1999 MAZDA 626 Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE.*AK

IN EARLY 2001,MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED SQUEAKING LOUDLY.THE DEALER REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION STEERING.THE VERY NEXT MONTH I WAS DRIVING ON A LONG TRIP,STOPPED TO GET GAS,AND THE ENGINE STARTED SMOKING.THE DEALER TOLD ME I HAD DRIVEN THE CAR OUT OF OVERDRIVE WHICH I HAD NOT.IN MAY,2002 I AGAIN MADE A LONG TRIP,STOPPED SUDDENLY FOR A WRECK,WITH ANOTHER INCIDENT OF SMOKE FROM THE ENGINE.THE DEALER NOW SAYS IT IS THE TRANSMISSION WHICH I HAVE SEEN NOTED MULTIPLE TIMES AS A DEFECT ON THIS WEB SITE.*AK

FRONT COLLISION AT 35 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUFFERED HEAD AND CHEST INJURIES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN.*JB

I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 5000 MILES. JUST OVER A YEAR OF OWNING IT I HAD TO PUT NEW BRAKES ON THE CAR. IN APRIL OF 2002 IT NEEDED A BRAKE JOB AGAIN. FOR A CAR THAT IS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD IT IS HAVING TO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. NOW THE BRAKES THINK THEY ARE ON AT ALL TIMES AND THE CAR VIBRATES. I HAVE WENT TO THREE MECHANICS AND THEY CAN'T FIND WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THEY SOLD ME A CAR THAT WAS IN AN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING WAS REALLY WRONG WHEN THEY SOLD IT TO ME.*AK

VEHICLE IS STALLING OUT WHEN CONSUMER IS DRIVING. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE INTO SHOP FOUR TIMES ALREADY IN ONE MONTH, BUT THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK

WITH THE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED PROPERLY, TRANSMISSION WAS TOO YOUNG TO FAIL. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 75-80 MPH THE VEHICLE JUST STARTED TO SMOKE FROM ENGINE AREA AND THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT.*AK

WHEN DRIVING TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONS, AND VEHICLE CAN ONLY BE DRIVEN IN OVERDRIVE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, AND IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK

THE FRONT BRAKES ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED VEHICLE WEAR OUT EVERY 10,000 MILES OR SO. THERE IS CURRENTLY 47,000 ON THE VEHICLE, AND I HAVE CHANGED THE BRAKES 7 TIMES!!! I NOTIFIED MAZDA USA, AND NOTHING WAS EVER DONE. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD SEVERAL TIMES BY SERVICE MANAGER THAT THIS WAS "NORMAL WEAR" AND THAT I MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE MY DRIVING HABITS, WHICH., BY THE WAY, ARE NOT BAD

THE O/D LIGHT WAS FLASHING JUST BEFORE I BEGIN TO SEE THE CAR SMOKING, I LOOK UNDER THE HOOD AND THERE IS TRANSMISSION FLUILD ON THE MOTOR AND THEN I GOT BACK INTO THE CAR TRYING TO MOVE THE CAR...THEN THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK INTO THE GEAR.*AK