1995 MAZDA 626 Complaints

I OWN A 1995 MAZDA 626. I RECENTLY BOUGHT IT USED OFF OF ONE PRIVATE OWNER AT AROUND 57K MILES. AT AROUND 62,700K MILES THE O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND APPARENT PROBLEMS COULD BE SEEN IN THE SHIFTING. I TOOK THE CAR TO MAZDA AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I THEN WENT TO AAMCO AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD REBUILD IT FOR A MORE REASONABLE PRICE THAN MAZDA HAD OFFERED. IT HAS BEEN 8 MONTHS SINCE I GOT THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND LAST NIGHT THE CAR STARTED SMOKING FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING EVERYWHERE. THE CAR TODAY WONT EVEN STAY INTO ONE GEAR IT CONSTANTLY SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE TRANSMISSION PART ON MAZDAS FROM NOT ONLY 1995 BUT FROM 1994 TO 1997 SHOULD ALL BE RECALLED. I HAVE BEEN ON A SITE (HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/YOUR LEMON/189.HTML) WHERE THERE ARE SO MANY CASES OF THE SIMILAR TYPE. FOR EXAMPLE, CALBEARONE WRITES: "PURCHASED A USED 97 MAZDA 626 LX 4-CYL AUTO TRANS WITH 37K ON IT. I JUST HIT 59K ON IT THIS MONTH. GUESS WHAT. TRANSMISSION FAILED. GOT IT REPLACED AT A COST OF $2300. THESE AREN'T ISOLATED INCIDENTS. I HAVE YET TO READ ABOUT A 626 OWNER THAT'S HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION." THERE ARE AT LEAST 150 COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM ON THAT SITE ALONE! MAZDA CONTINUES TO IGNORE THE CONTINUAL PRESS BY THE CONSUMER FOR A RECALL BY MAKING A RIDICULOUS STATEMENT THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH COMPLAINTS! SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS I, MYSELF FEAR THAT I AM ABOUT TO BE ON MY 3RD TRANSMISSION. PLEASE INVESTIGATE INTO A RECALL ON THIS PART. THE PART FOR THE TRANSMISSION IS CD4E. THANK YOU. TIM R. *NLM

1995 MAZDA 626 LX 2.0 LITER - PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE RE-BUILT AT A COST OF $2300. MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. *JB

OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH AT AROUND 70K MILES, THEN STOPPED. THEN STARTED AND STOPPED FOR THE NEXT 20K MILES AFTER WHICH MY TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING OIL AND MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THE OVERDRIVE IS BURNT. I LOOKED ON THE WEB AND FOUND OUT THAT THE MAZDA 626 '95 TRANSMISSION IS POORLY DESIGNED BECAUSE IT DOES NOT PROPERLY COOL THE TRANSMISSION OIL. *NLM

TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR/MAKE OF VEHICLE.

I PURCHASED AN AUTOMOBILE, MAZDA 626, FROM SHEROLD SALMON AUTO SUPER STORE, IN ROME, GEORGIA. THE CAR IS DEFECTIVE. I SPOKE WITH THEIR MANAGER, MR. MAC JONES ABOUT THE CAR AND HE WAS VERY UNCOOPERATIVE AND RUDE. I WAS LEAD TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS A GOOD CAR. MR. BILLY QUARRELS, THE SALESMAN WHO SHOWED ME THE CAR, STATED TO ME, THAT THE CAR WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION, A FANTASTIC QUALITY AND GOOD GRADE. WHEN IN FACT, THE CAR NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THEY ADVERTISED GOODS AND SERVICES WITH THE INTENT NOT TO SELL THEM AS ADVERTISED. MR. QUARRELS MADE A FALSE AND MISLEADING STATEMENT ABOUT THE CAR, WHEN HE SAID, "IT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION", "AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT". THE RESPONCE I RECEIVE FROM THE COMPANY IS SIMPLY, "WE'RE A BIG POWERFUL DEALERSHIP, DO WHAT YOU CAN". SO, I'M WRITING TO YOU. THANK YOU.

THE PLANETARY GEAR HAS SHREDDED AND CAUSED COPPER SHAVINGS TO GO INTO THE CASING AND STRIP THE TRANSMISSION GEARS. TOTALLY UNDRIVABLE.

I HAVE A 95 MAZDA 626 W/109K MILES ON IT. I AM RELIGIOUS ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE, OIL CHANGES EVER 3K, FUEL FILTER, WHATEVER MY CAR NEEDS- IT GETS. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I NOTICED SOMETHING INTERMITTENT HAPPENING W/MY CAR. I'M NOT A MECHANICAL TYPE, BUT I KNOW THAT IF I CAN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM FOR MY MECHANICE CHANCES ARE HE CAN'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG TO FIX. LAST WEEKEND 2/15/03, I WAS OUT RUNNING ERRANDS AND IT WAS NOT JUST AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM ANYMORE. MY TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING. I CALLED MY MECHANIC, HE REFERRED ME TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. HE SAYS THESE TYPES OF CARS (MAZDA 626) ARE KNOWN FOR THESE PROBLEMS. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER CONSUMERS OUT THERE WHO HAVE HAD FAILED TRANSMISSIONS EVEN WAY EARLIER THAN ME WHICH INDICATES TO ME THERE IS A NEED FOR A MANUFACTURE RECALL. I ALSO SAW THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR OXYGEN SENSORS, AS DID I. I HAVE CONTACTED A LAW FIRM IN MICHIGAN WHO I BELIEVE MAY BE FILING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST MAZDA AND/OR FORD AND DEMANDING A RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS. HERE IS THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION LAW-FIRM OF ROY, SHECTER, AND VOCHT, P.C. IN MICHIGAN - THEY CAN BE REACHED AT (248) 540-7660 FAX AT (248) 540-0321. ALSO, HERE IS THE INTERNET LINK FOR ALL THE PEOPLE I FOUND COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR MAZDA 626. I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE REALLY ARE, THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS FORUM. HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/YOURLEMON/189.HTML

THE O/D ON LIGHT KEEPS BLINKING. THE CAR CHANGES OUT VERY HARD. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT.

NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH 1995 MAZDA 626, HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, VALVES KNOCKING, WILL NOT STAY IN ALIGNMENT, FAN BELT BREAKAGE. THE LAST PROBLEM WAS THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, THE O/D LIGHT IS FLASHING AND SEEMS NOT TO WANT TO SHIFT.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO JERK AND THE CARS RPM'S WOULD SHOOT UP WITHOUT THE CAR ACCELERATING. I HAD TO SLOW THE CAR TO 20 MPH TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY GET IT OFF THE INTERSTATE BUT THE CAR STILL JERKED VIOLENTLY.