIBRATE SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOTORMOUNT. WE WERE WRONG. SO WE JUST IGNORED THE VIBRATION. A FEW DAYS THE LATER IT WOULD'T START UP AND WE HAD TO GO AND GET THE B...

WHILE SHIFTING VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE ON ITS OWN. A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SHAFT SOLENOID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

1996 MAZDA 2.0 626 LX. OVERDRIVE FLASHES FROM 4TH TO 3RD. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO FIX/FIND PROBLEM TO NO SATISFACTION. MAZDA DEALER ADVISED NEW TRANSMISSION NEEDED-SIGHT UNSEEN. SEEMS TO BE A MORE THAN PREVELANT SITUATION. *AK

THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON INDICATING THAT THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED. HOWEVER, THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THEREFORE, THE CONSUMERTOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. *AK THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT OUT THREE TIMES. *SC

Mileage: 70,000

I BOUGHT A 1996 MAZDA 626 WITH 85,000 MILES ON IT. I HAD A TRANSMISSION TUNE-UP DONE WITHIN A MONTH OF THE PURCHASE. NOW, AT 94,000M THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPAIRED AT COSTS EXCEEDING $1500! THE PROBLEM WAS SAID TO BE OVERHEATING OF THE TRANSMISSION. ALSO, THE O/D LIGHTS CONTINUE TO FLASH AFTER ...

Mileage: 94,000

TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND FUEL WAS LEAKING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER TOLD HIM THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. CONUMER STATED THAT DEALER TOLD HIM IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $3000.00. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE THAT MANY M...

TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND FUEL WAS LEAKING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER TOLD HIM THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. CONUMER STATED THAT DEALER TOLD HIM IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $3000.00. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE THAT MANY M...

I OWN A 1996 MAZDA 626 THE MANUFACUTRE REFUSED TO ADMIT THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OF THE TRANSMISSON. IT FAILED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE POSTED CITY SPEED LIMIT. COULD HAVE CAUSED ASERIOUS CRASH. *AK

FRONT SEAT BELTS WERE INOPERATIVE. THE PLASTIC PIECE OF THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY THAT THE BUCKLE WAS INSTALLED ON CAME APART. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE METAL PIECE INSIDE THE PLASTIC SEAT FELL OUT. SEAT BELT REMAINED FASTENED, BUT WILL NOT RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANT IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ...

Mileage: 75,000

AT 120K MILES ON MY HIGHLY MAINTAINED 1996 MAZDA 626 MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND MANY OTHER CUSTOMERS HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE SAME SITUATION WITH THE SAME MODEL CAR. REPAIRS WILL END UP COSTING ME $4000.00. AS A COLLEGE STUDENT IT IS GOING TO BE HARD TO COME UP WITH THAT TYPE OF MON...

Mileage: 12,200

I HAVE A 4 CYL 1996 MAZDA 626 AUTOMATIC. A FEW DAYS AGO MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. EVERY MECHANIC I HAVE SPOKEN TO INCLUDING AAMCO, THE RENOWNED TRANSMISSION PLACE TELLS ME THAT THIS MODEL ALWAYS HAD A DESIGN FLAW IN TRANSMISSION. ALL MAZDA OWNER FORUMS ARE FULL OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRANSMISSION ISSUE...

Mileage: 110,000

I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 50000 MILES AND THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP REPLACED IT AND CHARGED ME A LABOR CHARGE OF 700. NOW, MY TRANSMISSION IS OUT AGAIN AT 108,00 MILES. WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT 60 MPH. *JB

Mileage: 108,000

I BOUGHT A USED 1996 MAZDA 626LX FROM RIERSON MOTORS IN CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO AND HAVE HAD THE CAR LESS THAN ONE MONTH AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON , IT LOSES POWER ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN I ACCELERATE ABOVE 55 MPH AND LURCHES AND GOES IN TO NEXT GEAR VERY HARD. I THINK MAZDA SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE FO...

Mileage: 138,318

I BOUGHT A USED 1996 MAZDA 626LX FROM RIERSON MOTORS IN CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO AND HAVE HAD THE CAR LESS THAN ONE MONTH AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON , IT LOSES POWER ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN I ACCELERATE ABOVE 55 MPH AND LURCHES AND GOES IN TO NEXT GEAR VERY HARD. I THINK MAZDA SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE FO...

Mileage: 138,318

I BOUGHT A USED 1996 MAZDA 626LX FROM RIERSON MOTORS IN CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO AND HAVE HAD THE CAR LESS THAN ONE MONTH AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON , IT LOSES POWER ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN I ACCELERATE ABOVE 55 MPH AND LURCHES AND GOES IN TO NEXT GEAR VERY HARD. I THINK MAZDA SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE FO...

Mileage: 138,318

I HAVE A MAZDA 1996 626 LX SEDAN 2.0 LITER ENGINE WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, 4 CYLINDER, FRONT WHEEL DRIVE. I BOUGHT IT FROM A PRIVATE PARTY ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO AT 93400 MILES. I NOW HAVE ONLY ABOUT 96000 MIKES AND MY TRANSMISSION FAILED TODAY. I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET IT OUT OF THE OVERNIGHT PARKING ...

Mileage: 96,647

MAZDA 626 1996 SEDAN 4 DOOR LX MODEL BOTH SEAT BELTS/DRIVER AND PASSENGER RETRACTORS WILL INADVERTENLY LOCK MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO FASTEN SEAT BELT. PASSEGER SIDE IS WORST THAN DRIVER AND BOTH HAVE BEEN WORKED ON AT DEALERSHIP BUT THEY CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING CONTINOUSLY. DEALER HAS RECORDS ...

Mileage: 38,950

O/D LIGHT FLASHES AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY. HAVE BEEN USING MAZDA FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS. MY O/D LIGHT HAS STARTED BLINKING ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND GOT IT FIXED. *AK THE LIGHT HAS BLINKED CONTINUALLY EVERY MONTH. I HAVE ALREADY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON...

Mileage: 85,000

I OWN A 1996 MAZDA 626 THAT I PURCHASED FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AT 20K IN 1999. MY TRANSMISSION FINALLY JUST FAILED AT 101K AND I SPENT $2000 FOR A REBUILT TRANS. THE OD LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON FOR OVER 12 MONTHS BUT WOULD GO OFF WHEN CAR IS RESTARTED.I RECENTLY DISCOVERED THE CHRONIC TRANSMISSION ...

Mileage: 101

IM A USED CAR DEALER AND I SELL MAZDA 626'S 1996 TO 1999 THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO KEEP GOING OUT I REPLACED THEM AND THEY GO OUT AGAIN. THIS IS COSTING ME MONEY AND MY CUSTOMERS.*AK

Mileage: 93,000

WHEN SHIFTING GEARS TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SHIFT TO FIRST AND SECOND GEARS. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *MR

Mileage: 620,000

OCTOBER 2003 79,500 MILES OD LIGHT BLINKING, ROUGH IDLE, STICKY HARD GAS PEDAL, REMEDY : NEW TRANSMISSION, IDLE CONTROL VALVE 80,000 MILES TRANSMISSION FAILURE NO WARNING LOST 2ND, 3RD,4TH GEAR. REMEDY: REBUILT TRANSMISSION WAS TOLD PART FAILED. PICKED UP CAR ON FEB 17TH DROVE CAR FOR 5 MILES 2ND AN...

Mileage: 80,000

MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS WITH 1996 MAZDA 626, CURRENTLY AT 89,000 MILES. *AK

Mileage: 89,000

SINCE MY 1996 MAZDA 626 PURCHASE I'VE HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS. THE 1ST BREAKDOWN HAPPENED ON ROUTE 70 A HIGHLY TRAVELED ROADWAY MY WIFE 7 MONTHS PREGNANT. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. HOWEVER LOOKING AT MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS, THERE SEEMS TO BE SERIOUS MECHANICAL PROBLEMS AND MAZ...

Mileage: 31,000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WHEN SHIFTING INTO OVER DRIVE. THE OVER DRIVE LIGHT FLASHED CONSTANTLY, WHICH CAUSED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. THE DEALER FOUND THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB *SC *JB

Mileage: 124,000

STATUS OF RECALL ON 1996 MAZDA 626.*MR CONSUMER INQUIRED AS TO THE STATUS OF GETTING THE VEHICLE RECALLED FOR THE TRANSMISSION. *PH

MY CAR HAS 79,170 MILES ON IT. I BORROWED MONEY & WORKED 2 JOBS TO MAKE THE PYMT. I WAS OKAY WITH THAT B/C I THOUGHT I PURCHASED A DEPENDABLE & RELIABLE CAR. TWO YEARS AGO W/O WARNING, WHILE SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT, MY CAR LUNGED FORWARD. I CALLED MY DEALERSHIP, & HAD THE CAR SERVICED. IT WASNT...

