1998 Mazda 626 complaints

(1)TRANSMISSION OCCASIONALLY SHIFTED WITH A HARD JOLT FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND FROM 2ND TO 3RD, THEN BEGAN TO EMIT A LOUD WHIZZING/SQUEAKING TYPE OF SOUND IN ALL GEARS(INCLUDING PARK AND NEUTRAL). THE SOUND WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF A LOOSE BELT, BUT WAS CLEARLY COMING FOR WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. (2)WITHIN A WEEK OF MAKING THAT SOUND, THE TRANSMISSION, ALTHOUGH APPARENTLY SHIFTING IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE, STARTED SLIPPING. OBVIOUSLY THIS RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE BEING EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. (3)AT THIS POINT I HAVE: A - RECEIVED ESTIMATES RANGING FROM $1800-$2700 FOR A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REBUILD WITH INSTALLATION, AS WELL AS ESTIMATES RANGING FROM $650-$1750+SHIPPING FOR A USED TRANSMISSION WITHOUT INSTALLATION. SO FAR, I HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AFTER DRAINING AND FLUSHING THE SYSTEM, AT WHICH POINT I DISCOVERED THAT UNLIKE VIRTUALLY ALL OTHER AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS, THE FORD CD4E TRANSMISSION MUST BE REMOVED AND COMPLETELY DISASSEMBLED IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FILTER. OBVIOUSLY, AS THE FILTER BECOMES CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS, THE PRESSURE AND FLOW OF THE FLUID IS RESTRICTED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF PERFORMANCE, OVER-HEATING, AND EVENTUALLY A COMPLETE SYSTEM FAILURE. *JB

DT: THE CALLER SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE REVVED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CALLER SAID IT WOULD HAPPEN MOSTLY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. SHE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC SHOP. DEALER SAID SHE NEEDED TO GET A DIFFERENT YEAR TRANSMISSION, AND SHE WILL HAVE TO UPDATE THE COMPUTER. MANUFACTURER SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON HER VEHICLE AND OFFERED NO HELP FOR FREE. *AK

I OWN A MAZDA 626 1998, 4 CYLINDER. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION JUST FAILED ON ME AT 79000 MILES. I WAS JAMMED ON THE HIGHWAY UNTIL I GOT TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO SOLD ME THE CAR. THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW AND WAS DRIVEN BY MY WIFE FROM 1998 TO 2004. IT WAS NEVER ABUSED. IT STARTED SLIPPING AT DRIVE POSITION WHEN I GOT OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THE DAY BEFORE IT BROKE I HAD TO REMOVE O/D TO ENGAGE AND MOVE FORWARD. THEN, PUT O/D ON AT APPROXIMATELY 50 M/H TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD ALSO A FIRST FAILURE ON JAN 04,2003 AT 46500 MILES. LOST TRANSMISSION PARTS DIRECTLY IN THE STREET ! IT WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AND DEALER SAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS A-1 LIKE A NEW ONE. NOW WARRANTY IS OVER AND MY DEALER IS ASKING FOR $3726 TO FIX !! NO DEAL TO DO! NOT EVEN SPLIT COSTS HALF AND HALF. THIS TRANSMISSION HAD A DEFECT FOR SURE. SO GOT THE CAR TOWED ELSEWHERE FOR LOWER REPAIR COST ($1900 )*JB

DT: ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2005, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS CUT OFF AND IT LOST POWER, THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO STEER IT AND LOST THE BRAKES. RECALL 00V134OOO WAS ISSUED . IT STATES THE EXTERNAL SPRING IN THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER COULD BREAK AND BE CAUGHT IN THE TIMING BELT, RESULTING IN STALLING; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. . THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER, AND THEY ARE SAYING THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO FOREWARNING AND NO NOISE. IT WAS RUNNING SO ROUGH THAT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHIN A FEW SECONDS. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GOING OUT. PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE IT REPLACED REAL SOON. IT HAS BEEN SLIPPING EVER SINCE I GOT IT. DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE IS MUCH HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. *JB

THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING 2 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE STORE THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED RESPONDING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. AFTER THIS THE CAR DID MOVE IN ANY GEAR. I SINCE THEN HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. *JB

TRANSMISSION FAILURE/ENGINE FAILURE. *NM

I BOUGHT MAZDA 626 LX 1998 AND TWO MONTHS AFTER TRANSMISSION FAILED. CAR STARTED MAKING CLINGING NOISE,SLOW PERFORMANCE AND ABRUPT SHIFTS, SLOW START UPS. TOOK IT TO AAMOCO AND THEY DIAGNOSED FAILING TRANSMISSION AND CHARGED ME $2200,DIDN'T HAVE MONEY SO END UP GETTING LOAN TO PAY OF,PLUS INTEREST. JUST PAID OF LOAN AND MY REBUILT TRANSMISSION (ORIGINAL ONE BUT FIXED IT BY AAMOCO) IS FAILING AGAIN,ABRUPT SHIFTS,VERY SLOW STARTS AND I ACTUALLY GOT TICKET FROM POLICE. FOUND PLACE TO GET CAR REPAIRED SECOND TIME FOR $1500. SO FAR IN 3 1/2 YEARS TRANSMISSION FAILED 2 AND AROUND $4300 IN REPAIRS COSTS AND LOANS. LUCKILY I DID NOT DRIVE CAR ON HIGHWAY WHILE IT HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS,OTHERWISE WOULD BE IN DANGER OF ACCIDENT. CAR TAKES SLOW SHIFT,AROUND 30-40 MPH MAKES MOVES LIKE IT WILL STALL,IT TAKES FROM 0-60 MINUTES NOT SECONDS...VERY DANGEROUS TO OPERATE ON HIGHWAY DURING FAILURE. *JB

1998 MADZA 626 TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE ENTERING INTERSTATE WITH VEHICLES TRAVELING AT 60+ MPH. BEFORE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE, I DID MY RESEARCH. I FOUND THAT TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS A KNOW PROBLEM IN MAZDAS BUT THE CAR SALESMAN ASSURED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM EXISTED ONLY IN THE MODEL PREVIOUS TO THE 1998 WHICH I WAS INTERESTED IN. SHE STATED THAT AFTER THE DESIGN OF THE EMBLEM WAS CHANGED, THIS PROBLEM AS WELL HAD BEEN CORRECTED. THIS WAS A LIE. I WAS ENTERING INTERSTATE ONGOING A RAMP WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR STOPPED PULLING AND ALL I COULD SEE WAS CAR RUSHING TOWARDS MY REAR END AND STEERING TO AVOID HITTING MY RAPIDLY SLOWING VEHICLE. I CALLED THE LOT WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BUT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *NM

I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT MY 1998 MAZDA 626. THIS CAR HAS BEEN TROUBLE EVER SINCE DAY ONE. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TIMING BELT, THE DRIVE AXLES TWICE, AND PUT IN 4 TRANSMISSIONS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR SINCE 2002 AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION EVERY YEAR. I COULD HARDY MAKE MY CAR PAYMENTS FOR HAVING TO SPEND EXTRA MONEY TO REPAIR MY CAR.

MAZDA 626 LX, 1998 - TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT 69000 MILES. *JB

I HAVE A 1998 MAZDA 626 LX 4 CYLINDER AUTOMATIC. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND IS GIVING JERKY MOVEMENTS WHILE DRIVING ESPECIALLY AFTER A EXTENDED DRIVING. ESTIMATED COST IS 3375 PLUS TAXES. I READ ABOUT SIMILAR PROBLEMS ON THE WEB AND DID NOT KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE COMPLAINED TO YOU.

