1995 Mazda 626 complaints

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ALTHOUGH NO INJURY OR ACCIDENT OCCURRED, MY WIFE WAS STRANDED IN TRAFFIC AND HAD TO GET HELP TO REMOVE IT FROM TRAFFIC. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED EVENT WITH THE MAZDA 626 TRANSMISION. IF YOU VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE, YOU WILL GET A FEELING ON HOW WIDE SPREAD AND DANGEROUS THIS PROBLEM CAN BE. HTTP://WWW.ALVANT.ALVA.OK.US/DAN/MAZDA.HTM

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 41,133 MILES SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 44,542 MILES. *MJS

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH A CONCRETE BARRIER AT APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH, AND BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED CUTS AND BRUISES DUE TO AIR BAG MALFUNCTIONING. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT COLLISION OCCURRING THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V249000. HOWEVER, RECALL REMEDY DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW DID NOT GO ALL THE WAY UP. DEALER SAID IT WAS A LOOSE CLIP. IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND THE SAME PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED ON THE SAME WINDOW. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THIS WEEKEND "OVERDRIVE OFF" STARTED BLINKING ON MY DASH. CALLED SERVICE IN THE CITY VISITING AND THEY SAID I SHOULD HAVE IT CHECKED WHEN I RETURN HOME. I TOOK IT IN MONDAY EVENING AND WAS TOLD I NEED A COMPLETELY NEW TRANSMISSION (2500.00). A SALELSMAN TOLD ME THEY JUST HAD SOMEONE TRADE THE SAME MODEL IN WITH THE VERY SAME PROBLEM..... SHOULD A TRANSMISSION FAIL LIKE THAT WITH ONLY 75,000+ MILES ON IT?

WHILE MAKING A LOW SPEED TURN DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH CAUSED A CRASH AND INJURIES. IN JAN. 1999, HAD RECALL 98V249000, AND THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSON FLUID BYPASSED THE TORQUE CONVERTER SEAL , SUCKING AIR WITH THE FLUID. FLUID AND CLUTCH PACK BURNED, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO GO. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION TWO TIMES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. *AK

HYDRAULIC VALVE LIFTER WITHIN THE ENGINE VALVE COVER GASKETS; 14 OUT OF 16 LIFTERS HAVE GONE BAD. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND HAS MANUFACTURED REPLACEMENT PARTS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED ALL LIFTERS NEED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

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

HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL INTO SPARK PLUGSAND BOTH O2 SENSORS BAD

THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON MY CAR. SINCE THEN, I HAVE READ ALOT OF ARTICLES ON THE WEB AND MY MECHANIC ADVISED ME TO REPORT THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD ALOT OF MAZDA 626 THEY HAVE REPAIRED.

O/D LIGHT FLASHED WHILE DRIVING, CAR SLIPS GEARS, DEALER FLUSHED SYSTEM BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. CAR IS LESS THAN 4 YEARS OLD.

THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHIN THREE MONTHS/3,000 MILES! THIS TRANSMISSION WAS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE INCONVENIENCE OF BEING 8 HOURS FROM HOME, MOVING OUR DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON, THE MAZDA WAS PACKED FULL, ALONG WITH A CARAVAN OF A MOVING TRUCK AND OUR DAUGHTER'S CAR. THIS WAS NOT THE TIME FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE! WE HAD JUST LEARNED MAZDA WOULD NOT RECONSIDER PAYING FOR THE FIRST TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT WITH ONLY 42450 MILES. NOW, WITHIN 3 MONTHS, THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AGAIN. WE HOPE THIS TIME MAZDA WILL STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS AND ALSO RE-IMBURSE US FOR THE FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND THE EXPENSES INCURRED FROM FAILURE. I HAD TO DRIVE ON THE EDGE OF A VERY BUSY STREET IN FT. COLLINS,CO, WAVING TRAFFIC TO CAUTIOUSLY PROCEED AROUND ME, HOPING TO CATCH UP WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE ALREADY OUT OF MY SIGHT, BUT I HAD NO AVENUE TO TURN OFF THIS BUSY STREET! THANKFUL, NO OTHER DRIVERS OR PASSENGERS WERE INVOLVED IN REAR ENDING ME-I WAS TRAVELING AT A SNAILS CRAWL-OR WITH THE TRAFFIC GOING AROUND ME, DIDN'T RUN INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. MY PREVIOUS ODI # IS 709937 SUBMITTED ON 8/12/99

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE VEHICLE DID NOT PICK UP SPEED, ALSO WHEN SHIFTING FROM DRIVE INTO REVERSE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE GEAR. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE STALLS WHEN TRANSMISSION IS PUT INTO NEUTRAL. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. DEALER SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A FAULTY IAC VALVE, REPAIRS WERE DONE, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, CAUSING THE FLUID TO SPILL ONTO THE RADIATOR WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SMOKE. DEALER SAID VEHICLE NEEDS NEW RADIATOR AND TRASMISSION. *AK

MAZDA NEVER SAID THAT THE COMPUTER WAS BAD, THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACING. THIS IS THE FOURTH CAR THAT I KNOW OF WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED. I FEEL THAT MAZDA SHOULD BE MADE TO PART FOR PART OF THE DAMAGE. MY DAUGHTER IS A COLLEGE STUDENT, AND CANNOT AFFORD THIS KIND OF EXPENSE, NEITHER CAN WE. THIS HAS CAUSED A REAL HARDSHIP, AND MAZDA DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE. THEY SAID THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE. OBVIOUSLY THE TRANSMISSION FOR THIS MODEL OF CAR IS FAULTY. THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR.

WHEN DRIVING THE RPM WOULD DROP DOWN, VEHICLE WOULD SLOW DOWN AND COULD NOT INCREASE SPEED. DEALER CONTACTED AND OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHED, STATED TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AS A CURRENT OWNER OF A 1995 MAZDA 626 LX, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 41,000 MILES. THE WARRANTY IS FOR 3 YEARS OR 50,000 MILES, EVEN THOUGH THE WARRANTY IS OUT, WE REQUEST FROM MAZDA ASSISTANCE FOR PAYMENT OF REPAIRS. ORIGINAL VERBAL CONVERSATION, MAZDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AGREED TO PAY FOR HALF OF REPAIRS. BUT UPON, THE SECOND VISIT WITH MAZDA CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, WE ASKED FOR A SECOND REVIEW. IN TURN, SHE INFORMED US, MAZDA COULD REVOKE THE INITIAL OFFER OF PAYING FOR HALF OF THE REPAIR. WITHIN AN HOUR THEY REVOKED THE WHOLE INITIAL OFFER GIVEN. AND THIS WAS TO THE DEALER, NOT TO US, THE CUSTOMER. WE WERE NOTIFIED BY THE DEALERSHIP VIA PHONE AND UPON NOTIFYING US THE CAR WAS REPAIRED AND READY TO PICK UP. BESIDES THE RUDENESS OF THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, THE LENGTH OF TIME (3 DAYS) TO GET THE TRANSMISSION, REVOKING COMPLETLY THE ORIGINAL OFFER OF PAYING HALF FOR THE REPAIRS. WE FEEL WITH THE MANY CIRCUMSTANCES OF TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN YOUR COMPLAINT DATABASE ON 1995 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSIONS, MAZDA WOULD WANT TO HAVE A RECALL OR HELP REIMBURSE FOR THIS ONGOING PROBLEM. THANK YOU.

WHY WASN'T THERE A RECALL ON MAZDA TRANSMISSIONS? HOW DOES THE CONSUMER INITIATE A RECALL WHEN A PROBLEM IS FOUND?

CAR DOES NOT ENGAGE INTO REVERSE FOR FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. THE CAR ACTS AS IF IN NUETRAL AND ROLLS FREELY. WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP THE CAR DOES NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR FEELS AS IF THE TRANMISSION IS SLIPPING AND THE ENGINE WILL INCREASE RPM'S EVEN NO INCREASE IN SPEED. THE CAR ALSO WILL SHIF VERY HARD AND JERKY BETWEEN GEARS AS ACCELERATING.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 50 MPH COLLISION, HITTING A TREE AND GOING DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO OVERDRIVE, WHICH CAUSED TRANSMISSION TO WEAR OUT AND VEHICLE TO DIE OUT. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. COIL SPRING HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK

FLASHING OD LIGHT AT 68800MI, TRANSMISION BEGAN SLAMMING INTO GEAR. CODES INDICATED BAD TORQUE CONVERTER, DEALER SERVICE WOULD NOT REBUILD DUE TO BURNT TRANSMISION FLUID. REPLACEMENT COST $2100. WARANTY ONLY 10000/90DAYS. AAMCO REBUILT TRANSMISION FOR $1750. 50000/3YR WARANTY. ANOTHER TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE WITH ONLY 2000 MILES, HMMM. THIRD FAILURE DUE TO A FAULTY LOCKING RING. 1000 MILES WITH NO FAILURES SO FAR.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAIL EVERY 12000 TO 15000 MILES. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE STOPPED FOR 20 MINUTES FOLLOWING 3 HOUR HIGHWAY TRIP, BATTERY EXPLODED UPON ATTEMPTED TO RESTART VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHING. TOOK TO DEALER AND SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE PROBLEM. PAID FOR SWITCH ADJUSTMENT BUT PROBLEM HAS REOCCURED TWICE SINCE. ADVISED BY A NONE MAZADA TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS KNOW TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. MAZDA REPAIR PEOPLE HAVE DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH. HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION BUT TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WARNS THAT RPOBLEM WILL REOCCUR. CONCERNS EXPRESSED ABOUT POSSOBLE TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, VEHICLE HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH DID NOT PROTECT OCCUPANT IN THIS CRASH. ALSO, DRIVER?S SHOULDER BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER PROPERLY.DRIVER HIT THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES. *AK.*ET

CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS, DEPLOYED CAUSING A CHEMICAL TO FLOW OUT AND START A FIRE. *AK

I'VE HAD MAJOR WORK DONE ON THIS CAR BEFORE THE FOURTH YEAR OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE, AND I FEEL I WAS GIVEN A LEMON. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ONE AGAIN! NO SAFETY DEFECTS MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THSI VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS IN A FRONT END ACCIDENT TRAVELING AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO FAIL AT APPROX. 60,000 MILES. PROBLEM WASN'T DIAGNOSED UNTIL ABOUT 85000 MILES. HAD TRANSMISSION OVERHAULED. NOW, 15000 MILES LATER, TRANSMISSION FAILING AGAIN. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG OWNERS OF THIS MODEL CAR. MAZDA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS THEY PUT IN THESE MODELS OF MAZDAS. CAR CAN BE A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IT STALLS OUT OFTEN AND HAS A DIFFICULT TIME SHIFTING GEARS WHILE DRIVING. *AK

THE CAR WAS ONLY 9,000 MILES OVER DEALER WARRANTY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, BUT MAZDA WOULD NOT COVER ANY REPAIRS. I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOPS AND ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE 626 PROBLEM. ONE GUY GUESSED THE YEAR AND MODEL OF MAZDA OVER THE PHONE BEFORE I EVEN TOLD HIM. TO ME THIS INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP OVER 5 WEEKS (IN THERE AS I WRITE THIS). MAZDA SHOULD HAVE TO ASSUME SOME OF THE RESPONSIBLITY. THE TRANSMISSIONS WERE MANUFACTURED BY FORD AND FORD HAD A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION THEY PUT IN THERE 94-95 CARS. PERHAPS THERE IS A CONNECTION.

SPARK PLUG WIRES FAILED DUE TO OIL SATURATION. YH

CAR WAS DRIVEN UNDERE NORMAL CONDITIONS, DOESN'T SEEMS THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD FAIL IN LESS THAN 4 YEARS. *AK

TRNASMISSION SHUTS UP/DOWN CONSISTENTLY OUT OF CONTROL WHEN DRIVING UP ON SLOPE, AND BANG AND BANG.

TRANSMISSION SHUTS UP/DOWN CONSISTENTLY OUT OF CONTROL WHEN DRIVING UP ON A SLOPE

AFTER SAS REPROGRAM, THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT UP/DOWN OUT OF CONTROL AT ANY SPEED WHEN DRIVING UP ON SLOPE, IT WAS OK BEFORE SAS REPROGRAM. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE REASON

WAS DRIVING ONTO AN EXIT RAMP & SLOWING DOWN FOR A RED LIGHT WHEN THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER'S AIR BAG IGNITED & THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE & WAS TOTALED. HAD RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE 19 JAN 1999, REGARDING AIR BAG FIRES. *AK

FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT HAS TOTALLY RECLINED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS SITTING IN IT AND I WAS DRIVING (ABOUT 50MPH). THIS PROBLEM CAN CAUSE BACK INJURIES, WOULD BE A PROBLEM IN A CRASH, AND I CANNOT PUT MY CHILD'S SAFETY SEAT IN THIS CAR UNTIL I PAY FOR A $377 PART (A NUT) TO GET IT FIXED. *AK

SEALS ON ALL THE WINDOWS ARE COMING OFF, CAUSING LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML

ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION CAUSES VEHICLE TO SHIFT GEARS ON ITS OWN, THIS CAUSES VEHICLE TO SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE ON ITS OWN ,AND SOMETIMES GEARS WON'T SHIFT AT ALL, CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO MOVE INTO DRIVE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE LOST POWER. ALSO, VEHICLE IS VERY HARD TO PULL. THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT KEEPS COMING OFF AND ON AND THE CLUTCH IS BURNING OUT. THE VEHICLE NEEDS OVERHAULING. *AK

TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT AT BARELY OVER 50,000 MILES.THIS COULD POSE A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK, CONSIDERING THAT IT COULD GO OUT ON THE FREEWAY OR ANYWHERE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM AND SAME COMPLAINT,MAZDA KNOWS THERE IS A DEFECT, AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX THE DEFECT, OPTING TO WAIT UNTIL THE CUSTOMER IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND MAKING THEM ABSORB A PORTION OF THE CHARGES.ALSO,I HAVE HAD 2 ACCIDENTS IN MY CAR ONE WHERE I WAS REAR ENDED WHILE IN A STOPPED POSITION AND NEITHER AIRBAG WAS DEPLOYED.*AK

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