2002 Mazda 626

FOR THE PAST WEEK I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY VEHICLE'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I OWN A MAZDA 626 2002 4 CYL. MY VEHICLE HAS 63,642 MILES AND FOR THE PAST WEEK WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT OUT OF GEAR INTO A LOWER GEAR. IT WOULD STAY IN THE SAME GEAR AND NOT SHIFT (THIS OCCURS MAINLY IN THE LOWER GEARS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE). THE O/D OFF LIGHT WOULD BLINK ON AND OFF AFTER THIS OCCURS AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN THE PROBLEMS BEGAN. YESTERDAY AFTER PARKING THE CAR I AM UNABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT GO BACKWARDS. I LOOKED ONLINE AND THERE ARE APPARENTLY NUMEROUS DOCUMENTED ISSUES OF MAZDA 626S HAVING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. . I CALLED THE MAZDA CUSTOMER SUPPORT CENTER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NO POWERTRAIN WARRANTY OFFERED AND MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF THE MANUFACTURERS 3 YEAR/50000 MILE WARRANTY. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 MAZDA 626 4CYL WITH 71,200 MILES. I HAD JUST PAID IT OFF LAST MONTH AND COME TO FIND OUT MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT ON ME. WHEN ACCELERATING IT SOUNDS AS IF GEARS ARE GRINDING. THERE WAS A COUPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST 3 MONTHS MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT IN AND WAS TOLD MY BATTERY CONNECTION WAS LOOSE. OTHER THAN THAT THERE WAS NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS AND HAPPENED ALL OF A SUDDEN. I HAVE TRIED TO CHANGE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE DEFECTED TRANSMISSION IS STILL IN THE VEHICLE CONTINUING WITH GRINDING NOISE. TOOK IT BACK IN AND TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION IS ABOUT TO NEED REBUILDING I HAVE READ MANY PROBLEMS ONLINE DATING BACK TO 1996 REGARDING THESE 626'S TRANSMISSIONS AND HERE IS ANOTHER ONE. *TR

I OWN A MAZDA 2002 626 LX WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IT WAS PURCHASED ON DECEMBER 12, 2004 AND HAS ONLY 43,700 MILES ON IT. THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON THE CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN PERFORMED AS OUTLINED IN THE CAR MAINTENANCE MANUAL. ON JULY 13, 2007 THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS. SOME TIME WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO THE REVERSE GEAR IT WILL MAKE A SCREECHING NOISE AND THE GEAR WILL NOT ENGAGE. ON JULY 14, 2007 I CALLED TWO MAZDA DEALERSHIPS AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS OUT OF WARRANTY (TIME WISE, NOT MILEAGE WISE) AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION. ON JULY 16, 2007 I TOOK IT TO AN AAMCO SHOP. A DAY LATER I WAS TOLD BY AAMCO THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE RE-BUILT. IT COST ME $2510 TO GET THE TRANSMISSION RE-BUILD. THIS WAS A HUGE UNEXPECTED EXPENSE BECAUSE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED AT SUCH A LOW MILEAGE DUE TO SOME INHERENT DEFECT. *TR

