1997 MAZDA 626 Complaints

I HAVE CONTACTED MAZDA DIRECTLY. THEY REFUSE TO ADMIT THAT THEY HAVE A DEFECT IN THE CD4E TRANSMISSIONS ON THESE CARS EVEN THOUGH ALL REPAIR SHOPS CONTACTED WARN NOT ONLY OF 70+% FAILURE RATE, BUT WARN NOT TO BUY MAZDA REBUILT BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL NOT REPAIRING THE DEFECTS IN THE TRANNY. SAME FAILURE RATE CAN BE FOUND IN THE POST 1995 AND UP FORD CONTOUR WHICH SHARES THE SAME TRANSMISSION. MFR REFUSES TO BE OF ANY HELP. PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW I CAN PROCEED.*AK

SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE GETS STUCK ON RECLINING LEVER AND RECLINES SEATBACK. MAZDA AND DEALER WERE CONTACTED.THEY WERE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. MAZDA HAS RECORDED THE COMPLAINT.*AK

OD ON/OFF LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH ON HIGHWAY, THEN SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER FELL TO 0, SMOKE WENT FROM THE HOOD, AND ALL TRANSMISSION OIL LEAKED AWAY.

TRANSMISSION BLEWOUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, SUDDENLY GEARS STARTED SLIPPING ON FREEWAY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HAD STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, AND TRYING TO MAKE A TURN VEHICLE WAS HESITATING TO GO, THEN CONTINUED TO DRIVE. OVERDRIVE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THEY TOOK VEHICLE OVER TO DEALERSHIP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, TRANSMISSION FROZE UP, A TOOTH OFF ONE OF THE GEARS BROKE AND WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM, MAZDA SENT REPLACEMENT PARTS 3 TIMES, FIRST 2 WERE DEFECTIVE. *SLC

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE: FIRST AT 28596 MILES THEN AT 56449 MILES. *AK

AT 41,000 MILES TRANSMISSION HAS MALFUNCTIONED, AND WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

VEHICLE ODOMETER NEARLY DOUBLES ACUTUAL MILES DRIVEN/ CLIBRATED BY AAA SEVERAL TIMES TO COMFIRM. *AK

ENGINE WAS RUNNING BADLY, ENGINE AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER FOUND ENGINE HAD "SLUDGED" UP, HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE. IN OCTOBER OF 1999, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. *AK