1996 MAZDA 626 Complaints

FIRST MY TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING NOW THE OD LIGHT FLASHES WHEN I DRIVE ON THE THRUWAY OR ANY SITUATION WHERE IM GOIN 50MPH OR MORE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR LESS THAN A YEAR

TRANSMISSION ON MY 1996 MAZDA 626 HAS BEEN REPLACED MORE THAT ONCE. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT 50,000 MILES. 30,000 MILES LATER HERE IT GOES AGAIN. THE OVER DRIVE LIGHT BLINKS AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD. THIS PROBLEM IS SYSTEM WIDE ON NEARLY ALL THAT HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION. *JB

TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION PUT IN THIS VEHICLE. IT CAUSES THE CAR TO HESITATE IN TRAFFIC AND OVERHEATS. THIS IS THE SECOND 626 I HAVE OWNED. TRANSMISSION WENT IN FIRST ONE AS WELL, CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. HOW SAFE IS THAT? HTTP://WWW.ESTREETJOURNAL.COM/MAZDA.HTM PLEASE READ THAT. THIS IS ONE OF MANY EXPERIENCES THAT SHOW JUST HOW DANGEROUS FORD'S FAULTY TRANSMISSION IS. YOU HAVE RECIEVED HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS. AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS THAT YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED. WHEN IS SOMEONE FINALLY GOING TO STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS???? MAZDA INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD TAKE NO ACTION UNLESS HIGHWAY SAFETLY DEEMED THEIR PORBLEM A HAZARD. *JB

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS - 1996 MAZDA 626 - WHICH MAZDA HAS KNOWN ABOUT FOR OVER 10 YEARS

OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHES, ENGINE LIGHT IS ON...ALL OF IT IS LINKED TO THE TRANSMISSION. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN REBUILT ONCE AND WAS TOLD IT WILL NEED REBUILT AGAIN. ALSO THE CAR IDLES VERY ROUGH.

I BOUGHT A 1996 MAZDA 626 IN THE SUMMER OF 2004. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT COMING ON WHEN I DRIVE ABOUT 55 M.P.H. I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME OR MONEY TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION! I BOUGHT THE CAR FOR LESS THAN WHAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD COST. NOW I AM TRYING TO SELL THIS CAR AND ITS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT CANNOT BE DRIVEN ON THE FREEWAY. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE GIVEN SOMETHING TO DO TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

PROBLEMS WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION STARTED TO FAIL AT 45,000. FINALLY WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR AT 84,000. MAZDA DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION WITH REBUILT TRANSMISSION WHICH FAILED AT 86,000 (ONLY TWO MONTHS IN SERVICE). NEXT TRANSMISSION HAS 11,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS BEGINNING TO FAIL. I WILL BE BRINGING IT BACK TO MAZDA IN JUNE 2005 (STILL IN WARRANTY 12K/12 MONTHS).

MAZDA 626 LX 96' TRANSMISSION TROUBLE, THE TRANSMISSION CONSISTANTLY HAS PROBLEMS, IT'S DANGEROUS, BECAUSE IT WILL GO OUT, AT THE MOST INCONVIENT TIME. IT WILL JOLT, OR SLOW DOWN, EXTREMELY FAST, OR SLIP, AT A STOP LIGHT, AND IT'S SCARY, LUCKLY THERE HAS BEEN NO PROBLEMS, IF IT HAS HAPPED ON THE HIGHWAY, THERE'S NO DOUBT THERE COULD BE AN ACCIDENT. I'VE HEARD CONSISTANT COMPLAINTS FOR OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME MODEL, AND MAKE, AND YEAR. HTTP://WWW.MAZDA626.NET/ IT'S MOSTLY YOUNG ADULTS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. SINCE THEY ARE USED CARS.*AK

1996 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THE O/D LIGHT FLASHED AND I IMMEDIATEDLY TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF AND ON AND THE PROBLEM CLEARED UP FOR A FEW MINUTES. THEN THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING AS I WAS COMIMNG DOWN A STEEP HILL. THE EVENT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING BUT NO ONE WAS HURT.*AK

I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED IN MY 1996 MAZDA 626 AND NOW THE 2ND ONE IS FAILING AT 85,000 MILES (I REPLACED THE FIRST ONE FOR $2500 AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES). *AK