1995 MAZDA 626 Complaints

CAR BROKE DOWN AFTER OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND WILL NOT START--THERE WAS AN OIL LEAKAGE NEAR FILTER--REPLACED OIL AND ENGINE STILL WOULD NOT START

TRANSMISSION WAS MAKING LOUD DROPPING SOUNDS WHEN ENGAGING INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE, WAS TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. 2. REAR SWAY BAR NEEDS NEW FASTENING DEVICE. 3. FRONT ENGINE EXHAUST PIPE NEEDS REPLACING. (REPLACED MUFFLER AND PART OF EXHAUST 7 MTHS. PRIOR.) 4. FUEL GAUGE INOPERATIVE AS OF PURCHASE DATE, HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE ALONG WITH FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT. 5. MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR NEEDS REPLACING. 6. HEAT ACTUATOR NEEDS REPLACING. 7. DISTRIBUTOR IGNITOR IS FAULTY. 8. HAVE HAD GASKET COVERS AND LIFTERS REPLACED.

ENGINE MOUNTS CORRODE AND BREAK WHICH CAUSES ENGINE TO DROP WHILE DRIVING. BREAKS TRANSMISSON SEALS ON DRIVE AXLE'S CAUSING FLUID LOSS ,OR BREAKS ON AXLE, BURNS THE TRANSMISSION. WHICH MAY CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. COMMON PROBLEM. *AK.ET.

THE OVERDIRVE LIGHT BLINKS ON AND OFF, CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO ENGAGE INTO THE DRIVE WHEN VEHICLE IS PLACED INTO DRIVE. TRANSMISSION IS ALSO STARTING TO SLIP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

AT ASPEED OF 35MPH THERE IS ACONSANT NOISE OF METAL OR A RUBBING NOISE I WAS TOLD TO REPLACE BOTH CALIPERS AND BLEED THE SYSTEM BUT THE NOISE CAME BACK AGAIN. *AK

SEAT MOVED FOWARD,SEAT BELT PLASTIC COVER AT BASE BECOMES TRAPPED BELOW SEAT RECLINER HANDLE, ALLOWING APPX 6INCHES OF SLACK THAT WOULD BE RELEASED IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT,IN THEORY CAUSING ME TO SLAM INTO THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE, REBUILT; ENGINE FIRE, CAR TOTALLED, FIRE WENT THROUGH FIRE WALL OF DASH AND ENTERED PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED IN 1998. SHIFTING ALWAYS SEEMED A PROBLEM. TEN MONTHS AFTER THE PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE STARTED HESITATING AT HIGH SPEEDS. THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS CHECKED A NUMBER OF TIMES AND IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHILE THE DEALER WAS TEST DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. IT LASTED ABOUT ONE MONTH AND THE REPLACED TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH THE CURRENT TRANSMISSION WHICH IS THE THIRD ONE IN THIS AUTOMOBILE. TWO MONTHS LATER, A HESITATION WAS NOTED AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN THE GAS TANK WAS BELOW HALF FULL AND TAKING A LEFT TURN. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY HAVING THE FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT REPLACED.

TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED 4 TIMES TOTAL, AND NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE RESPONIBILITY. *AK

ALTHOUGH NO INJURY OR ACCIDENT OCCURRED, MY WIFE WAS STRANDED IN TRAFFIC AND HAD TO GET HELP TO REMOVE IT FROM TRAFFIC. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED EVENT WITH THE MAZDA 626 TRANSMISION. IF YOU VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE, YOU WILL GET A FEELING ON HOW WIDE SPREAD AND DANGEROUS THIS PROBLEM CAN BE. HTTP://WWW.ALVANT.ALVA.OK.US/DAN/MAZDA.HTM