1995 Mazda 626 complaints

FAILURE OF CD4E TRANSMISSION ON MAZDA 626. DEALER STANDARD PROCEDURE IS TO REPLACE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION COSTING $2500 - $3000. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TRANSMISSION HAS FREQUENT FAILURES AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A RECALL ISSUED OR SOMETHING TO HOLD MANUFACTURER LIABLE FOR REPLACEMENT COSTS. *AK

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE 1ST/2ND, OR 3RD GEARS. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER FEELS AS IF THEE WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH MAZDA'S TRANSMISSION BECAUSE SHE HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWICE.*AK CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSIOIN WAS REBUILT AGAIN ON JUNE 14TH AND FAILED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ON JUNE 25TH. *SLC

THE TRANSMISSION ORIGINALLY FAILED IN APRIL 2000 AT 89000 MILES. I PURCHASED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION FROM MAZDA AND WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN I WAS ADVISED THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS IN THERE WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL. I NOW HAVE 12000 MILES ND AM H19AVING TO ONCE AGAIN REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I ALSO HAVE 4 FRIENDS THAT OWN OR HAVE OWNED THE 1994,19 95, OR 96 MAZDA 626 AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS.*AK

COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER ON ROAD. STEERING AND BRAKES LOCKED. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DIAGNOSE PROBLEM.

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND WHEN I GOT TO A STOP SIGN AND WAS GETTING READY TO TURN RIGHT, THE CAR JERKED FORWARD AND FELT AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL FOR A SECOND. ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER I WAS ON MY WAY HOME AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED, ONLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, THE CAR BEGAN TO REV AND JERK AROUND, AND ALL THE WHILE, I WAS SLOWING DOWN ON THE BUSY STREET. I TOOK IT TO AAMCO AND THEY TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION WAS BROKEN AND I WOULD NEED A NEW ONE IF I WANTED THE CAR TO WORK PROPERLY AGAIN. I WAS A BIT FRUSTRATED AT THE FACT THAT THE MODEL OF THE CAR IS A '95 AND IS IN NEED OF A NEW TRANSMISSION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT WORKING, THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *JB

IN AUGUST, 1997 AT 49,560 MILES THE O/D LIGHT WAS FLASHING. THE CAR WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND I WAS TOLD BY LES MARKS CHEVROLET THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. WELL IN NOVEMBER, 2000 AT 101,702 MILES THE O/D LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD (BY TRANSMISSION MAGICIAN) THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I AM SPENDING $1,774.00 TO GET THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. I CONTACTED MAZDA CORPORATION AND I WAS TOLD THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ABNORMALLY.*AK

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 5 WEEKS AGO FROM A SMALL CAR DEALER AND TWO WEEKS AFTER THE PURCHASE THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING. I TOOK THE CAR TO TIM MARBURGER MAZDA IN CONCORD, NC TO HAVE THEM PLACE IT ON THE COMPUTER TO BE CERTAIN THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH IT WAS. THEY SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD OVERHEATED AND THAT I WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $2835.00. IN DOING RESEARCH THROUGH TELEPHONE AND THE INTERNET, I DISCOVERED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF CAR. IN FACT, WHILE I WAS AT THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP, A CUSTOMER WHO WAS WAITING TOLD ME SHE HAD TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION IN THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE. I PULLED UP THE WEBSITE, WWW.DUSTBURY.COM/626/TRANS.HTML AND DISCOVERED THAT MAZDA HAD AN INFORMAL RECALL ON THE '94 626'S DUE TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I HAVE A CAR THAT I HAVEN'T EVEN MADE THE FIRST PAYMENT ON THAT NEEDS MAJOR REPAIR AND I FEEL THAT WITH THE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION, MAZDA SHOULD BEAR SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITY.*AK

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 2 YEARS I AM GOING TO BE GETTING MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT. I AM VERY DISAPOINTED IN THE ORDEAL AND THAT BY RESEARCHING I HAVE COME ACCROSS NUMEROUS COMLAINT SITE ON THE WEB ABOUT THE FORTH GENERATION 626 TRANSMITION FAILURES. FEEL FREE TO EMAIL.*AK

WHILE ON THE FREEWAY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT WORKING,THIS WAS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE, THE FIRST TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT NO CHARGE VEHICLE STILL UNDER WARRANTY, SECOND OCCURRENCE CONSUMER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LABOR ONLY. *JB

