1995 MAZDA 626 Complaints

I WAS DRIVING MY 1995 MAZDA 626 TO WORK ON 08/05/2004 AND ABOUT A MILE FROM WORK, MY O/D OFF LIGHT STARTED BLINKING. ONCE I GOT TO WORK, I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. I CALLED A MAZDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS PROBABLY MY TRANSMISSION AND IT MIGHT NEED TO BE REPLACED. I THEN WENT ON CARTRACKERS.COM AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MOST MAZDA 626'S. I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND SURELY CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE A PAYMENT ON A NEW VEHICLE. PLEASE MAKE MAZDA CORRECT THEIR PROBLEM!!!*AK

I PURCHASED A 1995 MAZDA 626 WITH 04,000 ON 106,000 THE TRANSMISSION WENT. I FOUND OUT THAT THE TRANSMISSION FOR THIS CAR IS REALLY A FORD CD4E. ALL OVER THE INTERNET THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS TRANSMISSION. I HAVE PAID $2,500 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION IT IS BEING INSTALLED NOW. WHEN WILL THERE BE A RECALL?*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AROUND 1999. TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT ($2300). HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES. TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT IN MAY 2003. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED IN JUNE 2004 ($1700). I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAD THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE, SHE HAD NEVER ENDING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. EVENTUALLY SHE TRADED THE CAR IN BECAUSE IT WAS COSTING HER MORE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE THAN THE WORTH OF THE VEHICLE. *JB

1995 MAZDA 626 UTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (FORD CD4E) FAILURE NO REPAIRS INITIATED DUE TO UNRELIABLE NATURE OF TRANSMISSION AND EXTREMELY HIGH COST ($2200-2500). FOR HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR CASES: HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/YOURLEMON/189.HTML. *AK

CAR DETAILS: MAZDA ODEL 626, YEAR OF MFG: 1995, 4 DOOR, AUTO TRANSMISSION, NO. OF MILES (TILL THE DATE OF COMPLAINT): 87,410 MILES. THIS IS A USED CAR AND I BOUGHT IT IN DECEMBER 2003. THE MILES ON THE CAR WHEN I BOUGHT WAS ABOUT 84,500. *AK PROBLEM: 1) EVENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE: THERE WAS A SLIP IN THE CAR EVERY TIME THE CAR WAS STARTED FROM REST. I SHOWED IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE SUGGESTED THE PROBLEM TO BE DUE TO NEW BRAKE PADS WHICH I HAD GOT CHANGED ABOUT TWO MONTHS BACK.I USE THE CAR MAINLY INSIDE THE CITY AND IT WAS WORKING PERFECTLY FINE. I DROVE IT ONLY ONCE ON THE INTERSTATE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES (THIS WAS ON THE DAY OF COMPLAINT) AND WHILE COMING ON THE WAY I SAW THAT THE CAR WAS HAVING LOT OF JERKS WHENEVER I SLOWED DOWN OR STOPPED AT ANY SIGNAL. ALSO THE PICK UP OF THE CAR WAS VERY POOR. THE TRANSMISSION COULD NOT PICK THE POWER THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING AND I HAD A PROBLEM EVEN GETTING TO 30 MPH. AS SOON AS I SAW THIS I DID NOT DRIVE ANY FURTHER. THE VERY NEXT DAY I GOT MY CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. 2) THE FAILURE: THE TRASMISSION OIL IN THE CAR WAS LOW, THE GEAR TEETH IN THE TRANSMISSION WERE BROKEN; THE CLUTCH PLATES WERE WORN OUT; THE LEFT AXEL HAD EATEN AWAY THE SLEEVE OF THE TRANSMISSION ON THE LEFT SIDE.THE WORN OUT METAL (OF THE GEAR) WAS SUPPOSEDLY CARRIED OVER TO OTHER PARTS OF THE TRANSMISSION WHICH CAUSED SOME OTHER GEARS TO GET DAMAGED. 3) PRESENTLY THE CAR AND THE OLD TRANSMISSION BOTH ARE WITH MY MECHANIC. I HAVE NOT TAKEN ANY DECISION SO FAR AS THE COST OF REBUILDING THE TRANSMISSION IS MORE THAN THE COST OF THE CAR ITSELF.

TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT FOR 2ND TIME. FIRST REBUILT AT 114K000 NOW AT 119K000, NEED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION. A TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT FAIL AFTER 5,000 MILES. *AK

MY MAZDA 1995 626 KEEPS HAVING THE THE "O/D LIGHT OFF" BLINKING AND THE CAR STARTS TO SHAKE ALOT WHEN I TURN THE A/C ON.*AK

MADZA 626 95 O/D OFF AND CAR SKAKING ALL THE TIME WHEN I AM DRIVING THE CAR. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM!!!*AK

OVERDRIVE LIGHT FOR TRANSMISSION CAME ON REPEATEDLY, SHIFTLOCK WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO SHIFT TRANSMISSION WITHOUT FIRST INSERTING IGNITION KEY IN SHIFT LOCK AND PLACING TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL...DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY CAR START LOSING POWER LIKE DOWNSHIFTING WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION THEN STOPS NEED NEW TRANSMISSION! PROBLEM STATED AT 67,0000...CAR TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY GOES AT 91,000. *LA

MAZDA 626, BAD TRANSMISSION, 1ST REPLACEMENT 100,000 MILES, NOW NEEDS ANOTHER TRANSMISSION, TOO COSTLY. *AK