1999 Mazda 626 complaints

I WAS TOLD TO FILE A COMPLAINT, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS IN THE LATE MODEL MAZDA 626'S. I JUST SPENT $1700 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION ON MY 1999 626 ES WITH 62000 MILES. THE DAMAGE OF THE TRANSMISSION WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT. MY MECHANIC WHOM I HAVE KNOWN FOR 7 YEARS SAID THIS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS, HE SAID JUST IN FEBRUARY ALONE HE DID 4. HE SAID THESE TRANSMISSIONS ARE JUNK, AND VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR BECAUSE OF THEIR DESIGN. THIS DESIGN DOES NOT HAVE A PAN ON THE BOTTOM SO YOU CAN CHECK THE VITALS, IT IS ON THE SIDE. HE SAID THIS DESIGN OF AUTOMATIC WAS PUT INTO THE 626, MX-6 , AND THE FORD PROBE. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME ANYTIME. JOHN. *JB

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED.*JB

1999 MAZDA 626...JUST OVER 70K MILES...O/D LIGHT FLASHING...TRANSMISSION STUCK IN 2ND GEAR...HARD SHIFTING...RESEARCH REVEALED MANY MORE DRIVERS WITH SIMILAR EXPERIENCE.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEM, IRREGULAR RPM'S WHEN IDLING, POPPING NOISE IN FRONT (SUSPENSION?) WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED I.E. HIGHWAYS, INTERIOR LIGHT FAULTY,

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH POWER STEERING . RACK AND PINION STEERING BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

IN JUNE 1999, I PURCHASED A 1999 MAZDA 626. I HAVE 27,743 MILES ON IT. (I RIDE MOSTLY IN MY HUSBAND'S SUV). TWO DAYS AGO, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. THE DEALER TELLS ME THE 36 MONTH WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I SAY WARRANTY OR NOT AT 27,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT BE SLIPPING--UNLESS THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH IT WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED. I REFUSE TO PAY $2000+ FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION AND AM SEEKING ARBITRATION AGAINST THE DEALER. I AM ASTONISHED TO SEE ALL OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 626 TRANSMSSION I READ ON "THE COMPLAINT STATION" WEBSITE. FROM WHAT I READ ON THIS SITE, THE PROBLEM IS THE FORD TRANSMISSION. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE CONCERING THIS PROBLEM. A RECALL IS IN ORDER. THANK YOU.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE WHEN THE "OVERDRIVE" LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING ON/OFF. CONSUMER THEN NOTICED SMOKE EMITTING FROM UNDER HOOD AND REAR OF VEHICLE AND QUICKLY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. DEALER DIAGNOSED TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. TS

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO ACCELERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

1999 MAZDA TRAANSMISSION PROBLEMS

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HEARD A NOISE FROM ENGINE AND VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER ADVISED THAT THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER BROKE CAUSING STALL. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANFACTURER REGARDING RECALL 00V134000. MFR ADVISED V.I.N. IS NOT INCLUDED. TS

IT IS CRAZY TO HAVE TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSON AFTER LESS THAN 72000 MILES. THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE, THAT IT REALLY SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. IT'S REALLY SAD FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT CAN BARELY AFFORD THE MONTHLY PAYMENT, THEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS. DT

TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BLACK. DT

THE VEHICLES CLUTCH BAND WAS SLIPPING AND AS A RESULT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TS *NLM

NO SUMMARY. DT

CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES THE TRANSMISSION MAKES A CLICKING NOISE AND JERKS INTO GEAR. THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS TURNING BACK AND FORTH INSTEAD OF ONE WAY WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO FALL OUT. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. MR

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE SERVICED AND ALL FLUIDS CHECKED AND TOPPED OFF ON 8/13/02. NO TRANSMISSION OR FLUID PROBLEMS REPORTED DURING THAT SERVICING. NO OTHER PROBLEMS, LIGHT INDICATORS, OR TRANSMISSION RELATED ISSUES BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. ON 8/26/02, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, OIL FLUIDS BEGAN SPRAYING THE WINDSHIELD AND SMOKE POURED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE STALLED OUT IN THE MEDIAN OF EXTREMELY BUSY AND CONGESTED GEORGIA HWY 400. POLICE AND FIRE RESPONDED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF SMOKE AND HAZARD OF BEING STALLED IN MEDIAN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MAZDA DEALER WHO INFORMED US THAT THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF $2,700! MY RESEARCH HAS DISCOVERED SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE. PLEASE ADVISE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.*AK

