1995 MAZDA 626 Complaints

O/D LIGHT FLASHED WHILE DRIVING, CAR SLIPS GEARS, DEALER FLUSHED SYSTEM BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. CAR IS LESS THAN 4 YEARS OLD.

THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHIN THREE MONTHS/3,000 MILES! THIS TRANSMISSION WAS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE INCONVENIENCE OF BEING 8 HOURS FROM HOME, MOVING OUR DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON, THE MAZDA WAS PACKED FULL, ALONG WITH A CARAVAN OF A MOVING TRUCK AND OUR DAUGHTER'S CAR. THIS WAS NOT THE TIME FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE! WE HAD JUST LEARNED MAZDA WOULD NOT RECONSIDER PAYING FOR THE FIRST TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT WITH ONLY 42450 MILES. NOW, WITHIN 3 MONTHS, THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AGAIN. WE HOPE THIS TIME MAZDA WILL STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS AND ALSO RE-IMBURSE US FOR THE FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND THE EXPENSES INCURRED FROM FAILURE. I HAD TO DRIVE ON THE EDGE OF A VERY BUSY STREET IN FT. COLLINS,CO, WAVING TRAFFIC TO CAUTIOUSLY PROCEED AROUND ME, HOPING TO CATCH UP WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE ALREADY OUT OF MY SIGHT, BUT I HAD NO AVENUE TO TURN OFF THIS BUSY STREET! THANKFUL, NO OTHER DRIVERS OR PASSENGERS WERE INVOLVED IN REAR ENDING ME-I WAS TRAVELING AT A SNAILS CRAWL-OR WITH THE TRAFFIC GOING AROUND ME, DIDN'T RUN INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. MY PREVIOUS ODI # IS 709937 SUBMITTED ON 8/12/99

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE VEHICLE DID NOT PICK UP SPEED, ALSO WHEN SHIFTING FROM DRIVE INTO REVERSE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE GEAR. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE STALLS WHEN TRANSMISSION IS PUT INTO NEUTRAL. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. DEALER SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A FAULTY IAC VALVE, REPAIRS WERE DONE, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, CAUSING THE FLUID TO SPILL ONTO THE RADIATOR WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SMOKE. DEALER SAID VEHICLE NEEDS NEW RADIATOR AND TRASMISSION. *AK

MAZDA NEVER SAID THAT THE COMPUTER WAS BAD, THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACING. THIS IS THE FOURTH CAR THAT I KNOW OF WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED. I FEEL THAT MAZDA SHOULD BE MADE TO PART FOR PART OF THE DAMAGE. MY DAUGHTER IS A COLLEGE STUDENT, AND CANNOT AFFORD THIS KIND OF EXPENSE, NEITHER CAN WE. THIS HAS CAUSED A REAL HARDSHIP, AND MAZDA DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE. THEY SAID THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE. OBVIOUSLY THE TRANSMISSION FOR THIS MODEL OF CAR IS FAULTY. THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR.

WHEN DRIVING THE RPM WOULD DROP DOWN, VEHICLE WOULD SLOW DOWN AND COULD NOT INCREASE SPEED. DEALER CONTACTED AND OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHED, STATED TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AS A CURRENT OWNER OF A 1995 MAZDA 626 LX, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 41,000 MILES. THE WARRANTY IS FOR 3 YEARS OR 50,000 MILES, EVEN THOUGH THE WARRANTY IS OUT, WE REQUEST FROM MAZDA ASSISTANCE FOR PAYMENT OF REPAIRS. ORIGINAL VERBAL CONVERSATION, MAZDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AGREED TO PAY FOR HALF OF REPAIRS. BUT UPON, THE SECOND VISIT WITH MAZDA CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, WE ASKED FOR A SECOND REVIEW. IN TURN, SHE INFORMED US, MAZDA COULD REVOKE THE INITIAL OFFER OF PAYING FOR HALF OF THE REPAIR. WITHIN AN HOUR THEY REVOKED THE WHOLE INITIAL OFFER GIVEN. AND THIS WAS TO THE DEALER, NOT TO US, THE CUSTOMER. WE WERE NOTIFIED BY THE DEALERSHIP VIA PHONE AND UPON NOTIFYING US THE CAR WAS REPAIRED AND READY TO PICK UP. BESIDES THE RUDENESS OF THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, THE LENGTH OF TIME (3 DAYS) TO GET THE TRANSMISSION, REVOKING COMPLETLY THE ORIGINAL OFFER OF PAYING HALF FOR THE REPAIRS. WE FEEL WITH THE MANY CIRCUMSTANCES OF TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN YOUR COMPLAINT DATABASE ON 1995 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSIONS, MAZDA WOULD WANT TO HAVE A RECALL OR HELP REIMBURSE FOR THIS ONGOING PROBLEM. THANK YOU.

WHY WASN'T THERE A RECALL ON MAZDA TRANSMISSIONS? HOW DOES THE CONSUMER INITIATE A RECALL WHEN A PROBLEM IS FOUND?

CAR DOES NOT ENGAGE INTO REVERSE FOR FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. THE CAR ACTS AS IF IN NUETRAL AND ROLLS FREELY. WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP THE CAR DOES NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR FEELS AS IF THE TRANMISSION IS SLIPPING AND THE ENGINE WILL INCREASE RPM'S EVEN NO INCREASE IN SPEED. THE CAR ALSO WILL SHIF VERY HARD AND JERKY BETWEEN GEARS AS ACCELERATING.