1994 Mazda 626

WEDNESDAY JUNE 15TH I PICKED UP MY MAZDA AFTER HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. I WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE EXAXT SYMPTOMS OCCURRED AGAIN. THE CAR WAS JERKING AND SUDDENLY DROPPED FROM 70MPH TO 35MPH. THE CAR IN BACK OF ME SCREECHED ALMOST REAR ENDING ME. I DROVE BACK TO MY MECHANIC WITH MY FLASHERS ON ALL THE WAY. HE INFORMED ME THAT THIS MAY POSSIBLY BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND COULD AGAIN DESTROY THE NEW TRANSMISSION. I WAS BESIDE MYSELF. MAZDA IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I FIRST HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO THEM AND THEY ALSO SAID NOTHING OF AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ONLY THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THEY REVIEWED MY CASE, AS NOW I AM SURE I WAS NOT THE FIRST COMPLAINING OF THIS VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE,BECAUSE AFTER CONTACTING YOU AND VIEWING OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM IN YOUR CONSUMER COMPLAINT SECTION, I BELIEVE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. I AM HOPING THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. SALLY JOHNSTON. *AK

TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP & NOT SHIFT PROPERLY INTO GEARS. WOULD CAUSE VEHICLE TO JERK. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP & TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING WITH NEW TRANSMISSION, IT FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. WOULD DIE OUT WHILE WAITING AT STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS OUT OF WARRANTY & WOULD NOT HAVE IT REPAIRED. *AK

THE HOLD LIGHT STARTED BLINKING. DEALER SAID TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO WHAT THE DEALER SAID WAS A PRESSURE LEAK. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 1994 MAZDA 626 4 CYLINDER CARS. APPARENTLY THE TRANSMISSION IS A FORD PRODUCT WHICH AS A TYPICAL FORD PRODUCT FAILS PREMATURELY. I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE 1994 MODEL TRANSMISSION HAD A DESIGN DEFECT CORRECTED WITH THE 1995 MODEL YEAR. I'D LIKE NHTSA TO FORCE MAZDA TO INSTITUTE A RECALL, AND REIMBURSE THE OWNERS THE $2000+ CHARGE IT COSTS TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. I HAD MINE REPLACED, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT WILL FAIL AGAIN. *AK

I JUST HAD MY 3RD TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE 1ST TIME WAS 9/94 AND THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY AT 10,150 MILES, 2ND TIME ON 12/93 AT 69,300 MILES AND NOT UNDER WARRANTY, 3RD TIME 1/2000 AT 128,000 MILES AND NOT UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER REPLACED AT NO CHARGE THE FIRST TIME, MAZDA PAID FOR THE PART 2ND TIME AND I PAID THE LABOR; 3RD TIME MAZDA HAS REFUSED TO PAY FOR ANY OF THE REPAIR. I BELIEVE IT IS UNREASONABLE FOR A TRANSMISSION TO BE DEFECTIVE 3 TIMES IN 130,000 MILES. FURTHER, THERE ARE MANY CONSUMER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL. SHOULD THIS BE A RECALL? A CLASS ACTION SUIT? YOUR ASSISTANCE IS APPRECIATED. *AK