OWNER STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STALLING. SHE WAS TOLD BY MAZDA THAT THE EXTERNAL SPRING IN TIMING BELT TESIONER BROKE. MAZDA DOES HAVE A RECALL 00V134000 ON TIMING BELT TENSIONER, PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WAS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM HOME, ACCELERATING FROM A TURN. TRANSMISSION WENT "CLUNK" THEN NOTICIBLE HESITATION WHEN APPLYING GAS. WHEN CAR WAS PARKED, SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. CHECKED AND NOTICED "BURNED" TRANNIE FLUID COVERING COMPONENTS. HAD CAR TOWED TO JAPANESE AUTO. REPAIR SERVICE. TOLD NEEDED NEW TRANNIE. HAD TOWED TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP PROVIDED NEW TRANNIE, RADIATOR AND COOLANT SWITCH B/C COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT RADIATOR WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO HELP COOL TRANNIE. MAZDA COVERED PARTS, BUT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DO THAT I NEED TO PAY LABOR AND GET TIMING BELT, GASKETS AND SEALS CHANGED. OVERALL I AM PLEASED WITH MAZDA'S ACTION, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE KNOWN THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR COMBO. FYI. TOM NASO'S STAFF WAS EXTREMELY COURTEOUS AND HELPFUL. I APPRECIATED ALL THEIR WORK.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE.*AK

IN EARLY 2001,MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED SQUEAKING LOUDLY.THE DEALER REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION STEERING.THE VERY NEXT MONTH I WAS DRIVING ON A LONG TRIP,STOPPED TO GET GAS,AND THE ENGINE STARTED SMOKING.THE DEALER TOLD ME I HAD DRIVEN THE CAR OUT OF OVERDRIVE WHICH I HAD NOT.IN MAY,2002 I AGAIN MADE A LONG TRIP,STOPPED SUDDENLY FOR A WRECK,WITH ANOTHER INCIDENT OF SMOKE FROM THE ENGINE.THE DEALER NOW SAYS IT IS THE TRANSMISSION WHICH I HAVE SEEN NOTED MULTIPLE TIMES AS A DEFECT ON THIS WEB SITE.*AK

FRONT COLLISION AT 35 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUFFERED HEAD AND CHEST INJURIES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN.*JB

I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 5000 MILES. JUST OVER A YEAR OF OWNING IT I HAD TO PUT NEW BRAKES ON THE CAR. IN APRIL OF 2002 IT NEEDED A BRAKE JOB AGAIN. FOR A CAR THAT IS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD IT IS HAVING TO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. NOW THE BRAKES THINK THEY ARE ON AT ALL TIMES AND THE CAR VIBRATES. I HAVE WENT TO THREE MECHANICS AND THEY CAN'T FIND WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THEY SOLD ME A CAR THAT WAS IN AN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING WAS REALLY WRONG WHEN THEY SOLD IT TO ME.*AK

VEHICLE IS STALLING OUT WHEN CONSUMER IS DRIVING. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE INTO SHOP FOUR TIMES ALREADY IN ONE MONTH, BUT THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK

WITH THE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED PROPERLY, TRANSMISSION WAS TOO YOUNG TO FAIL. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 75-80 MPH THE VEHICLE JUST STARTED TO SMOKE FROM ENGINE AREA AND THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONS, AND VEHICLE CAN ONLY BE DRIVEN IN OVERDRIVE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, AND IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK

THE FRONT BRAKES ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED VEHICLE WEAR OUT EVERY 10,000 MILES OR SO. THERE IS CURRENTLY 47,000 ON THE VEHICLE, AND I HAVE CHANGED THE BRAKES 7 TIMES!!! I NOTIFIED MAZDA USA, AND NOTHING WAS EVER DONE. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD SEVERAL TIMES BY SERVICE MANAGER THAT THIS WAS "NORMAL WEAR" AND THAT I MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE MY DRIVING HABITS, WHICH., BY THE WAY, ARE NOT BAD

THE O/D LIGHT WAS FLASHING JUST BEFORE I BEGIN TO SEE THE CAR SMOKING, I LOOK UNDER THE HOOD AND THERE IS TRANSMISSION FLUILD ON THE MOTOR AND THEN I GOT BACK INTO THE CAR TRYING TO MOVE THE CAR...THEN THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK INTO THE GEAR.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED AT ANY TIME. TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

MY TRANSMISSION RECENTLY WENT OUT (NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY). AFTER TAKING IT TO THE MECHANICS TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT, THE MECHANIC MENTIONED THAT MAZDA HAS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS THAT GETS THEM THRU TO WARRANTY. AFTER SPEAKING WITH HIM, I SPOKE TO A FRIEND THAT HAD A NEIGHBOR THAT HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH 2 DIFFERENT MODELS OF MAZDA CARS. (626 AND MPV). AFTER HE SPENT A COUPLE MONTHS TRYING TO GET MAZDA TO PAY FOR HIS TRANSMISSION, HE FOUND OUT THAT MAZDA ISSUED A "DEALER NOTICE" THAT THERE WAS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE TRANSMISSION AND TO CONTACT THE MFG. FOR A TRANSMISSION REBUILD KIT. (MAZDA DOES NOT PAY FOR THIS OF COURSE, BECAUSE IT USUALLY HAPPENS AFTER THE WARRANTY RUNS OUT. I JUST SPENT $1,800.00 ON A CAR THAT IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD! IF MAZDA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS NOT CORRECTED IT, THEN THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING A RECALL AND FIXING THE PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE. PLEASE ADVISE AS TO WHAT YOU FIND OUT. THANK YOU.*AK

