1999 Mazda 626

1999 MAZDA 626 LX 4 CYL. 2.0, 90K; THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE FORWARD DRIVE GEARS, THE TRANSMISSION WILL ONLY ENGAGE IN REVERSE. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO HAVE TRANSMISSION PULLED AND DIAGNOSED AND I AM AWAITING RESULT AND PRICE TO REBUILD. AFTER READING OTHER COMPLAINTS HERE I AM CONCLUDING THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS NO GOOD, EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE, AND I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A MAZDA AGAIN. *JB

AUGUST 26, 2003 THE MAZDA WAS IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT. APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THE MAZDA STARTED STUTTERING. WE HAD THE MAZDA PUT ON COMPUTER AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED NEW SENSOR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUE TO GO ON AND OFF. IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THE MAZDA STARTED STUTTERING AND LOST SPEED AND THAT LED TO NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP SPEED UP AND WHEN WE ENTERED THE TRAFFICE LIGHT IT TURNED YELLOW THEN WHILE WE WERE UNDER IT IT TURNED RED AND WE WERE HIT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. SEPT 26, 2003 I AM APPROXIMATELY 115 MILES FROM HOME THE OVER DRIVE LIGHT STARTS FLASHING AND I LOSE SPEED AGAIN THE ENGINE IS SMOKING. THE CAR IS TOWED BACK TO CHARLESTON, SC WHERE I LIVE. I HAD TO SPEND 3HRS AT A REST AREA ALL ALONE WITH MY 15 YR OLD DAUGHTER. THIS IS THE EXACT REST AREA WERE A WOMAN WAS MURDERED 2 YEARS AGO. WE WERE SCARED TO DEATH. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS BACK ON. I AM ON MY WAY TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP TODAY FOR ESTIMATE. I THINK MAZDA HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN PUTTING OUT LEMONS NOT CARS. I WANT AND WILL JOIN CLASS ACT LAWSUIT.

O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING DURING A ROAD TRIP. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED, FLASHING LIGHT WOULD STOP. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE CALLED THE MAZDA DEALER WHERE WE BOUGHT THE CAR AND THEY ADVISED THAT AS LONG AS THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT FLASHING WE WERE SAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. IF THE O/D STARTING FLASHING AGAIN, CUT-OFF/RESTART. THEY ALSO ADVISED US TO GO TO AUTOZONE TO GET ENGINE CODE AND THEN CALL BACK. THE ENGINE CODE=P1744 AND PER THE SERVICE TECH AT MAZDA IT MEANT THAT THE TCC CYLINOID WAS EITHER STUCK; HANGING OR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE ASKED IF WE COULD DRIVE THE CAR HOME (300MILES) - HE TOLD US YES BUT IF THE O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING TO CUT-OFF/RESTART. HE ALSO SAID THAT IF THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING THAT WE NEEDED TO STOP AND HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE ENGINE LIGHT DISILLUMINATED ALTOGETHER. WE WERE ON THE ROAD APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR WHEN THE O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. WE STOPPED AND SAW SMOKE BILLOWING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN WE LIFTED THE HOOD TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS ALL OVER EVERYTHING. WE TOWED CAR TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE TECH SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD OVERHEATED / PURGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID/ AND BURNED SOME COMPONENTS IN TRANSMISSION WHICH RESULTED IN THE NEED FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO BE REPLACED. REPAIR BILL ESTIMATE = $2,900.00. THIS IS A FLAW OR DEFECT AS THE FAIL-SAFE COMPONENTS FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY IN THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT NEVER FLASHED TO WARN US AND TO THE CONTRARY THE LIGHT DISILLUMINATED GIVING THE FALSE APPEARANCE OF ALL THINGS BEING WELL.

AT PRESENT I OWN A 1999 MAZDA 626ES AND AM EXTREMELY DISSATISFIED WITH MAZDA, FORD, AND THIS VEHICLE OVERALL. THE 626 HAS CAUSED ME A LOT OF HEADACHES AND MONEY. EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND THERES SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE. I RECOGNIZE THAT ALL CARS MUST BE MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO THE DEALER SUGGESTED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES TO GET THE FULL LIFE OUT OF THE VEHICLE (WHICH I DO), BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY PREPOSTEROUS! THE PRICIEST EXPENSE WAS THE TRANSMISSION THAT I REPLACED DECEMBER 2002. WITH A PRICE TAG OF $2900.00 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION, YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE REBUILT TO LAST LONGER THAN 1 YEAR. YEP, HERE IT IS JANUARY 2004 AND THE FORD TRANSMISSION THAT WAS PLACED IN MY CAR IS SLIPPING! AND OF COURSE, THE 12 MONTH, 12,000 MILE WARRANTY THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP OFFERS HAS NOW EXPIRED. I JUST FELT A NEED TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE MAZDA BRAND. I KNOW THAT MAZDA HAS DONE AWAY WITH THE 626 AND HAVE REPLACED IT WITH THE MAZDA6&HOPE THE MAZDA/FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS TAKEN PRIDE IN THERE NAME AND TRY TO REBUILD THERE CHARACTER AND BUILT A BETTER VEHICLE. I AM SO DISGUSTED WITH MAZDA, THAT ONE COULDNT PAY ME TO LOOK AT/CONSIDER TO STEP FOOT IN ANOTHER MAZDA AS LONG AS I HAVE BREATH IN MY BODY. DISGUSTED 626 OWNER. *AK

THIS IS TOTALLY INCREDIBLE!! HOW CAN THIS MANY COMPLAINTS GO BY WITH OUT MAZDA DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!? I BOUGHT A 1999 MAZDA 626, WITH JUST AT 59,000 ALMOST 60,000 MILES ON IT, THIS SUMMER. AND NOW THIS WINTER, A FEW MONTHS LATER, WITH ALMOST 67,000 MILES... I AM HAVING MOST OF THE PROBLEMS THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS HAVING...FLASHING OD LIGHT AND HORRIBLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE WARM TO RUN SMOOTH... OTHER WISE IT HESITATES WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR AND EVEN THEN IT SHIFTS HARD WHEN RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD... SO BAD THAT I SOUND LIKE I AM PEELING OUT WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. THIS MAINLY HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR HAS ONLY BEEN RUNNING A LITTLE WHILE. AFTER BEING WARM AND DRIVING A WHILE TRANSMISSION IS OK EXCEPT FOR AT STOP LIGHTS. THEN TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SHIFT (FEELS LIKE I AM BEING "TAPPED" BY ANOTHER CAR FROM BEHIND). I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER MAZDA OR A FORD PRODUCT FOR THAT MATTER! I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND WORK PART TIME WHILE ATTENDING COLLEGE FULL TIME. I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER CAR TO USE WHILE MINE IS IN THE SHOP NOR THE MONEY TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE!! THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE HANDLED FOR THE CONSUMERS SAKE AND MAZDA/FORD'S REPUTATION! *AK