THE CAR IS A 2002 MAZDA 626 WITH APPROXIMATELY 90K MILES. THE CAR WAS NOT IN A CRASH OR INCIDENT LEADING UP TO THE ISSUE. AUGUST 28, 2007-DRIVING ON I-5 ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK THE O/D LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH. I WAS APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES FROM HOME SO I CONTINUED ON. THE NEXT MORNING I STARTED THE CAR AND BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. IT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR AT ALL. REVERSE WORKS JUST FINE. IT WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANIC AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY DEAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE COST OF THIS IS GOING TO BE $1350 FOR A REBUILT/REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION AND LABOR ($650). THIS IS A TOTAL OF $2,000 NOT INCLUDING TAX. THERE WERE NO USED TRANSMISSIONS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME. BASED ON MY RESEARCH THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MAZDA 626S AND THEY'VE ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN # 05-005/02 DEALS WITH ONE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCE: AFTER EXTENDED HIGHWAY DRIVING, THE O/D OFF LIGHT IS BLINKING AND CODE P1783 IS SET (EXCESSIVE ATF TEMPERATURE). THE TSB REQUIRES THAT A COOLING KIT BE INSTALLED DUE TO OVERHEATING WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION THE KIT IS INSTALLED AT THE COST OF THE OWNER WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $1,236 (QUOTED BY SENATOR MAZDA). THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE CD4E WAS MEANT FOR THE FORD CONTOUR/MYSTIQUE WHICH IS MUCH LIGHTER THAN THE MAZDA 626. IN ADDITION, THE MANUAL DOESN'T MENTION ANY SERVICING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRANSMISSION NOR HAVE I BEEN CONTACTED AS MAZDA'S DUE DILIGENCE TO REACH OUT TO THEIR 626 OWNERS TO FIX THE PROBLEM AS A PEREMPTORY STRIKE. *JB

2002 MAZDA 626 CUSTOMER STATES THAT HE HAS HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN**CC CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER REPLACED WITH REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION AND WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE 2ND TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE IS SHIFTING HARD. WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FLUID WAS BLACK, WHICH INDICATED A PREMATURE FLUID BREAKDOWN. THE CONSUMER STATED MAZDA INSTALLED A FORD CD4E TRANSMISSION THAT WAS TOO SMALL FOR THE VEHICLE; THUS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO OVERHEAT AND THE FLUID TO BREAKDOWN PREMATURELY. *TR

NO CRASHES OR INJURIES JUST YET, BUT I PURCHASED A 2002 MAZDA 626 BRAND NEW AFTER I WAS TALKED INTO IT BY THE DEALERSHIP. I HAD A 2001 626 WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION THAT I BROUGHT IN TO BE SERVICED BY THE DEALERSHIP (FIVE STAR MAZDA). THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD GET ME INTO A BRAND NEW 626 WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FOR LESS PER MONTH THAN I WAS PAYING AT THE TIME. BEING YOUNG, AND JUST PURCHASED A HOME WITH ONE CHILD AND ANOTHER ON THE WAY, I JUMPED AT THE IDEA OF DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF OUR BILLS. I ALSO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER TO DEAL WITH TWO LITTLE ONES IF I DIDN'T HAVE TO FOOL WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. I SURE WISH I'D HAVE KEPT THAT CAR NOW!! ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF THE WARRANTY (2005), YOU GUESSED IT, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP. WHEN I TOOK IT INTO FIVE STAR MAZDA, THEY CHARGED ME $90 TO RUN DIAGNOSTICS ON THE CAR (EVEN THOUGH ACCORDING TO NUMEROUS INTERNET POSTS, THEY ALREADY NEW THE PROBLEM!) AT ANY RATE, THEY CONTACTED ME LATER THAT DAY TO LET ME KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE NEARLY $3000 TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION, AND WOULD I LIKE TO KEEP IT THERE TO HAVE IT DONE. HELLO, LET ME JUST CLIMB UP MY MONEY TREE AND HAND IT RIGHT OVER!!! WE RECENTLY FILED A BANKRUPTCY AND ARE UNABLE TO JUST GO GET A LOAN OR PUT IT ON A CREDIT CARD, WE WOULD BE IN CONTEMPT OF COURT. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS. I'M SORRY, BUT MAZDA HAS KNOWN OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE 1993? WHY HASN'T SOMETHING BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS? THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR MISTAKE! ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT I STILL HAVE TO PAY ON THE LOAN, I SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE EXTRA MONEY TO EVEN SAVE UP FOR REPAIR BILLS COSTING THE AMOUNT OF ANOTHER CAR!! THE CAR WORSENS DAILY, AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT TAKES AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO BUILD UP SPEED, IF A CAR IS EVEN IN SIGHT RANGE OF MINE, I CANNOT DRIVE OUT IN FRONT OF IT. *JB