Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1995 record →
PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL 98V249, THE AIR BAG LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH, AND THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE MODULE, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE MONITOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THEN WAS TOLD BY SOMEONE ELSE THAT THE SENSOR NEEDED REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR THE REPAIRS. *SLC *SCC
THE TRANSMISSION IS A POOR PRODUCT. AFTER THE FIRST FAILURE I HAVE RETURNED 6 PREVIOUS TIMES TO GET IT REPAIRED AGAIN. FORD/MAZDA SHOULD STAND BY THEIR POOR WORKMANSHIP AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 75MPH HEARD NOISE AND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. AS A RESULT BUSHING IN TRANSAXLE THAT WENT INTO TRANSMISSION WORE OUT AND CAME LOOSE.*AK
WHILE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN A RED LIGHT. FORCING CONSUMER TO HIT A BUILDING . THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*JB
CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERS LOT FOR NINE MONTHS. NEVER BEEN OUT. *AK
PLEASE INCLUDE THE 1995 YEAR 626 IN CAMPAIGN NUMBER 99I005000.*AK
ENGINE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON REPEATEDLY WHEN ACCELERATING AT ANY SPEED. CAR DOES NOT CHANGE ITS FEEL. MECHANIC HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDING PROBLEM. MAY BE OXYGEN SENSOR BUT NOT SURE. AFTER CHECKING ON THIS SITE HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONCLUSION HOW TO FIX THIS? IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF SERIOUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT I SEE OTHERS COMPLAINING ABOUT? ANY HELP THAT CAN BE OFFERED WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
VEHICLE CUTS OFF AT ANY SPEED OR SLOWING TO STOP. VEHICLE HESISTATES AS A WARNING BEFORE STALLING. OVERDRIVE LIGHT AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD. TWICE, VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A NEGATIVE RESPONSE. DEALER WAS AWARE. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM IS PROGRESSING. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WHEN WILL THE COMPANY BE MADE TO RECALL THIS LEMON?! I AM SELLING AND WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER MAZDA. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
THE O/D LIGHT WOULD FLASH WHEN THE CAR WAS DRIVEN FOR ABOUT HOUR AND HALF AT HIGH SPEED. *AK
DOING RESEARCH ON THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE I FOUND AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE TRANSMISSION FAILURES. AND THE CAR MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND REPAIR AT NO COST TO THE OWNERS OF THIS PROBLEM. ****DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****761121. *AK *JB
THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 1995 MAZDA 626. MY TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP AND AT THE SAME TIME MY OVERDRIVE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. GRADUALLY THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REBUILT.*AK
THE ELECTRONIC LIGHT COMES ON AND PUT IT UNDER THE LIGHT AT THE MAZDA DEALER, IT READS THE AIR FLOW METER IS BAD. KNOW 4 OTHER INCIDENTS OF MAZDA'S OWNERS WHO HAVE REPORTED AIRFLOW PROBLEMS WITH THEIR MAZDAS. IT REDUCES SPEED OF THE CAR WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS. IT HAPPENS TOO FREQUENTLY TO TOO MANY PEOPLE CARS. IT MUST BE A DEFECT IN THE PART.
THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT.*AK
WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH HIT A POTHOLE AND DRIVERS/ PASSENGERS AIRBAGS IMMEDIATELY DEPLOYED. CONSUMER FEELS AIRBAGS ARE TOO SENSITIVE, SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
TRANSMISSION SLIPS BETWEEN SHIFTS. IT DOESN'T CHANGE TO THE NEXT GEAR. *AK
WHILE DAUGTHER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE CUT IN FRONT, AND SHE COULD NOT STOP ON TIME, STRICKING OTHER VEHICLE ON THE SIDE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
I HEARD THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SOMEONE WITH THIS TYPE OF CAR . IT IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED . NO DEFECT LISTED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION.*AK
VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND GEARS LURCHS WHEN CHANGING DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK
MY O/D OFF LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AT 60K MILES. I TOOK IT TO A MAZDA DEALER AND THEY COULD FIND NO CODES. IT BEGAN TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN, USUALLY AFTER DRIVING 2 HRS AT SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH. FREQUENT CHECKS FOR CODES, CHANGING TRANSMISSION FLUID GAVE US HOPE , BUT THE PROBLEM RETURNED EACH TIME. THE LASTEST WAS THE FLASHING O/D OFF LITE AND DROPPING OUT OF O/D ON ITS OWN. THE MAZDA PEOPLE SAID THE FLUID WAS OVERHEATED AND HAD BEEN OVER FILLED. THEY CHANGED THE FLUID. WHEN THE PROBLEM CAME BACK, THEY FOUND THE CODES 628 AND 652. THEY SAY THAT THE TOURQUE CONVERTER WAS SHREADING AND IMPEDING THE CIRCULATION THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE BOTTOM LINE IS ACCORDING TO THE MAZDA DEALER I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND AN ADD ON COOLER FOR THE FLUID. WHAT A GREAT DESIGN THIS TRANSAXLE MUST BE. MANY FAILURES WITH ORIGINAL MILEAGE UNDER 80K, REPLACEMENTS FAIL, WARRANTIES DON'T LAST LONG, AND FORD/MAZDA DON'T SEEM TO CARE THAT THEIR PRODUCTS ARE FAILING WITHOUT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. *AK
WHEN DRIVNG OR ACCELERATING, THE ENGINE SEEMS TO HANG IN 'GEAR'. I HAVE TO LET GO OF THE GAS AND RE-APPLY THE GAS AND IT KICKS INTO THE NEXT GEAR, BUT EVEN THEN, IT FEELS LIKE IT IS ACCELERATING VERY SLOWLY. I DID NOT KNOW WHERE ELSE TO SEND A COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS. I DO LIVE IN CANADA, SO YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT THE ADDRESS THAT I GAVE TO MAYBE GIVE ME SOME TIPS OR SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT TO DO...THANK-YOU. *AK
I HAVE READ SO MANY SAD STORYS ON THE WEB ABOUT THE POOR FORD CD4E AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I BOUGHT THE MAZDA 626 IN 5/25/99. THE TRANSMISSION WAS BROKEN IN 7/20/99. I SENT IT TO THE SHOP NAMED COTTMAN TRANSMISSION. THEY CHARGED ME $1999 FOR FIXING IT. BUT THEY DID NOT FIXED IT WELL. IN 1/17/2002, THE TRANSMISSION IS BAD AGAIN. I SENT IT TO AAMCO, THEY SAID THAT DUE TO WRONG INSTALLATION, THE PATH FOR THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BLOCKED. SO THE METAL PARTS CONTACT TO EACH OTHER. I HAVE TO PAY $2500 FOR THE REPAIR. I AM SO ANGRY. I THINK MAZDA COMPANY HAS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS BAD TRANSMISSION.*AK
WHEN DRIVING OVER DRIVE LIGHT COMES ON AND VEHICLE GOES INTO A HIGHER GEAR. DRIVER STATES THAT WHEN PRESSING OVERDRIVE BUTTON IT DOES NOT ENGAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY MPH TRANSMISSION WILL START LOSING POWER AND JERKING. CONSUMER HAS TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD TO CONTROL VEHICLE. ALSO, VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO MECHANIC.*AK *JG
WHILE DRIVING AT CITY SPEED ENGINE STARTED OVER HEATING, AND THEN VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. MECHANIC DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAS CAUSED THE FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK
SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE SEATS ON THIS CAR-- WHEN YOU LEAN ON THE INSIDE OF THEM, PUTTING YOUR FULL WEIGHT AGAINST ONLY THE INSIDE OF THE SEAT, IT FALLS BACKWARD SUDDENLY. THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM WHEN TENDING TO BABY SEATS FASTENED IN THE BACK., BEHIND YOU. YOU LEAN IN TO HELP BABY, AND WHAM THE CHAIR FALLS INTO A FULL RECLINE. THIS HAPPENS WITH BOTH SEATS, AND EVEN WITH VERY LIGHTWEIGHT ADULTS. SHOULD SOMEONE BE DRIVING WHEN THEY LEAN, IT COULD MEAN A MASSIVE SAFETY HAZARD. TO MAKE THIS CLEARER, IF YOU SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT (BOTH SEATS ARE EFFECTED, BUT FOR EXPLAINATIONS SAKE, WE'LL USE THE PASSENGER SIDE), THEN TURN TOWARD THE CENTER BACK SEAT OF THE CAR, YOUR SHOULDER RESTS AGAINST THE INSIDE LEFT SIDE OF THE SEAT, PUSHING A LITTLE TO THE INSIDE. WHEN STEADY PRESSURE IS APPLIED, AS YOU HELP THE CHILD, SUDDENLY, IT DROPS YOU BACKWARDS INTO A FULL RECLINE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE LATCH IS TRYING TO CATCH AS IT FALLS-- KIND OF LIKE A KID RUNNING WITH A STICK AGAINST A PLASTIC PICKET FENCE. HOPE THIS HELPS. BTW, IN TESTING IT, YOU MIGHT DO WELL TO HAVE A PERSON LEAN AS IF TURNING TO REACH INTO THE SEAT BEHIND THE SEAT THEY ARE SITTING IN. IT IS STEADY UNBALANCED PRESSURE THAT COLLAPSES IT, NOT SUDDEN IMPACT.*AK
WHEN YOU TURN THE TURN SIGNAL ON, IT OFTEN MAKES THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT, BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU CLICK IT. SOMETIMES, YOU DON'T NOTICE LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, WHEN DRIVING IN BRIGHTLY LIT AREAS. THE LIGHT SWITCH ROLLS OFF WHEN YOUR HAND BRUSHES IT.*AK
CAR CAN BARELY GET POWER TO GO. TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP TRIED TO STEP THE CAR JUST REVEV UP. IS ONLY ABLE TO 10 MPH.*AK
SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN DRIVING SPEEDOMETER WILL GO BACK TO ZERO. GAUGES ON DASH WILL START TO ACT ERRACTICALLY. VEHICLE STAYED IN THIRD GEAR. ALSO, HAD TO STOP VEHICLE AND LET IT SIT, AND THEN START VEHICLE BACK UP, AND EVERYTHING ACTED NORMALLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED COULD NOT FIX PROBLEM. CONTACTED MAZDA, AND MAZDA INDICATED THAT THERE WAS RECALL 99I005000 ON 1994 MODEL. *AK *SLC
MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED ON VEHICLE, BUT BRAKES ARE STILL INOPERABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
LEFT REAR STUD BROKE WHILE DEALER WAS ROTATING TIRES. REFUSED TO REPLACE STUD BECAUSE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO RUST. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK
I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED ON MY 1995 USED MAZDA A FEW MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR. EVEN AFTER THE REPAIRS, THE O/D INDICATOR LIGHT STILL FLASHES CONTINUOUSLY, AND THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON DURING/ AFTER ACCELERATION. MY DECISION NOT TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION A SECOND TIME WAS CEMENTED AFTER READING ALL THE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS. I LIKE THE CAR, BUT I AM ALMOST CERTAIN THE TRANSMISSION IS ON ITS WAY TO BURNING UP AGAIN. IT SURE WOULD BE NICE IF MAZDA WOULD REMIT TO ME THE $2300.00 I SUNK IN TRANSMISSION REPAIRS. I COULD USE THE MONEY AS A DOWNPAYMENT ON A NON-MAZDA CAR.*AK
"O/D OFF" LIGHT IS FLASHING, TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO OVERDRIVE, SHIFTING IS JERKY. *AK
O/D LIGHT FLASHES WHILE ENGINE RUNNING WITHOUT USING O/D, OR O/D IS OFF (DOT NUMBER: N/A TIRESIZE: P195/65R14)
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE
THE CAR IS FLASHING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INTERMITTEDLY FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS AND TODAY THE O/D LIGHT FLASHED ONCE. LAST WEEK THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ON REVERSE OR IN DRIVE AND THEN DID IT VERY "HARD". TODAY, WHEN IDLE IT WOULD NOT SHIFT TO FIRST GEAR FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS AND THEN SHIFT HARD AND DRIVE NORMALLY.*AK
O/D LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH AND TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING VERY HARD. I AM IN THE MILITARY, AND STATIONED OVERSEAS. I HAVE CONTACTED DEALERSHIPS AND HAVE RECEIVED NO HELP AT ALL.
