1995 MAZDA 626 Complaints

O/D LIGHT FLASHES WHILE ENGINE RUNNING WITHOUT USING O/D, OR O/D IS OFF (DOT NUMBER: N/A TIRESIZE: P195/65R14)

O/D LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH AND TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING VERY HARD. I AM IN THE MILITARY, AND STATIONED OVERSEAS. I HAVE CONTACTED DEALERSHIPS AND HAVE RECEIVED NO HELP AT ALL.

THE CAR IS FLASHING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INTERMITTEDLY FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS AND TODAY THE O/D LIGHT FLASHED ONCE. LAST WEEK THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ON REVERSE OR IN DRIVE AND THEN DID IT VERY "HARD". TODAY, WHEN IDLE IT WOULD NOT SHIFT TO FIRST GEAR FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS AND THEN SHIFT HARD AND DRIVE NORMALLY.*AK

"O/D OFF" LIGHT FLASHES; CAR SHIFTS ROUGH AS ACCELERATING. TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALER; TOLD IT WAS A COMMON SENSOR PROBLEM WHICH THEY CLAIM THEY ADJUSTED. PROBLEM RETURNED AFTER 4 DAYS. REDIAGNOSIS AT DEALER (WHICH TOOK 3 DAYS) STATED TCC SOLENOID. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP, AND STATED THAT DEALER PUT IT IN WRITING THAT IT WAS THE TCC SOLENOID. THEY REPLACED THE SOLENOID FOR $353. SIX DAYS LATER PROBLEM RETURNED, SLIGHTLY WORSE. CALLED TRANSMISSION PLACE BACK. WAS INFORMED THAT THE TCC SOLONOID WAS NOT THE PROBLEM BUT THEY REPLACED THE PART BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I INDICATED THE PROBLEM WAS, PER THE DEALER. CAR REDIAGNOSED; PROBLEM IS A CODE 628; CLUTCH CONVERTER, AND THAT IT IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH MAZDA, COMMONLY RESULTING IN REGULAR TRANSMISSION REPAIRS EVERY 15,000-25,000 MILES.

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON VEHICLE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS, NOR WOULD IT ACCELERATE. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ON 3-27-98, AND CURRENTLY VEHICLE WAS HAVING SAME PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER STATED UNLESS PARTS WERE ON RECALL, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE.*AK

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. ATTEMPTED TO HAVE ORIGINAL DEALER PAY OFF BALANCE OF LOAN IN SUPPORT OF PURCHASE OF NEW CAR. VALUE IS NOW ONLY $2000 (PAID $12995 12/98) BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE. BALISE MAZDA OPERATION RECOGNIZED THAT THERE IS A FAILURE WITH 1995 4 CYLINDER TRANSMISSIONS. INTERNET RESEARCH SUGGESTS LONGSTANDING PROBLEMS WITH MID 1990 4 CYLINDER MAZDA 626. AM NOW STUCK WITH A LEMON AND $2500 BILL ON CAR WITH ONLY 58,000 MILES.*AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT HAVE POWER WHILE IN DRIVE. IN ORDER TO MAKE VEHICLE ACCELERATE, SHE HAS TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE-2. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER ENDED UP PAYING 1391 DOLLARS FOR A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. *SLC

MY O/D LIGHT BLINKS CONSTANTLY. THERE ARE QUIRKS IN THE SPEEDOMETER WHEN SET, WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN GEAR IT WILL NOT MOVE. THE MAZDA DEALER TOLD ME OFF HAND THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE HE DID A ROAD TEST AND FOUND THAT IT WAS SHIFTING HARSHSLY. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT BASICALLY THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING WITH THE TRANSMISSION IS WHAT I FOUND ON THE WEBSITE STATING THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM MAZDA AND FORD BASICALLY KNEW WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE TRANSMISSION THAT I HAVE IN MY CAR FROM THE YEARS AFTER 1994 IS A CD4E BY FORD. NOW THIS VERSION, IS KNOWN TO HAVE TERRIBLE REPAIR RECORD, AND SOME OF IT IS THE TRANSMISSION'S FAULT AND MAZDA. NOW WHEN I FIRST OBTAINED THIS CAR I NEEDED A WORK ORDER DONE ON THIS CAR AND THE PROBLEM GENERATED FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE VERSION I HAVE IS PRONE TO BLOWING OUT THE PUMP GASKET, FAILURE RATE OF THE ORIGINAL FORWARD-CLUTCH ASSEMBLY IS HIGH, AND LINE PRESSURE OCCASSIONALLY GOES OFF THE SCALE. I FEEL THAT THESE COMPAINES SHOULD NOT GET AWAY WITH NOT PAYING THE BILL, BECAUSE NOW MY CAR IS NOT WORKING AND I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO GET TOUCH WITH THE 300 PEOPLE I FOUND ON THE INTERNET A PROTEST THIS MATTER. BECASUSE I CHECKED YOUR RECORD AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING AND YOU ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT. WHY DO YOU EXIST.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISION, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED IN JUST OVER 80K MILES EVEN THOUGH MAINTENANCE WAS KEPT EXACTLY INLINE WITH MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED SERVICE GUIDELINES EVER SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 1995.*AK