2001 Mazda 626

MY 2001 626 (4 CYLINDER) TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT UNDER 81,000 MILES!!!! THE ONLY WARNING SIGN WAS IT WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO REVERSE ONE DAY, THEN BOOM, IT BARELY MOVED FORWARD AGAIN. I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND I HAVE MOSTLY OWNED MAZDA'S SO IMAGINE MY SURPRISE AND DISAPPOINTMENT THAT IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER I LOST MY JOB. NOW I HAVE NO JOB, NO TRANSPORTATION AND NO MEANS TO GET A JOB WITHOUT IT. MAZDA APPARENTLY KNEW THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS AND CHOSE TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE OR RECOMMEND A MAZDA EVER AGAIN! AS A RESULT OF YOUR BLATANT FAILURE TO INFORM YOUR CUSTOMERS YOU HAVE LOST AT LEAST ONE GOOD CUSTOMER FOREVER.

I OWN A 2001 MAZDA 626 4 CYL. MY CAR'S TRANSMISSION USUALLY RUNS IN THIRD GEAR ON LONG TRIPS AND DOESN'T SHIFT TO THE OVER DRIVE. ALSO, THERE IS A DELAY WHEN SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD AND FROM THIRD TO OVERDRIVE. IT WORKS FINE SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. THIS IS A REALLY ANNOYING THING COMING FROM THIS CAR. I ALREADY DID A TRANSMISSION FLUSH TO SOLVE THE ISSUE BUT IT WORKED FINE FOR JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AND IT IS JUST AS IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING. I HOPE SOMEONE TAKES CARE OF THIS BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF DISAPPOINTED CUSTOMERS DUE TO THIS COMMON ISSUE IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURRED THE FIRST TIME IN EARLY SPRING OF 2003. MY 626 HAD JUST TURNED OVER 53,000 MILES WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT. CALLED FOR A TOW, TRANSMISSION PLACE SAID THAT IT WAS LIKELY TO HAVE TO BE A FULL REBUILD. I CALLED DEALERSHIP, THEY CALLED MAZDA AND MAZDA PAID FOR NEW TRANSMISSION AND TOW, EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS WEEKEND, DRIVING CAR, NO SIGN OF ANY ISSUE, JUST HAD A FLUID FLUSH DONE ON THE CAR 6,000 MILES AGO SO I KNOW THAT IS FINE. COME HOME AFTER A WEEKEND OF CITY DRIVING AND GO TO GET IN THE CAR THE NEXT MORNING WHEN THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT. STAYS IN PARK NO MATTER WHAT GEAR I MOVE SHIFTER TO. TAKING IT IN AGAIN WITH ONLY 45,000 MILES ON THE ~NEW~ TRANSMISSION THAT MAZDA PAID FOR THE FIRST TIME ROUND. CAR ONLY HAD 98,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS SUFFERED 2 DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION FAILURES. *TR

MY 2001 MAZDA 626 2.0L LX HAS 104,500 MILES ON IT. AROUND 95,000 THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING ROUGHLY. THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE OVER TIME AND AT 104,500 MILES I NOW NEED A TRANSMISSION REBUILT. EVERY MECHANIC I HAVE TAKEN IT TO AND TALKED TO KNOWS THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS FORD CD4E BUILT TRANSMISSION AND ARE SHOCKED FORD/MAZDA HAS NOT DONE A RECALL ON THEM. I AM NOW LOOKING AT 2000 DOLLARS IN REPAIRS. PLEASE FORWARD THIS COMPLAINT TO MAZDA ALONG WITH ALL OF THE OTHERS AND MAKE THEM DO WHAT IS RIGHT. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THESE HORRIBLE TRANSMISSION FAILURES. PLEASE HELP US ALL. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 MAZDA 626 WITH ONLY A LITTLE OVER 100,000 MILES AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. I HAD IT LOOKED AT AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CHAIN INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SKIPPING LINKS. THE SERVICE MAN WHO LOOKED AT THE CAR TOLD ME THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING TO ALOT OF MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSIONS. THE CAR IS JUST SITTING NOW BECAUSE WE CAN NOT AFFORD 2000 DOLLARS TO GET THIS FIXED BUT IF ITS POSSIBLE TO BE LOOKED AT I WAS TOLD THAT WE COULD GET IT REPLACED FOR FREE. WE REALLY NEED ASSISTANCE WITH THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A 10 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER AND ONE RUNNING VEHICLE AND REALLY NEED HELP GETTING THIS PROBLEM FIXED. *TR