1999 MAZDA 626 Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE GEARED DOWN SUDDENLY. THE CONTACT PULLED OFF OF THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SHOP. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AT THE SHOP DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REBUILT. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THESE VEHICLES. UPDATED 7/13/2006 - *NM

1999 626 STALLED DUE TO A FAILURE IN THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER. *TS THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SAME MAKE MODEL AND YEAR SHE HAS. *JB

ON MARCH 27TH 2005, I WAS RETURNING FROM A 4 HOUR TRIP WHEN THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT ON MY DASH STARTED FLASHING, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO OVERDRIVE AND SMOKE BEGAN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, TRANSMISSION FLUID COVERED MY ENGINE. I STOPPED TO ALLOW FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO COOL, IT WAS FINE AFTER THIS. THE SAME THING HAPPENED 7 MONTHS AGO. AT THAT TIME I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID REPLACED. MAZDA DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE MAZDA TRANSMISSION WERE KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEM, THAT ON LONG TRIPS AT ROADWAY SPEEDS THEY TEND TO OVERHEAT AND SHOULD HAVE A TRANSMISSION COOLER INSTALLED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED, MY FLUID HAS ONLY 5000 MILES ON IT. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS TO CONTINUE HAPPENING, OR HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. MAZDA/FORD, WHOEVER, SHOULD BE REPLACING ALL THESE TRANSMISSIONS. *JB

THE CHAIN IN THE TRANSMISSION IS "BREAKING" OFF THE TEETH OF THE SPROCKETS. CAR SPUTTERING AND JERKING. MAKES A CLICKING/POPPING SOUND. HAVE CONTACTED MAZDA ONLY TO BE TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. *JB

PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN FAULTY. AWARE THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON AS EACH TRANSMISSION SHOP THAT I HAVE CALLED FOR REPAIR DETAILED EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS DOING BEFORE I EVEN TOLD THEM ABOUT IT. REPAIR COST OF $2000 WITH ADDITION OF TRANSMISSION COOLER AND 12 MONTH WARRANTY WERE FAIRLY COSTLY AND WARRANTS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. *JB

FAULTY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MAZDA 626. THIS WILL BE MY SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. BOTH TRANSMISSIONS BEGAN SLIPPING AND OVERHEATING MANY MILES BEFORE FAILURE. THE DEALER NEVER INFORMED ME OF ANY BULLETINS OR PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS. *NM

MY WIFE WAS ENROUTE FROM WORK TO HOME WHEN THE 626 STARTED LOSING SPEED. IT WOULDN'T PULL-OFF FROM STOP LIGHT. UNEVENTFULLY IT WOULD MOVE FOR THE DISTANCE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD AND QUIT IN HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC. I TOOK IT OUT FOR A DRIVE AND BARELY MADE IT BACK HOME. THE TRANSMISSION WILL DISENGAGE AND ENGAGE FROM TIME TO TIME. *JB

I PURCHASED A MAZDA 626 (1999 MODEL). THE TRANSMISSION IS NOW OVERHEATING. THIS IS SUCH A PREVALENT PROBLEM THAT MAZDA NEEDS TO PAY FOR IT. PUTTING A FORD TRANSMISSION IN A BIG MAZDA WAS A HUGE MISTAKE AND THEN NEED TO MAKE RESTITUTION FOR THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THOSE OF US WHO GOT DUPED MUST PAY. BOTTOM LINE: THEY MANUFACTURED TICKING TIME BOMBS AND ALL TRANSMISSION REBUILDS DO IS ADD A FEW SECONDS TO THE BOMB COUNTER. *NM

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT; FAILURE TO ENGAGE AND OVERHEATING WHEN RUNNING; HAD TO HAVE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY REBUILT AT 85K MILES. *NM

1999 MAZDA 626 -COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN MARCH,2003. REPLACED WITH REBUILT TRANSMISSION FOR $2048.00 - JAN-2006 - COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AGAIN. I HAVE ALSO REPLACED CATALYTIC CONVERTER TWICE, WITHIN ONE YEARS TIME. *NM