THE HEADRESTS ARE DESIGNED DEFECTIVE, THE METAL SUPPORT BAR SEPARATES FROM THE HEADREST AND RESTS AGAINST THE COVER. THE HEAD SITS ON THE METAL BAR. IN THE EVENT OF ANY TYPE OF COLLISION THE RESULTS COULD BE DISASTEROUS

WHILE SLOWING TO MAKE A RIGHT-HAND TURN, VEHICLE WAS REAR-ENDED TOTALLING THE CAR. IN THE PROCESS, THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED THUS CAUSING THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE NECK AND BACK INJURIES.*AK

VEHICLE STALLED AT 60MPH WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. DEALER STATED STALLING WAS CAUSED BY AN ENGINE ROD FAILURE AND WAS COMMON. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 75MPH ON FREEWAY TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT AND VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER STATED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS FREYED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE OVERDRIVE OFF LIGHT STARTS FLASHING ON ROADTRIPS WHEN YOU HAVE DRIVEN ABOUT 80 MILES. THE LAST INCIDENT IT ACTUALLY CAME OUT OF OVERDRIVE AT 80 MPH. *AK

CAR JERKS ON ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION VERY BADLY. THE CAR DOWNSHIFTS EXTREMELY BAD. *AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD, THE CAR JERKS AND MAKES A SOUND, ENGINE REVS HIGH. *AK

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

MASTER CYLINDER GETS STUCK ON DRUMS OF WHEEL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE IN STEERING,ON 19 MAR 2001. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT STEERING RACK AND PINION WAS TOO TIGHT. REPLACED STEERING RACK AND PINION. ON 8 APRIL 2001 WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE STEERING RACK AND PINION BROKE, VEHICLE HAD NO POWER STEERING. DEALER SAID THAT MAZDA KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH STEERING BUSHINGS, HER'S WERE LEAKING. DEALER REPLACED STEERING RACK AND PINION AGAIN. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS A DEFECTIVE PART AND WILL BREAK AGAIN. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS DRIVER NOTICED A JERKING, NO PRIOR WARNINGS. DEALER HAS CHECKED VEHICLE THREE TIMES. *AK WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION DELAYS INTO GERAS AND TRANSMISSION SLAMED INTO GEAR WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE CAUSING THE CAR TO JERK BACKWARD. *YH

BOTH FRONT TIRES' TREAD PREMATURELY WORE OUT WITH ONLY 16,000 MILES. MODEL SF408, SIZE P18570R14, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. *AK *SLC

ON 10/13/2000 WHEN THE CAR WAS TURNED ON THE RADIO CAME ON FOR A SECOND THEN SHUT DOWN AND DID NOT COME ON AGAIN, THE DOOR LIGHT ON DASHBOARD STAYED ON & ALL DOORS WERE SHUT, THE SEAT BELT LIGHT STAYED ON WHILE THE SEAT BELT WAS BEING WORN, KEYLESS ENTRY DID NOT SOUND, POWER WINDOWS STOP WORKING, FINALLY ON THAT DAY WHILE COMING TO A STOP THE CAR SHUT DOWN. LATER ON 10/15/2000, WHEN THE FRONT DEFOGGER WAS TURNED ON AND THE CAR WAS JUST IDILING THE CAR BEGAN ACT AS IF WANTED TO TURN OFF AND SHAKE. ON 10/18/2000 MY CAR WENT INTO THE SHOP WHEN IT WAS RETURNED TO ME ON 10/20/2000 AND I WOULD STEP ON THE BRAKE MY RADIO WOULD START CUTTING OFF AGAIN. I TOOK MY CAR BACK TO THE SHOP ON 10/25/2000 FOR THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM AND I HAVEN'T SEEN MY CAR SINCE. SL. *AK

TOOK TO DEALERSHIP 4 X. SAID NOTHING WRONG CAUSE THEY DIDN'T HEAR IT. SHOULD I HIRE A MECHANIC TO GET REPORT OR TAPE RECORD THE NOISE? WON'T DRIVE IT MUCH (CAN'T TAKE IT ON TRIP), CAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG W/WHEELS. DEALERSHIP SAID RE RECALL ON WHEELS, NOTHING WRONG DIDN'T NEED FIXED.

TIRES WORN SMOOTH ON INSIDE AFTER 13000 MILES( DOT NUMBER: Y7CD TIRE SIZE: P205/60R15 )

A/C COMPRESSOR CYCLING CAUSES ENGINE HESITATION/JERKING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55-65 MPH.I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER 5 OR 6 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE THIRD TIME THEY SAID IT HAD TO DO WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR OR CABIN HEATING /COOLING FAN BEING ON. THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO