1996 Mazda 626

PURCHASE AUTO USED WITH LESS 48,255 MILES ON IT ON 5/1/98. ON 5/22/98 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALONG WITH THE SRS LIGHT BEGAN BURNING INTERMITTENTLY. PART WAS ORDERED ON 5/22/98 AND REPLACED ON 6/6/98. PROBLEM STILL EXISTED AND WAS WORKED ON AGAIN 6/10/98. DIDN'T REPAIR PROBLEM AND SO IT WAS AGAIN WORKED ON 6/18/98. DEALER'S STATEMENT IS THE CAR WAS DRIVEN OVER 100 MILES AND PROBLEM COULDN'T BE FOUND. SOMETHING MUST HAVE REPAIRED IT AS THEY STOPPED BURNING. ON 1/13/99 ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN AGAIN ALONG WITH THE OD LIGHT. AT THIS TIME AUTO WAS RETURNED TO DEALER WHO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. LUCKILY I PURCHASED A WARRANTY AT PURCHASE OF AUTO. AT THIS WRITING THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEGAIN TO ILLUMINATE AGAIN AND MY WIFE STATE TRANSMISSIONS IS SLOW TO SHIFT. I AM BEGINNING TO THINK THAT THIS PARTICULAR YEAR MAZDA WAS ONE WHICH WOULD HURT MAZDA'S REPUTATION AFTER OWNING 2 MAZDA 626S AND 3 MAZDA PICKUPS. I HAVE THE STATEMENTS FROM DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE COMPUTER,SENSORS,MODULES, AND CONTROLS.THE AUTO STOCK NUMBER AT ANDY JONES WAS 8992 @ DEALER# 34018 SOLD MAY 1,1998.

MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WOULD COST $2,500 TO FIX THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE DIAGNOSTIC CODES REPORTED TO ME WERE P 1744 (TCC PERFORMANCE), P0741 (TCC STUCK) AND P0303 (#3 MISFIRE). I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT MANY HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND MAZDA DOES NOT ACCEPT BLAME FOR FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. I WAS ALSO TOLD MAZDA DID NOT REBUILD TRANSMISSIONS BUT HAVE READ THAT SOME OF THE OWNERS HAD THEM REBUILT. ALSO, SOME HAD NEW ONES PUT IN BUT ONLY TO FAIL AGAIN AND MAZDA DID NOT COVER THE REPLACEMENT PART. IT SEEMS MAZDA SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. I TOOK MINE TO THE DEALER IN THE TOWN IN WHICH I LIVE - GARY FORCE MAZDA IN BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY. *AK

LAST FRIDAY MY TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY 1996 MAZDA 626 AT 55MPH ON THE TACONIC STATE PARKWAY. WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND PRESSINGON THE GAS PEDAL, THE ENGINE DID NOTHING BUT REV, THE O/D LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND I THE CAR SLOWLY CAME TO A STOP. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND I TRIED PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE, 1ST AND 2ND GEAR AND STILL NOTHING, IT WAS JUST LIKE THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST SERVICE STATION WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS "GONE". THE CAR HAS ONLY 83,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY AT THE MAZDA DEALER, THE CAR NOW NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS ONLY 83,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY AT THE MAZDA DEALER SINCE1996, I AM THE ORIGNAL OWNER. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 4 CYLINDER TRANSMISSION AND THINK THAT MAZDA SHOULD BE FORCED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. ONE MAZDA DEALER WANTED $2500 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, ANOTHER WANTED $4300. I FOUND AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP THAT WILL DO IT FOR $1800. I NEED THE CAR SO I AM FORCED TO PAY THIS NOW AS I HAVE NO OTHER MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. I HOPE THAT THIS COMPLAINT ADDS TO THE AMMUNITION OF FORCING MAZDA TO REALIZE THAT THIS TRANMISSION SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED A WHILE BACK AND THAT THEY SHOULD REIMBURSE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FORCED TO HAND OVER $2000 TO FIX SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT FAIL ON A CAR THIS YOUNG WITH LESS THAN 100,000 MILES. ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO ASSIST ME WITHT HIS PROBLEM WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SINCERELY, JENNIFER PACE. *AK

CONSUMER HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION 3 TIMES, STARTING AT 42,000 MILES, AND IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHED ON VEHICLE/ LOST POWER/ STARTED SHIFTING AND GAVE GAS TO ACCELERATE, BUT IT DIDN'T HELP. THE SAME SIGN EACH TIME, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. MARCH 1999 90,000 & NOV-2000 149,000; THERE WAS NO WARRANTY. IT HAS COST $2400 FOR EACH REPLACEMENT. *AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. REACHED THE INTERSTATE EXIT AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE. ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. GARAGE STATED THAT 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD GEARS WERE GONE. MAZDA REFUSES TO ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND THEY WILL NOT HELP WITH THE REPAIRS BECAUSE THEY WERE DONE BY AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS IT APPEARS THAT 626'S FROM 1994-96 (4 CYL AUTO) HAVE THIS PROBLEM IN COMMON. WILL THERE BE A FORMAL INVESTIAGATION?