2000 Mazda 626

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN JANUARY 2000 FROM JEFF SIKES MAZDA IN HUNTAVILLE, AL. IN OCTOBER 2001, TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REPLACED BY BENTLEY IMPORTS (BOUGHT OUT JEFF SIKES MAZDA). IN FEBRUARY OF 2002, OD LIGHT ON DASH STARTED FLASHING. DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION HAD OVERHEATED. TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS INSTALLED BY DEALERSHIP IN MONTGOMERY AL. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO FIX OVERHEATING PROBLEM. IN MAY 2002, TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN AND WAS REPLACED BY JIM ELLIS MAZDA IN MARIETTA, GA. THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD 3 TRANSMISSION IN 2.5 YEARS AND 38,000 MILES.*AK

BOTH FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND POPPED IN MAZDA 626, 2000 AS WAS DRIVING 60-62 MPH ON I-580 ABOUT 9:15PM NOV. 8, 2001. SAW NOTHING IN ROADWAY. FIRECHIEF COMING UP OTHER SIDE OF FREEWAY STOPPED TO HELP. SAID I HAD NOT HIT ANYTHING. THEY SAW NO ROAD DEBRIS. TOLD ME TO HAVE CAR TOWED. AAA SENT EXPERT. EXPERT SAID MANUFACTURER DEFECT CAUSED DEPLOYMENT. AAA WON'T COVER BECAUSE NOT COLLISION. MAZDA REFUTED AAA EXPERT. AAA SENT DOCTORATE SPECIALIZING IN SENSORS/AIRBAGS TO INSPECT CAR. SAID UNDERCARRIAGE DAMAGE, BUT NOT SUFFICIENT TO DEPLOY AIRBAGS - MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT.*AK

CONSUMER STATED INTERMITTENTLY THE ENGINE ROARS AND VEHICLE WILL LURCH BACKWARD WHEN IN REVERSE.*AK. CONSUMR ALSO STATED IT HAPPENS WHEN VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE, THE ENGINE WILL ROAR AND THE TIRES START TO SPIN, ALSO THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT IS NOT RETRACTING PROPERLY, THE GEAR SHIFT IS MAKING NOISES AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO GO FROM DRIVE TO PARK ETC.*YD

PASSENGERS SIDE REAR AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED BECAUSE IT WAS CRACKED. VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE WHEN DRIVEN AT 60 MPH OR FASTER. DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT DRIVERS SIDE AXLE NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. DEALER HAS REPLACED DRIVERS SIDE, BUT CONSUMER WAS HAVING SAME PROBLEM. DEALER HAD INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PASSENGERS SIDE AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED SHE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION STALLING, VEHICLE BACK FIRING, TREMBLING/SHAKING AND ALSO STEERING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE TIRES THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIRE PRESSURE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED UNTIL SHE WAS FINALLY TOLD THAT THE AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

ONE OF THE PARK LIGHT STOPPED WORKING BEFORE 1 YEAR OF PURCHASE. AIRCONDITIONER COMPRESSOR MAKES A VERY DISTINCT "CLICK" NOISE INSIDE THE CAR. THIS NOISE IS TOO HIGH COMPARED TO OTHER CARS. MAZDA MECHANIC SAYS ITS NORMAL. THE WORST PROBLEM I FACED WAS THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. ITS ERRATIC, DOESN'T CROSS 2ND GEAR, AND MAKES A SCARY JERK AT LOWER SPEEDS WHEN THE GEAR SHIFTS FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR UPON REMOVING LEG FROM GAS PEDDAL. HAD TO TOW THE CAR TWICE TO DEALER. ITS DISGUSITING TRANSMISSION. APPRICIATE IF SOMEBODY COULD TELL ME ALTERNATIVES TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED AND SUGGEST NEXT ACTION AT BSKP@HOTMAIL.COM I HAVE A NEW CAR, BUT CAN'T GO ON LING DRIVES AS IT IS UNRELIABLEFRUSTRATING