DT: THE TRANSMISSION PERFORMED POORLY. BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP TWICE, THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND JERKING WHEN ACCELERATING PAST FIRST GEAR. HAD AROUND 40,000 MILES. SECOND TIME IT HAD 54,000 MILES FOR THE EXACT SAME THING, AND CURRENTLY, THE THIRD TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STILL LEAKING FLUID AND IT WILL NOT GO FORWARD BUT WILL ONLY GOING BACKWARDS. THE FIRST TIME WAS AROUND 2001. *AK

MAZDA 1998 626....OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AND OFF.TRANS FLUID HAD BOILED OUT OVER MOTOR..ONLY HAD 65,000 MILES...CAR WAS FINE HAD TRANS AND COOLING SYSTEM SERVICED AT 52,000 MILES WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WAS FINE NEEDED TO BE DONE AGAIN AT 100,00...IT WILL COST ME BETWEEN 1,800 TO 3,600 TO GET FIXED.

1998 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION DEFECTIVE.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR *TT TWO DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MAZDA 626. SHE STATES THAT TRANSMISSION IS BAD. SHE DID FIX THE TRANSMISSION IN MARCH OF 2005, AND IN JUNE 2005 THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE AFTER 91000 MILES ON A 626 MAZDA 2.0L AUTOMATIC. WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY TRANSMISSION WOULD JUST GIVE OUT MAKING ENGINE JUST REV WITH NO POWER. FORCING ME TO DRIVE OFF ROAD TO PREVENTING AN INCIDENT.

THIS 1998 626 HAS 84,000 MILES AND IS ON ITS 3RD TRANSMISSION. THIS ONE IS SHOWING THE ALL TOO FAMILIAR SIGNS OF GOING OUT. UNBELIEVABLE HOW THE COMPANYCAN STAY IN BUSINESS.

NHTSA RECALL 00V134000 CONCERNING THE TIMING BELT . THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ALTHOUGH THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER. *AK THE VEHICLE WOULD START BUT NOT ACCELERATE. *SC *JB

MY COMPLAINT IS WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THE MAZDA 626 (CD4E).

DT: THE VEHICLE SHOOK PRIOR TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES. *NM

MY SON HAS A 1998 MAZA 626 AND THE TRANSMISSION IS BURNT UP, HE ONLY HAS A 100,000 MILES ON IT. I READ WHERE MAZDA WAS HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION .*AK

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

O/D OFF LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE SHIFTED THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. I BROUGHT IT INTO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR CENTER WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FLUID WAS LEAKING THROUGH THE BUSHINGS AND BURNING.*AK

THE CAR CUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE REPAIRMAN SAID THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO OIL SLUG BUILD. I HAD ALL MY OIL CHANGES DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE BROWN SAID THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR, THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY WILL NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR OF $5,000 FOR REBUILT OR $7,000 FOR A NEW ENGINE. MY FRIEND WAS TOLD THE PERSON WHO HAD THE CAR BEFORE DID NOT HAVE THE OIL CHANGED REGULARLY. I GUESS I AM LUCKY I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE CAR CUT OFF WITH NO WARNING. (SHOULDN'T THE CAR DEALSHIP MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OK BEFORE SELLING THE CARS?

TRANSMISSIONS SHIFTING IN JERKY MOTIONS, NEEDED TO FLUSH FLUID OUT. MANY PROBLEMS NOTED WITH MAZDA CD4E TRANSMISSIONS. *AK

MAZDA 626 2.0L AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FAILED AT 97,000 AND WILL REQUIRE MAJOR REBUILD AT COST IN EXCESS OF 2K. TRANSMISSION SHOP INDICATES ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES DUE TO POOR MATERIALS AND LACK OF TRANSMISSION COOLER.*AK

MY 1998 626 WAS PURCHASED IN 2000. IN SEPTEMBER 2003 MY TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED ON ME AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS FOR ME, I HAVE HAD THE TIMING BELT TO BREAK ON ME CAUSING MY CAR TO KILL IN TRAFFIC, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONSTANTY COMES ON, MY CAR STALLS AND JERKS AND YET NO MECHANIC CAN FIND A REASON FOR THIS.*AK

UPON PUTTING VEHICLE IN GEAR IT WILL NOT MOVE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

WELL THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION DUE TO POOR DESIGN. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND VERY COSTLY. MAZDA SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THERE TRANSMISSIONS GOIN OUT EVERY YEAR OR TWO. WELL I AM UPSET THAT NEITHER THE GOVERNMENT NOR MAZDA HAS DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT? JUST GLAD I WILL NEVER HAVE THIS PROBLEM AGAIN.*AK

ANOTHER MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION FAILURE SOB STORY. JUST SPENT $2100 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THE PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED. SHIFTS OFTEN FEEL ROUGH, SPEEDOMETER BOUNCES. LOUSY GAS MILEAGE. "MECHANICS" HAVE REPLACED SPEED SENSOR THREE TIMES... NO HELP. HOPE I CAN SELL THIS POSITION. *AK

SLUGGISH SHIFTING, FINALLY: FAILURE TO SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEARS. CD4E TRANMISSION FAILURE @ 65,000 MILES. TOTAL REBUILD OF TRANSMISSION INCLUDING HARD PARTS (GEARS). SUSPECT FAILURE DUE TO INSUFFICENT PRESSURE IN OIL PUMP (SUSPECTED DESIGN FLAW), AS SUGGESTED BY SEVERAL ASC MECHANIC INFORMATION WEBSITES.*AK

MY TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED, #CD4E, AND AS I UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF A RECALL WILL BE/HAS BEEN ISSUED.*AK IF NOT CAN I PURCHASE ANYWHERE AT DISCOUNT??

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY MAZDA 626 FAILED IN 2003 AT 83,000 MILES, AND I HAD A REBUILT MAZDA TRANSMISSION USED TO REPLACE IT AT A COST OF $2,500. NOW, TWO YEARS LATER AT 103,000 MILES THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AGAIN, AND THE REPAIR ESTIMATE IS AGAIN APPROXIMATELY $2,500. IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, THE CAR BECAME SUDDENLY UNDRIVABLE IN TRAFFFIC, CAUSING ME TO NEED ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER DRIVERS TO REMOVE THE CAR FROM THE BUSY ROADWAY. WITH THIS LATEST FAILURE, I DISCERNED THE PROBLEM BEFORE TOTAL FAILURE RESULTED IN THE CAR'S UNDRIVABILITY--THOUGH MY MECHANIC SAYS FAILURE IS IMMINENT. I BELIEVE IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS CAR IS DEFECTIVE IN SOME WAY (INFORMATION FROM MY MECHANIC AND ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE WOULD SEEM TO BACK THIS UP) AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND MY EXPENSES WITH THIS CAR REIMBURSED BY MAZDA.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED. PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE COMMON TO ALL 626'S MANUFACTURED IN THE LATE 90'S. *JB

1) FROM EARLY ON, THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALWAYS JERKING AND SHIFTING LATE. WE TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND ALSO TO A MAZDA DEALER, WHO TOLD US THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER DOING WEB RESEARCH, WE FOUND THAT THESE WERE FORD TRANSMISSIONS THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY FAIL DUE TO OVERHEATING AND THAT EVEN WITH A REPLACEMENT THE PROBLEM WOULD RECUR. 2) ON 2/22/05 THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY FAILED FOR GOOD (AT 130,000 MILES). IN SPITE OF MAZDA'S KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM, AND THEIR LACK OF PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING TO ACCOMODATE US. THE ENGINE RUNS WELL AND THE BODY IS IN GREAT SHAPE, BUT THE VEHICLE IS NOW UNDRIVABLE. ) WE WILL PROBABLY JUNK THE CAR, SINCE IT IS WELL-KNOWN THAT EVEN IF REPLACED, THE TRANSMISSION WILL HAVE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF FAILURE.*AK

