Transmission just died at high speed, well serviced, only 78000 miles and 3year old car.
1998 Mazda 626 transmission complaints
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Car suffered "internal failure of transmission" at 43,000 on 2/00. This was replaced at mazda dealer in roswell ga.. It was replaced with a new part. "internal failure of transmission" occured on 6/11/01 at 105,000 miles. Service dept. Wayne evans said, "we got a memo from mazda corp., it says we should encourage customers that come in for any service to have an external transmission cooler installed. The part is 120.00 plus labor." I told dealer that it may suggest that mazda knows it has a transmission problem. First quote was over 2,000. I asked for the part replaced at no charge to me. The service dealer called back and said that bob white, the regional manager will give part free if I agree to a 60,000 mile maintenence service at 679.00 plus tax. And if I agreed to add the external transmission coller for 120.00 plus labor and tax. They said they would only give free part if I agreed to this. I have the car serviced regularly & maintain records. They said, it wasn't serviced at a mazda dealer & I would need to agree to the 679.00 60,000 mile service and external transmission cooler if they were to give me the part. The rationale was that they wanted to be sure I took care of car if they gave a free part. My concern is their business practices for one. My bigger concern is the risk I incurred when transmission failed twice on the same car. And the corp memo on the external cooler makes me uneasy.
Transmission failure.
Automatic transmission had to be rebuilt at approximately 60,000 miles because gears would not engage. A private mechanic informed consumer that this was a common problem in mazda 626.
Engine check light had been coming on intermittently. Took vehicle to dealer, who found no problem. Then, while driving about 60 MPH transmission would not engage, vehicle dropped to 30 MPH quickly while engine revved. Transmission needed to be replaced.
I have had repeated electrical and fuel/transmission related problems with this vehicle. Dealership responds with this is normal. Other mechanics question frequent visits however agree that the services are needed.
Transmission jerks usually in the first and second gears of transmission when accelerating from a rolling stop or slow down.
I took my car into millineum mazda, chapel hill blvd., durham, n.c. Because the transmission was jerking from the parked position. They decided to replace the piston assembly and I purchased an $80.00 transmission flush. However, neither of these were corrective actions. The service manager, charles gray, decided to replace the transmission on july 18, 2000. Well, this time, the transmission began shifting hard when it moved to reverse. On october 23, 2000, the 1st replacement transmission was replaced. I can't really say that the shifting in reverse was totally smooth in this transmission. It has progressively worsened and it is quite aggravating. I am getting the line "mazda will stand behind their product and do everything they can to rectify the problem" from the customer service department. But on the other hand, "we don't know what the problem is. We just have to take it down to see" are the lines I am getting from mazda technicians. This is appalling to me because I must continue to make payments on a car that I can't seem to get repaired.
Transmission will go from first gear to overdrive and jump forcibly into gear. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
Transmission locked up while driving at 45 MPH , vehicle came to a dead stop with engine running. Front wheels locked up, and would not move due to torque converter failure. *ak engine would stall during right turns, dealer reset computer, then engine light illuminated, dealer stated the torque converter clutch was slipping, transmission locked up on the way to a dealership for replacement of torque converter clutch, a new transmission was installed and 20 miles later the od off light illuminated, vehicle started smoking and losing power, this time dealer stated the cooling system in the radiator was not large enough to cool the transmission, an external cooling system was installed, now transmission needs replaced again, consumer requests that vehicle be replaced or repurchased by the dealer.
Transmission has to be replaced. Research that this vehicle had many reports of being problem prone pointed to this website for investigating these reports. The cost of repairing is over $2500 and other mazdas were at that dealership the same day for the same problem.
While traveling at 10 MPH vehicle is coasting with overdrive indication flash, and without any indication vehicle jumped into gear. Please provide further information.
Transmission does not go into reverse. Dealer has been notified.
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After three trips to aforementioned dealer with the same complaint, dealer repeatedly says that they can find nothing wrong with the transmission. Help!
After driving about 50 miles at 70-75mph, the transmission would sometimes downshift for no apparent reason. Sometimes the o/d light came on, and upon pulling off to stop, the car would not engage 1st gear until the car cooled down (the o/d light reset to off whenever the car was shut off and restarted. Towards the end of an 900 mile trip to port charlotte, fl, the transmission started slipping on top of the other problems and would not maintain a constant speed (the RPM's varied severely during this time). Had to eventually pull off, call a tow truck and have the transmission rebuilt. After about 3 and 1/2 weeks I got the car back and upon driving it home the o/d light came on twice during the 93 mile trip home and the same problem occured with the car not wanting to start in first gear again. I talked to the aadco transmission repair facility in tifton, ga again and they imformed me that the problem was probably electrical!!!!, I.e. The computer. After disconnecting the battery to reset the computer, it seemed to drive better, but still jerky or slipping at times. I haven't driven it at highway speeds yet, I'll be going about 190 miles this weekend, I hope. 1. What should I do next? 2. Is the computer the most likely failed component and is it expensive to repair? 3. Is mazda recalling any of these vehicles due to these type of problems? 4. Are there any other actions that I may take to recover any past or future expenses?
Tansmission replaced with less than 12,000 miles on the car. Cars sometimes looses complete power while driving.
I am the second owner of this car and I don't understand how can a 2year old car need a transmision. I only had this car 1year I just don't understand if there any thing you can do to help me please contact me. I was trying to see if there was a recall on transmision for this year. Thanks for your help.
When slowing down and beginning to re-accelerate the transmission jumps in to gear. The interior headliner of the car burned in extreme heat. Upon taking the car to a local upholstery shop I was informed that this was not uncommon in the 1998 model car that I have.
While traveling consumer noticed overdrive indicator light flashing. Then, engine would idle without any indication. Please provide further information.
After only one year of owning this car and a day after having a full maintenance job done it's strange to find out that your transmission is damaged and the total costs is $2470.00.
After starting engine and stepping on brake to shift gear, the shift gear remains locked. Does not move. Must play (sometimes hard) to get from park to reverse and then move. Dealer cannot duplicate.
Car jerks in and out of gear very rough shifting. Proceeded with lemon law
Automatic transmission malfuctioned, causing vehicle to stall or hesitate, which may resultin a crash. Please provide further information.
Transmission was replaced.
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Consumer purchased vehicle two weeks ago, and noticed that when shifting from drive to reverse there was a loud thumping noise.
Clutch stalled due to leak in hoses to and from slave cylinder. Yh
626 taken to mazda to have transmission checked for rough shifting and clunking noise. Mazda said the transmission was defective and needed to be replaced. Once replaced, new transmission acted in the same manner. Mazda then decided to replace all 4 motor mounts. That did not correct the problem either. The service department then told me that rough shifting and clunking sounds are normal for the 98'626. I found that explaination very hard to believe to say the least, so I am meeting with the regional sales rep for mazda in an effort to have the problem rectified.
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