1999 MAZDA 626 Complaints

MY MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHUOUT WARNING. I HAVE HEARD THERE IS A CLASSACTION SUIT AGAINST FORD FOR THIS TRANSMISSION. A NEW TRANSMISSION IS NEEDED THAT IS ESTIMATED AT $2000. THIS CAR IS NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT.*AK

WE HAVE 1999 MAZDA 626 WITH 77K MILE ON IT. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE COMES LOOSE WHERE CABLE ATTACHES TO TRANSMISSION. END OF CABLE HAS A RUBBER BUSHING THAT SLIDE ONTO THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER IS DETERIATED AND WILL NOT SAY ATTACHED. TRANSMISSION REMAINS IN GEAR; ENGINE MUST BE SHUT OFF. ONCE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF, IT CAN'T BE RESTARTED UNTIL SHIFT CABLE IS REATTACHED. CABLE COMES OFF WHEN SHIFTER IS MOVED REPEATING CYCLE. BUSHING CAN NOT BE REPLACED, ENTIRE CABLE MUST BE REPLACED. MADZA SERVICE DEPARTMENT QUOTES $655 PLUS TAXES TO MAKE REPAIRS. THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW. SURELY OTHER MAZDA 626 OWNERS ARE EXPERENCING THE SAME PROBLEM?*AK

CONTINUOUS 3 CYLINDER MISFIRE, RESULTING IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PLUG WIRES AND SPARK PLUGS 4 TIMES SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THE CAR IN SEP 2003. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SPORADICALLY COMES ON AND DOES NOT THROW CODE. WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON THE TRANSMISSION "HARD SHIFTS" AND I LOSE SIGNIFICANT GAS MILEAGE.*JB

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, IF IT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO IDLE FOR AT LEAST 5 - 10 MINUTES, IT WOULD SLAM INTO DRIVE. IT WOULD ALSO DOWN SHIFT AT 60 ON THE HIGHWAY AND WHEN AT A STOP IT WOULD JERK/STUTTER AS YOU PUSH THE ACCELERATOR.*AK TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYING ON. CAUSED BY TRANSMISSION. LEAD TO REBUILD OF TRANSMISSION. CAR ONLY HAD 90000 MILES.*AK

MY1999 MAZDA 626 DOES NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY AND THE GARAGES ALL TELL ME THIS IS NORMAL FOR THIS CAR. THEY TELL ME THIS STARTS AS THE CAR GETS OLDER AND IT IS NOT AN EASY FIX AS MAZDA IS HAVING A PROBLEM FIXING THIS.*AK

3 MAZDA 626'S ONE 1999 AND TWO 2001. THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM TRANSMISSION STARTS SLIPPING AND JUMPING ESPECIALLY IN REVERSE ALL THREE TRANSMISSION HAVE FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED MAZDA SUPPLIED THE TRANSMISSION FOR THE 1999 AT 81,229 MILES I HAD TO PAY FOR INSTALLATION AND A COOLING SYSTEM FOR THE NEW TRANNY. I TOOK THE SECOND ONE TO THE PLACE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE( A WRECK REBUILDING SERVICES) AND THEY INSTALLED A USED TRANNY FOR $1500. THE THIRD IS IN THE SHOP NOW AND MAZDA HAS REFUSED TO HELP. INCIDENT DATES: 1ST 1999 MODEL NOV 11, 2003 2ND 2001 MODEL SEPT 20, 2004 3RD 2001 MODEL IN THE SHOP NOW THIS IS NOV. 8, 2004. *AK

I OWN A 1999 MAZDA 626 ES WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANS AXLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY, AND HAS 78,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. LAST WEEK THE TRANSAXLE FAILED AS IT DROPPED DOWN A GEAR, TO GO UP A SLIGHT HILL, AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSAXLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR. THE RESULTING REBUILD OF THE TRANSAXLE WILL COST $2100, HALF THE CURRENT TRADE-IN VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. MY CONCERNS ARE TWO-FOLD. FIRST, THE TRANSAXLE SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AT 78,000 MILES; THIS IS NOT A NORMAL SITUATION FOR A WELL-MAINTAINED VEHICLE OF THIS AGE AND MILEAGE. SECOND, AFTER A SEARCH THROUGH INTERNET DISCUSSION SITES, AND DISCUSSING THE ISSUE WITH A CO-WORKER WHO HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN WITH A 1995 MAZDA 626, IT HAS BECOME EVIDENT TO ME THAT MAZDA 626 TRANSAXLE FAILURES ARE A FAIRLY COMMON, SEEMINGLY SYSTEMIC PROBLEM. *AK

MAZDA 626 1999. O/D LIGHT FLASHING ON AND OFF AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON WHILE DRIVING MAKING CAR CHUG AND SLOW DOWN NOT SHIFTING GEARS CORRECTLY AND TUGGING WHEN AT A STOP WITH ENGINE GOING LIKE IT WANTS TO KEEP GOING OR AS IF SOMEONE IS TAPPING YOU IN THE BACK OF CAR. HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS OF THIS YEAR AND OLDER AND NEWER MAZDAS , IS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON? ANY ADVICE ON THIS CAR? PLEASE INVESTIGATE NOT FAIR TO HAVE TO PAY FOR A PROBLEM THAT SHOULDNT BE IN THE FIRST PLACE. *AK

AFTER STARTING THE CAR AND DRIVING, WHEN CAR IS TURNED OFF WILL NOT RESTART, FOR 15 MINUTES TO 2 HRS. *NM