1999 MAZDA 626 Complaints

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *NLM *SCC *JB

THE CAR SHIFTED REALLY HARD WHEN I PUT THE GEAR ON REVERSE. IT SHIFTED SO HARD THAT THE ENGINE ALMOST STALLED. THE CAR ALSO JERKS AND HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO A MECHANIC AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FOR $2,500. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. IT IS STILL DOING THE SAME THING AND THE MECHANICS, AFTER 2 WEEKS, STILL CAN NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THIS CAR ONLY HAD 45,000 MILES. I WISH I HAD CHECKED THIS WEBSITE BEFORE I BOUGHT THE CAR AND SAW ALL THE TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER MAZDA. *NLM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER AS STATED IN RECALL 00 V 134 000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM

I HAD ORIGINALLY TAKEN MY 626 IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED BEFORE THE CAR REACHED 30,000. A SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AT JAY MARKS MAZDA IN HOUSTON, TEXAS ADVISED ME THAT MAZDA DID S NOT CALL FOR A SERVICING OF THE TRANSMISSION. SOMEWHERE AROUND 52,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO DOWN SHIFTING PRETTY ROUGHLY. I HAD THE FLUID CHANGED, WHICH DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. I PHONED THE HOUSTON AREA CORPORATE OFFICE AND NEVER RECEIVED A RETURN CALL. AT 63,300 MILES WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE AND CHANGING LANES, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THERE WAS FLUID SPEWING OUT FROM THE OVERFLOW HOSE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THIS CAUSED AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SMOKE, WHICH I FEARED WAS ABOUT TO CATCH A FIRE. I WAS TOLD THAT MAZDA IS USING ALUMINUM HOUSING FOR THE PISTONS, WHICH IS NOT HOLDING UP. I FEEL THAT THE CHEAPER COST IS PUTTING INDIVIDUALS'' LIVES AT STAKE.

THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER SPRING BROKE. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED.*JB

I WAS TOLD TO FILE A COMPLAINT, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS IN THE LATE MODEL MAZDA 626'S. I JUST SPENT $1700 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION ON MY 1999 626 ES WITH 62000 MILES. THE DAMAGE OF THE TRANSMISSION WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT. MY MECHANIC WHOM I HAVE KNOWN FOR 7 YEARS SAID THIS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS, HE SAID JUST IN FEBRUARY ALONE HE DID 4. HE SAID THESE TRANSMISSIONS ARE JUNK, AND VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR BECAUSE OF THEIR DESIGN. THIS DESIGN DOES NOT HAVE A PAN ON THE BOTTOM SO YOU CAN CHECK THE VITALS, IT IS ON THE SIDE. HE SAID THIS DESIGN OF AUTOMATIC WAS PUT INTO THE 626, MX-6 , AND THE FORD PROBE. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME ANYTIME. JOHN. *JB

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEM, IRREGULAR RPM'S WHEN IDLING, POPPING NOISE IN FRONT (SUSPENSION?) WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED I.E. HIGHWAYS, INTERIOR LIGHT FAULTY,

1999 MAZDA 626...JUST OVER 70K MILES...O/D LIGHT FLASHING...TRANSMISSION STUCK IN 2ND GEAR...HARD SHIFTING...RESEARCH REVEALED MANY MORE DRIVERS WITH SIMILAR EXPERIENCE.

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH POWER STEERING . RACK AND PINION STEERING BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK