1995 MAZDA 626 Complaints

FAILURE OF CD4E TRANSMISSION ON MAZDA 626. DEALER STANDARD PROCEDURE IS TO REPLACE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION COSTING $2500 - $3000. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TRANSMISSION HAS FREQUENT FAILURES AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A RECALL ISSUED OR SOMETHING TO HOLD MANUFACTURER LIABLE FOR REPLACEMENT COSTS. *AK

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE 1ST/2ND, OR 3RD GEARS. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER FEELS AS IF THEE WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH MAZDA'S TRANSMISSION BECAUSE SHE HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWICE.*AK CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSIOIN WAS REBUILT AGAIN ON JUNE 14TH AND FAILED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ON JUNE 25TH. *SLC

THE TRANSMISSION ORIGINALLY FAILED IN APRIL 2000 AT 89000 MILES. I PURCHASED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION FROM MAZDA AND WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN I WAS ADVISED THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS IN THERE WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL. I NOW HAVE 12000 MILES ND AM H19AVING TO ONCE AGAIN REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I ALSO HAVE 4 FRIENDS THAT OWN OR HAVE OWNED THE 1994,19 95, OR 96 MAZDA 626 AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS.*AK

COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER ON ROAD. STEERING AND BRAKES LOCKED. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DIAGNOSE PROBLEM.

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND WHEN I GOT TO A STOP SIGN AND WAS GETTING READY TO TURN RIGHT, THE CAR JERKED FORWARD AND FELT AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL FOR A SECOND. ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER I WAS ON MY WAY HOME AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED, ONLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, THE CAR BEGAN TO REV AND JERK AROUND, AND ALL THE WHILE, I WAS SLOWING DOWN ON THE BUSY STREET. I TOOK IT TO AAMCO AND THEY TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION WAS BROKEN AND I WOULD NEED A NEW ONE IF I WANTED THE CAR TO WORK PROPERLY AGAIN. I WAS A BIT FRUSTRATED AT THE FACT THAT THE MODEL OF THE CAR IS A '95 AND IS IN NEED OF A NEW TRANSMISSION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT WORKING, THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *JB

IN AUGUST, 1997 AT 49,560 MILES THE O/D LIGHT WAS FLASHING. THE CAR WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND I WAS TOLD BY LES MARKS CHEVROLET THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. WELL IN NOVEMBER, 2000 AT 101,702 MILES THE O/D LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD (BY TRANSMISSION MAGICIAN) THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I AM SPENDING $1,774.00 TO GET THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. I CONTACTED MAZDA CORPORATION AND I WAS TOLD THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ABNORMALLY.*AK

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 5 WEEKS AGO FROM A SMALL CAR DEALER AND TWO WEEKS AFTER THE PURCHASE THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING. I TOOK THE CAR TO TIM MARBURGER MAZDA IN CONCORD, NC TO HAVE THEM PLACE IT ON THE COMPUTER TO BE CERTAIN THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH IT WAS. THEY SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD OVERHEATED AND THAT I WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $2835.00. IN DOING RESEARCH THROUGH TELEPHONE AND THE INTERNET, I DISCOVERED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF CAR. IN FACT, WHILE I WAS AT THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP, A CUSTOMER WHO WAS WAITING TOLD ME SHE HAD TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION IN THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE. I PULLED UP THE WEBSITE, WWW.DUSTBURY.COM/626/TRANS.HTML AND DISCOVERED THAT MAZDA HAD AN INFORMAL RECALL ON THE '94 626'S DUE TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I HAVE A CAR THAT I HAVEN'T EVEN MADE THE FIRST PAYMENT ON THAT NEEDS MAJOR REPAIR AND I FEEL THAT WITH THE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION, MAZDA SHOULD BEAR SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITY.*AK

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 2 YEARS I AM GOING TO BE GETTING MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT. I AM VERY DISAPOINTED IN THE ORDEAL AND THAT BY RESEARCHING I HAVE COME ACCROSS NUMEROUS COMLAINT SITE ON THE WEB ABOUT THE FORTH GENERATION 626 TRANSMITION FAILURES. FEEL FREE TO EMAIL.*AK