MY 1996 MAZDA 626 HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING TROUBLE SHIFTING AND THE O/D OFF LIGHT KEPT FLASHING SO I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS ABOUT TO GO. I FOUND THIS REALLY STRANGE SINCE THE CAR ONLY HAS 81K MILES ON IT AND I THOUGHT MAZDA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REALLY RELIABLE....

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TRANSMISSION HESITATES BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND. DIAGNOSED AS TRANSMISSION FAILURE BY MAZDA DEALER. DEALER SUGGESTS REPLACING WITH REBUILT TRANSMISSION FOR $2800. AM CURRENTLY RESEARCHING OTHER ALTERNATIVES. *AK

Mileage: 71,900

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE JERKED A LOT. SHE ALSO STATED THAT HER OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER/MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE HAD AN ELECTRICAL WIRING PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER IS AFRAID SHE MAY HAVE AN ACCID...

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES; HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK *MR

Mileage: 133,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, AND WITH NO WARNING BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

Mileage: 89,900

SUNROOF SHATTERED AS I WAS DRIVING AND SENT GLASS FLYING THROUGHOUT MY CAR. PULLED SMALL SHARDS FROM MY SCALP, FORTUNATELY NONE GOT INTO MY EYES. THE GLASS PORTION OF THE SUNROOF WAS CLOSED AND I WAS NOT ATTEMPTING TO OPEN IT. IT SIMPLY EXPLODED. *LA

Mileage: 103,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *LA

Mileage: 89,050

I HAVE A 1996 MAZDA 626 WITH 80,000 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED ON IT, AND I AM TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND A COOLING UNIT HAS TO BE INSTALLED. APPARENTLY, THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM BY THE MAZDA AND THEY FAILED TO WARN THE OWNERS TO INSTALL THIS COOLING UNIT ...

Mileage: 80,000

1996 MAZDA 626 78,000 O/D LIGHT BLINK AFTER APP 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING CAR STARTS TO SLIP. CHECK ENGENE LIGHT COMES ON AFTER APP 45 MINUTES. GAS PEDAL STICKS ON TAKE OFF USUALLY LOSSENS UP WHEN DRIVING. WAS TOLD REPAIRS WILL TOP 3,000 CANT AFFORD!

1996 MAZDA 626 78,000 O/D LIGHT BLINK AFTER APP 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING CAR STARTS TO SLIP. CHECK ENGENE LIGHT COMES ON AFTER APP 45 MINUTES. GAS PEDAL STICKS ON TAKE OFF USUALLY LOSSENS UP WHEN DRIVING. WAS TOLD REPAIRS WILL TOP 3,000 CANT AFFORD!

1996 MAZDA 626 78,000 O/D LIGHT BLINK AFTER APP 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING CAR STARTS TO SLIP. CHECK ENGENE LIGHT COMES ON AFTER APP 45 MINUTES. GAS PEDAL STICKS ON TAKE OFF USUALLY LOSSENS UP WHEN DRIVING. WAS TOLD REPAIRS WILL TOP 3,000 CANT AFFORD!

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY 1996 MAZDA 626 AT 72,000 MILES. RIGHT AFTER REPARIS, O/D LIGHT FLASHES ON EXTENDED TRIPS. WILL DROP OUT OF OD CAUSING CAR TO DANGEROUSLY SLOW DOWN. DEALER IS ENCOURAGING ANOTHER TRANSMISSION REBUILD FOR ANOTHER $2,500. THIS IS ABSURD!

Mileage: 72,000

I HAVE A 96 MAZDA 626 AND THE CAR HAD 25,000 MILES WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED.I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED 4 TIMES TOTALING ABOUT 8,200 DOLLARS. IT IS THE NOTORIOUS CD43 TRANS. THE O/D LIGHT COMES ON THEN THE TRANSMISSION GOES OUT. I ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT IT HAS A TRANS. SERVICES DONE AROUND 22...

Mileage: 110,045

PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION WHEN DRIVEN FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES. MOST TRANSMISSION SHOPS WANT ME TO REBUILD IT FOR ABOUT $1600, SAME AS WILKINS MAZDA DEALERSHIP. ONE TRANSMISSION SHOP SAYS IT COULD BE A COMPUTER PROBLEM. EITHER WAY MAZDA SHOULD PAY TO FIX IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON ALMOST ALL MAZDA...

Mileage: 88,000

MY TRASMISION WENT OUT GOING UP A MOUNTAIN ON HWY 299, I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS CAR FOR 11 MONTHS & HAVE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP, HEATER SWITCH, TIMING BELT, BRAKES, TIRES...WHAT DO I DO NOW? I STILL HAVE 2 YEARS LEFT ON MY LOAN & CAN'T AFFORD A NEW TRANSMISSION OR A NEW CAR!!*AK

Mileage: 74,000

TRANSMISSION IN MY '96 MAZDA 626 IS SHOT AFTER 98,000 MILES. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS MAZDA WILL DO NOTHING AND EVERYTHING I'VE READ ON THE INTERNET SAYS THAT THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE FAULTY AND THEY REFUSE TO HELP ANYONE.

Mileage: 98,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED PREMATURELY. VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED THREE TIMES; HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

Mileage: 80,000

I HAVE A MAZDA, 626, 1996 AND 1ST TRAMSMISSION WENT OUT AT 30.000 MILES. NOW MY 2ND IS GOING OUT AT 120,000 MILES. I SEE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR MAZDA AND FORD.WHY HAS NOTHING BEEN DONE ABOUT IT.*AK

Mileage: 120,000

I HAVE A 1996 MAZDA 626 LX. WITH IN THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OF HAVING THIS CAR I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. NOW SEVEN MONTHS LATER MY OVERDRIVE LIGHT HAS STARTING FLASHING AND IT DOESNT WANT TO GO..MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP NOW HAVING TRANSMISSION FIXED AGAIN ..THIS TIME SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH ...

Mileage: 131,000

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH 1996 MAZDA 626-I BOUGHT THE CAR (A DEMONSTRATOR) FROM ALLENTOWN MAZDA IN ALLENTOWN PA. ON MAY15, 1997 WITH 10,000 MILES ON IT. I STOPPED AT A LIGHT 2 MILES BEFORE I WAS ABOUT TO GET ONTO ONTO THE NE EXTENSION OF THE PA TURNPIKE. AS I PULLED OUT, THE CAR BARELY PICKED UP ENO...

Mileage: 56,000

INTERMITTENTLY (IN LOW GEAR, MANUAL SHIFT), AS I PULL THE CAR TO THE LEFT (ONLY), TO PARK OR TURN A CORNER, THE CAR DIES. THE INCIDENT DATE BELOW DENOTES THE LATEST INCIDENT.NOT CERTAIN OF EXACT DATA OF PURCHASE FROM 128 MAZDA, BUT WEB SITE DEMANDED A SPECIFIC DAY SO, TO SATISFY IT, I ENTERED IN AU...

AT 59,000 MILES I PAID FOR A NEEDED, NEW TRANSMISSION AT A MAZDA DEALER. NOW @ 106,000 MILES IT IS IN NEEDED AGAIN. *JB

Mileage: 59,000

LESS THAN A YEAR A 3RD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE 2ND ONE FAILED WHILE DRIVING BACK FROM REPAIR SHOP, CAR WAS LEAKING FLUID. REPAIR SHOP DIAGNOSED LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND RECOMMENDED DEALER REPLACEMENT. DEALER SERVICE DEPT ADVISED FRONT PUMP FAILED, AND REPLACED. THI...

Mileage: 60,000

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT GOING 40MPH. BOTH FRONT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR BUT STILL INDICATED THAT IT WAS STILL IN DRIVE ON THE GEAR PANEL. *TT

I AM SENDING THIS E-MAIL IN REGARDS TO MY 1996 MAZDA 626 THAT HAS BEEN HAVING CONSTANT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. MAZDA WON'T DO JACK. I WILL NEVER BY ANOTHER AGAIN, BUT THEY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE TRANSMISSIONS. PLAIN AND SIMPLE THEY ARE DEFECTIVE AND MAZDA SHOULD STEP UP TO THE PLATE A...

I HAVE A 96 626 THAT HAS 125,000 MILES. I PURCHASED MY CAR IN 98 WITH 60,000 MILES. IN MAY OF 2000 I HAD TO REPLACE THE OXYGEN SENSOR. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE LEFT FRONT AXEL AND THE RIGHT CV JOINT BOOT IN FEB. 2003. NOW I HAVE REPLACE MY ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WHICH IS GOING TO COST AROUND ...

Mileage: 125,000

I HAVE A 96 626 THAT HAS 125,000 MILES. I PURCHASED MY CAR IN 98 WITH 60,000 MILES. IN MAY OF 2000 I HAD TO REPLACE THE OXYGEN SENSOR. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE LEFT FRONT AXEL AND THE RIGHT CV JOINT BOOT IN FEB. 2003. NOW I HAVE REPLACE MY ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WHICH IS GOING TO COST AROUND ...

Mileage: 125,000

I HAVE A 96 626 THAT HAS 125,000 MILES. I PURCHASED MY CAR IN 98 WITH 60,000 MILES. IN MAY OF 2000 I HAD TO REPLACE THE OXYGEN SENSOR. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE LEFT FRONT AXEL AND THE RIGHT CV JOINT BOOT IN FEB. 2003. NOW I HAVE REPLACE MY ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WHICH IS GOING TO COST AROUND ...

Mileage: 125,000

MY 1996 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION BURNED UP APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES INTO A ROAD TRIP TO HOUSTON. THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REBUILT IN DEC 2001 AND ONLY HAD 11,000 MILES PUT ON SINCE THE REPAIR. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A MECHANIC IN HOUSTON WHO SAID THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED, AT AROUND $22...

Mileage: 81,000

HAVE ATTEMPTED NUMEROUS REPAIRS OF OVER $2,000, BECAUSE MECHANICS COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM DUE TO CAR SPEEDOMETER FREQUENTLY CHANGING INTO OVER DRIVE, AND THE CAR'S MPH NEVER REACHES 60 MPH WITH OUT GOING INTO OVER DRIVE.*JB

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING MAKING THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM

MAZDA 1996 626 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HORROR STORY HERE! WHY IS THE NHTSA.DOT NOT FORCING MAZDA TO RECALL OR PAY DAMAGES TO THE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF FOLKS LIKE ME WHO ARE OUT THOUSANDS FOR REPEATED TRANSMISSION FAILURES? BOUGHT USED CAR FROM TRANSMISSION SHOP OWNER 2 YEARS AGO NOW. HE WARRANTED ...

Mileage: 70,000

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ON THE EXPRESSWAY OR ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER THE CAR ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE "OVER DRIVE OFF" LIGHT BEGINS TO BLINK AND MY OVERDRIVE TURN OFF. I USUALLY HAVE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER OR AT A RED LIGHT AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON TO FIX IT. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE ...

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ON THE EXPRESSWAY OR ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER THE CAR ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE "OVER DRIVE OFF" LIGHT BEGINS TO BLINK AND MY OVERDRIVE TURN OFF. I USUALLY HAVE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER OR AT A RED LIGHT AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON TO FIX IT. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE ...

Mileage: 90,000

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH 1996 MAZDA 626: MAZDA HAS A VERY HIGH FAILURE RATE ON THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS IN THE MAZDA 626 VEHICLES. MY CAR IS ON THE SECOND TRANSMISSION AND PROBABLY NEEDS A THIRD. I BELEIVE THAT MAZDA SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM WITHOUT COST TO THE OWNER. THANKS FOR LISTENING ...

Mileage: 67,000

'96 MAZDA 626 (BOUGHT NEW) . TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 83,000+/_ MI. INITIALLY TOOK CAR TO A DEALER FOR OIL LEAK (REPLACED OIL PRESSURE SWITCH). THEY BROUGHT CAR TO ME, IT STARTED & DIED REPEATEDLY. THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE JUMPED ALL AROUND THE DIAL AND ODOMETER WOULD SPIN, ADDING MILEAGE. SERVICE W...

'96 MAZDA 626 (BOUGHT NEW) . TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 83,000+/_ MI. INITIALLY TOOK CAR TO A DEALER FOR OIL LEAK (REPLACED OIL PRESSURE SWITCH). THEY BROUGHT CAR TO ME, IT STARTED & DIED REPEATEDLY. THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE JUMPED ALL AROUND THE DIAL AND ODOMETER WOULD SPIN, ADDING MILEAGE. SERVICE W...

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THE WEEKEND OF DEC 14, 2002 I COULDN'T PUT THE CAR IN GEAR, SO I ADVISE TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE SHOP. I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION HAD GONE BAD.

Mileage: 111,000

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 60MPH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE ACCELERATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNINF THE TRANSMISSION WILL LOCK UP AND IT WILL BE HARD TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND THE CONSUMER WILL BE FORCED TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

"O/D OFF" LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING, ENGINE REVVED AND WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM 1ST GEAR. DIAGNOSIS IS THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION IS NEEDED AT THE COST OF $2300.00.

Mileage: 93,000

CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT HAD GONE INTO NEUTRAL ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ALTOGETHER ON ONE OCCASION. CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. SCC *JB

FAULTY TRANSMISSION

Mileage: 68,000

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING BADLY IN LOWER GEARS. SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND TO 3RD IS VERY BAD AND OFTEN THE RPMS ARE APPROX. 5000 BEFORE THE SHIFT OCCURS. (EVEN ON A DOWNHILL SLOPE) AS OF EARLY NOVEMBER, THE TRANSMISSION WILL PERIODICALLY NOT GO INTO REVERSE. I HAVE CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID ON...

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 20MPH ON THE HIGHWAY HE MADE A RIGHT TURN SUDDENLY TO AVOID ANOTHER VEHICLE. AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE FLIPPED AND LANDED ON THE ROOF UP SIDE DOWN. PLEASE FILL ADDITONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

THE CONSUMER IS CONCERN BECAUSE THE VEHICLE FLIPPED AND THE INTERIOR AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY AT ALL. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE CONSUMER APPLY HIS BRAKES TO AVOID ANOTHER MOTORIST. AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY PLEASE FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER REPLACE TWICE. MR

CONSUMER STATE WHILE TRAVELING 30-35 MPH IN RESULT OF FRONTAL CRASH VEHICLE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

MR

PLEASE HLEP ME WITH THIS. THE CAR IS NO LONGER DRIVEABLE AND I AM STILL PAYING ON IT. WHAT DO I DO?. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE JUST STALLED OUT WITHOUT WARNING. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED AND TRANSIMISSION HAD BLOWNOUT. DEALER STATED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE JUST STALLED OUT WITHOUT WARNING. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED AND TRANSIMISSION HAD BLOWNOUT. DEALER STATED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY.FRONT END OF CAR HIT RIGHT REAR SIDE OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. MAXDA HAS BEEN CONTACTED. CONSUMER FELT AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED.*AK

TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 50000 MILES. *AK

TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILD TWICE WITHIN TWO MONTHS, IT WAS CAUSING VEHICLE TO MAKE NOISE/ SHUTTER, AND JUMP FROM HIGH TO SECOND GEAR WHILE DRIVING. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SECOND FAILURE WITHIN A YEAR OF THE TRANSMISSION. HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILD IN DECEMBER 01, AND IT FAILED IN AUGUST 02. SAME SYMPTOMS, O/D FLASHES, TRANY GOES IN AND OUT OF GEAR, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. WHY DOESN'T MAZDA OR THE GOVT. DO ANYTHING?*AK

BOUGHT THE MAZDA (I HATE THE CAR NOW) FROM A PRIVATE OWNER WHO HAD MAINTAINED THE CAR VERY WELL (HAD ALL THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS) AT 70,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION BROKE DOWN AFTER 2 WEEKS. REPAIR SHOP SAID THEY HAVE TO REPLACE/REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. COST $2100.00. RESEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOU...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THIS CAR HAS HAD NOTHING BUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, AS SHOWN WITH MAZDA 626'S (KNOW AFTER THE FACT) THOUGH ON ITS SECOND TRANSMISSION, IT IS FAILING AGAIN. MAZDA STATES THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHY IT FAILED, OR WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT NOW.*AK

CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY WERE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH 626 TRANSMISSIONS AND WAS TOLD NO. THROUGH RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS. WITH THIS VEHICLE. MAZDA NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING.O D. *AK

CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY 2 TIMES. *TT *CB

STRUT TOWERS MAKING NOISE. DEALER FOUND DAMAGED AC WIRING SHORTEN, POSSIBLY THE COMPRESSOR. *TT

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE 1996 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION TO FAIL ON ME, BUT I AM NOT THE ONLY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. THIS IS NOT FAIR THAT MAZDA KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BUT FAILS TO DO A RECALL. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUY CARS WITH...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING UNABLE TO PUT VEHICLE INTO GEARS. HAD TO USE SHIFT LOCK KEY. THIS WAS A RESULT OF BLOWN TRANSIMISSION. HAD PART REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION HAS NOT ACTUALLY FAILED TO A POINT WHERE IT IS NOT DRIVEABLE, BUT I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE SEVERAL PARTS OF THE ENGINE TO GET IT NARROWED DOWN AND NOW THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT CONSTANTLY FLASHES AND AFTER SOME RESEARCH(THE OWNERS MANUAL HAS NONE) I HAVE COME TO DISCOVER THAT THE TRANSMISSIO...

THE O/D LIGHT STARTS BLINKING AFTER A SHORT TIME. THE TRANSMISSION THEN CEASES USING THE CONVERTER LOCKUP ON THE TRANS AS EVIDENCED BY THE RPMS GOING UP. WHEN YOU STOP AND KILL THE ENGINE IT WILL "RESET". THE TRANSMISSION WILL ALSO SHUDDER AT TIMES LIKE IT SI IN TWO GEARS AT ONCE. THE TRANSMISSI...

OWNER INDICATES THAT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD WITH O/D LIGHT COMING ON/OFF. DEALER INSISTS THAT ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

BAD TRANSMISSION IN THIS MODEL OF CAR. I'M SIMPLY ENTERING MY COMPLAINT SO MAZDA MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE ACTION FOR THOSE UNFORTUNATE CUSTOMERS WHO WILL BE NEXT IN REPACING THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. MAZDA SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MISTAKE THEY MADE WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS.*AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON - DEALER SAYS THAT IF CAR IS RUNNING OKAY THAT NO SERVICE NEEDED?????? FINALLY GET IT CHECKED OUT AND TURNS OUT THAT CAT CONVERTER IS GOING BAD. BARELY GET THAT REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY LIMIT. SAME DAY, DRIVING HOME FROM DEALER, ENGINE LIGHT COMES BACK ON. BRING IT BACK...

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON - DEALER SAYS THAT IF CAR IS RUNNING OKAY THAT NO SERVICE NEEDED?????? FINALLY GET IT CHECKED OUT AND TURNS OUT THAT CAT CONVERTER IS GOING BAD. BARELY GET THAT REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY LIMIT. SAME DAY, DRIVING HOME FROM DEALER, ENGINE LIGHT COMES BACK ON. BRING IT BACK...

1996 MAZDA 626 LX WAS PURCHASED USED IN 8/99 AS CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED VEHICLE WITH 32K MILES. VEHICLE WAS IN ACCELENT CONDITION, AND CAME WITH A 3 MONTH, 3K WARRANTY. VEHICLE METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED BY (ME) CURRENT OWNER WITH ALL SUGGESTED SERVICE DONE AT MAZDA DEALERSHIP. I HAVE PUT ONLY 20K MILES ON...

WHILE DRIVING HAD TRANSMISSION FAILURE. UNABLE DRIVE VEHICLE. REPLACED TRANSMISSION 4 TIMES.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

OVER DRIVE LIGHT FLASHING - OVERHEATING - INTERNAL FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO OVERHEATING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. *AK

MAZDA KNOWS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEIR 626'S FROM 1994-1999 AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. OUR OD LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND WE HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE THE CAR WAS SHIFTING VERY HARD. I CALLED MAZDA AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS OK TO DRIVE THE CAR. THE NEXT WEEKEND I RECIEVE A PAPER TELLING M...

NO TRANSMISSION SHOPS WILL WORK ON THE CAR BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY TRIED TO FIX SEVERAL AND THEY KEEP COMING BACK. APPARENTLY THE COOLING SYSTEM THAT MAZDA/FORD INSTALLED INTO THE TRANSMISISON WASN'T ENOUGH, SO AFTER 60K MILES TRANSMISSION BURNED UP.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY THE OVERDRIVE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ILLUMINATE, WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT CHANGE GEARS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

INTERMITTENTLY THE OVERDRIVE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ILLUMINATE, WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT CHANGE GEARS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY, THE O/D WAS BLINKING ON AND OFF. IN ADDITION, THE CAR BECAME VERY SLUGGISH AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY CAUSING THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN BELOW NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WE TOOK THE CAR AND THE DEALER SAID THEY WOULD FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE PROBLEM MIGHT...

AM THE OWNER OF MAZDA 626, VIN [XXX]. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW IN AUGUST 1996 FROM THE ROSENTHAL NISSAN MAZDA DEALERSHIP LOCATED IN MCLEAN, VA. SINCE THE PURCHASE I HAVE HAD 3 FAILURES OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AT ~38,000 MILES. THE SECOND AT ~49,000 MILES AND...

AM THE OWNER OF MAZDA 626, VIN 1YVGE22C3T5518155. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW IN AUGUST 1996 FROM THE ROSENTHAL NISSAN MAZDA DEALERSHIP LOCATED IN MCLEAN, VA. SINCE THE PURCHASE I HAVE HAD 3 FAILURES OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AT ~38,000 MILES. THE SECOND AT ~49,0...

THE TRANSMISSION HAS AGAIN FAILED AT 127000 MILES. WE HAVE ALSO HAD NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WE HAVE ALL DATES AND RECEIPTS. *AK

TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE WHEN CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED OUT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

RADIATOR WAS LEAKING ON VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE WOULD START TO OVERHEAT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE IS LEAKING OIL, AND CONSUMER HAS TO ADD OIL EVERY FEW DAYS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARKED WHEN THE CONSUMER TURNED TO REACH IN THE REAR SEAT WHEN THE SEAT BACK COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES. NLM

NO DESCRIPTION GIVEN. NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING BATTERY CABLE FELL OFF, CAUSING ENTIRE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED OVERDRIVE INDICATION LIGHT FLASHING. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE SERVICED, TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 63,000 MILES JUST FINDING OUT HOW COMMON THIS PROBLEM IS WITH THESE VEHICLES. YOU MIGHT AS WELL THROW ALL YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY INTO A FIRE PIT AND LIGHT IT UP, IF YOU PURCHASE ONE OF THESE CARS. *AK

SECOND REPLACEMENT OF THE SEATBELT. IS THIS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT? SEATBELTS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE REPLACE 2X WITHIN A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD. *AK

OVERDRIVE LIGHT AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT REMAIN ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

OVERDRIVE LIGHT AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT REMAIN ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH RPMS INCREASED BEYOND NORMAL RANGE. THEN , OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH. DRIVER PULLED OVER, AND VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. AT 96000 AND TRAVELING AT 60 MPH SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. BUT THIS TIME DRIVER TRIED BACKING UP AND VEHICLE MADE A VERY LOUD GRINDING NOISE. PLEAS...

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH RPMS INCREASED BEYOND NORMAL RANGE. THEN , OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH. DRIVER PULLED OVER, AND VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. AT 96000 AND TRAVELING AT 60 MPH SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. BUT THIS TIME DRIVER TRIED BACKING UP AND VEHICLE MADE A VERY LOUD GRINDING NOISE. PLEAS...

OVERDRIVE CAME ON AND STAYED FLASHING, NEXT THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED SHIFTING HARD. AT LOW SPEEDS OF ABOUT 15-20 MPH THE CAR WOULD JERK HARD. BROUGHT IT TO DEALER AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON FROM TIME TO TIME STILL BUT WHEN I GET TO REPAIR SHOP THE LIG...

WHEN BRAKES ARE DEPRESSED THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PROBLEMS STARTED IN SEPTEMBER 1999 WITH THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR COMING UNPLUGGED. HAD REPAIR DONE, CAME LOOSE AGAIN IN OCTOBER 1999. DEALER DIDN'T RUN ANY DIAGNOSTICS, JUST SAID THE M.A.F.S. WAS THE PROBLEM. O/D LIGHT WOULD BLINK WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS. CAR WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR W/O A STR...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65MPH AND PRESSING GAS PEDAL, VEHICLE FAILS TO ACCELERATE. RPMS GO UP TO 5000 TO 6000. VEHICLE WOULD SLIP FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN. HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK JLG

OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE, TRANSMISSION WILL MAKE A CLUNKING SOUND WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE, AND WHEN ON HIGHWAY IF THE DRIVER SPEEDS UP, VEHICLE WILL START JERKING.*AK DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER AT THE TIME VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY THAT THE PROBLEM COULS NOT BE DUPLICATED, CONSUMER TRIED TO...

AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO GET THE TRANSMISSION CHECKED IT FINALLY FAILED. EVERY PREVIOUS ATTEMPT RESULTED IN NO PROBLEMS DIAGNOSED. IT WAS ALWAYS A SENSOR OR A CONNECTOR. THE PROBLEM WITH THE O/D LIGHT WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER AND EVERYTIME THE CAR CAME BACK IN TWO TO THREE DAYS T...

"O/D OFF" LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. DIAGNOSIS IS THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION IS NEEDED. *AK

"O/D OFF" LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. DIAGNOSIS IS THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION IS NEEDED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

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.

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.

SMOKE EMITTED FROM BEHIND THE FAN CONTROL PANEL. FLAMES EMITTED MOMENTS AFTERWARD. AUTO STOPPED AND DRIVER ESCAPED VEHICLE, PROCEEDED TO CALL FIRE DEPARTMENT (ON HIGHWAY AT TIME). FIRE DAMANGED THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD (MELTED MOST OF IT, PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG PARTIALLY DEPLOYED), WINDSHIELD CRACKED AND...

WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR STARTED DRIVING VERY SLUGGISH IN 1ST GEAR (NOT GOING ANY HIGHER THAN 5 M.P.H.), BUT WOULD DRIVE NORMAL IN ALL OTHER GEARS. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP IMMEDIATELY (SAME DAY), AND THEY SAID THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION (REBUILT) AND QUOTED ME $2,300. I TOOK IT FROM THE DEALER ...

THE TRANSMISSIONS HANGS UP WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEARS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH ALL 626'S, WHY ISN'T ANYTHING GETTING DONE ABOUT IT? *AK

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM/ CAUSING SERIOUS JERKING MOVEMENT TO THE CAR. A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS SITIUATION FOR THE DRIVER AND OTHER MOTORISTS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A REOCCURING PROBLEM AFFECTING TRANSMISSION AND LINKED PARTS IE. AXL. THIS SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING QUITE FREQUENTLY DUE TO THE COMPLAINTS I ...

THERE IS AN EXTREMELY HIGH RATE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THE 4 CYL 626 AND MAZDA NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROBLEM. *AK

I HAVE A 1996 MAZDA 626 THAT IS CURRENTLY HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THIS IS NOW THE SECOND TIME I AM ABOUT TO HAVE TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN I FIRST GOT THE CAR AT 56,000 MILES. I THEN PAID FOR THE REPAIR, WHICH COST ME ABOUT $1600.00 AT A TRANSMISSION SHOP. SIX M...

I HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS 626, MAZDA FROM THE DAY I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT AND I TRIED TO GET THE COMPANY TO TAKE IT BACK AND THEY WOULD GIVE ME LOTS OF EXCUSES AND WERE NOT HELPFUL. IN THE END I WAS TOLD THE AIR FLOW SENSOR WAS GONE & I PAID 300.00 FOR REPAIRS. 2 DAYS LATER THE CAR STARTED HAVIN...

I HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS 626, MAZDA FROM THE DAY I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT AND I TRIED TO GET THE COMPANY TO TAKE IT BACK AND THEY WOULD GIVE ME LOTS OF EXCUSES AND WERE NOT HELPFUL. IN THE END I WAS TOLD THE AIR FLOW SENSOR WAS GONE & I PAID 300.00 FOR REPAIRS. 2 DAYS LATER THE CAR STARTED HAVIN...

I HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS 626, MAZDA FROM THE DAY I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT AND I TRIED TO GET THE COMPANY TO TAKE IT BACK AND THEY WOULD GIVE ME LOTS OF EXCUSES AND WERE NOT HELPFUL. IN THE END I WAS TOLD THE AIR FLOW SENSOR WAS GONE & I PAID 300.00 FOR REPAIRS. 2 DAYS LATER THE CAR STARTED HAVIN...

AS A RESULT OF A CRASH WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REBUILT, THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON , CV JOINTS ARE ALSO FAULTY, ALSO VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER HIT A DEER.*JB

AS A RESULT OF A CRASH WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REBUILT, THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON , CV JOINTS ARE ALSO FAULTY, ALSO VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER HIT A DEER.*JB

AS A RESULT OF A CRASH WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REBUILT, THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON , CV JOINTS ARE ALSO FAULTY, ALSO VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER HIT A DEER.*JB

AS A RESULT OF A CRASH WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REBUILT, THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON , CV JOINTS ARE ALSO FAULTY, ALSO VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER HIT A DEER.*JB

FALKEN TIRE SIZE: P195/65R14, DOT: V49) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, AND BELT ON TIRE CUT ALL THE WAY THROUGH UNDERNEATH TREAD WHILE PARKED IN GARAGE. STATIONARY FOR OVER A MONTH. LEFT FRONT FENDER WAS BLOWN OUTWARD WHEN TIRE EXPLODED. *AK *JB

PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BELT WILL LOCK BEFORE ABLE TO BUCKLE, HAVE TO TRY NUMEROUS TIMES. *AK

COOLLING SYSTEM BREAKDOWN RUINED ENGINE. CAR COVERED BY WARRANTY, BUT MAZDA REFUSES TO PAY, CLAIMING NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERHEATING OF ENGINE. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING WHEN GOING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. VEHICLE WANTS TO REMAIN IN NEUTRAL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A TRANSMISSION BLOWOUT WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP POSITION. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ITS WARRANTY, AND NOTHING WOULD BE DONE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

CATALYTIC CONVERTER 2 TIMES. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT TRAFFIC SIGNAL. O/D LIGHT FLASHING, TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AND WILL NOT GO BACK INTO ANY GEAR.*AK

98 V 249 000/AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT: RECEIVED RECALL SINCE INCIDENT DATE, AND STILL UNABLE TO GET IT HONORED. MADE TWO MORE ATTEMPTS, AND STILL DEALER, UTAH AUTO COLLECTIONS, OREM, UT; PHONE# 801/229-3600, WOULD NOT GIVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR REPAIRS. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

THIS MODEL YEAR 626 HAVE BAD TRANSMISSION I NEVER SEEN SO MANY TRANS. BEING REPLACE ON ONE MODEL CAR DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO DIE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. IS THAT WHAT WHEN IT CAME TO FIRESTONE AND FORD I HOPE YOU WILL LOOK IN TO THIS BEFORE THEN ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET THE INFORMATION...

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. SAME DAY RECEIVED RECALL LETTER ON AIRBAGS. DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL. *AK

ENGINE WARNING LIGHT-SERVICE 3 TIMES, TRANSMISSION JERKS-O/D LIGHT COMES ON, CANNOT LOCATE PROBLEM-TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT-MUST BE REPLACED. *AK

ENGINE WARNING LIGHT-SERVICE 3 TIMES, TRANSMISSION JERKS-O/D LIGHT COMES ON, CANNOT LOCATE PROBLEM-TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT-MUST BE REPLACED. *AK

TRANSMISSION BROKE WHILE DRIVING WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY.IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. *AK

MY 1996 MAZDA WHICH I PURCHASED IN 1997 HAS SERIOUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY IN 1-11-99. IT IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR A SECOND TRANSMISSION WHICH FAILED ON 12-29-99. I AM CONFUSED AS TO WHY WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRAN...

PURCHASE AUTO USED WITH LESS 48,255 MILES ON IT ON 5/1/98. ON 5/22/98 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALONG WITH THE SRS LIGHT BEGAN BURNING INTERMITTENTLY. PART WAS ORDERED ON 5/22/98 AND REPLACED ON 6/6/98. PROBLEM STILL EXISTED AND WAS WORKED ON AGAIN 6/10/98. DIDN'T REPAIR PROBLEM AND SO IT WAS AGAIN WOR...

PURCHASE AUTO USED WITH LESS 48,255 MILES ON IT ON 5/1/98. ON 5/22/98 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALONG WITH THE SRS LIGHT BEGAN BURNING INTERMITTENTLY. PART WAS ORDERED ON 5/22/98 AND REPLACED ON 6/6/98. PROBLEM STILL EXISTED AND WAS WORKED ON AGAIN 6/10/98. DIDN'T REPAIR PROBLEM AND SO IT WAS AGAIN WOR...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WOULD COST $2,500 TO FIX THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE DIAGNOSTIC CODES REPORTED TO ME WERE P 1744 (TCC PERFORMANCE), P0741 (TCC STUCK) AND P0303 (#3 MISFIRE). I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT MANY HAV...

NO INFORMATION IN OWNERS MANUAL REGARDING O/D FLASHING ON DASH. *AK

RECALL 98V249 000/AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT: WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE RAN OVER SOMETHING WHICH CAUSED BOTH AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND LANDED IN A DITCH. ALSO, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO WINDSHIELD/ HOOD AND BUMPER. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND LOSE POWER. SOMETIMES, VEHICLE WOULD GO OUT WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. MANUFACTURER COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT CAUSED THIS PROBLEM THREE TIMES. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE. NLM

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE. NLM

LAST FRIDAY MY TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY 1996 MAZDA 626 AT 55MPH ON THE TACONIC STATE PARKWAY. WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND PRESSINGON THE GAS PEDAL, THE ENGINE DID NOTHING BUT REV, THE O/D LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND I THE CAR SLOWLY CAME TO A STOP. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND I T...

DRIVER'S SAFETY BELT SOMETIMES PPPPS OUT. SAFETY BELT INDICATOR LIGHT IS OFF AND THE SAFETY BELT BEEP SOUND SOMETIMES IS ON,SOMETIMES IS OFF. *AK

CONSUMER HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION 3 TIMES, STARTING AT 42,000 MILES, AND IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHED ON VEHICLE/ LOST POWER/ STARTED SHIFTING AND GAVE GAS TO ACCELERATE, BUT IT DIDN'T HELP. THE SAME SIGN EACH TIME, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. MARCH 1999 90,000 & NOV-2...

I AM WRITING TO REPORT A PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH OUR 1996 MAZDA 626. I HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE THE DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPED WHILE DRIVING. THE INCIDENT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN APPROXIMATELY $720 WORTH OF DAMAGE. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT AS I WAS TRAVELLING VERY SLOWLY. THE PROBLEM HAP...

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL#98V249000/ CONCERNING AIR BAG MODULE AND CONTACTED CONTCRIPPEN AUTO MALL. WAS TOLD THERE WAS A WAITING PERIOD OF 6 WEEKS DUE TO LACK OF PERSONNEL. DEALER ONLY HAD 1 TECHNICIAN THAT WEEKS ON VOLVO AND MAZDA. DEALER LOCATED IN LANSING MI, TELE#517-627-8411.*AK

TEMPERATURE GUAGE NEEDLE MOVES ABOVE HALF-WAY MARK, ALMOST TO RED ZONE, THEN QUICKLY JERKS BACK TO ORIGINAL POSITION. TWO THERMOSTATS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY DEALER, BUT CONTINUES TO EXIST. *AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. REACHED THE INTERSTATE EXIT AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE. ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. GARAGE STATED THAT 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD GEARS WERE GONE. MAZDA REFUSES TO ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND THEY WILL NOT HELP WITH THE RE...

TRANSMISSION PREMATURELY FAILED. ALSO THERE WAS NO MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR TRANSMISSION, AND NO WARNING INSTRUCTIONS WRITTEN IN OWNERS MANUAL ABOUT WHAT TO DO WHEN OVERDRIVE BUTTON ILLUMINATES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT STARTING SHAKING AND WENT DEAD. VEHICLEWAS DRIVEN TO A BODYSHOP IN FIRST GEAR. VEHICLE WAS ONLY DRIVEABLE IN FIRST GEAR AND REVERSE, AND THEN ONLY REVERSE.TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. MAZDA WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. CONSUMER WAS TOLD TO CONTACT FOR...

WHEN DRIVING THE O/D OFF LIGHT FLASHES, THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL CUT OFF WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BRAKES. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOPS THE ENGINE REVS BUT THE CAR CONTINUES TO MOVE AS THOUGH IT IS IN NEUTRAL FOR ABOUT 5 TO 10 MINUTES BEFORE IT KICKS IN GEAR VERY HARD. OCCASSIONALLY THE CAR WILL NOT EVE...

WHEN DRIVING THE O/D OFF LIGHT FLASHES, THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL CUT OFF WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BRAKES. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOPS THE ENGINE REVS BUT THE CAR CONTINUES TO MOVE AS THOUGH IT IS IN NEUTRAL FOR ABOUT 5 TO 10 MINUTES BEFORE IT KICKS IN GEAR VERY HARD. OCCASSIONALLY THE CAR WILL NOT EVE...

IN DECEMBER, 1998 OUR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH AFTER OUR 626 WAS DRIVEN AT 65+ MPH FOR 10-15 MINUTES. AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING ERRATICALLY AT LOW SPEEDS. THE PROBLEM WAS MIS-IDENTIFIED BY A SERVICE TECHNICIAN...

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. NLM

TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR; LOST GEAR AT 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE 75

TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR; LOST GEAR AT 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE 75

TRIED OTHER 626 CARS SAME NOISE IS HEARD - WHY IS THE NOISE THERE?

UPON ACCELERATING FROM A DEAD STOP, CAR SOMETIMES CAUSES HARD SHIFT ON GEARS 1 AND 2.

SHOULD THE REAR END GO OUT THIS SOON PLEASE CONTACT ME WORRIED ABOUT DAUGTHER-IN-LAW DRIVING THIS CAR LIKE THIS

TRANSMISSION BEGAN WHINING AND THEN FAILED AT HIGH SPEED GOING UPHILL. UNABLE TO STAY IN FLOW OF TRAFFIC. VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION THAT NEARLY LED TO AN ACCIDENT DUE TO SUDDEN DECELERATION. MAZDA IS UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY AT THIS POINT TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO OTHER OWNERS EVE...

SECOND TRANSMISSION IN UNDER ONE YEAR. MAZDA WILL NOT ADMIT TO THIS BEING A PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. MEANING, THEY WILL NOT ADMIT THAT THIS TRANNY SHOULD HAVE LAST MORE THAN 19,000 MILES. DO NOT CONSIDER IT ANYTHING BUT COINCIDENCE THAT IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN UNDER A YEAR. THE FIR...

TRANSMISSION FAILED AFTER OWNING THE CAR FOR LESS THAN ONE MONTH. IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, SO THE DEALER REPLACED ALL PARTS AND INSTALLED FREE OF CHARGE. THEY ASSURED ME AT THE DEALER THAT THIS WAS A FLUKE, AND THAT THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS BEING A PROBLEM IN MAZDA 626, 1996 4-CYLINDER ...

FOUND OUT THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 626 TRANS, SHOULD BE A RECALL, EVEN REPLACMENT ONES ARE DEFECTIVE

NO SUMMARY

I WAS DRIVING ON I-10. I MADE A ROUTINE LANE CHANGE. AT THAT MOMENT I LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. MY STEERING FAILED. I WAS REAR-ENDED. I WAS SHOVED INTO ANOTHER CAR ON MY DRIVER SIDE. I CAME TO REST ON A CONCRETE BARRIER. THE MECHANIC AT THE COLLISION CENTER SAID THE RACK AND PINION FEL...

ENGINE FAILURE. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE START JERKING OVER 50 MPH AND SPEED COULD DROP ON THE FREEWAY WHERE TRANSMISSION/OVERDRIVE LIGHT WILL START FLASHING.*AK

PASSENGER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, OWNER NOTIFICATION WAS NOT RECEIVED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE HEARD NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT. CONSUMER THEN NOTICED THAT BOTH AIRBAGS HAD DEPLOYED.*AK

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AT 5:45 P.M. AND AS I WAS GOING OVER A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS AT 15 MILES PER HOUR THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I RECEIVED AN ABRASION ON MY CORNEA IN MY LEFT EYE, A RASH AND SCRAPES ON MY LEFT CHEEK, A SCRAPE ABOVE MY LEFT EYELID, AND SOME HEARING...

TRANSMISSION BROKE WHILE CAR WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT IN DRIVE, RESTART AND CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE.

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. SECOND GEAR TO THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE. VEHICLE COULD ONLY TRAVEL ABOUT 15MPH BECAUSE SECOND GEAR BURNED OUT. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. SECOND GEAR TO THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE. VEHICLE COULD ONLY TRAVEL ABOUT 15MPH BECAUSE SECOND GEAR BURNED OUT. *AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THEY WOULD MAKE A GRINDING NOISE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CAR SEEMED TO DRAG, BECAME VERY SLUGGISH AND ROUGH, MADE ROARING NOISE, SMOKE CAME FROM AXLE AREA, TRANSMISSION FLUID BEGAN LEAKING. FOUND OUT DIFFERENTIAL WAS MESSED UP, NEEDED REPLACEMENT--TWO MONTHS AFTER TRANSMISSION AND AXLE REPLACED (FILED EARLIER C

CAR SEEMED TO DRAG, BECAME VERY SLUGGISH AND ROUGH, MADE ROARING NOISE, SMOKE CAME FROM AXLE AREA, TRANSMISSION FLUID BEGAN LEAKING. FOUND OUT DIFFERENTIAL WAS MESSED UP, NEEDED REPLACEMENT--TWO MONTHS AFTER TRANSMISSION AND AXLE REPLACED (FILED EARLIER C

CAR SEEMED TO DRAG, BECAME VERY SLUGGISH AND ROUGH, MADE ROARING NOISE, SMOKE CAME FROM AXLE AREA, TRANSMISSION FLUID BEGAN LEAKING. FOUND OUT DIFFERENTIAL WAS MESSED UP, NEEDED REPLACEMENT--TWO MONTHS AFTER TRANSMISSION AND AXLE REPLACED (FILED EARLIER C

I HAD BEEN HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH MY 626 FOR SEVERAL MILES BEFORE MY MILEAGE ROLLED OVER TO 50,000. I HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THE DEALER'S REPLY BEING "WE CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG". FINALLY I TOOK IT BACK AGAIN AT 56,000 MILES. THE DEALERSHIP THEN...

THE HEADLIGHT COMBO SWITCH FAILED DUE TO POOR DESIGN. NLM

WHEN CONSUMER STATRTS VEHICLE THE ENGINE TAPS LOUD NOISES. ALSO, THE ENGINE CHECKLIGHT STAYS ON FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP,AND STILL EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER STATRTS VEHICLE THE ENGINE TAPS LOUD NOISES. ALSO, THE ENGINE CHECKLIGHT STAYS ON FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP,AND STILL EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, TRAVELING ABOUT 25 MPH AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE OR THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. FRONT END DAMAGE TOTALLED $3,000.00. VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION INITIALLY SHIFTED ROUGHLY THEN REVVED DURING SHIFTING 3-4, THEN A LOUD BANG DURING BRAKING QUICKLY, THIS PROGRESSED TO LURCHING FORWARD AFTER BRAKING, THEN POPPING NOISES IN LOW GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP OR AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 40 MPH. AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP SAID ...

TRANSMISSION INITIALLY SHIFTED ROUGHLY THEN REVVED DURING SHIFTING 3-4, THEN A LOUD BANG DURING BRAKING QUICKLY, THIS PROGRESSED TO LURCHING FORWARD AFTER BRAKING, THEN POPPING NOISES IN LOW GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP OR AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 40 MPH. AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP SAID ...

OVERDRIVE LIGHT CAME ON, AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS COME ON, CAUSING ME TO RETURN THE CAR TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT PROBLEM IS TRANSMISSION. *AK

OVERDRIVE LIGHT CAME ON, AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS COME ON, CAUSING ME TO RETURN THE CAR TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT PROBLEM IS TRANSMISSION. *AK

TWO TRANSMISSION SHOPS REFUSED TO FIX OR REPLACE TRANSMISSIO. , BOTH STATED MAZDA HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSIONS, I HAD TO TAKE IT TO A MAZDA DEALER FOR A MANUFACTURER TRANSMISSION - $2,200.00! *AK

CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH TRANSMISSION. USUALLY WHEN CHANGING GEARS . *AK *YC

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING DURING RUSH HOUR ON A MAJOR FREEWAY. WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO SAID A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. THE CAR ONLY HAS 68000 MILES ON IT. WAS THEN TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHO DID THE WORK FOR A LOT LESS THEN THE DEALER. *AK

STANDING WHILE THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE, WHEN PRESSING ON ACCELERATOR CAR WOULD REV UP BUT NOT MOVE, THEN LURCH FORWARD SUDDENLY WHILE IN TRAFFIC.FORWARD CLUTCH BUSTED. MAZDA TRANSMISSIONS ARE KNOWN PROBLEMS, WAS TOLD.

STANDING WHILE THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE, WHEN PRESSING ON ACCELERATOR CAR WOULD REV UP BUT NOT MOVE, THEN LURCH FORWARD SUDDENLY WHILE IN TRAFFIC.FORWARD CLUTCH BUSTED. MAZDA TRANSMISSIONS ARE KNOWN PROBLEMS, WAS TOLD.

FOURTH GEAR FAILURE- DAMAGED INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. EXPERIENCED HESITATION AND OVERREVING OF THE ENGINE JUST PRIOR TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS AND THE TAIL LIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE, WHICH MAY RESULT VISUAL DIFFICULTY. OWNER'S MANUAL STATED TO REPLACE THE FUSE. THE OCCUPANT REPLACE THE FUSE, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. DEALER SAID THAT THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED MANUFACTURER WAS WILLING TO PA...

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS AND THE TAIL LIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE, WHICH MAY RESULT VISUAL DIFFICULTY. OWNER'S MANUAL STATED TO REPLACE THE FUSE. THE OCCUPANT REPLACE THE FUSE, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. DEALER SAID THAT THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED MANUFACTURER WAS WILLING TO PA...

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS AND THE TAIL LIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE, WHICH MAY RESULT VISUAL DIFFICULTY. OWNER'S MANUAL STATED TO REPLACE THE FUSE. THE OCCUPANT REPLACE THE FUSE, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. DEALER SAID THAT THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED MANUFACTURER WAS WILLING TO PA...

STEERING RACK AND PINION FELL APART CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND VEHICLE COLLISION, INJURY TO CONSUMER. MJS

AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE CAR AND STATED:INSPECT CAR AT BODY SHOP AND FOUND A BROKEN SHAFT IN THE RACK AND PINION UNIT. THE CAR HAS NO DIRECT IMPACT TO ANY COMPONENTS RELATED TO THE STEERING FAILURE. THE SHAFT FAILED DUE TO A DEFECTIVE PART.THE BODY SHOP EMPLOYEE STATED: THE RACK AND PI...

AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE FAILED ON TWO OCCASIONS. MJS

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT HAS A PROBLEM. IF IT IS LEANED BACK ON WITH A CERTAIN A MOUNT OF WEIGHT, IT WILL COLAPSE WHILE DRIVING THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIME IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

BRAKE FAILURE- PURCHASED USED CARE 6/98, REPLACED BRAKE PADS 10/98, BRAKES FAILED 6/8/99 AND HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS (FRONT) AFTER ACCIDENT. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS- THE CAR BEGAN TO JUMP WHILE ACCELERATING FROM 0-30MPH, SO I PULLED OVER AND PARKED (7/20/99) AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRI...

BRAKE FAILURE- PURCHASED USED CARE 6/98, REPLACED BRAKE PADS 10/98, BRAKES FAILED 6/8/99 AND HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS (FRONT) AFTER ACCIDENT. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS- THE CAR BEGAN TO JUMP WHILE ACCELERATING FROM 0-30MPH, SO I PULLED OVER AND PARKED (7/20/99) AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRI...

BRAKE FAILURE- PURCHASED USED CARE 6/98, REPLACED BRAKE PADS 10/98, BRAKES FAILED 6/8/99 AND HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS (FRONT) AFTER ACCIDENT. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS- THE CAR BEGAN TO JUMP WHILE ACCELERATING FROM 0-30MPH, SO I PULLED OVER AND PARKED (7/20/99) AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRI...

THE VEHICLE OVERDRIVE LIGHT WAS BLINKING AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ON, DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *ET

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAG DUE TO POSSIBLE RECALL COMPONENT 98V-249 (SENSOR), HOWEVER NOT NOTIFIED OF RECALL AND DEALERSHIP WANTS TO REPLACE COMPLETE SYSTEM. MJS

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON DUE TO FAULTY AIR MASS METER. MJS

WHEN TURN SIGNAL USED TO SIGNAL TURN, HEADLIGHTS GO OUT. PROBLEM CONSISTENT AND CONTINUOUS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CAR WAS PURCHASED WITH 15,000 MILES. I HAVE HAD THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THESE THINGS TO BE INVESTIGATED. I KNOW OF 4 OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SOME OF THESE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR 1996 626.

CAR WAS PURCHASED WITH 15,000 MILES. I HAVE HAD THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THESE THINGS TO BE INVESTIGATED. I KNOW OF 4 OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SOME OF THESE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR 1996 626.

REPORTED TO MAZDA THAT IN TWO FRONT-END COLLISIONS NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. AND THEY SAID "TOO BAD." CAR WAS ALMOST TOTALLED IN JUNE 96 WRECK, AND WE WERE BOTH INJURED. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED, AND IN DECEMBER 96, WE HIT TWO DEERS/AN EMBANKMENT AND ROLLED 175 FEET AND THE AIRBAGS STILL DID NOT DEPLOY, S...

STARTING FROM A STOP, ENGINE SEEMED TO RACE AT FULL THROTTLE, BRAKES NOT EFFECTIVE, AFTER CRASH ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN @6000 RPM UNTILL IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. *AK

ENGINE VIBRATES AND IT IS TRANSMITTING THE VIBRATION TO THE STEERING WHEEL AND TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHEN MAKING STOPS. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED STARTED TO SOME ON THE HWY/WORKED ON BY AAMCO-FAILED AGAIN/WORK ON BY AAMCO AGAIN-FAILED AGAIN/WORK ON BY AMMCO AGAIN-AAMCO WILL NOT EXTEND THE WARRANTY-PLEASE CONTACT ME

NO SUMMARY

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES CONTINUED VIBRATION CAUSING STEERING WHEEL AND FLOOR PEDAL VIBRATIONS.

OIL PRESSURE SWITCH BROKE, CAUSING THE OIL TO DISCHARGE INTO THE EXHAUST, RESULTING IN A POTENTIAL SAFTEY HAZARD. *AK

CONSUMER HAS BEEN TRYING TO CONTACT A DEALER ABOUT A RECALL LETTER THAT WAS RECEIVED ON 01-FEB-99, CONCERNING AIR BAG RECALL#SSP34, AND HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY SATISFACTION. *AK

OIL SENDING UNIT CRACKED, CAUSING OIL TO DRAIN OUT, RESUTLING IN A DAMAGED ENGINE, DEALER REPLACED ENGINE. ALSO, TRANSMISSION BECAME INOPERATIVE. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED IT.*AK

OIL SENDING UNIT CRACKED, CAUSING OIL TO DRAIN OUT, RESUTLING IN A DAMAGED ENGINE, DEALER REPLACED ENGINE. ALSO, TRANSMISSION BECAME INOPERATIVE. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED IT.*AK

LUG NUTS FAILURE. YH

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH REARENDED A VEHICLE IN FRONT, THE DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT STAYS ON. THE BRAKE CALIPERS AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER WERE REPLACED. ALSO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. DEALER CONTACTED AND AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WERE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT STAYS ON. THE BRAKE CALIPERS AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER WERE REPLACED. ALSO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. DEALER CONTACTED AND AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WERE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT STAYS ON. THE BRAKE CALIPERS AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER WERE REPLACED. ALSO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. DEALER CONTACTED AND AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WERE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT STAYS ON. THE BRAKE CALIPERS AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER WERE REPLACED. ALSO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. DEALER CONTACTED AND AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WERE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER'S CAR WAS HIT VERY HARD BY ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE BACK , CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT A CAR IN FRONT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED.

COMPUTER MODULE FAILURE.

AIR INTAKE SYSTEM FAILED.

