2000 Mazda 626

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR WHEN COLD OR AT SLOW SPEEDS. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS NORMAL OR NO PROBLEM FOUND. CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE THINKING THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND I NOTICED THAT IT WOULD SHIFT HARD INTO 1ST AND THEN FROM 1ST TO 2ND. AFTER CONTINUOUS DRIVING (1 HR) AT 65 MPH THE O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND THE ENGINE WAS SMOKING. TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIRS AGAIN WAS TOLD THEY COULD FIND NOTHING. I THEN SEARCHED ON THE NET AND CAME NOTICED THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE 626'S TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP US!!!!*AK

TOOK MY 2000 MAZDA 626 TO MIKE MCGRATH'S IN CEDAR RAPIDS, IA WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WAS A DELAY IN SHIFTING AND SHIFTING HARD. SERVICE DROVE THE CAR AND I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. PROBLEM CONTINUED AND WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN AFTER IT WAS OFF OF WARRANTY, WAS TOLD BY MCGRATH'S THAT THE CAR NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. MCGRATH'S WAS AWARE THAT 2000 MAZDA 626'S HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THE FIRST TIME I TOOK THE CAR IN BUT NEGLECTED TO INFORM ME. APPEARS THAT MAZDA USES A FORD TRANSMISSION BUT DOES NOT INSTALL A COOLANT AS FORD DOES WITH THEIR VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS. ALTHOUGH MAZDA COVERED COST OF PARTS, I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LABOR COSTS OF $600. MCGRATH'S SHOULD HAVE ALERTED ME TO THE FACT THAT THERE WERE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT THE CAR IN AND MAZDA SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. I HAVE DRIVEN MAZDA'S FOR 19 YEARS BUT I AM FINISHED WITH THEM. THE QUALITY NOW IS EXTREMELY LACKING. *AK

SINCE OWNING MY MAZDA626 I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON AND OFF I AM ASSUMING ITS A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. I WAS READING A ARTICLE OWN THE NET SAYING THAT MAZADA IS INFAMOUS FOR HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THERE CARS AND THAT NO ONE HAS BOTHERED TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES. THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE TO ME, I HAVE A 2000,626 AND I HAVE TO MANY PROBLEMS FOR THE YEAR OF CAR IT IS PLEASE HELP. I AM REQUESTING THAT THE MAZDA 626 BE RECALLED TO CHECK AND MAINTENANCE ITS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SEEING THAT EVERYONE KNOWS ITS A PROBLEM NOW WHY SHOULD THE CONSUMER BE HELD RESPONSIBLE? SHOULDN'T MAZDA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I HAVE HAD BARINGS REPLACED AND MY CAR IS ONLY 4YRS. OLD. THE RADIO/CD PLAYER REPLACED, AND NOW THE ENGINE LIGHT. PLEASE HELP.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH VEHICLE BOGGED DOWN ON THE CONSUMER. THEN, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND WAS STRUCK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BY A 18 WHEELER. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES TO THE LUMBAR REGION OF THE TORSO. *AK WHILE DRIVING IN THE RIGHT LANE THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD THUMP. AFTER THE NOISE WAS HEARD THE REAR END AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE TRAVELED TO THE LEFT ACROSS THE LANES AND IN THE FRONT OF AN 18 WHEELER. *NM

PURCHASED NEW 2000 MAZDA 626 07--01 TRANSMISSION O/D CAME ON, TRANSMISSION FLUID SPEWED OUT. TOOK IT IN AND MAZDA COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. FIRST INDICATION SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH MAZDA TRANSMISSION. 03-04 -TRANSMISSION TOTALLY WENT OUT ON MAZDA, AT A COST OF $3033. HAD IT REBUILT. TOOK MECHANIC 5 WEEKS TO REBUILD IT. PRESENT- HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE BACK TO MECHANIC 4 TIMES AS STILL HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I AT FIRST THOUGHT THE MECHANIC DID A SHOTTY JOB. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH I HAVE DISCOVERED HUNDREDS OF MAZDA 626 OWNERS WHOSE TRANSMISSIONS WENT OUT ON THEM AFTER THE FIRST 2 TO 5 YEARS OF PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE SPENDING ANYWHERE FROM $1100 - $5000 TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. *LA