2001 MAZDA 626 Complaints

I HAVE A 2001 MAZDA 626. I AM BEING TOLD BY THE DEALER I SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR DUE TO THE POTENTIAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. MY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS A HISTORY OF TRANSAXLES FAILURE AND I WANT TO NOTIFY THE NHTSA OF THIS ISSUE. *JB

MY TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED ON MY 2001 MAZDA 626 THIS WEEK. I HAD A PREVIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE INTERNAL COOLANT IN 2003 WHICH ALSO COST ME MONEY. LAST WEEK I HAD TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THIS CAR HAS GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE I'VE OWNED IT. I DO NOT FEEL THE PROBLEMS I'VE BEEN HAVING SHOULD OCCUR IN A 2001 AUTOMOBILE WHEN REGULAR MAINTENANCE IS KEPT UP. *JB

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. , I AM WRITING THIS IN REFERENCE TO MY 2001 MAZDA 626. IN THE SUMMER OF 2004 I TOOK MY MAZDA 626 INTO MAZDA BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, THE CAR HAD ABOUT 49,500 MILES ON IT. THEY SERVICED THE TRANSMISSION AND SAID IT WAS LOW ON FLUIDS, AND SENT US ALONG. THEN, ON NOVEMBER 10, 2004, 2001 MAZDA 626 WAS IN THE SHOP AT A CERTIFIED MAZDA DEALERSHIP GETTING THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, THE COST OF WHICH I WAS PARTIALLY HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR. MAZDA PICKED UP THE TAB FOR THE TRANSMISSION, AND IN RETURN I WAS CHARGED FOR THE LABOR AND A 60,000 MILE SERVICE. I AM WELL AWARE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH THE MAZDA 626, THE WEB CONTAINS TESTIMONIALS FROM OTHERS WHO EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, SOME AT LOWER MILEAGE. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS THAT MAZDA HAS BEEN USING. I AM SURE THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THE DEFECTS. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE 1996.*AK

YES I PURCHASE A CERTIFIED USED 2001 MAZDA 626 THE SUMMER OF 2003 FOR MY GRADUATION GIFT FROM HIGH SCHOOL, NO HAVING THE CAR FOR 3 YEARS I AM NOW LOOKING TO TRADE IN MY CAR OR BUY ME ANOTHER ONE. WITH 91.000 MILES ON MY CAR, MY TRANSMISSION HAS GOTTEN TO BE REPLACE. I COULD NOT MOVE MY CAR IN DRIVE WHILE I WAS IN OVERDRIVE. I COULD ONLY USE OVERDRIVE ONCE I HAVE GOTTEN OVER 50. THE NEXT DAY I MADE A APPOINTMENT AND THEY TOLD ME MY OVERDRIVE HAD BURNT OUT AND I HAD MORE INTERNAL FAILURES ON MY TRANSMISSION AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT MADE THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR. THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT IN A REMADE TRANSMISSION FOR $2700. I AM REALLY PISS OF AT MAZDA. FOR ONE THEY DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT DO NOTHING AND THE TRANSMISSION WARRANTY RUNS OUT A 3 YEAR OR 36,000. WHAT TYPE OF BS IS THAT FOR A TRANSMISSION WARRANTY.*AK

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

1. TURNED AIR CONDITIONER ON. NO COLD AIR COMING OUT, THEN SHORTLY NOTICED THE CAR HEAT GAUGE WAS SHOWING HOT, AND FUMES COMING FROM HOOD. 2. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF ROAD. TURNED OFF ENGINE AND WAITED ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEFORE CHECKING THE HOOD. THE COOLANT RESERVOIR HAD COOLANT. OPENED THE COOLANT TANK, AND THERE WAS NO STEAM OR HOT FLUIDS FROM THE TANK. 3. TRIED RESTARTING AFTER COOLING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD CAR TOWED TO REPAIR STORE. HAD TO GET ANOTHER ENGINE SINCE THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED.*AK

I HAVE 24,000 MILES ON MY MAZDA 626 4CYCLINDER. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION I HAD PUT IN THE CAR. AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR, I DROVE THE CAR HOME AND IT WAS JERKING A LITTLE. I THOUGHT IT WAS ME JUST GETTING USE TO DRIVING THE CAR. THE NEXT DAY I DROVE TO CHURCH AND THE CAR STARTED GOING IN REVERSE WHILE THE GEAR WAS IN DRIVE. WHEN I GOT TO CHURCH, I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. MAZDA PEOPLE SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN. TWO YEARS LATER ON 10/2/04 I WAS RETURNING FROM A FUNERAL AND THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN (NO WARNINGS). I TURNED IT OFF. THE CAR WOULD START, BUT WOULD NOT MOVE IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. I CALLED THE MAZDA DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME TO CALL FOR TOWING. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO MAZDA DEALER AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN, ITS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY ARE GOING TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN BECAUSE ITS STILL UNDER THE WARRANTY. I WAS SURFING THE INTERNET REGARDING MAZDA TRANSMISSIONS CAME ACROSS SOME VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION. 626 MAZDA 1994 - 2002 HAVE A FORD MODEL CD4E TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION HAS AN OVER HEATING PROBLEM. MAZDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY ARE NOTING FIXING IT. THEY ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TELLING HOW TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT THEY ARE NOT TELLING THE CUSTOMER ABOUT IT UNLESS THE CUSTOMER MENTIONS SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS A TRANSMISSION COOLING KIT. MY CAR IS AT THE MAZDA DEALER NOW. WHEN I CALLED ABOUT THIS COOLING KIT THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST $280.00, ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PUT IN A TRANSMISSION. IF THEY DO NOT HAVE TO PUT A TRANSMISSION IN IT WOULD COST MORE. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE COOLING KIT. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS. MAZDA SHOULD BE MADE REPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR ALL REPAIRS AND OR REPLACEMENTS THAT ARE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 MAZDA 626 ES, AND AS OF YESTERDAY, MY TRANSMISSION GEAR CABLE BROKE. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP HERE IN ATLANTA, AND ONE OF THE REPS INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVING QUITE A FEW CARS SUCH AS MINE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. A FRIEND OF MINE (BRENDA JACKSON) HAS THE EXACT SAME CAR AS MINE, AND HER VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM 3 WEEKS AGO. ALL OF THE CARS SEEM TO HAVE MORE THAN 50,000 MILES ON THEM, AND THIS PROBLEM IS NOT EVEN COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY.

MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE ( SEMI-TRACTOR) PASSING GEAR FAILED TO ENGAGE WHEN PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE TRANSMISSION NEVER LEFT DRIVE BUT FELT LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL,CAUSING ME TO APPLY BRAKES AND PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD,FOUND OUT BY THE MACHANIC WHO CHECKED OUT THE TRANSMISSION THAT IT HAD BURNT OUT AT 67,000 MILES! AND THAT MAZDA HAD A TSB OUT ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS AND DID'NT BOTHER TO TELL THE OWNERS OF THESE CARS NOR WILL THEY HRLP IN ANY REPAIRS!*AK

VEHICLE: MAZDA 626 2001. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS KICKED ON NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT A 35-40MPH. MECHANICS INDICATE THAT THE CODE REFERENCES THE ONE OF TWO PROBLEMS- OXYGEN SENSOR DEFECT OR CATALYST INEFFICIENCY. BUT, BECAUSE THE CODE IS NOT SPECIFIC AS TO WHICH PIECE IS DEFECTIVE THE ONLY RECOURSE IS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND IF THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNS OFF DON'T WORRY OR BRING THE VEHICLE BACK IF THE LIGHT CONTINUES TO STAY ON. I HAVE CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND OF COURSE THE LIGHT TURNS ITSELF OFF. I RETURN TO THE SERVICE STATION WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS BACK ON. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER A TWO MONTH TIME SPAN. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY WORK DONE TO "SOLVE" THE PROBLEM BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE. THIS IS NOT A VALID ANSWER. THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD NOT ACTIVATE IF THERE IS "NO PROBLEM". PLEASE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. IF YOU ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM PLEASE FILE A COMPLAINT.*AK