1999 MAZDA 626 Complaints

MY SISTER AND I OWN A 1999 MAZDA 626 LX. I WAS DRIVING OUT OF TOWN WHEN MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO MOVE I HAD TO PUT IT IN OVERDRIVE. ONCE THE CAR WAS GOING AT 60 MPH IT WAS OKAY BUT GOING ANY FASTER AND THE OD LIGHT WOULD START FLASHING. I AM VERY UPSET BECAUSE A MAJORITY OF MY FRIENDS THAT OWN MAZDA'S HAD TRANSMISSION WORK DONE. SINCE MAZDA/FORD WOULD NOT TAKE RESPONSIBIBLITY FOR FAULTY WORK THE OWNERS OF THESE CRAPPY CARS ARE LEFT WITH HUGE BILLS. WE HAVE TO PAY 1450.00 FOR THIS. I AM DEFINITELY GOING TO FILE A LAWSIUT BECAUSE IF SO MANY CONSUMERS ARE COMPLAINING THEN THEY NEED TO TAKE ACTION ASAP.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND WITH NO PRIOR WARNING OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTS FLASHING, AND VEHICLE JERKS BADLY, BARELY SHIFTING GEARS, AND WOULD NOT REVERSE. HAD THE CAR ASSESSED BY TWO CERTIFIED MECHANICS, BOTH STATING THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THIS CAR-- CALLED MAZDA CORP AND LOCAL DEALER WHO BOTH OFFERED NO HELP, AS OF COURSE THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AT 70,600 MILES- THIS IS RIDICULOUS CAR WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW AND SHOULD NEED TRANSMISSION REPLACED THIS SOON!!!*AK

THE TIME LAPSE BETWEEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEARS SHIFTING WAS INCREASING, AND VEHICLE WON'T SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR. DEALER RECOMMENDD TO CONSUMER TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

AUTO: 1999 MAZDA 626 AT 92,000 PROBLEM: LOOKS LIKE OVERHEATING OF TRANSMISSION AND LEAKAGE OR OVERFLOWING OF TRANSMISSION ALL OVER THE ENGINE: - OD LIGHT IS BLINKING - ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND OFF - GEAR SLIPPING *LA

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT OF 1999 MAZDA 626 AT 87,500 MILES. UNTIL NOW NO PROBLEMS EXISTED NOW DEALER WANTS $3,500 TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION. MY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE 1999 626 HAS MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND MAZDA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE RECALL ON ALL CARS. *LA

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 58,000 MILES. BROUGHT TO MAZDA IN JULY AND TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVERHEATING. *LA

WHENEVER THE TRANSMISSION HEATS UP ON MY MAZDA 626 IT THEN JERKS, AND MOVING THE GEARS. THIS HAS BEEN ESTIMATED FOR A COMPLETE REBUILD OF THE TRANSMISSION AT 55,000 MILES AND I WAS ESTIMATED AT $3000 FOR THE REBUILD. I HAVE NOTICED MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS CAR WITH THE EXACT SAME INCIDENT. IT STARTED AROUND THANKSGIVING 2002 AND CONTINUES ON TO THIS DAY. *LA

TRANMISSION ACTING UP. TRANSMISSION O/D LIGHT FLASHING AT 70MPH. TRANS FLUID APPERS TO BE DARK IN COLOR DUE TO OVERHEATING OF TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION HAS HARD TIME SHIFTING GEARS.

TRANMISSION ACTING UP. TRANSMISSION O/D LIGHT FLASHING AT 70MPH. TRANS FLUID APPERS TO BE DARK IN COLOR DUE TO OVERHEATING OF TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION HAS HARD TIME SHIFTING GEARS.

THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS INOPERATIVE. THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT BACK INTO ITS POSITION. *AK *JB