2000 Mazda 626 complaints

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON, CAME ON FIVE TIMES, THE FIRST TIME DEALER REPLACED BROKEN IDLER PULLEY BELT BOLT, SECOND TIME DEALER REPLACED ALTERNATOR, THIRD TIME DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH, FOURTH TIME TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR WAS REPLACED, AND FIFTH TIME CLUTCH PEDAL SWITCH WAS REPLACED, AT THIS TIME ENGINE CHECK LIGHT IS ON AGAIN.*AK CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OFF THE LOT THE FIRST DAY, THERE WAS A HORRIFIC SCREECHING NOISE FROM THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL, CONSUMER ASSUMED THAT IT WAS A NEW CAR NOISE AND IT WOULD EVENTUALLY GO AWAY, CONSUMER WAS INFOREMD THAT SOMETHING HAD SLIPPED IN THE WHEEL AREA, OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS CONSUMER COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER THAT VEHICLE WAS MAKING AN EXTREMLY LOUD THUMPING NOISE, THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE FREON SYSTEM WHICH WAS THEN FLUSHED AND THEN REFILLED TO THE CORRECT LEVEL, WHICH WAS DONE TO TAKE OUT THE AIR BUBBLES IN THE AIR CONDITION LINE, ALSO THE AIR CONDITION WAS BLOWING HOT AIR, THE CENTER CONSOLE WOULD NOT LATCH, NUMEROUS COMPONETS WERE REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*JB

OVERDRIVE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE JERKED. VEHICLE WILL MAKE A BAD NOISE LIKE A BOOMING NOISE. *AK

I AM ACTUALLY WRITING TO REPORT A PROBLEM I HAVE WITH OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD - SPECIFICALLY SUVS AND OTHER SMALL TRUCKS, AS WELL AS VEHICLES USING XENON LAMPS IN THEIR HEADLIGHTS. THESE VEHICLES HAVE ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS BLINDED ME WHILE DRIVING; THE XENON LAMPS FROM ONCOMING TRAFFIC, AND THE TRUCKS FROM BEHIND. THE XENON LAMPS ARE TOO BRIGHT FOR AN OPPOSSING DRIVER TO SEE PAST AT NIGHT; FREQUENTLY, IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT THEY ARE AS BRIGHT OR EVEN BRIGHTER THAN HIGH BEAMS OF MOST NORMAL LAMPS. THE TRUCKS ARE A PROBLEM FROM EVEN QUITE A DISTANCE AWAY FOR DRIVERS OF SEDANS AND SMALLER CARS; WHEN MY HUSBAND DRIVES, THE HEADLAMPS OF TRUCKS REFLECT DIRECTLY INTO HIS EYES THROUGH THE REARVIEW MIRROR (HE IS 6 FT TALL, AVERAGE HEIGHT OF A MAN IN THIS COUNTRY), AS WELL AS FROM THE SIDEVIEW MIRROR DEPENDING ON THE POSITION OF THE TRUCK BEHIND US. I WOULD STRONGLY URGE YOU TO CONSIDER BANNING THE XENON HEADLAMPS ALTOGETHER, AND TO CONSIDER FORMING SOME SORT OF REGULATION THAT WOULD DICTATE THE HEIGHT OF HEADLAMPS OF ALL VEHICLES (EXCEPTING SEMIS) TO WITHIN A RANGE THAT WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE DRIVING CAPABILITIES OF ANY DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.*AK

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE TO WARM UP VEHICLE WILL SHIFT INTO REVERSE, BUT WILL NOT MOVE. CONSUMER PUT GEAR BACK INTO PARK AND LET IT WARM UP AGAIN. VEHICLE AGAIN WILL JUMP INTO REVERSE, AND CONSUMER HAS TO PUT IT BACK INTO PARK. ALSO, WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE VEHICLE WILL GO BACKWARDS REAL FAST. VEHICLE DOES THIS INTERMITTENTLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE.*AK

VEHICLE GOT REARENDED. WHEN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TOWED IN IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT FRONT AND BACK ENDS OF VEHICLE WERE MADE OF PLASTIC. CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW WHY FRONT AND BACK ENDS OF VEHICLE WERE MADE OF PLASTIC INSTEAD OF REENFORCED METAL. CONSUMER CALLED MAZDA, AND MAZDA STATED IT WAS REENFORCED PLASTIC.*AK

