2000 Mazda 626

I WAS DRIVING FROM CALIFORNIA TO LAS VEGAS AND MY O/D LIGHT STARTED TO BLINK ON AND OFF BUT THERE WERE NO OTHER SIGNS. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY SPEEDOMETER WENT TO 0 AND I WAS LOSING POWER AND THE ENGINE WAS SMOKING. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. COME TO FIND OUT THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND WENT OUT ON ME. *TR

2000 MAZDA 626 EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION FAILURE AROUND 70,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON VACATION I NOTICED SOME OIL ON THE TRUNK AFTER ARRIVING AT OUR DESTINATION. BEFORE DEPARTING I HAD THE CAR CHECKED AT A LUBE AND TUNE CENTER. WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING AND THE LIKELY CAUSE WAS A LOOSE DRAIN PLUG. PLUG WAS TIGHTENED AND FLUID WAS TOPPED OFF. ON THE TRIP HOME SMOKE WAS VISIBLE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. OTHER DRIVERS BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION. AFTER PULLING OVER AND DISCUSSING THE MATTER WITH MY MECHANIC ON THE PHONE, I ELECTED TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP IN THE CLOSEST LARGE CITY. I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. APPARENTLY THE SEAL BETWEEN THE TWO HALVES OF THE TRANSMISSION RUPTURED. A SMALL LEAK SUDDENLY GREW TO A LARGE LEAK ON THE TRIP AND RUINED THE TRANSMISSION. THE TECHNICIAN SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN SEEING 'MORE AND MORE' OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. THE TOW WAS $500 AND THE REBUILD WAS $2500. TIME OFF WORK AND A RENTAL CAR FOR TWO WEEKS ALSO WERE NEEDED. *TR

WE RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS 2000 MAZDA 626 USED FOR OUR TWIN BOYS, AS THEIR FIRST CAR. WE HAD IT CHECKED OUT BY OUR LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE FOUND A FEW NORMAL THINGS WRONG WITH IT AND I WAS OKAY WITH THOSE THINGS. THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING NOW IS THIS; THE O.D. WARNING LIGHT NOW COMES ON AND FLASHES. IT HAD NEVER OCCURRED BEFORE. THIS BEGAN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FOR THE FIRST TIME (WE NEVER HAD A REASON TO GO ONTO THE HIGHWAY) ON THIS DAY WE DID AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR BEGINS TO DE ACCELERATE AND THE TACH NEEDLE START BOUNCING AROUND AND THE CAR DOES NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE. THE O.D. LIGHT CAME ON AND NOW COMES ON VERY OFTEN AT ALL TIMES AND ROADS. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL MAZDA DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THEY FOUND TWO CODES WRONG WITH IT ( P1746 AND P1783 ). THEY RESET THE COMPUTER AND TOLD ME THAT IF THE PROBLEM PERSIST, THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT IT IS NOT A REPAIR THAT IS COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY BECAUSE THE WARRANTY HAS ALREADY EXPIRED. I HAVE GONE ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND THAT THIS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND ANY VEHICLES WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. IT IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE NOT REPAIRED IT YET, BECAUSE I CAN NOT AFFORD TO REPAIR IT. IF THIS PROBLEM OCCURS SO OFTEN WHY DOESN'T MAZDA DECLARE IT A RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

MY CAR STARTED TO SHAKE AND HAVE A BURNING SMELL AND WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN THEY SAID THAT WIRES WERE MISPLACED BY ANOTHER MAZDA DEALERSHIP I TOOK IT TO ABOUT 8 MONTHS BEFORE. I THEN CALLED BACK ABOUT A MOTH LATER AND TOLD THEM THAT MY CAR JERKS WHEN IT SHIFTS GEARS. AT THAT TIME THEY SAID THAT I JUST HAVE SLIPPAGE AND MAY JUST NEED TO ADD SOME TRANSMISSION FLUID . I DID THAT AND IT SEEMED TO HELP UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN I WAS DRIVING AND STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AND WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. THE RPM METER WENT INTO THE RED BUT MY MPH REMAINED AT 0. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THEN THEY TOLD ME MY TRANSMISSION WAS GONE AND THAT IT WOULD BE 3700 TO REPAIR. MORE THAN WHAT THE CAR IS ACTUALLY WORTH IN GOOD CONDITION. *TR

ON 11/22/07 MY WIFE NOTICED THAT THE O/D OFF LIGHT WAS FLASHING ON HER 2000 MAZDA 626 AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT ENGAGING IN FIRST GEAR COMPLETELY. ON 12/7/07 WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 894 THE CAR COMPLETELY LOST ALL FORWARD MOVEMENT FROM THE TRANSMISSION. SHE WAS LUCKY ENOUGH THAT TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. *TR

WE HAVE A 2000 MAZDA 626 AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT LAST YEAR, WE PAID OVER 4000 TO HAVE ANOTHER TRANSMISSION INSTALLED AND THIS ONE WENT OUT THIS YEAR. I AM VERY UPSET BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY, WE WENT TO OUR MAZDA DEALER HERE IN CHAMPAIGN AND THEY KEPT TELLING US IT WAS A SEAL, UNTIL FINALLY THEY TOLD US IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. IT IS QUITE DISTURBING TO FIND SO MAY COMPLAINTS ONLINE REGARDING THE MAZDA TRANSMISSION AND TO REALIZE THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A FORD ENGINE, WE DID NOT KNOW THIS, WE WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT A FORD ANYTHING! I UNDERSTAND THAT MAZDA HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR AWHILE AND DID NOTHING TO TRY TO HELP THE CONSUMER. *TR