MAZDA HOOD Complaints

TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 MAZDA 626. IT WILL NOT GO FORWARD. MY MECHANIC HAS INFORMED ME THAT MAZDA IS AWARE OF THIS AND HAS CHOOSE NOT TO DO ANYTHING. ARE THEY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO LOOSE THEIR LIFE BEFORE THEY WILL STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND CORRECT THEIR PROBLEM. *AK

I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS TO MY CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT. I AM NEEDING A 4TH TRANSMISSION. SHIFTS HARD ON DOWNSHIFTS TO UPSHIFTS USUALLY AT 2ND GEAR. MAKES A HUMMING NOISE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER PUT 2 TRANS. IN AND THE SAME IS OCCURRING AGAIN. BRAKES ARE ALSO MESSED UP- SQUICKS HORRIBLE EVEN WHEN I JUST PUT NEW ONES, STRUTS ARE ALL OUT, HAVE HAD IN MY FIRST YR OF PURCHASED, THREE TRANSMISSIONS, 1 AIR CONDITIONER REPLACED, 1 ROOF LINER WAS TO SHORT REPLACED, 1 RECALL, REVERSE SOMETIMES WORKS- YOU HAVE TO REGEAR IT TO MAKE SURE IT IS ON REVERSE-CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO FORWARD WHEN YOU WANT TO BACKWARDS, I HAVE TO AT TIMES PUT THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL TO START MY CAR- BECAUSE IT WON'T START ON PARK AT TIMES. I AM A VERY DISSATISSIFED CUSTOMER WHO WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER MAZDA CAR AGAIN. MY CAR NEEDS ANOTHER TRANSMISSION TO IT. I HAVE PROOF OF ALL WORK DONE TO THIS LEMON FROM THE DEALERS. *AK

I NOTICED FROM TSB#97-24-14, NOV 1997 THAT THE WIRE HARNESS TERMINAL REPAIR KIT WAS A RECALL PROBLEM FOR THE 1998 FORD RANGER PICK-UP, MY MAZDA B3000 HAD A BURNED OUT PAD SWITCH AND MODULAR FOR THE AIRBAG. THE 1998 MAZDA B3000 AND FORD RANGER ARE EXACTLY THE SAME TRUCK, HOW COME THE 98 MAZDA DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL. *AK

MOTOR MOUNTS WERE CHANGED WITH LESS THAN 40,000 MILES WITHOUT HAVING ANY FRONT END DAMAGES. COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY. DESPITE REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND ONLY 40,000 PLUS MILES, THE DEALER SAID THE ENGINE'S OIL PORTS WERE CLOGGED REQUIRING THE REMOVAL OF THE VALVE COVER AND OIL PAN TO REMEDY THE ALLEGED PROBLEM. COST OF REPAIRS, APPROX $700. DESPITE HAVING THE FRONT BRAKE PADS CHANGED AND THE ROTORS TURNED TWICE WITHIN 50,000 MILES, THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING FAILED AND WERE CHANGED. NOW WITH 60,000 MILES THE ENGINE SUDDENLY BEGAN LEAKING OIL FROM EVERY MAJOR AREA: OIL PAN, VALVE COVER, REAR MAIN SEAL, ETC., ETC., ETC. IN ADDITION TO THOSE OIL LEAK AREAS, ONE CV JOINT AND BOOT IS BAD, THE ENGINE MOUNTS ARE ONCE AGAIN BAD WITHOUT ANY FRONT-END DAMAGES, AND THE WATER PUMP IS BAD. THERE ARE MANY OTHER ITEMS THAT HAVE FAILED DURING THIS SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. REGARDLESS OF PERFORMING REGULARLY SCHEDULED ROUTINE SERVICE AS REQUIRED BY THE MANUFACTURER, THIS VEHICLE FAR EXCEEDS WHAT ANYONE WOULD CONSIDER TO BE STANDARD FAILURES. *AK

BOUGHT CAR USED WITH 24,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 30,000 MILES. FOUND OUT 3 FACTORY TRANSMISSIONS HAD BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO 24,000 MILES. PAID LABOR TO HAVE 4TH TRANSMISSION INSTALLED (30,000 MILES). FRONT AXEL FELL OFF - REASON FOR GAS COMSUPTION GOING UP (DOUBLE NORMAL USE).*AK

MAZDA TRIBUTE 2002, HAD LOWER ENGINE REPLACED AFTER 4000 AS IT TOTALLY DIED ON THE HIGHWAY. 20 MONTHS LATER I AM HAVING THE ENGINE REPLACED, THIS TIME IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE CAMS WEREN'T GETTING AN OIL FOR SOME REASON AND THEY ARE SHOT, THE LIFTERS WERE ALSO BROKEN AND THE HEAD IS WARPED. SERVICE REP SAID THE ENGINE IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND CAN SEE THAT THERE IS LITTLE WEAR ON THE ENGINE.*AK

I OWN A 1993 MAZDA MX6, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BALL JOINTS ON ONE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE TWICE AND ONCE ON THE OTHER SIDE, I WENT ON THE NET AND SAW THAT THERE WAS PROBLEMS WITH THE BALL JOINTS ON THIS MODEL, AND WAS TRYING TO SEE IF I COULD BE REIMBURSED, I HAVE THE BILLS AND DATES THAT THE REPAIRS WAS DONE. *LA

THERE IS A SULFUR SMELL COMING FROM THE ENGINE INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, DEALER SAID ITS THE ETHANOL GAS THAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND THAT IT IS SEASONAL; DEALER SAID TO TRY OTHER GAS; DEALER HAS SAID THEY HAVE RECEIVED OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME SMELL AND THAT AT LEAST ONE (PREGNANT) OWNER CANNOT DRIVE HER CAR WITHOUT BECOMING SICK. *LA

TRANSMISSION FAILURE HAD TO BE REPLACED, OVERDRIVE LIGHT CONSTANTLY FLASHING, DEALERS STATED WAS OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACED BOTH SENSORS, PROBLEM NOT SOLVED, REPLACED TRANSMISSION REPLACED SEVERAL DAYS LATER WITH ANOTHER, FIRST REPLACEMENT WAS DEFECTIVE. *LA

I HAVE A 2001 MAZDA 626. THE OVER DRIVE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH, WITHIN 15 MINUTES I WAS AT THE DEALER. I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. MY CAR IS NOT SHOWING ANY SIGNS OF FAILURE. THE LIGHT KEEPS FLASHING. I PUT AN EXTERNAL TRANSMISSION RADIATOR AND THE LIGHT HAS NOT TURNED ON. I HAVE TO REPLACE MY BRAKES 4 TIMES IN SIX MONTHS. THEY SAY IT IS MY DRIVING. HOW CAN THIS BE? ONCE IT TOOK THEM A WEEK TO PUT BRAKE PADS. THAT MONDAY THEY SAID IT NEEDED ROTORS AND DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS. THAT FRIDAY I PICKED UP MY CAR AND THEY SAID IT DID NOT NEED ROTORS AFTER ALL!!! THEY RENTED ME A CAR, 2 MONTHS LATER MY CREDIT CARD WAS CHARGED FOR THE WEEKS RENTAL. BESIDES THIS THE NATIONAL CITY MILE OF CARS WESCOTT MAZDA-KIA DEALER ARE SEXIST AND DISCRIMINATE AGAINST WOMEN. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE GUY (TOM) CALLED ME AN ASS AND NEVER APOLOGIZED EVEN AFTER I TOLD HIS BOSS. *LA