"O/D OFF" LIGHT FLASHES; CAR SHIFTS ROUGH AS ACCELERATING. TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALER; TOLD IT WAS A COMMON SENSOR PROBLEM WHICH THEY CLAIM THEY ADJUSTED. PROBLEM RETURNED AFTER 4 DAYS. REDIAGNOSIS AT DEALER (WHICH TOOK 3 DAYS) STATED TCC SOLENOID. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP, AND STATED THAT DEALER PUT IT IN WRITING THAT IT WAS THE TCC SOLENOID. THEY REPLACED THE SOLENOID FOR $353. SIX DAYS LATER PROBLEM RETURNED, SLIGHTLY WORSE. CALLED TRANSMISSION PLACE BACK. WAS INFORMED THAT THE TCC SOLONOID WAS NOT THE PROBLEM BUT THEY REPLACED THE PART BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I INDICATED THE PROBLEM WAS, PER THE DEALER. CAR REDIAGNOSED; PROBLEM IS A CODE 628; CLUTCH CONVERTER, AND THAT IT IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH MAZDA, COMMONLY RESULTING IN REGULAR TRANSMISSION REPAIRS EVERY 15,000-25,000 MILES.
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON VEHICLE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS, NOR WOULD IT ACCELERATE. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ON 3-27-98, AND CURRENTLY VEHICLE WAS HAVING SAME PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER STATED UNLESS PARTS WERE ON RECALL, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE.*AK
TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. ATTEMPTED TO HAVE ORIGINAL DEALER PAY OFF BALANCE OF LOAN IN SUPPORT OF PURCHASE OF NEW CAR. VALUE IS NOW ONLY $2000 (PAID $12995 12/98) BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE. BALISE MAZDA OPERATION RECOGNIZED THAT THERE IS A FAILURE WITH 1995 4 CYLINDER TRANSMISSIONS. INTERNET RESEARCH SUGGESTS LONGSTANDING PROBLEMS WITH MID 1990 4 CYLINDER MAZDA 626. AM NOW STUCK WITH A LEMON AND $2500 BILL ON CAR WITH ONLY 58,000 MILES.*AK
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT HAVE POWER WHILE IN DRIVE. IN ORDER TO MAKE VEHICLE ACCELERATE, SHE HAS TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE-2. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER ENDED UP PAYING 1391 DOLLARS FOR A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. *SLC
MY O/D LIGHT BLINKS CONSTANTLY. THERE ARE QUIRKS IN THE SPEEDOMETER WHEN SET, WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN GEAR IT WILL NOT MOVE. THE MAZDA DEALER TOLD ME OFF HAND THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE HE DID A ROAD TEST AND FOUND THAT IT WAS SHIFTING HARSHSLY. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT BASICALLY THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING WITH THE TRANSMISSION IS WHAT I FOUND ON THE WEBSITE STATING THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM MAZDA AND FORD BASICALLY KNEW WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE TRANSMISSION THAT I HAVE IN MY CAR FROM THE YEARS AFTER 1994 IS A CD4E BY FORD. NOW THIS VERSION, IS KNOWN TO HAVE TERRIBLE REPAIR RECORD, AND SOME OF IT IS THE TRANSMISSION'S FAULT AND MAZDA. NOW WHEN I FIRST OBTAINED THIS CAR I NEEDED A WORK ORDER DONE ON THIS CAR AND THE PROBLEM GENERATED FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE VERSION I HAVE IS PRONE TO BLOWING OUT THE PUMP GASKET, FAILURE RATE OF THE ORIGINAL FORWARD-CLUTCH ASSEMBLY IS HIGH, AND LINE PRESSURE OCCASSIONALLY GOES OFF THE SCALE. I FEEL THAT THESE COMPAINES SHOULD NOT GET AWAY WITH NOT PAYING THE BILL, BECAUSE NOW MY CAR IS NOT WORKING AND I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO GET TOUCH WITH THE 300 PEOPLE I FOUND ON THE INTERNET A PROTEST THIS MATTER. BECASUSE I CHECKED YOUR RECORD AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING AND YOU ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT. WHY DO YOU EXIST.*AK
MY TRASNMISSION WENT OUT. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISION, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED IN JUST OVER 80K MILES EVEN THOUGH MAINTENANCE WAS KEPT EXACTLY INLINE WITH MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED SERVICE GUIDELINES EVER SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 1995.*AK
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