While driving at any speed on flat surface and no warning transmission will stall, making it hard for consumer to control vehicle. Dealer notified.
1998 Mazda 626 transmission complaints
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This is in followup to my previous vehicle owner's questionnaire the federal safety agency odi number 763482. I took my mazda 626 back to the dealer from whom I purchased the vehicle. I explained my research to the service manager who admitted that he had seen this problem before and that some vehicles experience this problem again after a rebuilt transmission has been installed to correct the initial problem. The service manager stated he contacted the regional mazda organization and described our case and our low mileage of just over 32,000. Mazda offered to pay for the rebuilt transmission if I would be responsible for the labor. Having read other owner's complaints that it cost them between $2,200 and $2,900 to get their car on the road, I accepted the offer. I am still hopeful that the federal safety agency will investigate the mazda transmission problem. If recalled, I am hopeful of getting my money refunded, which I believe is reasonable given the pervasiveness of this vehicle defect. Thank you for your consideration. Jjb
While traveling on highway consumer heard a loud clinking noise coming from underneath hood area, vehicle shut down, and would not restart. Dealership is aware of problem. *ak consumer stated the vehicle did start back up, but would not foward or backward, consumer stated the transmission was replaced about a year ago.
When pulling out of parking lot transmission failed, with gears not responding to acceleration. Rpms were very high from attempting to get vehicle in motion. Please describe details.
Though this is a canadian vehicle, it was manufactured in the us. I am hoping that it will help others to force the manufacturer to deal with this problem. The la4a-el transmission is a flawed design.
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I had started to notice rough shifting at around 90,000 miles. I travel with my work and am gone every week mon-fri and put about 1000 miles a week on my car. Some weeks more than that, all highway miles. I thought the rough shifting was due to the transmission fluid and filter and had the transmission fluid changed. You cannot get to the filter in the cd4 without taking the whole thing apart. I went another 10,000 miles and now the transmission will allow me to travel about 10 miles then quits. After sitting for a few minutes, I can travel another 5-10 minutes then it quits again. I have contacted mazda's customer service department and a lady I spoke with was no help at all. She told me to go to a dealer and the closest is 125 miles away. I asked if they had a tech department I could talk to and she said none existed. I have been told that this ford transmission is nothing but trouble. I cannot complain about the first 100000 miles on this little car. The only repairs were brakes and a battery plus the normal maintenance. I cannot see why my transmission is acting so wierd though. I had one go out years ago and it never would shift again. This runs, then quits, then runs, then quits again. Oh well, I wanted to vent and I have. If there is a recall out there on this I would love to know about it. Thanks for listening. Fred martino.
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Transmission failure at relatively low mileage, dealer suggests reman. Transmission at a cost of $2700. Transmission repair shop reports internal failure of some sort, complete removal and disassembly required to determine exact nature of the problem - $700 labor, plus parts. There seem to be quite a few complaints of this nature with this year and model. Please investigate. How many complaints must be filed before a recall is warranted?
This 5 year young car has been garage kept and used as a third vehicle for weekend driving. Over the last few hundred miles, the tranmission began jolting into first gear when stopped at traffic lights, etc. On june 19th, I decided to take the vehicle to my mechanic to check for what might be an emerging transmission problem. The vehicle would barely back out of the driveway. It seemed to jump out of gear, and seemed to shift gears randomly and without warning. I had to stop several times on my two mile journey to place the transmission in neutral and ease it back into drive. These extreme symptons have manifested themselves intermittently since june 19th, prompting the internet searches that lead us to the federal safety agency's website. I will be taking the vehicle to mazda in the near future and will report my experience back to you. Is there anything that you can tell me in dealing with mazda so that this can be fixed with minimal expense and aggravation? Many of the mazda transmission reports to the federal safety agency relate stories of computer failure but in most cases the transmission is replaced. What has the federal safety agency learned of this matter relative to the mechanical versus computer problem? How do I keep from being taken? Frankly, it is clear from the complaints lodged on your site and on other sites detailing mazda transmission problems, that mazda/ford has a serious problem with this transmission that they are passing on to the public at large. I think that transmission failure at only 32150 miles is not reasonable service and I have never had such a failure with any other vehicle. Looking at the federal safety agency website, apparently, you have no investigations of mazda to report. The federal safety agency mazda 626 transmission complaints are dated starting 1997. The problem seems longstanding enough to warrent investigation. What has been the experience with other mazdas and comparable competitors? I am writing to you in advance in hope you can offer some advice in resolving this. Regards, joe bachalis.
I had a complete transmission rebuild/replace fro $2800 on a 4 year old mazda that I bought new. Mazda only covers 3 years. Poor design.
When vehicle is in overdrive it will not move. Vehicle has had 3 transmissions put in. Please provide any further information.
The following complaint is very common in the mazada 626 someone needs to help the consumer. No safety defect listed.
My transmission went out at 45,000! The mechanic at tustin transmission (calif) told me that he sees this problem all the time on this transmission. In doing research online, I have found many others have had the same problem too! This is not right!!!!! I am frustrated and angry that this defective part has not been recalled. Please help!!!!!!
Consumer states the transmission had to be replaced at 70,000, and believes there should be an investigation regarding the transmission.
Automatic transmission failed at 65000 miles. Mazda dealer tech said there are lots of problems with 98 model transmission. When transmission is hot, it completely failed. Work a bit better when it cool down. It needs to be replaced.
Transmission failed at just over 62000 miles after regularly scheduled maintenance.
My transmission has gone out with 70,000 miles. I am forced to purchase a new transmission. I know of many other mazda 626's with the same low mileage transmission problems.
Transmission failed @ 80476 miles - no forewarning.
While driving at 45-50 MPH engine started to rev up, and then without any notice, transmission just went out, and vehicle became inoperable. Contacted dealer, and dealer was checking vehicle.*ak
Prior to pulling off vehicle jerks into gear. Dealer and manufacturer have been notified. Please provide additional information.
Transmission failed suddenly while I was driving on the freeway and smokes came out from the front of the viechiel at the time of the incident.
Car fails to enter gear when shifted from park or neutral into drive or reverse, then suddenly lurches into gear. Once in gear, the car fails to shift into higher gears (limiting speed). While moving forward in gear, the car will shift out of gear into neutral or (less frequently) into a lower gear without warning (maximum time in gear before shifting into neutral = 1-1.5 minutes, usually 30-40 seconds). Sometimes shifting the vehicle to neutral and back to drive or reverse, or turning the engine off and back on, enables the driver to put the car back into gear. If the car is slowed to a stop while in forward or reverse gear, the car will leave gear and stay in neutral.
Internet research shows that the mazda 626 has a long history of tranmission failures. We took the car in for its regular maintenance as noted in the car manual. We had purchased the extended 100,000 mile warranty. The transmission failed at 100,385. Neither mazda nor the warranty company would agree to an adjustment nor a compromise on fixing the transmission.
The failure of the transmission on my beloved car put me in a very dangerous situation in extremely heavy traffic. The police had to help as did the highway safety vehicle patrol car. There was no indication of my car having any sort of problem, the car simply stopped at the intersection. I was placed in a dangerous situation because I could not move it far enough off the highway. Semi trucks blasted their horns at me as they sped on by. I am an older woman traveling alone and did not even have a phone for emergency use. I had to write a note and stand by the side of the road imploring anyone to send help. It was a terrible experience. I now have to pay almost $1800 to get this repaired, and I do not have transportation for a week. I am a school teacher, about ready to retire, and now I have to rearrange plans for the future due to this disaster. It is my very strong opinion that we are looking some unfair manufacturing practices here, and the mazda people need to either recall this mess, or pay for their ineptitude when they are endangering the public.. This is a terrible thing to do to unsuspecting consumers, and I resent that they give no satisfaction when called.
Transmissiomn would not engage when vehicle was put into drive or reverse.later vehicle would jerk violently when when transmission would shift gears.transmission has shifted hard since I first purchased vehicle with only 10,000 miles on it.reported trans shifting hard when first purchased and dealer claimed that was nature of mazda trans and there was nothing to be concerned about.
Transmisson needed to be replaced after failure.
This has been a major problem on the mazda 626. Dealers are making huge profits by not fixing the part but the whole transmission for a cost of 2600 to 3500 based on my research. There are many postings on the internet with this problem. All cars effected that I have researched have less than 100,000 miles. One source said that the transmission may be failing because of a faulty computer chip. Why do not the dealers just replace the computer chip on a recall if this is a problem? Probably because they are making so much money replacing the transmissions.
Transmission went out after owning vehicle for only 1 yr. After contacting a mechanic, I was told that transmission needed three new updated parts or transmission would continue to go out even if I purchased a new one. Why is there not a recall on this vehicle? I looked at the consumer complaints on your site. I see I'm not the only one with the same problem. What has to happen before a recall is done?
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