2001 MAZDA 626 Complaints

ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26 AT AROUND 3:00 PM I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE IN HOMESTEAD WHEN MY 2001 MAZDA 626 V4 STARTED TO SPIKE IN RPM'S UP ABOVE NORMAL. AT THIS SAME TIME I NOTICED THAT I STARTED TO DECELERATE IN SPEED. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE AND BEFORE THIS I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH MY AUTOMOBILE PURCHASE. UPON INSPECTION OF MY VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT IN DRIVE AND REVERSE MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. I HAD TO TOW MY CAR HOME AND UPON CALLING A MECHANIC I WAS INFORMED THAT I HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO GET ONLINE I STARTED TO SEARCH FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION AND WITH GREAT DISPLEASURE I FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE MAZDA 626 LINE. I WANT TO KNOW WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY KIND OF RECALL OR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THIS ISSUE BY THE GOVERNMENT OR BY MAZDA AT ALL. WHY IS THERE NO ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO COMPANIES AND FAULTY EQUIPMENT? IT IS JUST LIKE THE SAYING GOES ??THE POOR GET POORER AND THE RICH GET RICHER". MY CAR IS A 2001 AND ONLY HAS 35000 MILES ON IT. I DO NOT DRIVE LIKE A CRAZY PERSON AND DRIVE A TOTAL OF 8 MILES A DAY TO AND FROM WORK. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF MY TRANSMISSION FAILING IT JUST WENT FROM ONE MOMENT TO THE NEXT. FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT ON THE BUSY PART OF THE HIGHWAY OR ON I-95 WHERE THERE ARE LARGE SEMI TRUCKS GOING BY AT VERY HIGH SPEEDS. THIS COULD HAVE ENDED WORSE THAN IT DID. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO START DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE FIRST PLACE? I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT MY GOVERNMENT WOULD BE MORE PROACTIVE THAN THAT. PLEASE DO NOT PROVE ME WRONG AND INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. *JB

WHILE DRIVING CHILDREN TO SCHOOL MY CAR STARTED LOSING SPEED AND THE RPMS WERE WAY HIGH. PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GO IN ANY GEAR. LUCKILY I PULLED OVER WHEN I DID. CAR WAS TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS TOLD THEY SEE SO MANY MAZDA VEHICLES COME IN BECAUSE MAZDA PUT IN A FORD TRANSMISSION MADE FOR A SMALLER VEHICLE. THEREFORE THE TRANSMISSION BURNS OUT. WAS TOLD MY TRANSMISSION NEEDED REBUILT AND TO ADD THIS COOLING UNIT $2,100.00. THANK YOU MAZDA FOR KEEPING YOUR CUSTOMERS INFORMED OF THIS. IF I HAD KNOWN THAT IT NEEDED THIS COOLING UNIT OR MY TRANSMISSION WOULD BURN UP, I WOULD HAVE SPENT THE $140.00 FOR THE UNIT. BUT MAZDA DID NOT FEEL THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS WERE PRIVY TO THIS INFORMATION. NEVER WILL BY MAZDA AGAIN!!!!! *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION HAD LEAKED FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR FURTHER INSPECTION, HOWEVER NO DETERMINATION HAS YET BEEN MADE ON THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION BURNED OUT AT THE END OF A LONG TRIP. INITIALLY, THE SERVICE DEALER OFFERED TO COVER THE COST OF THE TRANSMISSION IF THE CONTACT PAID FOR THE LABOR COST. THE DEALER'S OFFER WAS WITHDRAWN BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AT 65,000 MILES. A SERVICE BULLETIN (06012004, NHTSA ITEM #10013965) REGARDING OVERHEATING OF THE TRANSMISSION WAS DISCOVERED WHICH RECOMMENDED THE INSTALLATION OF A TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.

2001 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. IS AT TRANSMISSION SHOP RIGHT NOW BEING REPLACED. ONLY HAVE APPROX 56 THOUSAND MILES ON CAR, SHOULD NOT HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, I SEE MANY MANY OTHER MAZDA 626 HAVE SAME PROBLEM. MAZDA SHOULD HAVE TO PAY EVEN IF OFF WARRANTY. *NM

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 65,000 MILES. FLASHING O/D LIGHT. REPLACED TRANSMISSION IN 2/05 AFTER $300 75 MILE TOW. 07/06 AT 83000 MILES O/D LIGHT ENGAGES AUTOMATICALLY. CANNOT GET ABOVE 50 MPH. SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND VERY ROUGH. DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO IDENTIFY PROBLEM WITHOUT COMPUTER CODE THAT DOES NOT SHOW ANY DIAGNOSTICS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE OVERHEATED DUE TO A COOLANT TANK LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THE COOLANT TANK WAS REPLACED. AFTER A YEAR A HALF THE NEW COOLANT TANK STARTED TO LEAK CAUSING THE SAME OVERHEATING ISSUE.

AUTO WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW, THREE MONTHS LATER, THE TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER AND WIRING WAS REPLACED. THREE YEARS LATER , THE TRANSMISSION HAS PACKED UP AGAIN. *NM

1. 2001 MAZDA 626 --- TRANSMISSION FAILURE. 2. AAMCO #4660-- KEPT MY CAR FOR 2 WEEKS. DIFFERENT STORY/EXCUSE FOR JOB NOT BEING COMPLETED. DIDN'T PUT IT BACK PROPERLY, ENDED UP WITH ENGINE LIGHT ON, TRANSMISSION FLUID SPILL ON RIGHT SIDE LEAKING DOWN ON THE GROUND; HOSE NOT CONNECTED & CAUSE FOR A 2ND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *JB

MY 2001 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY WENT BAD ON THE INTERSTATE. MY HUSBAND KNOWS A SALVAGE YARD OWNER AND HE SAYS HE CAN'T KEEP THEM IN STOCK BECAUSE THEY ARE NOTORIOUSLY BAD. IT ONLY HAS 79K MILES ON IT. THIS IS SO WRONG ON A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. I SEE THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. MAZDA CORP. DOESN'T SEEM TO BE INTERESTED IN ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR SHORTCOMINGS. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AT THE DEALER. I WON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF PURCHASING A MAZDA AGAIN. *NM