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AT 41000 MILES. PRESENTLY, AT 68000 MILES TRANSMISSION BLEWOUT AGAIN. MAZDA WAS PAYING FOR TRANSMISSION, CHARGING CONSUMER FOR LABOR ONLY. CONSUMER FELT THAT MAZDA WAS ADMITTING THERE WAS A DEFECT IN TRANSMISSION. *AK

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. CONSUMER HAD TRANSMISSION REBUILT, BACK TO TRANSMISSION SHOP FOR MORE WORK ON TRANSMISSION. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED PREMATURELY. DEALER HAS REPLACED TWO TRANSMISSIONS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 35MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOTALLED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAG EXPERIENCED DEPLOYMENT, THE IMPACT OF AIR BAGS BROKE THE WINDSHIELD AND REAR VIEW MIRROR, DRIVER WAS HIT IN THE FACE WITH THE AIR BAG. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT DRIVEWAY WHEN CLUTCH PEDAL BROKE OFF. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS WILLING TO LOOK AT VEHICLE. *AK DEALER REPAIR DENIED DUE TO HIGH MILEAGE, CLUTCH PEDAL WAS REPLACED. *SLC

THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION THAT WAS PUT IN THIS CAR IN 2 YAERS THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT BLINKS AND IT WONT CHANGE TO 3RD GEARANDD HESATANT IN FIRST GEAR $THATS $2000 EVERY YEAR FOR A TRANSMISSION?WHERE'S THE RECALL IS THAT WITH ALL THE MAZDA 626S WHY DONT THE GOVERNMENT DO SOMETHING??? I FOR ONE IS SCARED IT GET THE DARN THING FIXED AGAIN WHY DO THE MANUFACTURER INSIST ON SELLING THESE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS?? HELP THE CONSUMER PLEASE!!!THE LITTLE PEOPLE??

WHILE DRIVING 15 - 20 MPH, TRIED SHIFTING FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR, AND CLUTCH PEDAL BROKE. VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIME FOR REPAIRS. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN EARLY NOVEMBER WITH NO WARNING. IT WAS REPLACED AT AN AUTHORIZED MAZDA DEALER, ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN. IT FELT LIKE I WAS DRIVING ON GRAVELY GROUND THE FRONT END WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AGAIN BY THE MAZDA DEALER AND THE SERVICE REP SAID THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A FAULTY TRANSMISSION. NOW THE VEHICLE PRESENTLY NEEDS THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AGAIN. WHEN I SHIFT FROM REVERSE OR PARK TO DRIVE IT JERKS VIOLENTLY INTO GEAR, THEN IT HESITATES TO ACCELERATE. WHEN IT FINALLY DOES ACCELERATE IT JERKS OFF INTO GEAR. THE O/D LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY FLASHES.*AK

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT ENGINE "PEGGED" OUT, AND HAD TO PLACE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY RUINED TRANSMISSION. PROBLEM HAS RETURNED AFTER THE ACCIDENT. *AK

I PURCHASED A MAZDA 626 FROM AUTO SERVICE COMPANY IN 1998. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THE CAR HAD 40865 MILES ON IT. IN OCT OF 1999 THE VEHICLE HAD A BAD CV AXLE THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO RADER MAZDA AND THE AXLE HAD BEEN REPLACED. NOV OF 1999 I WAS DRIVING AND I NOTICED THAT THE CAR KEPT IDLING HIGHER, BUT WASN'T GOING ANY FASTER, I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO RADER MAZDA IN AUGUSTA GA, THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT A BEARING IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD SLIPPED AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT REBUILD TRANSMISSIONS. I PICKED UP THE CAR FROM RADER MAZDA TWO WEEKS LATER I WAS ON MY WAY TO NY FOR THANKSGIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN. RADER MAZDA PUT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION IN THE AUTOMOBILE. A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE CV JOINT ON THE DRIVER SIDE HAD GONE BAD THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSAL AUTO REPAIR THE JOINT WAS REPLACED AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS MALFUNCTIONING AGAIN. I WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN THAT THE CAR NEEDED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION. THE WARRANTY FROM THE FIRST 2 REPAIRS EXPIRED AFTER 12 MONTHS OR 12,000 MILES. AUTO SERVICE COMPANY SOLD ME A LEMON, WHICH WAS A RENTAL CAR AND THEY DIDN'T MENTION ONE TIME THAT THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FROM A RENTAL CAR COMPANY. HAD I KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT THE CAR. *AK

CONSUMER HAD TO REPAIR BRAKES TOO OFTEN. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT BECAUSE OF EXTENSIVE DRIVING BRAKES SHOULD NOT BE REPLACED AS FREQUENTLY. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS FLASHED OFF AND ON INTERMITTENTLY ON DASH. ALSO, A 19 DAY OLD BATTERY WAS DEAD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER.*AK THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT AIR BAG SAFETY AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL. *YH

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PERVASTIVE, RECURRING PROBLEM IN 94-97 MAZDAS AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY RATE OF SPEED VEHICLE OVER DRIVEN, INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD FLASH. TECHNICIAN STATED THAT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE.*AK

THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT COME ON DUE TO DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT BROKE WHILE TRUNING, CAUSING WHEEL TO COME OFF. VEHICLE TOWED TO INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

MAZDA CORP. DENIES KNOWLEDGE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSIONS. MAZDA DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGES 626'S HAVE TRANSMISSION FAULTS DUE TO RADIATORS BEING TOO SMALL AND CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO OVERHEAT., BUT DENIES ANY RESPONSIBILITY. ADVISED EXTERNAL COOLANT SHOULD BE ATTACHED AFTER REPAIR. VIA THIS WEBSITE, NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS EXIST. DOES MAZDA NOT READ THIS WEBSITE? CUSTOMER VERY DISSATISFIED WITH MAZDA . WENT OUT ON INTERSTATE. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ALSO AWARE OF 626'S TRANSMISSION'S REPUTATION. MAZDA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, BUT SAYS NOTHING WILL BE DONE TO RECALL TRANSMISSIONS. TO-DATE THIS IS THE 274TH COMPLAINT FILED ON THIS WEBSITE. WHEN WILL ACTION BE TAKEN; AND NOT THE CONSUMER BE TAKEN!!!*AK

MY TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT FOR THE 2ND TIME IN 5 YEARS, THE O/D LIGHT FLASHES CONSISTENTLY AND THE GEARS DO NOT WANT TO SHIFT. THE CAR JERK AND HESTITATES WHEN DRIVING. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT MAZDA HAS NOT DONE A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES. THESE TRANMISSIONS ARE SO DANGEROUS AND IT SEEMS NO ONE CARES. WHAT DO WE AS CONSUMERS HAVE TO DO TO GET A RECALL ON THESES VEHICLES. *AK

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DEALERSHIP ADVISED THAT TRANSMISSION HAD CODES OF 628 TORQUE CONVERTOR SOLENOID LOCKED UP AND CODE 657 FLUID OVER TEMP, AND THAT TRANSMISSON OIL DARK IN COLOR. NEED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION COST OF $2650.00. NO PROBLEMS WITH CAR OTHER THAN O/D OFF LIGHT FLASHING. CAR SHIFTED NORMAL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 40 MILES DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE BUSTED. CONSUMER HIT GUARDRAIL, AND AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

I HAD ALREADY REPLACED TRANSMISSION ONCE IN 1998, AND NOW AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER IT FAILED AGAIN, AND THE CD4E TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE HAS A VERY BAD REPUTATION.. THE ONLY WARRANTY I GOT FOR THE FIRST REPLACEMENT WAS 12 MONTHS... I AM TIRED OF REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION, AND THE CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD, THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS.. MAZDA/FORD SHOULD'VE RECALLED THIS TRANSMISSION A LONG TIME AGO... I BELIEVE I HAVE SPENT MORE ON THE TRANSMISSION THAN WHAT THE CAR IS WORTH.... THANK YOU FOR YOU ATTENTION.*AK

THERE WERE NO SYMPTOMS PRIOR TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED AT MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED INTERVALS. $2,100 REPAIR REQUIRED.*AK

/STABILIZER/ SWAY BAR LINKS ON MY 1995 MAZDA 626 BROKE WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THIS WEEK. THEY CAUSED THE STABILIZER BAR TO DROP DOWN AND DRAG ON TO THE ROAD WHICH WAS EXTREMELY BUSY. I HAD TO ABRUBTLY SLOW DOWN, PULL OVER AND STOP MY CAR WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT SINCE I WAS DRIVING BETWEEN 60-65 MILES PER HOUR. THE DEALER IN MY AREA CHARGES $61.80 TO PURCHASE THE LINKS FOR EACH SIDE SINCE THE PRODUCTION DATE OF THE CAR IS BEFORE 9/13/95. IF THE PRODUCTION DATE WAS AFTER THIS DATE, I WOULD BE CHARGED $29.30. SINCE I WAS ABLE TO APPLY A $10.00 DEALER COUPON, THE PARTS COST ME $55.24 EACH TOTALING 117.92 WITH TAX. ALSO, THE DEALER QUOTED A &75.00 LABOR CHARGE TO REPAIR EACH SIDE WHICH WOULD HAVE COST ME $150.00 FOR LABOR AND TOTAL REPAIR OF $267.92. I THINK THAT THIS IS TOTALLY UNFAIR. AN INDEPENDENT AUTO REPAIR SHOP NEAR MY HOME ONLY CHARGED ME $45.00 FOR THE REPAIR OF THE LINKS WHICH TOOK ONLY 15-20 MINUTES TO REPAIR. THE MECHANIC AT THIS SHOP SAID THAT HE RECEIVED FIVE VEHICLES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS THAT HAD THE SAME PARTS REPLACED. THERE WERE THREE FORD PROBE CARS AND TWO (INCLUDING MINE) MAZDA 626 CARS. HE BELIEVES THAT THE STABILIZER BAR LINKS ARE DEFECTIVE MAZDA/FORD PARTS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT CONSUMERS SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR PARTS AND LABOR AS WELL AS THE INCONVENIENCE. MAZDA AND FORD SHOULD NOTIFY ALL OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES TO WARN THEM OF THESE STABILIZER BAR LINK BREAKDOWNS. *AK

MY VEHICLE STARTED WITH JACKING MOTIONS AND THE STEETING WHEEL KEPT VEERING. THEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO REVERSE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN DRIVE BUT IT WAS NOT ACCELERATING AT ALL. VEHICLE WAS REVERSING AND NOT ON A HILLY AREA EITHER. I HAD TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFFF COMPLETE TO STOP THE MOTION. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THIS WAS VERY SCARY. IT WAS A GOOD THING MY SPEED WAS LOW. I ALMOST HIT SOMEONE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS REVERSING INSTEADING OF GOING FORWARD. I LATER FOUND OUT THE TRANSMISSION HAD COMPLETELY BLOWN OUT PREMATURELY , THE GAS PUMP BROKEN WITH PIECES STILL INSIDE. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE MY CAR IS JUST BARELY FIVE YEARS OLD.*AK

THIS IS SECOND TRANSMISSION I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS. I AM APALLED THAT MAZDA THINKS THIS IS NORMAL! *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THIS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION AT 45-50 MPH, AND FRONTAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS KNOCKED OUT FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, AND SUFFERED FACE INJURIES. DEALR HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE WAS MAKING A BUZZING NOISE, AND SHE HAD PROBLEM WITH SHIFTING. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

AIRBAG SENSOR FLASHING. TOOK TO DEALER, CODE 7, NEEDS REPLACEMENT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND HIT A POTHOLE IN THE STREET, BOTH AIRBAGS WENT OFF. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK

DURING FRONT END COLLISION THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY CAUSING NECK AND BACK INJURIES TO THE DRIVER, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED PER RECALL NOTICE 98V-249 AND WOULD ONLY REPAIR FOR A FEE, AIR BAG STILL NEEDS REPAIR. NLM

DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION WHEN PURCHASED. AAMCO TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST, INC. REBUILT, DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION AND STATED THAT OURS WAS ONE OF THOUSANDS (7 0F 10 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS BUILT IN "95 WE DEFECTIVE) I WOULD LIKE FOR MAZDA AMERICAN TO AT LEAST HELP WITH THE COSTS THAT WE HAVE INCURRED. *AK

THIS TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS AND IS NEEDING TO BE REPLACE NOW AS I TYPE THIS INFORMATION SOMETHINGIS TRULY WRONG WITH THIS CAR OR THE SERVICER I NEED SOME HELP. *AK

OVRDIRVE LIGHT FLASHES AND CAR WILL NO SHIFT GEARS SMOOTHLY. HAVE LEARNED THAT MAZDA HAS A HISTORY OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS BUT WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IS. CARS HAVE FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH A POSSIBILITY OF INJURIES. *AK

I'M TAKING MY '95 MAZDA 626 BACK TO MY MECHANIC BECAUSE I SUSPECT THE CAR'S HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM -- LESS THAN 7 MONTHS AFTER THE ORIGINAL BREAKDOWN. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED FIRST TIME WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN AT CONGESTED INTERSECTION, BARELY ESCAPED INJURY. TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED, FAILED AGAING 4 MONTHS LATER; THIS TIME APPARENTLY ELECTRIC OR ELECTRONIC PROBLEM, UNABLE TO REPAIR NOW GOING ON 4 WEEKS. *AK