MAZDA HOOD Complaints

2003 MAZDA PROTEGE RADIO SEEMS TO BE DEFECTIVE. DEALER REPLACED RADIO THAT HAD A NONFUNCTIONAL VOLUME CONTROL WITH ONE THAT HAD SAME ISSUE. DEALER IS REORDERING PART. *JB

1)CAR WAS JERKING,TRANSMISSION WAS REVING ON MY 2001 MAZDA 2)TOOK IT TOOK THE DEALER AFTER I BROKE DOWN,SAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD & NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. 3)TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED TWICE,BUT STILL HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *AK

MY 1998 MAZDA 626 IS UNRELIABLE. IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF A DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO GET THEM TO FIND OUT WHY IT CUTS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION OR WHY IT WILL ONLY CRANK SPORADICALLY. THEY CHECK, SAY THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM, CHARGE US FOR A REPAIR (BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. IT RARELY WORKS MORE THAN A DAY AFTER IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND THEN IT IS ON THE BLINK AGAIN. THE REPORTED PROBLEM FROM DAY ONE HAS NOT CHANGED, IT WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY DUE TO FAILURE TO CRANK. WE WANT IT FIXED AND WE EXPECT TRAINED TECHNICIANS TO KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR TO FIX IT. WE HAVE NOW PAID OUT OVER $1000 WITH PARTS AND LABOR AND STILL WE HAVE A CAR THAT WILL NOT WORK. NORTH PARK MAZDA, JACKSON, MS HAS ALL OF THE RECENT SERVICE RECORDS WHICH BACK UP WHAT I HAVE STATED. *JB

JUST BOUGHT A USED 96 MAZDA 626LX. VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND HAD BEEN CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC THROUGHLY. A DAY LATER IT STARTED TO VIBRATE SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOTORMOUNT. WE WERE WRONG. SO WE JUST IGNORED THE VIBRATION. A FEW DAYS THE LATER IT WOULD'T START UP AND WE HAD TO GO AND GET THE BATTERY CHECKED OUT. NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MECHANIC TOLD US TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST FIX IT B/C THE FLUIDS WERE BLACK. WHICH THEY WEREN'T WHEN PURCHASED. SO AFTER ALL THIS WE ARE HAVING TO PAY FOR A TRANSMISSION. THE CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED AND TAKEN OFF THE MARKET. I THINK MAZDA NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT IS DAMAGING THEIR REPUTATION. AND HAVE MADE ME DECIED TO NEVER BUY ANY KIND OF MAZDA AGAIN. *AK

I PURCHASED MY 1998 MAZDA 626LX IN DECEMBER 2000 WITH 65,000 MILES ON IT. IN JULY 2002 THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL AT 65 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON AND THE AIR CONDITIONING TURNED ON. THE CAR SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO SECOND GEAR AND PROCEEDED TO STRIP ALL THE GEARS IN THE TRANSMISSION (AS I WAS TOLD BY THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP) RENDERING MY CAR USELESS FOR THREE MONTHS WHILE I SAVED THE MONEY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. I PUT A REMANUFACTURED ONE IN FROM PHOENIX HARD PARTS (NEVER GOT MY REBATE, SO DON'T GO TO THEM FOR HELP!). IT COST ME $1300 FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND $1200 IN LABOR TO HAVE IT INSTALLED. NOW THIS TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS (FLASHING O/D LIGHT) AFTER ONLY AN HOUR ON THE INTERSTATE! PLEASE SOMEONE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. IT MAY NOT BE CHILD SEATS, BUT THIS IS COSTING LOTS OF PEOPLE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS!*AK

THE A/C ON MY NEW CAR DOES NOT COOL THE CAR TO ANY COMFORT LEVEL.. I SWEAT IN THE HEAT WITH THE AC ON.IT DOESN'T COOL THE CAR INSIDE.I HAD IT CHECKED BY MY MAZDA DEALER THEY SAID IT IS UP TO THE MAUFACTUER'S STANDARDS.I TOLD THEM THAT I HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCELERATING WITH THE AC ON WHEN PASSING AT 40MPH THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE IT DRAGGED.I HAD TO FLLOOR THE GAS PEDAL ON A MAJORR INTERSTATE TO MOVE FROM 40-60,FROM TOO SLOW TO TOO FAST.I HAD SECONDS TO MOVE OR GET KILLED.THE AC DOES NOT WORK AND THE SERVICE MANAGERR TOLD ME I HAVE TOO SMALL AN ENGINE AND THAT I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE LARGER ENGINE THE( 2.3) YET THEY DENY ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE AC SYSTEM.THE AC HASN'T WORKED SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN MAY I NOTICED IT IN JULY.IT TOOK THREE WEEKS FOR THE DEALER TO GET BACK TO ME ABOUT AN APPT. PLEASE IGNORE THE HOOD EQUIPMENT ADDED BELOW( NOTHIGN ADDDED AFTER CAR WAS SOLD) COULD NOT REMOVE EQUIPMENT ADDED IN THIS REPORT.*AK

I HAVE A 2004 MAZDA 6S I HAVE HAD TWO INCIDENTS WHERE THE FUEL LINE HAS DETACHED FROM INSIDE THE ENGINE AND THE CAR HAS STALLED AND GASOLINE HAS POURED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL AND I SHOULD RECEIVED IT IN THE MAIL , I LATER FOUND OUT THERE WAS NO RECALL . THEY THEN FIXED THE CAR SUPPOSELY AND THREE MONTHS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN.*AK

I HAVE A 19"93 MAZDA BOUGHT IN '95. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE UNDER WARRANTY IN 19'96 AND AGAIN IN 19'97. NOW IT'S LEAKING AGAIN SINCE2003.*AK

TRANSMISSION SEIZED ABRUBTLY DURING A HIGHWAY DRIVE AT 45 MI./ HR. LOCKED UP NO REVERSE ON MY 1998 MAZDA 626. NEAR ACCIDENT, NONE RESULTED FORTUNATELY. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TRANSMISSION IN LESS THAN A YEAR. WILL BE TAKING IN SHOP FOR REPLACEMENT 5/24/2004.*AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BURNT OUT! CAR WAS TOWED TO WORKSHOP AND REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE PUT IN COST $3100. WAS LITTLE OVER 3 YEARS FROM PURCHASE DATE, THEREFORE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE PROBLEMS DID NOT STOP THERE, IN ABOUT 50 DAYS, "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON... TOOK IT TO THE SAME PLACE WHO WORKED ON THE TRANSMISSION. TECHNICIAN REPORTED NEW PROBLEM UNRELATED TO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, NEW SERVICE COST $500. THE CAR COST ME BIG $$$ IN MAINTAINANCE.... DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE END OF THE PROBLEMS... MAZDA 626 OWNERS WATCH OUT!