1998 MAZDA 626 Complaints

I BROUGHT MY MAZDA 626 LX ON 6/1/01 WITH ABOUT 33,000 MILES, SINCE THEN I HAD TO REPLACE MY TIMING BELT AT 44,000 DUE TO THE TENSION PIN.MEANWHILE, I HAVE MADE NUMBEROUS AMOUNTS OF REPAIRS TO THIS CAR. AT ABOUT AROUND 70,000 MILES MY TRANSMISSION STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS. SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS MAKING A POPPING NOISE AND THE CAR BEGAN JERKING WHEN UNDER 30 MPH. NOW THE O/D LIGHT FLASHES ON AND OFF AND MY CAR STARTS SMOKING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AN DHAD VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

1998 MAZDA 626 HAS BEEN IN THE AUTO SHOP ABOUT 8 TIMES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THESE INCIDENTS HAVE BEGUN SINCE NOV 2002 AND ONGOING TO THIS DAY, MAR 08 2004. SINCE I CAN NOT AFFORD TO BUY A NEW AUTOMOBILE, I FEEL DEEPLY ANGRY THAT MAZDA HAS NOT RECALLED, MY CAR AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS. MY MECHANIC SEE'S MANY MAZDA'S 626'S 1998'S IN HIS SHOP. I REALLY HOPE ANYONE HELP ME WITH THIS. I HOPE THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD ME THE VEHICLE CAN RELAY THIS INFORMATION TO MAZDA CORPORATION. BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD TRY TO STAND BY WHAT THEY SELL. MARCOS SANZ. *AK

I OWN A 1998 MAZDA 626 AND THE TRANSMISSION JUST WENT OUT ON IT. I HAVE DONE A LITTLE RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG THESE VEHICLES AND I FEEL THAT MAZDA SHOULD START TAKING SOME RESPONSIBILITY. I HAVE TO PAY $2,004.50 TO GET IT REBUILT AND I HAVE ONLY OWNED IT FOR 2 YEARS. MY VEHICLE WAS 100 FEET FROM THE TRAIN TRACKS WHEN IT DECIDED TO STOP WORKING. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD SITUATION AS THE TRAIN CAME BY A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK

MY CD4E TRANSMISSION FAILED. IT HAS BEEN DENOTED BY MECHANICS AND BY CONSUMERS THAT THESE CD4E TRANSMISSIONS ARE DEFECTIVE. I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMPLAINT AGAINST FORD/MAZDA FOR SUPPLYING THIS TRANSMISSION TO MY 1998 MAZDA 626.*AK

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT ENGINE REVVED, BUT VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE FASTER THAN 20 MPH. THEN VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT CONVERTER COOLER WAS FRIED AND FAILED TO COOL THE TRANSMISSION.*AK

I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRENTY ON MY CAR. I OWN A MAZDA 626 (1998). WHEN MY CAR'S TRANSMISSION FAILED, MAZDA REPLACED MY TRANSMISSION ( I HAD AROUND 74,000 MILES) WHICH WAS STILL W/IN MY EXTENDED WARRENTY PERIOD. NOW AT 90,000 THE NEW TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN AND I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT!*AK

TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING AT THE RIDICULOUSLY LOW MILEAGE OF 68,000 MILES. AFTER CHECKING VARIOUS WEB SITES, I DISCOVERED THAT THE PROBLEM IS ENDEMIC FOR MAZDA 626 CARS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 67,687 MILES. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. *JB

WHEN VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO GEAR ENGINE SHUT OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER DETERMINED THAT CONTROL MODULE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK