1996 MAZDA 626 Complaints

CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE HEARD NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT. CONSUMER THEN NOTICED THAT BOTH AIRBAGS HAD DEPLOYED.*AK

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AT 5:45 P.M. AND AS I WAS GOING OVER A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS AT 15 MILES PER HOUR THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I RECEIVED AN ABRASION ON MY CORNEA IN MY LEFT EYE, A RASH AND SCRAPES ON MY LEFT CHEEK, A SCRAPE ABOVE MY LEFT EYELID, AND SOME HEARING LOSS IN MY LEFT EAR. I HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR A WEEK AND A DAY SO FAR. I HAVE BEEN SEEING AN EYE DOCTOR SINCE THE NIGHT OF THIS INCIDENT AND HE HAS TOLD ME THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN I'LL BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO WORK. I'M LOSING WAGES FROM BOTH OF MY JOBS. *AK

TRANSMISSION BROKE WHILE CAR WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT IN DRIVE, RESTART AND CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE.

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. SECOND GEAR TO THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE. VEHICLE COULD ONLY TRAVEL ABOUT 15MPH BECAUSE SECOND GEAR BURNED OUT. *AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THEY WOULD MAKE A GRINDING NOISE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CAR SEEMED TO DRAG, BECAME VERY SLUGGISH AND ROUGH, MADE ROARING NOISE, SMOKE CAME FROM AXLE AREA, TRANSMISSION FLUID BEGAN LEAKING. FOUND OUT DIFFERENTIAL WAS MESSED UP, NEEDED REPLACEMENT--TWO MONTHS AFTER TRANSMISSION AND AXLE REPLACED (FILED EARLIER C

I HAD BEEN HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH MY 626 FOR SEVERAL MILES BEFORE MY MILEAGE ROLLED OVER TO 50,000. I HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THE DEALER'S REPLY BEING "WE CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG". FINALLY I TOOK IT BACK AGAIN AT 56,000 MILES. THE DEALERSHIP THEN TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION! AFTER REPORTING THIS PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY, THEY ARE TELLING ME AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED THAT I NEEDED TO PAY FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. I FOUGHT THIS AND ENDED UP GETTING MAZDA TO PAY FOR $2000 OF THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION. THE COMPANY SHOULD HAVE REPLACE THE WHOLE THING FOR FREE SEEING AS HOW I HAD REPORTED THE PROBLEM PLUS THE FACT THAT MY CAR HAD ONLY 56,000 MILES ON IT. WHAT KIND OF TRANSMISSION GOES OUT AT 56,000 MILES? FROM WHAT I HEAR NOW, MAZDA 626S ARE NOTORIOUS FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I WISH THE MAZDA COMPANY WOULD TAKE SOME CREDIT FOR PUTTING CHEAP PARTS IN THEIR CARS THAT CONSUMERS PAY HARD-EARNED MONEY FOR...I WON'T BUY ANOTHER MAZDA. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER STATRTS VEHICLE THE ENGINE TAPS LOUD NOISES. ALSO, THE ENGINE CHECKLIGHT STAYS ON FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP,AND STILL EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, TRAVELING ABOUT 25 MPH AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE OR THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. FRONT END DAMAGE TOTALLED $3,000.00. VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION INITIALLY SHIFTED ROUGHLY THEN REVVED DURING SHIFTING 3-4, THEN A LOUD BANG DURING BRAKING QUICKLY, THIS PROGRESSED TO LURCHING FORWARD AFTER BRAKING, THEN POPPING NOISES IN LOW GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP OR AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 40 MPH. AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT CHAIN INSIDE TRANS IS SLIPPING OFF SPROCKETS - REPAIR ESTIMATED AT $950-1150. HAVE APPOINTMENT WITH DEALERSHIP TO GET AN ESTIMATE ON TRANSMISSION WORK. THE ENGINE CHECK COMES ON AND STAYS ON FOR WEEKS AT A TIME. THIS INITIALLY STARTED AT ABOUT 1000 MILES AND HAS CONTINUED TO OCCUR. DEALERSHIP HAS MADE REPAIRS AND ADJUSTMENTS UNDER NEW VEHICLE WARRANTY, AND ACCORDING TO RECALL ADVISEMENTS AND EACH TIME SAYS THAT SHOULD FIX IT, BUT IT CONTINUES EVEN TODAY. THE VEHICLE IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK