1995 Mazda 626 complaints

MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION BROKE AFTER JUST 50000 MILES: WE WERE DRIVING FROM NY TO PITTSBURGH ON OUR WAY HOME AND THE O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. AFTER PULLING THE CAR TO THE NEXT EXIT BURNING SMELL STARTED COMING IN SO WE TOOK THE CAR TO PEP BOYS WHO CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BUT IT STILL DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM OF CAR UNABLE TO MOVE/SLIP GEARS WHEN OCCASIONALLY IT MOVED. TOOK THE CAR TO AAMCO WHO REPLACED THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION AND THE TOTAL COST CAME TO SOMEWHERE LIKE $4000. ON DOING FURTHER RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOUND OUT THAT MAZDA WAS PUTTING FORD TRANSMISSIONS IN SOME OF THERE VEHICLES AND FORD HAD ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS FOR THERE OWN VEHICLES AT ONE POINT. HERE IS THE LINK FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAD ISSUES WITH THERE TRANSMISSION FOR MAZDA CARS. I WAS JUST WONDERING WITH SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING ISSUES AND MANY MORE WHO HAVEN'T EVEN REGISTERED OR FILED COMPLAINT, HOW COME AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT YET RECALLED THIS CAR OR ORDERED MAZDA TO FIX THIS ISSUE AT THERE OWN COST. I HAVE TRIED TO TALK TO MAZDA DIRECTLY AND IT HAS JUST BEEN WASTE OF TIME FOR ME. HOPEFULLY THERE WOULD BE SOME ACTION TAKEN SOON FOR THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE. *JB HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/YOURLEMON/189.HTML

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 1995 MAZDA 626 FAILED AT 78,000 MILES AND IT COST ME $2400 TO REPLACE. *AK

LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, I PURCHASED A 1995 MAZDA 626 LX FROM A FRIEND. MY FRIEND HAD INFORMED ME THAT THE CAR HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION, ETC.. SO I DECIDED TO PURCHASE THE CAR SINCE IT DID NOT SEEM THAT MUCH ELSE COULD GO WRONG WITH IT BESIDES MAINTENANCE. SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR, THE O/D OFF LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH. NOTHING SEEMED TO BE WRONG WITH THE CAR, THOUGH SO I CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT. MY FRIEND SAID THAT HE HAD TAKEN IT BACK TO THE PLACE THAT HAD REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY COULD FIND NO REASON WHY THAT LIGHT OCCASSIONALY CAME ON. THE LAST TIME THE LIGHT CAME ON, THE CAR BEGAN TO SHIFT REPEATEDLY FROM 3RD TO 4TH GEAR AND WOULD REMAIN IN NEITHER GEAR. IT HAS NOW BEEN A MONTH AND I AM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. EVERYONE I HAVE CONSULTED HAS EITHER REFUSED TO WORK ON THAT CAR OR HAVE RUN ME AROUND TO THE POINT THAT I NOW HAVE A LONG LIST OF POSSIBLE PROBLEMS BUT NO CLEAR ANSWERS. I BEGAN TO RESEARCH ON MY OWN RECENTLY OVER THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF THIS YEAR AND MAKE OF CAR. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT I ISSUE A COMPLAINT AND SO HERE I AM. THE TRANSMISSION IS LESS THAN TWO YEARS OLD AND YET, SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG AGAIN. OF COURSE, THERE IS NO LONGER A WARRANTY ON IT AND I FIND IT RATHER ODD THAT SO MANY MECHANICS, EVEN THE DEALTERSHIP ITSELF, DOES NOT WANT TO HELP OUT WITH THE REPAIRS TO THIS TRANSMISSION.

GEAR DOWNSHIFTED FROM 60 MPH TO 5 MPH WHILE DRIVING. THE O/D LIGHT STARTED BLINKING WITH HUGE VIBRATION. A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 2002 FEB. *TT

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF THEN VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. *TT

TRANSMISSION ON 1995 MAZDA 626 ACTING VERY STRANGE. OVERDRIVE LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND CAR SHIFTED VERY RAPIDLY AND HARD JARRING THE WHOLE CAR. I REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWICE HAVING THE SAME RESULT AFTER SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. *NLM

1995 MAZDA 626 LX AROUND 35 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT THIS CAR I KNEW I WAS IN TROUBLE, AFTER TWO HOURS OF DRIVING MY BROTHER AND I WERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH A SMOKING CAR. WE ENDED UP HAVING TO PUT IN TWO CONTAINERS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID EVERY 30 MINUTES. THE CARS BEHIND US HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID ALL OVER THEIR WINDSHIELDS. I HAD THIS CAR FOR AROUND A YEAR AND A HALF AND HAVE ALREADY HAD THE TRANSMISSION FIXED ONCE, AND NOW IT'S DUE FOR ANOTHER FIX. I THINK THIS IS HORRIBLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE AND TRANSMISSION. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS.*JB

