2001 MAZDA 626 Complaints

TRANSMISSION FAILED, EVEN AFTER PROPER MAINTENANCE. 2ND TRANSMISSION ALSO FAILED 13 MONTHS LATER. 2001 MAZDA 626 ES V6 2.5L AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURRED THE FIRST TIME IN EARLY SPRING OF 2003. MY 626 HAD JUST TURNED OVER 53,000 MILES WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT. CALLED FOR A TOW, TRANSMISSION PLACE SAID THAT IT WAS LIKELY TO HAVE TO BE A FULL REBUILD. I CALLED DEALERSHIP, THEY CALLED MAZDA AND MAZDA PAID FOR NEW TRANSMISSION AND TOW, EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS WEEKEND, DRIVING CAR, NO SIGN OF ANY ISSUE, JUST HAD A FLUID FLUSH DONE ON THE CAR 6,000 MILES AGO SO I KNOW THAT IS FINE. COME HOME AFTER A WEEKEND OF CITY DRIVING AND GO TO GET IN THE CAR THE NEXT MORNING WHEN THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT. STAYS IN PARK NO MATTER WHAT GEAR I MOVE SHIFTER TO. TAKING IT IN AGAIN WITH ONLY 45,000 MILES ON THE ~NEW~ TRANSMISSION THAT MAZDA PAID FOR THE FIRST TIME ROUND. CAR ONLY HAD 98,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS SUFFERED 2 DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION FAILURES. *TR

MY 2001 MAZDA 626 2.0L LX HAS 104,500 MILES ON IT. AROUND 95,000 THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING ROUGHLY. THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE OVER TIME AND AT 104,500 MILES I NOW NEED A TRANSMISSION REBUILT. EVERY MECHANIC I HAVE TAKEN IT TO AND TALKED TO KNOWS THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS FORD CD4E BUILT TRANSMISSION AND ARE SHOCKED FORD/MAZDA HAS NOT DONE A RECALL ON THEM. I AM NOW LOOKING AT 2000 DOLLARS IN REPAIRS. PLEASE FORWARD THIS COMPLAINT TO MAZDA ALONG WITH ALL OF THE OTHERS AND MAKE THEM DO WHAT IS RIGHT. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THESE HORRIBLE TRANSMISSION FAILURES. PLEASE HELP US ALL. *TR

WITH ONLY 115,000 MILES ON 2001 MAZDA 626, THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED PER PROFESSIONAL ASSESSMENT. TOOK IT IN AFTER THE OVERDRIVE FUNCTION STOPPED WORKING AND THE ONLY WAY I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR WAS BY TURNING OFF THE OVERDRIVE FUNCTION. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 MAZDA 626 WITH ONLY A LITTLE OVER 100,000 MILES AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. I HAD IT LOOKED AT AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CHAIN INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SKIPPING LINKS. THE SERVICE MAN WHO LOOKED AT THE CAR TOLD ME THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING TO ALOT OF MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSIONS. THE CAR IS JUST SITTING NOW BECAUSE WE CAN NOT AFFORD 2000 DOLLARS TO GET THIS FIXED BUT IF ITS POSSIBLE TO BE LOOKED AT I WAS TOLD THAT WE COULD GET IT REPLACED FOR FREE. WE REALLY NEED ASSISTANCE WITH THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A 10 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER AND ONE RUNNING VEHICLE AND REALLY NEED HELP GETTING THIS PROBLEM FIXED. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2001 MAZDA 626 IN 2002 WITH 23,000 MILES UP UNTIL NOW HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND MY OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING, THE CAR MADE IT HOME I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THEY SAID MY TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THERE IS ONLY 117,000 MILES ON THE CAR, SO I GOT ONLINE AND SEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND COME TO FIND THAT THERE ARE PAGES UPON PAGES OF MAZDA 626 OWNERS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS WHO HAVE OR HAD THE SAME PROBLEM'S. THE SHOP THAT I TOOK MY CAR TO SAID MAZDA/FORD MADE A BAD TRANSMISSION FOR SEVERAL YEARS!!!. I WISH THE CAR MANUFACTURES WOULD MAKE UP FOR THERE MISTAKES AND NOT KEEP PASSING THEM ONTO THE CONSUMERS.. THANKS TIM KEBLIS *TR