IMADE A COMPLAINT EARLIER BUT I FORGOT A FEW THINGS. MY O/D LIGHT SOMETIMES FLASHES AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON. I TOOK IT TO AUTOZONE TO GET THE LIGHT READ AND THE MAN GAVE ME A LIST OF PROBLEMS WRONG WITH THE CAR. I DON'T REMEMBER EVERY THING BUT ONE THING WAS JUST A SENSOR AND THE OTHER PROBLEM WAS SOMETHING WRONG INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION.*AK

IJUST BOUGHT MY 626 ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO AND IT IS HAVING MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT IT DID NOT HAVE WHEN I BOUGHT IT. THE TRANSMISSION IS FAILLING, IT JERKS, IT SMOKES, AND SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT EVEN GO. TO GET IT FIXED I WILL HAVE TO PAY ABOUT $3000 UNLESS THEY FIND MORE PROBLEMS IN THE CAR. I SEE MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS ME AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DON'T FIX IT.*AK

MAZDA 626 HAS ALWAYS JERKED ON OCCASION WHEN SHIFTING. DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING (NO WARNING LIGHTS OF ANY KIND CAME ON), MY CAR STARTED JERKING AND LURCHING (THIS IS WHILE GOING 45 MPH). WORRIED ABOUT MAKING IT TO MY DESTINATION, JUST BARELY MADE IT TO WHERE I WAS HEADED, HAD IT TOWED FROM THIS SPOT TO DEALER TO EVALUATE BECAUSE I FELT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AT THIS POINT. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE CLUTCHES HAD BURNT OUT AND THE DEBRIS FROM THIS CAUSED OTHER PROBLEMS, NEEDED NEW TRANSMISSION $2,700 TO FIX. JUST PREVIOUSLY HAD THEM DO SOME TRANSMISSION WORK COSTING ME OVER $500 FOR THE SERVICE. *JB

(1) TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK...O/D LIGHT FLASHING OFF AND ON, CAR SMOKING AND OVERHEATING; (2) TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL...$2000 PLUS $115 TOW BILL; (3) STILL NOT CORRECTED...BUT SO FAR NEW SPRAGE FRONT PLANETARY, TORQUE CONVERTER, TEC VALVES, RETAINER FOR SPRAGE, THRUST BEANING. *AK

TRANSMISSION HAD DIFFICULTY CHANGING INTO 2ND AND 3RD. TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED NOT FAR FROM MY HOME AND NEEDED A REBUILD FOR $1250 18 MONTHS AFTER INITIAL REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION IS AGAIN FAILING. THIS TIME WHEN TRANSMISSION IS WARM THE ENGINE SHIFTS DOWN AND UP FROM THE OVER DRIVE GEAR. WHEN TRANSMISSION IS COLD THE UNIT HAS NO PROBLEM BEING IN OVERDRIVE GEARS.*JB

ON DECEMBER 2004, MY CAR DID NOT START, AAA TOWED THE CAR TO BELFI'S AUTO AND TRUCK REPAIR INC. 162 SOUTH MAIN ST. LODI, NJ. 07644 (973-471-5210). AFTER DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM TO BE THE TIMING BELT SUSPENSION SPRING THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, UPON CONTACTING MAZDA CORPORATION I WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL DID NOT INCLUDE MY VIN#. I HAD THE REPAIR DONE BY BELFI'S AUTO SHOP. THE RECALL WAS FOR THE 1998 MAZDA 626, WHY ISN'T MY VEHICLE INCLUDED IN THAT RECALL BEING THAT IT IS THE EXACT SAME MODEL? *JB