I OWNED A 1995 MAZDA 626 THAT HAD REPEATED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. STARTED AT 70,000 MILES. MAZDA HAS BEEN INFORMED BUT HAS DONE NOTHING. *JB

I OWN A 1995 MAZDA 626. I RECENTLY BOUGHT IT USED OFF OF ONE PRIVATE OWNER AT AROUND 57K MILES. AT AROUND 62,700K MILES THE O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND APPARENT PROBLEMS COULD BE SEEN IN THE SHIFTING. I TOOK THE CAR TO MAZDA AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I THEN WENT TO AAMCO AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD REBUILD IT FOR A MORE REASONABLE PRICE THAN MAZDA HAD OFFERED. IT HAS BEEN 8 MONTHS SINCE I GOT THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND LAST NIGHT THE CAR STARTED SMOKING FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING EVERYWHERE. THE CAR TODAY WONT EVEN STAY INTO ONE GEAR IT CONSTANTLY SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE TRANSMISSION PART ON MAZDAS FROM NOT ONLY 1995 BUT FROM 1994 TO 1997 SHOULD ALL BE RECALLED. I HAVE BEEN ON A SITE (HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/YOUR LEMON/189.HTML) WHERE THERE ARE SO MANY CASES OF THE SIMILAR TYPE. FOR EXAMPLE, CALBEARONE WRITES: "PURCHASED A USED 97 MAZDA 626 LX 4-CYL AUTO TRANS WITH 37K ON IT. I JUST HIT 59K ON IT THIS MONTH. GUESS WHAT. TRANSMISSION FAILED. GOT IT REPLACED AT A COST OF $2300. THESE AREN'T ISOLATED INCIDENTS. I HAVE YET TO READ ABOUT A 626 OWNER THAT'S HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION." THERE ARE AT LEAST 150 COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM ON THAT SITE ALONE! MAZDA CONTINUES TO IGNORE THE CONTINUAL PRESS BY THE CONSUMER FOR A RECALL BY MAKING A RIDICULOUS STATEMENT THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH COMPLAINTS! SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS I, MYSELF FEAR THAT I AM ABOUT TO BE

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MY 1995 MAZDA 626 WENT OUT. *JB

1995 MAZDA 626 LX 2.0 LITER - PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE RE-BUILT AT A COST OF $2300. MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. *JB

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN THE 1995 MAZDA 626. *NLM

OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH AT AROUND 70K MILES, THEN STOPPED. THEN STARTED AND STOPPED FOR THE NEXT 20K MILES AFTER WHICH MY TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING OIL AND MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THE OVERDRIVE IS BURNT. I LOOKED ON THE WEB AND FOUND OUT THAT THE MAZDA 626 '95 TRANSMISSION IS POORLY DESIGNED BECAUSE IT DOES NOT PROPERLY COOL THE TRANSMISSION OIL. *NLM

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED.*DT *JB

I PURCHASED AN AUTOMOBILE, MAZDA 626, FROM SHEROLD SALMON AUTO SUPER STORE, IN ROME, GEORGIA. THE CAR IS DEFECTIVE. I SPOKE WITH THEIR MANAGER, MR. MAC JONES ABOUT THE CAR AND HE WAS VERY UNCOOPERATIVE AND RUDE. I WAS LEAD TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS A GOOD CAR. MR. BILLY QUARRELS, THE SALESMAN WHO SHOWED ME THE CAR, STATED TO ME, THAT THE CAR WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION, A FANTASTIC QUALITY AND GOOD GRADE. WHEN IN FACT, THE CAR NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THEY ADVERTISED GOODS AND SERVICES WITH THE INTENT NOT TO SELL THEM AS ADVERTISED. MR. QUARRELS MADE A FALSE AND MISLEADING STATEMENT ABOUT THE CAR, WHEN HE SAID, "IT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION", "AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT". THE RESPONCE I RECEIVE FROM THE COMPANY IS SIMPLY, "WE'RE A BIG POWERFUL DEALERSHIP, DO WHAT YOU CAN". SO, I'M WRITING TO YOU. THANK YOU.

TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR/MAKE OF VEHICLE.

I HAVE A 95 MAZDA 626 W/109K MILES ON IT. I AM RELIGIOUS ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE, OIL CHANGES EVER 3K, FUEL FILTER, WHATEVER MY CAR NEEDS- IT GETS. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I NOTICED SOMETHING INTERMITTENT HAPPENING W/MY CAR. I'M NOT A MECHANICAL TYPE, BUT I KNOW THAT IF I CAN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM FOR MY MECHANICE CHANCES ARE HE CAN'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG TO FIX. LAST WEEKEND 2/15/03, I WAS OUT RUNNING ERRANDS AND IT WAS NOT JUST AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM ANYMORE. MY TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING. I CALLED MY MECHANIC, HE REFERRED ME TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. HE SAYS THESE TYPES OF CARS (MAZDA 626) ARE KNOWN FOR THESE PROBLEMS. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER CONSUMERS OUT THERE WHO HAVE HAD FAILED TRANSMISSIONS EVEN WAY EARLIER THAN ME WHICH INDICATES TO ME THERE IS A NEED FOR A MANUFACTURE RECALL. I ALSO SAW THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR OXYGEN SENSORS, AS DID I. I HAVE CONTACTED A LAW FIRM IN MICHIGAN WHO I BELIEVE MAY BE FILING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST MAZDA AND/OR FORD AND DEMANDING A RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS. HERE IS THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION LAW-FIRM OF ROY, SHECTER, AND VOCHT, P.C. IN MICHIGAN - THEY CAN BE REACHED AT (248) 540-7660 FAX AT (248) 540-0321. ALSO, HERE IS THE INTERNET LINK FOR ALL THE PEOPLE I FOUND COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR MAZDA 626. I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE REALLY ARE, THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS FORUM. HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LI

THE PLANETARY GEAR HAS SHREDDED AND CAUSED COPPER SHAVINGS TO GO INTO THE CASING AND STRIP THE TRANSMISSION GEARS. TOTALLY UNDRIVABLE.

THE O/D ON LIGHT KEEPS BLINKING. THE CAR CHANGES OUT VERY HARD. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO JERK AND THE CARS RPM'S WOULD SHOOT UP WITHOUT THE CAR ACCELERATING. I HAD TO SLOW THE CAR TO 20 MPH TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY GET IT OFF THE INTERSTATE BUT THE CAR STILL JERKED VIOLENTLY.

NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH 1995 MAZDA 626, HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, VALVES KNOCKING, WILL NOT STAY IN ALIGNMENT, FAN BELT BREAKAGE. THE LAST PROBLEM WAS THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, THE O/D LIGHT IS FLASHING AND SEEMS NOT TO WANT TO SHIFT.

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 83000 MILES ON 95 MAXDA 626. INTERNAL PROBLEMS.

THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. TRANSIMISSION GIVES A JERK WHEN SHIFTING IN LOW GEAR. DEALER SAYS THE VEHICLE NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION. *AK

TRANSMISSION JUST WENT OUT ON MY DAUGHTER TWO HUNDRED MILES FROM HOME. WIFE IS DISABLED AND OUR MEDICAL BILLS ARE HIGH. WHAT DO I DO. THE CAR WAS A MAZDA 626 1995. WE ALREADY HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED ONCE AND NOW IT NEEDS ANOTHER ONE. *JB

CONSUMER IS HAVING TROUBLE WITH HER TRANSMISSION. A MECHANIC TOLD THAT HER TRANSMISSION IS GOING, AND THAT SHE NEEDS A NEW ONE. PH

I OWN A 1995 MAZDA 626 AND THE TRANSMISSION IS ABOUT TO BREAK. IT HAS 120,000 MILES ON IT, I KNOW ITS A LOT BUT STILL THE TRANSMISSIONS IN MY OTHER CARS LASTED TO ALMOST 200,000 MILES. MAZDA SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DESIGN DEFECT AND I SHOULD NOT. I HEARD OF OTHER OWNERS HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AND RIGHT NOW!

1995 MAZDA 626 WITH APPROXIMATELY 102,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE JUST AFTER EXITING FROM THE HIGHWAY, REQUIRING A COMPLETE NEW TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION MECHANIC VOICED THAT MAZDA USED FORD TRANSMISSIONS IN THIS MODEL YEAR AND THAT THESE HAVE BEEN PRONE TO EARLY FAILURE.

TRAMISSION PROBLEM WITH MADZA 626

THIS TRANSMISSION IS FIX THREE TIMES AND IT ALWAYS FAIL. DT

O/D OFF LIGHT FLASHES CONSTANTLY ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. DT

THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE TRANSMISSION ACTS UP SO BAD THAT I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR. DT

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. O/D LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON. CAR REVVED BUT DID NOT MOVE. DT

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE BEEN HIT AND CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN ON 4 DIFFERENT COLLISIONS AND EVERYTIME THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN HIT AT NO MORE THEN 15 MPH IT HAS CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THIS PRESENT TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH,VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONTAL COLLISON. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. RESULTING IN INJURIES TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. MR

PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. JUST SEARCH MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION FROM ANY SEARCH ENGINE. YOU WILL FIND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS. MAZDA NEEDS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THEY SOLD A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. THEY KNOW IT. AND, THEY WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE OVER DRIVE LIGHT CAME ON , VEHICLE WAS SHIFITING HARD, AND WHEN IT GOES INTO FOURTH GEAR THEIR WILL BE A GRIDING NOISE. THE TRANSMISSION HAD BLOWN. HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACE. PROBLEM REACCURED. TS

ENGINE LIGHT ON MASS AIR FLOW METER AND AIR CONTROL VALVES. DT

NO SUMMARY. DT

VEHICLE HAD MULTIPLE PARTS FAILURES WITHIN A 30 DAY PERIOD MOST PROBLEMS PREMATURE FOR CAR AT THAT MILEAGE.

COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION OF LEFT FRONT TIRE. THE THROWN TREAD DAMAGED THE FRONT QUARTER PANEL OF THE CAR AND BROKE OFF THE LEFT REAR-VIEW MIRROR. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT VEHICLE BEING IN AN ACCIDENT THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED CAUSING INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS. *MR

TRANSMISSION REBUILT 3 TIMES DUE TO OVERHEATING AND TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN PROBLEM AT TRANSMISSION REBUILD SHOPS FOR THE CD4E TRANSMISSION BUILT BY FORD. MR

THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON AND REOCCURING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HOLD MAZDA ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS PROBLEM AND GIVE CONSUMERS A FIGHTING CHANCE? THANKS, MILTON ARIAS MR

I PURCHASED A 1995 MAZDA 626 IN NOVEMBER OF 1998. THE MONTH AFTER A PURCHASED IT I STARTED TO HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. NOW AGAIN I AM STARTING TO HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION. I HAVE READ THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS WITH THEIR 626. IT SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT. ALONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THEIR ALSO SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE OXYGEN SENSOR I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 2 ALREADY. I THINK THIS CAR IS A MAJOR PIECE OF JUNK AND SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET. TS

CONSUMERS WHEELS LOCKED-UP WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, CAUSING VEHICLE TO REAR-END ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT OF VEHICLE WAS SMASHED REQUIRING A NEW FRONT END CLIP, ALSO THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE ACCIDENT. *TT

FOR THE LAST FIVES YEARS, THE O/D LIGHT HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY FLASHING. SOMETIMES THE O/D LIGHT WOULD GO OFF AFTER A FEW DAYS TO A WEEK, AND AT OTHER TIMES WHEN WE HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE MAZDA DEALER. WHENEVER THE O/D LIGHT IS FLASHING THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO JERK HARD WHEN IN REVERSE, ON STARTUP OR WHEN THE VEHICLE SHIFTS INTO A LOW GEAR. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INSTANCES WHERE THE VEHICLE IS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN IDLE ON STARTUP OR WHILE IN DRIVE. THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO RIDE THE BRAKES AND GAS UNTIL ITS ABLE TO MAINTAIN IDLE. SO FAR I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT ONCE BY MAZDA VIA AMMCO AND THE AIRFLOW SENSOR REPLACED TWICE BY MAZDA. UPON HAVING THE SECOND AIRFLOW SENSOR REPLACED, I WAS TOLD BY MAZDA THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS FRIED AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED A SECOND TIME. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE BACK TO AMMCO (STILL UNDER THE WARRANTY FROM THE FIRST REBUILDING) THEY SAID ALL THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED WAS CELLULOID. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OF THE VEHICLE RUNNING QUITE WELL, THE O/D LIGHT IS BACK ON FLASHING AND THE VEHICLE IS BACK TO ITS JERKING WAYS.*AK

OD LOGHT (OVER/DRIVE OFF) LIGHT FLASHES , AND CAR SHIFTS VERY ROUGH. PREVIOUS COMPLAINT ON BULLETIN BOARDS INDICATE TRANSMISION FAILURE, ESTIMATED REPAIRS 2K TO 3K DOLLARS. NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE OVER DRIVE LIGHT BLINKING, LURCHING WHEN SHIFTING. *AK