2001 MAZDA 626 WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM A MAZDA DEALER, IT WAS A 1 OWNER TRADE-IN WITH ONLY 25,000 ORIGINAL MILES. THE VEHICLE WENT THROUGH A 100 POINT INSPECTION FROM THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 5 DAYS BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. WHEN I PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN REVERSE OR DRIVE, IT JUST REMAINED STILL AS IF IT WAS STILL IN PARK OR NEUTRAL, IT WAS TOWED TO A MAZDA DEALER AND DIAGNOSED WITH A TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. THIS IS APPARENTLY A MAJOR ISSUE WITH MOST MAZDA 626'S, OLD AND NEW! *TR

I HAVE A 2001 MAZDA 626 LX WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS WORKED GREAT BUT AT 125,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND STILL NO RECALL? I TOOK THE CAR TO A REPUTABLE MECHANICS SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND NOT TO WASTE MY MONEY ON IT BECAUSE IT IS KNOWN FOR FAILURES. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP THAT SPECIALIZES IN TRANSMISSIONS AND WAS TOLD THE SAME STORY EXCEPT THEY FELT THEY COULD FIX THE SITUATION WITH AN AFTERMARKET VALVE KIT THAT SOLVES THE PROBLEM. WHY ARE MAZDA AND FORD (THE TRANSMISSION WAS BUILT BY FORD) ALLOWED TO IGNORE THIS PROBLEM? *TR

COOLANT RESERVOIR ON MAZDA 626 MODELS HAS A DESIGN FLAW. OUR VEHICLE HAS REQUIRED 4 OF THESE SINCE WE'VE OWNED IT. EACH TIME, THE PART IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AS IT IS OVER 12 MONTHS OLD. FAILURES OCCURRED ON 5/30/06 AT 118K AND AGAIN ON 6/1/07 AT 138K, AND NOW ON 7/11/08 AT 162K. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE MANUFACTURED WITH A SEAM ON THE BOTTOM. THE SEAM LEAKS AND SO COOLANT GRADUALLY LEAKS FROM THE RESERVOIR UNTIL YOU NOTICE YOUR VEHICLE SLOWLY RUNNING HOT. SINCE I WATCH MAY GAUGES CLOSELY, I ALWAYS SEE WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING. REPLACING COOLANT WILL PREVENT THE ENGINE FROM OVERHEATING BUT REPLACING THE RESERVOIR IS ALWAYS REQUIRED. LOCALLY THIS PART COSTS $100. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE LABOR TO REMOVE/DISCARD THE OLD RESERVOIR AND TO ATTACH THE NEW ONE. OUR LOCAL MAZDA DEALERSHIP HAS 50 OF THESE IN STOCK AT ANY GIVEN TIME. SEEMS LIKE A LARGE INVENTORY FOR A PART. THIS ITEM NEEDS TO BE REDESIGNED SO THAT THE SEAM IS MORE DURABLE OR SO THAT THERE IS NO SEAM AT THE BOTTOM WHERE THE LEAKS KEEP OCCURRING. OTHERS NOT AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM MAY HAVE ALLOWED THEIR ENGINES TO OVERHEAT CAUSING MUCH MORE COSTLY PROBLEMS IN THEIR ENGINES. WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE IN THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS CAUGHT IT EARLY AND THAT WE HAVE A GOOD MECHANIC NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A DEALERSHIP BUT WHO IS MAZDA CERTIFIED. *TR

MY MAZDA 626, YEAR 2001 HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. AT FIRST THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE, THEN THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION FAILED. I SPOKE WITH A CO-WORKER THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HER MAZDA 626. IS THERE A RECALL ON THE MAZDA. PLEASE HELP ME WITH THE REPAIRS, I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET THE VEHICLE FIXED. *TR