THE CYLINDER HEADS HAVE FAILED TWICE DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURE AND A CRACK NEAR THE #2 CYLINDER SPARK PLUG HOLE CAUSING THE RPM'S TO BE VERY HIGH, WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE IT SUDDENLY SLAMS INTO GEAR, WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP POSITION THE ENGINE RACES AND WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED IT SHAKES AND TREMBLES AS IF THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO SHUT OFF. NLM

BRAKE SQUEAK WHEN APPLIED. *SLC

WAS BACKING UP AND WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE. EVENTUALLY LEVER WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE AFTER CONTINUOUS PRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, AND INFORMED BY MECHANIC ITS WAS POSSIBLE CLUTCH PACKAGE, CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN PUTTING CAR IN DRIVE VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO GEAR. NEXT DAY, TOWED TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY GONE.*AK

WHEN PUTTING CAR INTO DRIVE IT WILL SUDDENLY SLAM INTO GEAR, NEXT DAY CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY GONE.*AK

WHENEVER VEHICLE HAS BEEN STARTED, IT WOULD SHAKE AND TREMBLE. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, BUT PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN OR COULD NOT BE RESOLVED. MECHANIC DID ADJUST TRANSMISSION, BUT ANOTHER MECHANIC INDICATED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN 2ND GEAR AND PROCEEDED TO REPAIR IT.*AK

ENGINE OVERHEATED AND LOST POWER AND VEHICLE STALLED. ALSO VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TOLD VEHICLE HAS CA EMISSIONS PACKAGE, SINCE OCTOBER 2000, VEHICLE HAS BEEN STALLING, ENGINE STUMBLES IN COLD WEATHER, AND GETTING WORSE. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY, MAZDA STATED ONLY 4 CYLINDER VEHICLES DO THAT.*AK

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE ENGINE CHECK WARNING LIGHT COMES ON ANS STAYS ON. HAS BEEN TO DEALER 8 TIMES FOR ENGINE CHECK WARNING LIGHT.*AK

THE SIDEWALL FAILED. THERE WAS A LARGE TEAR, WHICH DEVELOPED SUDDENLY AT A LOW SPEED. THERE DIDN'T APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN ANY OBJECT THAT STRUCK THE TIRE OR CAME IN CONTACT WITH IT. THERE WAS NO PUNCTURE ON THE SURFACE THAT CONTACTS THE ROAD, JUST A LONG "CRACK" UP THE SIDE. THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE 40'S AND THERE HAD BEEN LIGHT RAIN. I HAD ONLY DRIVEN ROUGHLY 4 MILES AT LOW SPEEDS, BUT WAS ABOUT A MILE AWAY FROM INTERSTATE 77 WHERE I WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING FASTER IN TRAFFIC. I FEEL FORTUNATE THAT THERE WERE NO CONSEQUENCES OF THE TIRE'S FAILURE BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION IN WHICH IT FAILED. THE SIDEWALL CRACK EXTENDED DOWN TO ONE OF THE INDENTATIONS IN THE TREAD, WHICH APPEARED TO STILL BE INTACT. THE TIRE SHOWED NO SIGN OF SIGNIFICANT WEAR. SINCE THE RENTAL CAR HAD JUST OVER 5000 MILES ON IT, I ASSUME THE TIRE HAD NO MORE WEAR THAN THAT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRESIZE: P215/60R16)

WHEN CONSUMER STARTED UP CAR ITCOULD NOT BE PUT IN GEAR. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY ADJUSTED THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER FELT THAT THERE STILL WAS A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT HAPPENED AGAIN. BUT, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PUT IN GEAR. MECHANIC SAID PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY PUTTING HAND ON TOP OF GEAR SHIFT LEVER. CONSUMER FELT THIS DID NOT MAKE SENSE.*AK

CONSUMER SAID THAT BRAKES ARE STREAKING VERY BADLY. SHE BOUGHT VEHICLE A MONTH AGO. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP.*AK