1999 MAZDA 626 Complaints

TRANSMISSION ON MY 99 MAZDA 626 LX IS GIVING ME PLENTY OF PROBLEMS. CAR WARRANTY IS ALMOST GONE. I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME CAR AND ALL HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT MAZDA SHOULD RECALL THE TRANSMISSIONS AS THEY ARE FAULTY! *JB

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, REVEALED TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. O/D LIGHT FLASHES AFTER DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. *JB

WE BOUGHT A USED 1999 MAZDA 626 EX FROM A MAZDA DEALERSHIP IN NOVEMBER 2000. IT WAS A "GOLD CHECK CERTIFIED" CAR. WHILE WE WERE BUYING THE CAR, THE DEALERSHIP WAS SOLD TO CAPITAL MAZDA OF CARY. WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT THE CAR, THOUGH WE DID RECEIVE SOLICITATIONS FOR SERVICE AND REPAIR WORK, WARRANTIES, OR TO BUY A NEW CAR. IN APRIL 2004, WE DROVE THE CAR FROM RALEIGH NC TO CHARLESTON SC, AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. WE HAD OUR 3 YEAR OLD AND 1 MONTH OLD IN THE CAR, IN THE HEAT, WALKING TO GET HELP. THE AAMCO DEALER TOLD US IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT OF THE FORD TRANSMISSION. THERE WAS A CRACK INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION WHICH HE SAID WAS AN "INHERENT DEFECT." WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO REPAIR IT SO WE COULD GET HOME. WE ARE VERY UPSET THAT WE HAD TO PAY $2000 TO FIX IT WHEN IT IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM - WE FEEL THAT MAZDA SOLD US A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. NOW, LESS THAN THREE MONTHS LATER OUR CAR BROKE DOWN WHILE MY SISTER WAS TAKING IT TO GET THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT LOOKED AT. SHE WAS STRANDED. WE HAVE HAD TO SPEND ANOTHER $275 ON TRANSMISSION WORK AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT RESOLVED. WE ARE STILL PAYING FOR THIS VEHICLE AND CANNOT AFFORD TO SELL IT, NOR CAN WE AFFORD TO KEEP REPAIRING IT. WE ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING ANY CLASS ACTIONS BEING DEVELOPED AGAINST MAZDA REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS WIDELY KNOWN THAT FORD TRANSMISSIONS ARE NO GOOD, YET MAZDA HAS NOT TAKEN ANY STEPS TO RECALL THESE.*AK

1) TRANSMISSION SLIPPED/ SPURRATIC SHIFTING/HESITATION IN ALL THE GEARS. ) TRANSMISSON FAILED AT 74,000 MILES. 3 )MECHANIC SAYS OVERHAUL / STILL TRYING TO LOCATED A WORKING TRANSMISSION TO FIT. *AK

1999 MAZDA 626 WITH 86,512 MILES STARTED TO SMOKE FROM THE UNDERNEATH CAR. UPON INSPECTION OF THE PROBLEM, TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS SEEN DRIPPING FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR AT A MODERATE RATE. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM DUE TO A REAR CRANKSHAFT SEAL FAILURE. TOTAL REPAIR BILL WAS $742.89. *AK

I PURCHASED A CRANKSHAFT PULLEY FOR MY 99 MAZDA 626 ON 06/01/04 & HAD IT INSTALLED. ON 07/10/04 THE SAME PART BROKE AGAIN & HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS COST ME $1100 IN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS. THE SHOP THAT REPAIRED MY VEHICLE THE 2ND TIME INFORMED ME THAT WHEN THEY ORDERED THE PART FROM MAZDA, THEY WERE ADVISED THAT THEY CAN'T KEEP THIS PART ON THE SHELF. SINCE MAZDA IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM-THEY NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO HELP THE OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES.*AK

IN MAY OF 2004 WE WERE RETURNING FROM ALBUQURQUE, NM AND SUFFERED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN OUR 1999 MAZDA 626. WE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND ON 7/13/2004 WHILE RETURNING FROM PHOENIZ, AZ WE SUFFERED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION FAILURE.*AK

1999 MAZDA 626 WITH 50,900 MILES.TRANSMISSION STUCK IN REVERSE. ALL GEAR SHIFT POSITIONS RESULTED IN REVERSE. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, IT WOULD NOT RESTART. MECHANIC STATES THAT THE GEAR INTERCHANGE CABLE OR THE ROD IS BROKEN. INSPECTION OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID INDICATES THAT THE FLUID IS SEVERELY BURNED WITH QUITE A BIT OF CLUTCH DEBRI. MY CURRENT CHOICES ARE TO PURCHASE A NEW TRANSMISSION AT $3000 PLUS THE GEAR INTERCHANGE, OR HAVE THE TRANSMISSION DISASSEMBLED AND REPAIRED AT A COST BETWEEN $1.5000 TO $2.7000. THE TRANMISSION HAS NOT GIVEN ANY SIGN OF PROBLEMS UNTIL THIS CURRENT MALFUNCTION. PREVIOUS MAZDAS HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT CARS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A PRIME EXAMPLE OF FORD'S EXCELLENT ENGINEERING DESIGNED TO FAIL AS SOON AS WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK

I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 95 NORTH ABOUT 4PM LAST SEPTEMBER. ALL THE SUDDEN OUT OF THE BLUE MY OVERDRIVE LIGHT COMES ON. MY SPEED DROPS FROM 70MPH TO 40MPH CARS ON MY BUMPER. SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. LUCKILY THERE WAS A REST STOP LESS THAN ONE MILE AHEAD. I BARELY MADE IT INTO THE ROADSIDE AREA. I HAD IT CHECKED OUT BY SOMEONE THERE IN THAT TOWN. AFTER MUCH DECISION, I DECIDED TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED BACK TO CHARLESTON, SC ABOUT 120 MILES FROM WHERE THE PROBLEM HAPPENED. MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS EVENT, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEP COMING ON. WE KEPT TAKING IT TO MAZDA BUT THEY COULDN'T TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG. SO I CONTINUE TO MAKE MY CAR PAYMENTS. I CAN ONLY DRIVE MY CAR LOCALLY. *AK

I OWN A 1999 MAZDA 626 WITH THE 4 CYLINDER ENGINE AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS 44,000 MILES ON IT AND IS ON IT'S SECOND TRANSMISSION. THE FIRST TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED IN 12/15/99. I AM NOW FACING REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. THE CAR IS WELL MAINTAINED AND AFTER REVIEWING DATA I FIND THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN MY SITUATION AS THIS TRANSMISSION IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER CONSUMERS AS WELL. *AK