1996 MAZDA 626 Complaints

98 V 249 000/AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT: RECEIVED RECALL SINCE INCIDENT DATE, AND STILL UNABLE TO GET IT HONORED. MADE TWO MORE ATTEMPTS, AND STILL DEALER, UTAH AUTO COLLECTIONS, OREM, UT; PHONE# 801/229-3600, WOULD NOT GIVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR REPAIRS. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

THIS MODEL YEAR 626 HAVE BAD TRANSMISSION I NEVER SEEN SO MANY TRANS. BEING REPLACE ON ONE MODEL CAR DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO DIE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. IS THAT WHAT WHEN IT CAME TO FIRESTONE AND FORD I HOPE YOU WILL LOOK IN TO THIS BEFORE THEN ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET THE INFORMATION FROM MAZDA AND YOU WILL SEE. PEOPLE SAVING PEOPLE LET'S TRY AND DO IT BEFOR THEY DIE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. SAME DAY RECEIVED RECALL LETTER ON AIRBAGS. DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL. *AK

ENGINE WARNING LIGHT-SERVICE 3 TIMES, TRANSMISSION JERKS-O/D LIGHT COMES ON, CANNOT LOCATE PROBLEM-TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT-MUST BE REPLACED. *AK

TRANSMISSION BROKE WHILE DRIVING WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY.IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. *AK

MY 1996 MAZDA WHICH I PURCHASED IN 1997 HAS SERIOUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY IN 1-11-99. IT IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR A SECOND TRANSMISSION WHICH FAILED ON 12-29-99. I AM CONFUSED AS TO WHY WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH MAZDA THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED. I HAVE READ ATLEAST 173 COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET SUBMITTED BY OTHERS. ALSO IS THERE A TECHNICAL BULLETIN RELATED TO THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO DEALERS? WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THIS CAR TO GET A RECALL DEATHS?*AK

PURCHASE AUTO USED WITH LESS 48,255 MILES ON IT ON 5/1/98. ON 5/22/98 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALONG WITH THE SRS LIGHT BEGAN BURNING INTERMITTENTLY. PART WAS ORDERED ON 5/22/98 AND REPLACED ON 6/6/98. PROBLEM STILL EXISTED AND WAS WORKED ON AGAIN 6/10/98. DIDN'T REPAIR PROBLEM AND SO IT WAS AGAIN WORKED ON 6/18/98. DEALER'S STATEMENT IS THE CAR WAS DRIVEN OVER 100 MILES AND PROBLEM COULDN'T BE FOUND. SOMETHING MUST HAVE REPAIRED IT AS THEY STOPPED BURNING. ON 1/13/99 ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN AGAIN ALONG WITH THE OD LIGHT. AT THIS TIME AUTO WAS RETURNED TO DEALER WHO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. LUCKILY I PURCHASED A WARRANTY AT PURCHASE OF AUTO. AT THIS WRITING THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEGAIN TO ILLUMINATE AGAIN AND MY WIFE STATE TRANSMISSIONS IS SLOW TO SHIFT. I AM BEGINNING TO THINK THAT THIS PARTICULAR YEAR MAZDA WAS ONE WHICH WOULD HURT MAZDA'S REPUTATION AFTER OWNING 2 MAZDA 626S AND 3 MAZDA PICKUPS. I HAVE THE STATEMENTS FROM DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE COMPUTER,SENSORS,MODULES, AND CONTROLS.THE AUTO STOCK NUMBER AT ANDY JONES WAS 8992 @ DEALER# 34018 SOLD MAY 1,1998.

MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WOULD COST $2,500 TO FIX THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE DIAGNOSTIC CODES REPORTED TO ME WERE P 1744 (TCC PERFORMANCE), P0741 (TCC STUCK) AND P0303 (#3 MISFIRE). I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT MANY HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND MAZDA DOES NOT ACCEPT BLAME FOR FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. I WAS ALSO TOLD MAZDA DID NOT REBUILD TRANSMISSIONS BUT HAVE READ THAT SOME OF THE OWNERS HAD THEM REBUILT. ALSO, SOME HAD NEW ONES PUT IN BUT ONLY TO FAIL AGAIN AND MAZDA DID NOT COVER THE REPLACEMENT PART. IT SEEMS MAZDA SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. I TOOK MINE TO THE DEALER IN THE TOWN IN WHICH I LIVE - GARY FORCE MAZDA IN BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY. *AK

RECALL 98V249 000/AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT: WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE RAN OVER SOMETHING WHICH CAUSED BOTH AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND LANDED IN A DITCH. ALSO, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO WINDSHIELD/ HOOD AND BUMPER. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND LOSE POWER. SOMETIMES, VEHICLE WOULD GO OUT WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. MANUFACTURER COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT CAUSED THIS PROBLEM THREE TIMES. *AK