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH AIR BAGS RESULTED IN INJURY TO CONSUMER AND DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.

NONE OF THE FIRST THREE PROBLEMS WERE CAUSING ANY SAFETY HAZARDS. THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE MADE THE SHIFTING VERY JERKY AND RPM TO GO HIGH. I DID NOT TRY TO EXPERIMENT ON THIS ON THE HIGHWAY. DRIVING A MAZDA IS THE WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. NEVER BUY/LEASE OR RENT A MAZDA AGAIN.

NONE OF THE FIRST THREE PROBLEMS WERE CAUSING ANY SAFETY HAZARDS. THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE MADE THE SHIFTING VERY JERKY AND RPM TO GO HIGH. I DID NOT TRY TO EXPERIMENT ON THIS ON THE HIGHWAY. DRIVING A MAZDA IS THE WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. NEVER BUY/LEASE OR RENT A MAZDA AGAIN.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

DURING NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS AND NO INCLEMENT WEATHER INADVERTENT DUAL AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT HAD ARISEN. CONSEQUENCE: FACIAL AND NECK BURNS, AS WELL AS NECK/BACK INJURIES. *AK

POWER STEERING FLUID IS LEAKING DUE TO A LOOSE BOLT IN THE POWER STEERING RACK. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45MPH, VEHICLE STOPPED FOR NO REASON. WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. HAD VEHICLE TOWED HOME. NOTIFIED DEALERSHIP & SERVICE MANAGER SAID TRANSMISSION & NOT THE ENGINE. NOT UNDER WARRANTY FOR REPAIRS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45MPH, VEHICLE STOPPED FOR NO REASON. WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. HAD VEHICLE TOWED HOME. NOTIFIED DEALERSHIP & SERVICE MANAGER SAID TRANSMISSION & NOT THE ENGINE. NOT UNDER WARRANTY FOR REPAIRS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK CONSUMER STATED WAS HIT AT AN 90 DEGREE ANGLE DEMOLISHING THE ENTIRE LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE, CAUSING INJURY TO PASSENGER AND DRIVER.*JB

DASH BOARD RATTLES AND VIBRATES.

OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED.

DRIVER WAS REACHING IN REAR OF VEHICLE & THE DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. THE LEVER FAILED TO REMAIN LOCKED IN PLACE. DRIVER TEMPORARILY LOST VISIBILITY. TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER'S. *AK

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG WHEN GOING OVER POT HOLE.

STEERING FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS UPON IMPACT.

STEERING FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS UPON IMPACT.

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HIT A POTHOLE AND THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURERR HAS BEEN NOTOFIED. *DUP 535819, POSTED ON 03-NOV-98. *AK

NON DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENER'S AIRBAGS DURING A COLLISION,RESULTING IN INJURIES TO DRIVER. ALSO VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.

TIRES HAD BUBBLES AND BLISTERS ON THEM, DUNLOP SP20 195/65R14.

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MHP A CAR RAN THE STOP SIGN, CONSUMER HIT THE CAR ON THE LEFT AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER COULD NOT OPEN LEFT FRONT DOOR. CONSUMER CALLED DEALER. *AK

DRIVING ON SMOOTH PAVEMENT ABS LIGHT COMES ON. WAS TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES, DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. CHANGED AIRBAG'S MAIN CONTROLLER/REPLACED RIGHT SIDE AIRBAG.

DRIVING ON SMOOTH PAVEMENT ABS LIGHT COMES ON. WAS TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES, DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. CHANGED AIRBAG'S MAIN CONTROLLER/REPLACED RIGHT SIDE AIRBAG.

TRANSMISSION SEAL FAILED.

MAIN BRAIN (CONTROL UNIT) FAILED.

IDLE SPEED CONTROL FAILED.

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT PREMATURELY. ( FIRESTONE)

DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON FRONT END COLLISION, 35 MPH, VEHICLE BROADSIDED ANOTHER MOVING VEHICLE, HEAD-ON, ALSO, 12-07-96, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED DURING FRONT END COLLISION WITH DEER ON ROAD; 55 MPH, VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK

BEARING WHEEL FAILED.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

RADIATOR CAP FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT.

EA-97012; GOING ABOUT (10) MPH HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJURIES TO THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S FACE. THE WINDSHIELD WAS ALSO BROKEN BY THE AIR BAGS. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK

DRIVING VEHICLE, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD FISHTAIL FOR NO REASON; WOULD ALSO MAKE GROANING NOISE; HAPPENS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. A LOT OF VIBRATIONS WOULD OCCUR IN THE STEERING COLUMN AT SAME TIME; TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM; WENT THROUGH AUTOCAP IN ORDER FOR A REP. TO C...

CONSUMER FRIEND WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 35 MPH SUDDENLY ANOTHER VEHICLE JUMPED OUT, IN ORDER TO AVOID HITTING THIS VEHICLE, CONSUMER HIT PARKED CAR HEAD-ON. BOTH AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, DUE TO THIS DEFECT, DRIVER SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE HEAD INJURIES, HIT STEERING WHEEL . SEAT BELT WAS ALSO WORN AT THE TI...

CONSUMER FRIEND WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 35 MPH SUDDENLY ANOTHER VEHICLE JUMPED OUT, IN ORDER TO AVOID HITTING THIS VEHICLE, CONSUMER HIT PARKED CAR HEAD-ON. BOTH AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, DUE TO THIS DEFECT, DRIVER SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE HEAD INJURIES, HIT STEERING WHEEL . SEAT BELT WAS ALSO WORN AT THE TI...

WHILE UNDER LIGHT BRAKING CONDITIONS BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

FRONT END COLLISION AT 30-35 MPH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN DRIVER SUSTAINING INJURIES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT-END COLLISION ,THE FRONT END WAS DESTROYED, TRAVLING ABOUT (35) MPH, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS. VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED . *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HAD A BLOW OUT WHICH ACTIVATED THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *AK

WHILE APPLYING NORMAL PRESSURE ON (ABS) BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL WOULD DROP COMPLETELY TO FLOOR, FINALLY WOULD ENGAGE ENOUGH TO STOP; HAPPENS INTERMITTENLY; TOOK TO DEALER, HE COULD NOT FIND OR FIX PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HIT POTHOLE , CAUSING DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSEGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS, RESULTING IN CRACKED WINDSHIELD. *AK

HIT POTHOLE WHILE DRIVING AND AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

STRUTS FAILED.

ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.

CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED.

BRAKE PROBLEMS.

TRANSMISSION REPLACED.

STEERING WHEEL IS OFF CENTER WHICH CAUSES A SEVERE VIBRATION AND DIFFICULTY IN DRIVING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HIT A POTHOLE AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS DRIVER'S FAULT BECAUSE THE AIR BAG DEPLOED. AK.

AIR INTAKE INGESTED RAIN WATER INTO ENGINE, CAUSING CYLINDER ROD TO BREAK.

BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY, ALSO AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE IN CRASH.

BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY, ALSO AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE IN CRASH.

IGNITION KEY CAN BE REMOVED WITHOUT SHIFTING TRANSMISSION GEAR INTO THE 'PARKED' POSITION.

WHEN LOWERING AUTOMATIC WINDOW FOR DRIVER ,THE DOOR OPENED WHILE IN MOTION. DUE TO FAILURE, DRIVER LOST CONTROL , WENT INTO A CREEK HITTING TREE. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IMMEDIATELY UPON IMPACT W/NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

WHEN LOWERING AUTOMATIC WINDOW FOR DRIVER ,THE DOOR OPENED WHILE IN MOTION. DUE TO FAILURE, DRIVER LOST CONTROL , WENT INTO A CREEK HITTING TREE. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IMMEDIATELY UPON IMPACT W/NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

PARKED VEHICLE AN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN DASH BOARD AREA DUE TO A POSSIBLE ELECTRIAL SHORT.*AK

PARKED VEHICLE AN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN DASH BOARD AREA DUE TO A POSSIBLE ELECTRIAL SHORT.*AK

THERE WAS A SHUTTLE IN THE AXLE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. GIVE MORE DETAILS. *AK

FRONT AND REAR AXLE REPLACED DUE TO VEHICLE PULLING .*SD

AT HIGH SPEED THE BRAKES ARE JUMPING, CONSUMER HAVING A HARD TIME STOPPING THE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE HIT A MANHOLE COVER THAT WAS A FEW INCHES ABOVE SURFACE OF ROAD; AIRBAG DEPLOYED, SHATTERED WINDSHIELD; CAUSED PERSONAL INJURY; SPEED 20 TO 25 MPH.*AK

COMING TO A STOP APPLIED BRAKES NO RESPONSE, CAUSING STOPPING DISTANCE TO INCREASE. *AK

COMING TO A STOP APPLIED BRAKES NO RESPONSE, CAUSING STOPPING DISTANCE TO INCREASE. *AK

PURCHASE CAR NEW THERE IS A VIBRATION ON CAR DEALER CAN'T PROBLEM . TT