2001 Mazda 626

2001 MAZDA 626, WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO GEAR, HAD THE LINKAGE CABLE REPAIRED TWICE. NOW AT 149,000 MILES THE CAR WON'T SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND THE OD LIGHT KEEPS FLASHING ON AND OFF. WE ARE HAVING IT TOWED (THIS IS THE 2ND TOW BILL) TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP TOMORROW AND HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED. IT WILL COST BETWEEN 1500 & 1700 TO REPAIR. *JB UPDATED 12-12-07. *KB UPDATED *JB

MY 2001 MAZDA 626 LX WOULD JERK EXTREMELY HARD WHEN STARTING OFF UNTIL SPEEDS REACHED AROUND 25+MPH THIS HAPPENED SINCE THE DAY THE CAR WAS PURCHASED EVEN AFTER TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS THE CAR STILL JERKED WHEN INCREASING SPEEDS. JUST RECENTLY WHILE GOING TO WORK THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE IN REVERSE AND BARLEY MOVE IN DRIVE AFTER GETTING HALF WAY TO WORK I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE ONLY REV UP THAT'S WHEN I CALLED A TOWING SERVICE TO DROP MY CAR OFF TO A GARAGE AFTER THE MECHANICS HEARD MY PROBLEM THEY GAVE ME SOME STARTLING NEWS THAT MOST OF THE 4CYCLE MAZDA 626S HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSIONS PART I HAD TO GET WAS A NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

MAZDA 626 YEAR 2001 TRANSMISSION FAILURE, RPMS WENT TO 4000 BY ITSELF ODOMETER LIGHT CAME ON AND FLASHED ON DASHBOARD INSTRUMENT PANEL AND CAR JERKED BADLY. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED ON 7/6/2007, AND HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED. SERVICE TECHNICIAN FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THEN ON 7/9/2007 CAR WA S DOING EXACTLY THE SAME THING. HAD TO HAVE TOWED AGAIN TO A DIFFERENT SERVICE INSTITUTION AWAITING RESULTS OF ESTIMATE. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID FOR A WHILE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CASING WAS CRACKED AND WOULD COST $1,500 TO REPAIR. THE DEALER THEN STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS THE OUTPUT SEAL. THE THIRD DIAGNOSIS WAS LABELED AS A FAULTY SEAL. THE CONTACT RETURNED TO THE DEALER THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION LEAK. THE DEALER FINALLY SENT HIM TO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP WHERE HE WAS TOLD THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS THE AXLE SLEEVE. THE LEAK HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND NOW THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT HAS BEGUN BLINKING. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 104,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.