The transmission on the vehicle has been rebuilt 6 times. Due to the computer shutting down while changing gears. The shifting becomes harder while driving. Nlm
1994 Mazda 626 transmission complaints
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Consumer had to replace transmission four times . Hold light will illuminate, and shifting in gears will be extremely rough. Manufacturer has been informed.
When shifting vehicle it jerks really hard. Took vehicle to dealer, and dealer stated that vehicle needed engine cooling system and transmission replaced. *ak.
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Transmission went out at 104774 mi,and after that I`ve had to bring it back to the repair shop 4 times for recurring problems with the transmission,as of today the hold light is flashing and it wont shift past 3rd gear.
Transmission failure while driving at 40 MPH. Dealer notified. Feel free to provide any further information.
Exhaust failure...fire under car, car stopped running, catalytic converters melted, entire system replaced, covered by california warranty. Transmission failure, no reverse, no neutral gears. Only have 1st and 3 rd gears. Transmission oil read okay till this happened, now it is gone and dealer says the fluid is fried. Looking at $3000. For automatic transmission replaced.
Complete trasmission failure; several mechanics and other professionals have told me that this is an engineering/mechanical defect known to mazda and ford. I would like some recourse against mazda for this.
Transmission jerks, cost to fix is over $2000.00, mazda doesnt care.
Transmission was behaving badly---serious shift shock---dealer service department road tested, wrote "could not duplicate customer complaint." 2 weeks later transmission failed totally on x-way---engine accelerated and I nearly lost control, in dense traffic. Loud noise and smoke, I was left stranded on highway.
Vehicle has the same defect as recall 99i005000/speedometer failure, speedometer gear failed, causing transmission to stay in third gear. Also a sudden loss of power.
Consumer has some problems with transmission, first hold light stays on, second transmission overheats, and third consumer has trouble shifting from first gear to second gear. Consumer has contacted dealer and the dealer cannot find the problem.
Transmission rebuilt 8/17/00, still having problems. *ak consumer states that vehicle has been taken to mazda and the dealer stated that consumer needs another new transmission. Consumer feels its not the transmission thats causing the problem. Consumer states that vehicle gears are not shifting properly. Consumer feels the failure is something external that controls, or sends signals to the transmission.
This problem because of ford, the worst car car maker of the world. No safety defect listed.
My car/transmission is an accident just waiting to happen. You never know if you are going to pull out safely in traffic because of transmission failure. I had it replaced last year at a cost of $2,200 and it still does not work properly. Had the speedometer gear set replaced by recall and it still doesn't work. Had a new nuetral safety switch replaced today along with the "new" transmission not having enough fluid which consituted a flushing of the system and more fluid being put in. Upon leaving the dealership today, my "check engine" light came on. Call dearlership, now they tell me I need to bring in monday to have the "02" sensor replaced. My costs are climbing over $3,000 now. All I want is a safe car to drive for me and my children. I'm a single mom raising two children and this is draining me, physically, mentally and financially. I've had my car in the shop at least 15 times over the past year and one-half for transmission problems. The car is becoming a nightmare you don't know if your speed is going to increase or if its going to start jerking and have transmisison failure. Dealership admits there's a problem with this particular transmission and mazda is aware of it, but so far nothing has been done to make mazda responsible. The car is a ticking time bomb, I just hope no one gets hurt, or even worse, killed, because of the transmisison defect.
Dealer refused to cover off warranty repairs. I know this is a common mazda problem and think they should own up to their mistakes. No safety defect listed.
Someone needs to get mazda to replace these transmissions. They are defective and are un-safe. You could get yourself killed when it jerks you back and almost chokes on it. This company apparently doesn't stand behind it's products at all. I will never purchase a car from any company related with mazda ever again until they correct this problem.
Transmission shifts hard and out of gear. Transmission has been replaced.
Extremelly harsh shifting, vehicle does not move from stop or moves backwards. Vehicle extremelly hard to control. Torque clutch converter code detected - transmission needs to be replaced.
I purchased this vehicle in sept. Of 1994 and had to replace the transmission 3 times already and guess what it went again for the 4th time on me last night ...I had it replaced for the 3rd time less than a year ago.iwent on the federal safety agency website last night and I found 11 pages of complaints almost identical to mine. Hold light flasing,no pressure ,transmission failing,and people having to replace transmissions 2 to 4 times in a very short period of time.I have called everyone in creation to seee if I couuld get help. The reason this company is alllowed to get away with this is because there id no body that governd this problema not to mention they do not participate in any arbitration programs....I wonder why?...why should they be able to sell vehicles in the USA and not participate in any arbitration programs.I have mad numerous complaints to mazda na about this problem..the last time I got a transmission I assured them that it would go again and it did.you know whathey told me in so may words....."tough luck" they know there is a problem with these transmissions....on the complaint website one of the mazda reps. Admitted that. How do consumers like uss get any retribution from these large companies who stomp on little people like us. Iwould like to know. I dont know what else to do I have talked to everyone in crreation....."please help me"
The automatic transmission failed three times causing the vehicle to unexpectedly lose speed or drop down in gear while driving , 2 out of 3 times the transmission had to be replaced. Nlm
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Transmission has a severe lack of power and "od off" light on. Car was taken to mazda dealer (schwartz & sons, 585 shresbury ave., nj 07702; (732) 747-0787) for diagnostic. The mazda extended warranty-ssp #38 cover the od lite flashing but not the transmission, so I was told at the mazda dealer. If according to the mazda extended warranty explain that if the speedometer gear set fails, and the electronic signal is also used for controlling transmission shifting, can not cause severe lack of power and further damage to the transmission, then why they can not take care of the transmission too?
While traveling vehicle will not gain speed, and hold indicator light would flash . Please provide further information.
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Basically from verifying the net I noticed that I am not the only person with transmission problems with this car. Why haven't you requested a redesign and total recall since this is the 2nd trans in the car. It was replaced by the manuf. With a new or rebuilt model but has fail basically at same mileage as original one. 1st failed at 32,000 miles nad now this at 74,000, which puts this trans at 42,000 of use and again with failure. It is not due to mainteince since I know my mechanical ability as good and all maintenice exceeds manf. Spec's. What will you do about it?
While vehicle is being driven transmission warning light illiuminates, indicating a malfunction within the system. System then needs to be reset to return to normal operation.
Consumer began having problems with transmission in 1998 at approximately 93,000 miles. Currently, transmission has completely failed, vehicle has a ford transmission.consumer states that mazda was aware of defect.
My transmission originally went out in march of 99, I had it rebuilt by a recommended repair shop because the dealership's repair quote was about $1000 more for the same service. The transmission failed several times after it was rebuilt and was taken back to the repair shop over 12 times, finally in august of 99 it seemed to be fixed correctly. But the transmission has failed again, and is no longer under any type of warrenty. I towed it to the dealership to have it fixed this time, but it will be the 2nd transmission I've had to pay for in the last 17 months. It's unacceptable that a car company can get away with putting faulty transmissions in their cars and there are no recalls for them. I personally know 3 other people with mazda 626s and they have all had to replace their transmissions also. There is tons of complaints on the internet of thousands of people that have had the same problems, why can't anything be done to make mazda pay for the repairs?
Brakes won't depress or stay depressed / tranmission shifts back and forth within seconds at 50 MPH
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