1998 MAZDA 626 Complaints

I OWN A MAZDA 626 1998, 4 CYLINDER. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION JUST FAILED ON ME AT 79000 MILES. I WAS JAMMED ON THE HIGHWAY UNTIL I GOT TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO SOLD ME THE CAR. THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW AND WAS DRIVEN BY MY WIFE FROM 1998 TO 2004. IT WAS NEVER ABUSED. IT STARTED SLIPPING AT DRIVE POSITION WHEN I GOT OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THE DAY BEFORE IT BROKE I HAD TO REMOVE O/D TO ENGAGE AND MOVE FORWARD. THEN, PUT O/D ON AT APPROXIMATELY 50 M/H TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD ALSO A FIRST FAILURE ON JAN 04,2003 AT 46500 MILES. LOST TRANSMISSION PARTS DIRECTLY IN THE STREET ! IT WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AND DEALER SAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS A-1 LIKE A NEW ONE. NOW WARRANTY IS OVER AND MY DEALER IS ASKING FOR $3726 TO FIX !! NO DEAL TO DO! NOT EVEN SPLIT COSTS HALF AND HALF. THIS TRANSMISSION HAD A DEFECT FOR SURE. SO GOT THE CAR TOWED ELSEWHERE FOR LOWER REPAIR COST ($1900 )*JB

DT: ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2005, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS CUT OFF AND IT LOST POWER, THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO STEER IT AND LOST THE BRAKES. RECALL 00V134OOO WAS ISSUED . IT STATES THE EXTERNAL SPRING IN THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER COULD BREAK AND BE CAUGHT IN THE TIMING BELT, RESULTING IN STALLING; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. . THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER, AND THEY ARE SAYING THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO FOREWARNING AND NO NOISE. IT WAS RUNNING SO ROUGH THAT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHIN A FEW SECONDS. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GOING OUT. PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE IT REPLACED REAL SOON. IT HAS BEEN SLIPPING EVER SINCE I GOT IT. DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE IS MUCH HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. *JB

THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING 2 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE STORE THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED RESPONDING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. AFTER THIS THE CAR DID MOVE IN ANY GEAR. I SINCE THEN HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. *JB

I BOUGHT MAZDA 626 LX 1998 AND TWO MONTHS AFTER TRANSMISSION FAILED. CAR STARTED MAKING CLINGING NOISE,SLOW PERFORMANCE AND ABRUPT SHIFTS, SLOW START UPS. TOOK IT TO AAMOCO AND THEY DIAGNOSED FAILING TRANSMISSION AND CHARGED ME $2200,DIDN'T HAVE MONEY SO END UP GETTING LOAN TO PAY OF,PLUS INTEREST. JUST PAID OF LOAN AND MY REBUILT TRANSMISSION (ORIGINAL ONE BUT FIXED IT BY AAMOCO) IS FAILING AGAIN,ABRUPT SHIFTS,VERY SLOW STARTS AND I ACTUALLY GOT TICKET FROM POLICE. FOUND PLACE TO GET CAR REPAIRED SECOND TIME FOR $1500. SO FAR IN 3 1/2 YEARS TRANSMISSION FAILED 2 AND AROUND $4300 IN REPAIRS COSTS AND LOANS. LUCKILY I DID NOT DRIVE CAR ON HIGHWAY WHILE IT HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS,OTHERWISE WOULD BE IN DANGER OF ACCIDENT. CAR TAKES SLOW SHIFT,AROUND 30-40 MPH MAKES MOVES LIKE IT WILL STALL,IT TAKES FROM 0-60 MINUTES NOT SECONDS...VERY DANGEROUS TO OPERATE ON HIGHWAY DURING FAILURE. *JB

1998 MADZA 626 TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE ENTERING INTERSTATE WITH VEHICLES TRAVELING AT 60+ MPH. BEFORE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE, I DID MY RESEARCH. I FOUND THAT TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS A KNOW PROBLEM IN MAZDAS BUT THE CAR SALESMAN ASSURED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM EXISTED ONLY IN THE MODEL PREVIOUS TO THE 1998 WHICH I WAS INTERESTED IN. SHE STATED THAT AFTER THE DESIGN OF THE EMBLEM WAS CHANGED, THIS PROBLEM AS WELL HAD BEEN CORRECTED. THIS WAS A LIE. I WAS ENTERING INTERSTATE ONGOING A RAMP WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR STOPPED PULLING AND ALL I COULD SEE WAS CAR RUSHING TOWARDS MY REAR END AND STEERING TO AVOID HITTING MY RAPIDLY SLOWING VEHICLE. I CALLED THE LOT WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BUT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *NM

I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT MY 1998 MAZDA 626. THIS CAR HAS BEEN TROUBLE EVER SINCE DAY ONE. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TIMING BELT, THE DRIVE AXLES TWICE, AND PUT IN 4 TRANSMISSIONS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR SINCE 2002 AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION EVERY YEAR. I COULD HARDY MAKE MY CAR PAYMENTS FOR HAVING TO SPEND EXTRA MONEY TO REPAIR MY CAR.

DT: THE TRANSMISSION PERFORMED POORLY. BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP TWICE, THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND JERKING WHEN ACCELERATING PAST FIRST GEAR. HAD AROUND 40,000 MILES. SECOND TIME IT HAD 54,000 MILES FOR THE EXACT SAME THING, AND CURRENTLY, THE THIRD TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STILL LEAKING FLUID AND IT WILL NOT GO FORWARD BUT WILL ONLY GOING BACKWARDS. THE FIRST TIME WAS AROUND 2001. *AK

I HAVE A 1998 MAZDA 626 LX 4 CYLINDER AUTOMATIC. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND IS GIVING JERKY MOVEMENTS WHILE DRIVING ESPECIALLY AFTER A EXTENDED DRIVING. ESTIMATED COST IS 3375 PLUS TAXES. I READ ABOUT SIMILAR PROBLEMS ON THE WEB AND DID NOT KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE COMPLAINED TO YOU.

MAZDA 1998 626....OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AND OFF.TRANS FLUID HAD BOILED OUT OVER MOTOR..ONLY HAD 65,000 MILES...CAR WAS FINE HAD TRANS AND COOLING SYSTEM SERVICED AT 52,000 MILES WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WAS FINE NEEDED TO BE DONE AGAIN AT 100,00...IT WILL COST ME BETWEEN 1,800 TO 3,600 TO GET FIXED.