2000 MAZDA 626 Complaints

I NOTICED THAT THE CAR SEENED TO BE "RACING," BUT NOT ACCELERATING MUCH. IT ALSO HESITATED WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THE NEXT TIME I DROVE, THE CAR BEGAN TO COMPLETELY LACK ANY ACCELERATION WHATSOEVER AND EVENTUALLY JUST STOPPED. IT WILL CURRENTLY NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR AND IS NOT DRIVEABLE.

O/D FREE LIGHT ON DASH BOARD KEEPS FLASHING. RPMS AT IDLE JUMP SPORADICALLY. WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION CAN NOT MAKE UP IT'S MIND WHAT GEAR IT SHOULD BE IN. THIS MAKES THE MAZDA 626 LX UNPREDICABLE, THEREFORE, UNSAFE.

SUDDENLY THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE WENT HIGH EASILY WHEN DRIVING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON WITH DTC(DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES) P0125 ERROR(TEMP. INSUFFICIENR FOR CLOSED LOOP FULE CONTROL, THE COOLANT). THE DEALERS CHECKED THE COOLING SYSTEM AND FOUND THAT THE COOLANT OVERFLOW BOTTLE WAS LEAKING. HAD TO REPLACE IT.

I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS TO MY CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT. I AM NEEDING A 4TH TRANSMISSION. SHIFTS HARD ON DOWNSHIFTS TO UPSHIFTS USUALLY AT 2ND GEAR. MAKES A HUMMING NOISE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER PUT 2 TRANS. IN AND THE SAME IS OCCURRING AGAIN. BRAKES ARE ALSO MESSED UP- SQUICKS HORRIBLE EVEN WHEN I JUST PUT NEW ONES, STRUTS ARE ALL OUT, HAVE HAD IN MY FIRST YR OF PURCHASED, THREE TRANSMISSIONS, 1 AIR CONDITIONER REPLACED, 1 ROOF LINER WAS TO SHORT REPLACED, 1 RECALL, REVERSE SOMETIMES WORKS- YOU HAVE TO REGEAR IT TO MAKE SURE IT IS ON REVERSE-CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO FORWARD WHEN YOU WANT TO BACKWARDS, I HAVE TO AT TIMES PUT THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL TO START MY CAR- BECAUSE IT WON'T START ON PARK AT TIMES. I AM A VERY DISSATISSIFED CUSTOMER WHO WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER MAZDA CAR AGAIN. MY CAR NEEDS ANOTHER TRANSMISSION TO IT. I HAVE PROOF OF ALL WORK DONE TO THIS LEMON FROM THE DEALERS. *AK

CAR WAS PURCHASED LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AGO FROM DAYS CHEVROLET IN ACWORTH GA. AS PER AAMCO TRANSMISSIONS OF UNION CITY GEORGIA, CAR WILL NEED A REBUILT TRANSMISSION TO FUNCTION PROPERLY.

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE SUN ROOF. PULLED THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE ROAD, AND NOTICED THE SUN ROOF FRAME BROKE AND THE GLASS SHATTERED. *AK

BOUGHT CAR USED WITH 24,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 30,000 MILES. FOUND OUT 3 FACTORY TRANSMISSIONS HAD BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO 24,000 MILES. PAID LABOR TO HAVE 4TH TRANSMISSION INSTALLED (30,000 MILES). FRONT AXEL FELL OFF - REASON FOR GAS COMSUPTION GOING UP (DOUBLE NORMAL USE).*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED LEAKING GAS. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FIRE IF IT WENT UNNOTICED. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY GAS LINE BREAKING. *AK INCIDENT WAS PRECEDED BY GAS ODOR. IT LEAKED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE AND MADE A LARGE PUDDLE WHEN STOPPED. VEHICLE WAS NEVER IN A ACCIDENT AND WAS ROUTINELY MAINTAINED BY THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE GAS LINE AS A GOODWILL GESTURE. *PH

ONE OF THE REAR SHOULDER HARNESSES IS NO LONGER ATTACHED UNDER THE SEAT. I HAD BEEN USING IT TO SECURE MY 5YR OLDS BOOSTER SEAT. WHEN I TURNED A CORNER ONTO A BUSY STREET HIS CARSEAT SLID ACROSS THE SEAT AND HE HIT HIS FACE ON THE REAR OF THE FRONT SEAT. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AS SOON AS I GOT HOME AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WASN'T CONSIDERED A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IT WASN'T THE DRIVER'S SEATBELT! SPOKE WITH SERVICE PERSON NAMED KEN.*AK

OD OFF LIGHT ON OUR 2000 MAZDA 626 LX STARTED FLASHING. TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL DEALER (BERGE MAZDA IN MESA AZ) AND THEY DIAGNOSED A CODE P1718- TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING. THEY RECOMMEND TO INSTALL A TRANSMISSION COOLER KIT AND PERFORM A TRANSMISSION SERVICE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM(ESTIMATE GIVEN -$1014.00-WAY TOO EXPENSIVE!!!). WENT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP (EARNHARDT'S FORD/MAZDA IN CHANDLER AZ) TO GET A SECOND OPINION AND THEY MADE THE SAME RECOMMENDATIONS. BOTH DEALERS STATED THAT MAZDA ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM (CD4E TRANSMISSION) AND ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE WITH A TRANSMISSION COOLING KIT INSTALL. WE DECIDED TO HAVE THE WORK DONE AT EARNHARDT'S (TOTAL COST $344.00-MORE REASONABLE ESTIMATE). WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AT HERTZ CAR SALES IN NOV 2001 WITH ABOUT 30,000 MILES ON IT. SHORTLY AFTER WE GOT IT, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER(BERGE MAZDA) BECAUSE IT WAS SLIPPING. SINCE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY(3 YR/50,000 MILES), WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY THE COST OF REPAIRS. OUR CAR CURRENTLY HAS 51000 MILES AND SINCE IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY, WE HAD TO SHOULDER THE COST THIS TIME. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT MAZDA TRANSMISSION FAILURES. I BELIEVE THAT SINCE MAZDA WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION AND REMEDIED IT BY INSTALLING THE TRANSMISSION COOLING KIT FREE OF CHARGE TO CONSUMERS.*AK