1998 Mazda 626

TRANSMISSION HAD DIFFICULTY CHANGING INTO 2ND AND 3RD. TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED NOT FAR FROM MY HOME AND NEEDED A REBUILD FOR $1250 18 MONTHS AFTER INITIAL REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION IS AGAIN FAILING. THIS TIME WHEN TRANSMISSION IS WARM THE ENGINE SHIFTS DOWN AND UP FROM THE OVER DRIVE GEAR. WHEN TRANSMISSION IS COLD THE UNIT HAS NO PROBLEM BEING IN OVERDRIVE GEARS.*JB

ON DECEMBER 2004, MY CAR DID NOT START, AAA TOWED THE CAR TO BELFI'S AUTO AND TRUCK REPAIR INC. 162 SOUTH MAIN ST. LODI, NJ. 07644 (973-471-5210). AFTER DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM TO BE THE TIMING BELT SUSPENSION SPRING THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, UPON CONTACTING MAZDA CORPORATION I WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL DID NOT INCLUDE MY VIN#. I HAD THE REPAIR DONE BY BELFI'S AUTO SHOP. THE RECALL WAS FOR THE 1998 MAZDA 626, WHY ISN'T MY VEHICLE INCLUDED IN THAT RECALL BEING THAT IT IS THE EXACT SAME MODEL? *JB

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I STOPPED FOR FUEL. I GOT IN THE CAR TO LEAVE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO AAMCO . TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER WERE REPAIRED. TWO WEEKS LATER, I HAD TO RETURN TO AAMCO AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS AGAIN REPLACED. THIS IS A WELL MAINTAINED CAR AND NOT ABUSED. THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. AAMCO SAID THE TRANSMISSION HAD OVERHEATED CAUSING THE FAILURE. THERE WAS NO APPARENT SLIPPAGE PRIOR TO THE EVENT. *JB

I PURCHASED A 1998 MAZDA 626 8/14/01 APPROXIMATELY 29700 MILES. BEGAN EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH OVERDRIVE APPROXIMATELY 9 MONTHS THEREAFTER. NO PROBLEM FOUND. RECENTLY THE TRANSMISSON HAS BEEN SLIPPING APPROXIMATELY 86000 MILES. ON 1/6/05 THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO DRIVE BUT WILL NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. RESEARCHED THIS INFO ON THE WEB, IT SEEMS SEVERAL CONSUMERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. RECALL NEEDED. (HTTP://WWW.DUSTBURY.COM/626/TRANS.HTML) AND (HTTPS://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/IVOQ/COMPLAINT.CFM?TOSTEP=2&CFID=1219590&CFTOKEN=65108811). *AK

MY 1998 626 ONE DAY WITHOUT WARNING THE O/D BUTTON STARTED BLINKING AND THE CAR BEGAN HESITATING WHEN DRIVING. I GOT HOME, AND PARKED THE CAR. THE NEXT DAY I GO TO TAKE THE CAR TO A CAR SHOP, AND I MISSED MY TURN. I WENT TO MAKE A U-TURN AND THEN SHIFTED GEARS INTO REVERSE, BUT MY CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. FINALLY I GO TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION.*AK

1998 MAZDA 626 - TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND FINALLY GAVE OUT. ALSO WAS NOT THE FIRST TRANSMISSION REBUILT RECEIVED DIRECTLY FROM MAZDA THAT HAS GIVEN OUT, BUT WAS NOT REPORTED THE FIRST TIME DUE TO THE FACT I THOUGHT IT WAS A REGULAR PROBLEM CAUSED ON MY PART. RECENTLY HAD TO PAY $3000+TAXS TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AND LABOR CHARGES. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT MAZDA AND THERE VEHICLES BECAUSE THEY ARE USELESS PRETTY MUCH AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. " HTTP://WWW.CARLOUNGE.COM/CGI/CARS/FRAMESET.PHP?BULLETIN=Y&URL=HTTP://WWW.CARLOUNGE.COM/CGI/CARSBBS/READ.PHP/F/2/I/31057/T/31057 " ......THIS URL PROVIDED IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY FORUMS AND CARTRACKING WEBSITES THAT HAVE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF MAZDA OWNERS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CARS, ESPECIALLY THE TRANSMISSION. NOT ONE , THIS IS A FACT AND CAN BE PROVEN, NOT ONE OWNER OF A MAZDA 626 HAS 'NOT' HAD EXTREMELY SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CAR, SPECIFICALLY IN THE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE..... DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE SPENDING $3000+ DOLLARS ON REPAIRS REGULARLY IS OBVIOUSLY RIDICULOUS, EVEN IF THE MONEY WERE AVAILABLE. *JB