While driving vehicle just stalled out without warning. Had vehicle serviced and transimission had blownout. Dealer stated this was a common problem.
1996 Mazda 626 transmission complaints
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Transmission had to be replaced at 50000 miles.
Transmission had to be rebuild twice within two months, it was causing vehicle to make noise/ shutter, and jump from high to second gear while driving. Dealer contacted. Feel free to provide any further information.
Second failure within a year of the transmission. Had the transmission rebuild in december 01, and it failed in august 02. Same symptoms, o/d flashes, trany goes in and out of gear, and check engine light comes on. Why doesn't mazda or the govt. Do anything?
Bought the mazda (I hate the car now) from a private owner who had maintained the car very well (had all the maintenance records) at 70,000 miles. The transmission broke down after 2 weeks. Repair shop said they have to replace/rebuild the transmission. Cost $2100.00. Researched the internet and found mostly all mazda cars have this problem. Nothing is being done. Somebody should take serious action because it poses serious safety concerns because it could lead to accidents and deaths.
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Vehicle will not go into gear properly. Dealer has been contacted. Please provide any further information.
Called the dealership to see if they were having a problem with 626 transmissions and was told no. Through research I have found that many people are having problems. With this vehicle. Mazda needs to do something.o d.
This car has had nothing but transmission problems, as shown with mazda 626's (know after the fact) though on its second transmission, it is failing again. Mazda states that they don't know why it failed, or what's wrong with it now.
Consumer states transmission failed twiced while under warranty. Dealer replaced transmission assembly 2 times. *tt
I thought I was the only one to complain about the 1996 mazda 626 transmission to fail on me, but I am not the only, many people have complained about it and nothing has been done. This is not fair that mazda know about this problem, but fails to do a recall. People should be able to buy cars without their trasnmission dying on them at only 50,000. Please do whatever you can. Mazda is stealing from the public.
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While driving unable to put vehicle into gears. Had to use shift lock key. This was a result of blown transimission. Had part replaced, but problem reoccurred.
The transmission has not actually failed to a point where it is not driveable, but I have had to replace several parts of the engine to get it narrowed down and now the overdrive light constantly flashes and after some research(the owners manual has none) I have come to discover that the transmission is failing and more than likely on its last leg and from what I have gathered it costs approximately $3000.00 to have it repaired I am not pleased, but I have been advised to file a complaint so that hopefully one day mazda will have to do a product recall for using inferior components. Call me a sucker, but we will never own any "ford" product again. Do the terms "found on road dead" and "fixed or repaired daily come to mind"? So far I have put about $600 into the car just to replace sensors so that the motor is running correctly only to discover that the transmission is almost shot too.*ak
The o/d light starts blinking after a short time. The transmission then ceases using the converter lockup on the trans as evidenced by the rpms going up. When you stop and kill the engine it will "reset". The transmission will also shudder at times like it si in two gears at once. The transmission also is erratic in shifting--it shifts slow and weak and then hard and quick--like the line pressure is varying.
Owner indicates that automatic transmission shifts hard with o/d light coming on/off. Dealer insists that entire transmission needs to be replaced. Please describe details.
Bad transmission in this model of car. I'm simply entering my complaint so mazda might have to take action for those unfortunate customers who will be next in repacing their transmissions. Mazda should be held responsible for the mistake they made with these transmissions.
Check engine light came on - dealer says that if car is running okay that no service needed?????? Finally get it checked out and turns out that cat converter is going bad. Barely get that repaired under warranty limit. Same day, driving home from dealer, engine light comes back on. Bring it back to dealer, they say air flow meter is also bad and needs to be replaced, but not covered under warranty. At least engine light stays off now. Then, at only 78k, o/d light starts blinking along with check engine light. Shop says that it's transmission (torque converter). Why are so many of these units failing so early? Only 78k on car, more than half of them are from pure hwy trips of 45 miles?????? Why isn't mazda doing anything for consumers about this?
