1999 MAZDA 626 Complaints

IN JUNE 1999, I PURCHASED A 1999 MAZDA 626. I HAVE 27,743 MILES ON IT. (I RIDE MOSTLY IN MY HUSBAND'S SUV). TWO DAYS AGO, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. THE DEALER TELLS ME THE 36 MONTH WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I SAY WARRANTY OR NOT AT 27,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT BE SLIPPING--UNLESS THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH IT WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED. I REFUSE TO PAY $2000+ FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION AND AM SEEKING ARBITRATION AGAINST THE DEALER. I AM ASTONISHED TO SEE ALL OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 626 TRANSMSSION I READ ON "THE COMPLAINT STATION" WEBSITE. FROM WHAT I READ ON THIS SITE, THE PROBLEM IS THE FORD TRANSMISSION. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE CONCERING THIS PROBLEM. A RECALL IS IN ORDER. THANK YOU.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE WHEN THE "OVERDRIVE" LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING ON/OFF. CONSUMER THEN NOTICED SMOKE EMITTING FROM UNDER HOOD AND REAR OF VEHICLE AND QUICKLY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. DEALER DIAGNOSED TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. TS

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO ACCELERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HEARD A NOISE FROM ENGINE AND VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER ADVISED THAT THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER BROKE CAUSING STALL. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANFACTURER REGARDING RECALL 00V134000. MFR ADVISED V.I.N. IS NOT INCLUDED. TS

IT IS CRAZY TO HAVE TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSON AFTER LESS THAN 72000 MILES. THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE, THAT IT REALLY SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. IT'S REALLY SAD FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT CAN BARELY AFFORD THE MONTHLY PAYMENT, THEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS. DT

THE VEHICLES CLUTCH BAND WAS SLIPPING AND AS A RESULT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TS *NLM

CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES THE TRANSMISSION MAKES A CLICKING NOISE AND JERKS INTO GEAR. THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS TURNING BACK AND FORTH INSTEAD OF ONE WAY WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO FALL OUT. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. MR

VEHICLE SERVICED AND ALL FLUIDS CHECKED AND TOPPED OFF ON 8/13/02. NO TRANSMISSION OR FLUID PROBLEMS REPORTED DURING THAT SERVICING. NO OTHER PROBLEMS, LIGHT INDICATORS, OR TRANSMISSION RELATED ISSUES BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. ON 8/26/02, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, OIL FLUIDS BEGAN SPRAYING THE WINDSHIELD AND SMOKE POURED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE STALLED OUT IN THE MEDIAN OF EXTREMELY BUSY AND CONGESTED GEORGIA HWY 400. POLICE AND FIRE RESPONDED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF SMOKE AND HAZARD OF BEING STALLED IN MEDIAN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MAZDA DEALER WHO INFORMED US THAT THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF $2,700! MY RESEARCH HAS DISCOVERED SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE. PLEASE ADVISE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.*AK

OWNER STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STALLING. SHE WAS TOLD BY MAZDA THAT THE EXTERNAL SPRING IN TIMING BELT TESIONER BROKE. MAZDA DOES HAVE A RECALL 00V134000 ON TIMING BELT TENSIONER, PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WAS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM HOME, ACCELERATING FROM A TURN. TRANSMISSION WENT "CLUNK" THEN NOTICIBLE HESITATION WHEN APPLYING GAS. WHEN CAR WAS PARKED, SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. CHECKED AND NOTICED "BURNED" TRANNIE FLUID COVERING COMPONENTS. HAD CAR TOWED TO JAPANESE AUTO. REPAIR SERVICE. TOLD NEEDED NEW TRANNIE. HAD TOWED TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP PROVIDED NEW TRANNIE, RADIATOR AND COOLANT SWITCH B/C COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT RADIATOR WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO HELP COOL TRANNIE. MAZDA COVERED PARTS, BUT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DO THAT I NEED TO PAY LABOR AND GET TIMING BELT, GASKETS AND SEALS CHANGED. OVERALL I AM PLEASED WITH MAZDA'S ACTION, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE KNOWN THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION/RADIATOR COMBO. FYI. TOM NASO'S STAFF WAS EXTREMELY COURTEOUS AND HELPFUL. I APPRECIATED ALL THEIR WORK.*AK