1995 MAZDA 626 Complaints

I OWN A 95 MAZDA 626 LX - THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN GIVING ME PROBLEMS. I'M ABOUT TO GET MY TRANSMISSION FIXED FOR THE 2ND TIME SINCE I'VE OWNED IT. IT HAS 75,000 MILES ON IT. THE O/D LIGHT FLASHES WHEN I DRIVE AT LEAST 40 STRAIGHT MILES WITHOUT STOPPING. THIS IS MY 2ND MAZDA. I HAD A 323 PRIOR AND I HAD TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION ON THAT ALSO. *NLM

FAULTY TRANSMISSION AT 5,000 MILES WHICH THE DEALER REPLACED. THE CAR NOW HAS 109,000 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. TRANSMISSION HAD HARSH ENGAGEMENT. *TT

MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION BROKE AFTER JUST 50000 MILES: WE WERE DRIVING FROM NY TO PITTSBURGH ON OUR WAY HOME AND THE O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. AFTER PULLING THE CAR TO THE NEXT EXIT BURNING SMELL STARTED COMING IN SO WE TOOK THE CAR TO PEP BOYS WHO CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BUT IT STILL DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM OF CAR UNABLE TO MOVE/SLIP GEARS WHEN OCCASIONALLY IT MOVED. TOOK THE CAR TO AAMCO WHO REPLACED THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION AND THE TOTAL COST CAME TO SOMEWHERE LIKE $4000. ON DOING FURTHER RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOUND OUT THAT MAZDA WAS PUTTING FORD TRANSMISSIONS IN SOME OF THERE VEHICLES AND FORD HAD ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS FOR THERE OWN VEHICLES AT ONE POINT. HERE IS THE LINK FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAD ISSUES WITH THERE TRANSMISSION FOR MAZDA CARS. I WAS JUST WONDERING WITH SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING ISSUES AND MANY MORE WHO HAVEN'T EVEN REGISTERED OR FILED COMPLAINT, HOW COME AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT YET RECALLED THIS CAR OR ORDERED MAZDA TO FIX THIS ISSUE AT THERE OWN COST. I HAVE TRIED TO TALK TO MAZDA DIRECTLY AND IT HAS JUST BEEN WASTE OF TIME FOR ME. HOPEFULLY THERE WOULD BE SOME ACTION TAKEN SOON FOR THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE. *JB HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/YOURLEMON/189.HTML

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 1995 MAZDA 626 FAILED AT 78,000 MILES AND IT COST ME $2400 TO REPLACE. *AK

GEAR DOWNSHIFTED FROM 60 MPH TO 5 MPH WHILE DRIVING. THE O/D LIGHT STARTED BLINKING WITH HUGE VIBRATION. A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 2002 FEB. *TT

LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, I PURCHASED A 1995 MAZDA 626 LX FROM A FRIEND. MY FRIEND HAD INFORMED ME THAT THE CAR HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION, ETC.. SO I DECIDED TO PURCHASE THE CAR SINCE IT DID NOT SEEM THAT MUCH ELSE COULD GO WRONG WITH IT BESIDES MAINTENANCE. SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR, THE O/D OFF LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH. NOTHING SEEMED TO BE WRONG WITH THE CAR, THOUGH SO I CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT. MY FRIEND SAID THAT HE HAD TAKEN IT BACK TO THE PLACE THAT HAD REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY COULD FIND NO REASON WHY THAT LIGHT OCCASSIONALY CAME ON. THE LAST TIME THE LIGHT CAME ON, THE CAR BEGAN TO SHIFT REPEATEDLY FROM 3RD TO 4TH GEAR AND WOULD REMAIN IN NEITHER GEAR. IT HAS NOW BEEN A MONTH AND I AM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. EVERYONE I HAVE CONSULTED HAS EITHER REFUSED TO WORK ON THAT CAR OR HAVE RUN ME AROUND TO THE POINT THAT I NOW HAVE A LONG LIST OF POSSIBLE PROBLEMS BUT NO CLEAR ANSWERS. I BEGAN TO RESEARCH ON MY OWN RECENTLY OVER THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF THIS YEAR AND MAKE OF CAR. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT I ISSUE A COMPLAINT AND SO HERE I AM. THE TRANSMISSION IS LESS THAN TWO YEARS OLD AND YET, SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG AGAIN. OF COURSE, THERE IS NO LONGER A WARRANTY ON IT AND I FIND IT RATHER ODD THAT SO MANY MECHANICS, EVEN THE DEALTERSHIP ITSELF, DOES NOT WANT TO HELP OUT WITH THE REPAIRS TO THIS TRANSMISSION.

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF THEN VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. *TT

TRANSMISSION ON 1995 MAZDA 626 ACTING VERY STRANGE. OVERDRIVE LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND CAR SHIFTED VERY RAPIDLY AND HARD JARRING THE WHOLE CAR. I REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWICE HAVING THE SAME RESULT AFTER SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. *NLM

1995 MAZDA 626 LX AROUND 35 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT THIS CAR I KNEW I WAS IN TROUBLE, AFTER TWO HOURS OF DRIVING MY BROTHER AND I WERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH A SMOKING CAR. WE ENDED UP HAVING TO PUT IN TWO CONTAINERS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID EVERY 30 MINUTES. THE CARS BEHIND US HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID ALL OVER THEIR WINDSHIELDS. I HAD THIS CAR FOR AROUND A YEAR AND A HALF AND HAVE ALREADY HAD THE TRANSMISSION FIXED ONCE, AND NOW IT'S DUE FOR ANOTHER FIX. I THINK THIS IS HORRIBLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE AND TRANSMISSION. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS.*JB

I OWNED A 1995 MAZDA 626 THAT HAD REPEATED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. STARTED AT 70,000 MILES. MAZDA HAS BEEN INFORMED BUT HAS DONE NOTHING. *JB