TRANSMISSION IS GIVING SERIOUS PROBLEM. 1998 MAZDA 626 LX, AUTO TRANSMISSION, 80K MILES. V4. *AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 69,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN PUTTING THE TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE. IT CAN ONLY MOVE FORWARD WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS IN FIRST GEAR. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I STOPPED FOR FUEL. I GOT IN THE CAR TO LEAVE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO AAMCO . TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER WERE REPAIRED. TWO WEEKS LATER, I HAD TO RETURN TO AAMCO AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS AGAIN REPLACED. THIS IS A WELL MAINTAINED CAR AND NOT ABUSED. THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. AAMCO SAID THE TRANSMISSION HAD OVERHEATED CAUSING THE FAILURE. THERE WAS NO APPARENT SLIPPAGE PRIOR TO THE EVENT. *JB

I PURCHASED A 1998 MAZDA 626 8/14/01 APPROXIMATELY 29700 MILES. BEGAN EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH OVERDRIVE APPROXIMATELY 9 MONTHS THEREAFTER. NO PROBLEM FOUND. RECENTLY THE TRANSMISSON HAS BEEN SLIPPING APPROXIMATELY 86000 MILES. ON 1/6/05 THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO DRIVE BUT WILL NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. RESEARCHED THIS INFO ON THE WEB, IT SEEMS SEVERAL CONSUMERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. RECALL NEEDED. (HTTP://WWW.DUSTBURY.COM/626/TRANS.HTML) AND (HTTPS://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/IVOQ/COMPLAINT.CFM?TOSTEP=2&CFID=1219590&CFTOKEN=65108811). *AK

RECALL 00V134000 CONCERNING TIMING BELT TENSIONER: CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN THE RECALL . THIS AFFECTED THE ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS, AND WAS TOLD THAT VALVES WERE BAD. *AK....ALSO, CAMSHAFT SEALS WERE REPAIRED. *AK

MY 1998 626 ONE DAY WITHOUT WARNING THE O/D BUTTON STARTED BLINKING AND THE CAR BEGAN HESITATING WHEN DRIVING. I GOT HOME, AND PARKED THE CAR. THE NEXT DAY I GO TO TAKE THE CAR TO A CAR SHOP, AND I MISSED MY TURN. I WENT TO MAKE A U-TURN AND THEN SHIFTED GEARS INTO REVERSE, BUT MY CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. FINALLY I GO TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION.*AK

THE GEARS WOULD SHIFT HARD WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE JERK FORWARD. OCCASIONALLY, THE GEAR WOULD JUMP TO NEUTRAL WHICH RENDERED THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. *JB

1998 MAZDA 626 - TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND FINALLY GAVE OUT. ALSO WAS NOT THE FIRST TRANSMISSION REBUILT RECEIVED DIRECTLY FROM MAZDA THAT HAS GIVEN OUT, BUT WAS NOT REPORTED THE FIRST TIME DUE TO THE FACT I THOUGHT IT WAS A REGULAR PROBLEM CAUSED ON MY PART. RECENTLY HAD TO PAY $3000+TAXS TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AND LABOR CHARGES. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT MAZDA AND THERE VEHICLES BECAUSE THEY ARE USELESS PRETTY MUCH AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. " HTTP://WWW.CARLOUNGE.COM/CGI/CARS/FRAMESET.PHP?BULLETIN=Y&URL=HTTP://WWW.CARLOUNGE.COM/CGI/CARSBBS/READ.PHP/F/2/I/31057/T/31057 " ......THIS URL PROVIDED IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY FORUMS AND CARTRACKING WEBSITES THAT HAVE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF MAZDA OWNERS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CARS, ESPECIALLY THE TRANSMISSION. NOT ONE , THIS IS A FACT AND CAN BE PROVEN, NOT ONE OWNER OF A MAZDA 626 HAS 'NOT' HAD EXTREMELY SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CAR, SPECIFICALLY IN THE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE..... DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE SPENDING $3000+ DOLLARS ON REPAIRS REGULARLY IS OBVIOUSLY RIDICULOUS, EVEN IF THE MONEY WERE AVAILABLE. *JB