1996 mazda 626 lx was purchased used in 8/99 as certified pre-owned vehicle with 32k miles. Vehicle was in accelent condition, and came with a 3 month, 3k warranty. Vehicle meticulously maintained by (me) current owner with all suggested service done at mazda dealership. I have put only 20k miles on it in 3 years, mostly intercity driving. On 6/06/02 with only 53k miles on it, the transmission failed- absolutely no warning. Car towed to aaa certified repair shop. Diagnosis: (obviously) failed transmission. Repairs not covered by warranty; madza USA c. S. Indifferent, unsympathetic, scripted response. At cost of $2,900 transmission replaced (6/7/02). Driving car back from repair shop (6/16/02), transmission failed again, complete with flashing o/d light. Now need to replace the 'replacement' (2nd) transmission. All research on web indicates this transmission (ford cd4e ) is chronically failing. Replacement transmissions flashing o/d light, and failure to shift is common, chronic reported problem. High volume of failure at relatively low mileage. Numerous cases of 2nd and 3rd rebuild failing as well. Transmissions obviously defective. Transmission should not be failing at such low mileage. Manufacturer is aware of problem. Manufacturer recall should be aggressively pursued.
While driving had transmission failure. Unable drive vehicle. Replaced transmission 4 times.
Transmission failure.
Over drive light flashing - overheating - internal failure of transmission.
Transmission failure due to overheating under normal driving conditions.
Mazda knows they have a problem with their 626's from 1994-1999 and they refuse to fix the problem. Our od light started flashing and we had to pull over because the car was shifting very hard. I called mazda and they told me it was ok to drive the car. The next weekend I recieve a paper telling me to take the car and get a front coil spring gaurd to prevent rust from braking the spring. While at the dealer they said the od light was blinking because of a known mazda transmission flaw. I am now fighting to get a rebuilt transmission in my car with no help from mazda. These transmissions need to be recalled at mazda's expense. I am not the only person who has complained about this problem either. I am going to contact whoever I have to inorder to get these cars recalled. So please help all of the people who put their trust, faith, business, and money into mazda's cars only to recieve transmissions that are lemons. There have been numerous reports of transmissions just like ours that have locked up and caused the cars todrop 20 MPH without warning. Let me tell you what when you are traveling at 60 MPH with a tracktor trailer behind you and drop to 40 MPH without warning and accident is waiting to happen. This problem causes accidents and will cause deaths too, if these transmissions are not recalled. Please take action in getting these transmissions recalled and recalled right away. This is a problem mazda knows about and has known about and now it is time they do something before someone gets killed because of a known flaw with their transmissions. Thank you for your time, leomard & andrea dixon.
No transmission shops will work on the car because they've already tried to fix several and they keep coming back. Apparently the cooling system that mazda/ford installed into the transmisison wasn't enough, so after 60k miles transmission burned up.
Intermittently the overdrive and check engine lights illuminate, when this happens the transmission does not change gears. Feel free to provide further information.
While driving the vehicle on the highway, the o/d was blinking on and off. In addition, the car became very sluggish and would not accelerate properly causing the car to slow down below normal highway speeds. We took the car and the dealer said they would flush the transmission and the problem might go away. They said if it re-occurred the transmission would have to be changed out. The o/d light started blinking again after another several thousand miles. We have had several transmission shops say the transmision will have to be rebuilt or replaced. They, including a mazda dealer, have confirmed that cars with this transmission (e.g. Mazda 626 and ford contour) frequently have this problem and that it will likely re-occur after the transmission is rebuilt/repaired. It is completely unsatisfactory that these tranmissions fail as early and frequently as they do. I contacted a dealership as well as the mazda customer assistance hotline and was told mazda would do nothing about this problem as it is out of warranty. Why isn't anything being done about this with mazda?
Am the owner of mazda 626, VIN [xxx]. I bought this vehicle new in august 1996 from the rosenthal nissan mazda dealership located in mclean, va. Since the purchase I have had 3 failures of the automatic transmission system. First failure occurred at ~38,000 miles. The second at ~49,000 miles and the third at ~86000 miles. First two transmissions were replaced by the dealership. Presently I am looking for mazda to replace the current transmission free of cost to me and provide me a 5 year warranty on the transmission system. I feel that my car has an inherent manufacturing defect which is causing the automatic transmission to fail repeatedly. Such failures of transmission can be very risky while driving on highways. My recent transmission failure occurred while I was on the highway at 65 MPH. I felt a sudden jerk and the car slowed down extremely rapidly. The car in the back almost hit me. I had to react very quickly and had to quickly move to the left side of the highway - as with this rapid and sudden deceleration I did not even have time to go the right side. Mazda's continuing inefficiency in this matter has created a public safety hazard. I would like some assurance that this will be taken care of appropriately.*ak information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
The transmission has again failed at 127000 miles. We have also had numerous other problems caused by the transmission failure. We have all dates and receipts.
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