I purchased a 1999 mazda 626 automatic 4 cylinder vehicle. After driving the car for approximately 10 minutes the vehicle starts to jerk and the tachometer gets very erratic as is the shifting. The vehicle now uses excessive gas and the jerking motion has continued. It is my understanding (after going online to check this problem) that mazda is aware there is a problem with this transmission but won't issue a recall or provide any assistance for the problem.
1999 Mazda 626 transmission complaints
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Gear slipping & RPM "reving" transmission faliure, need to replace.
99 mazda 626es has been giving me transmission problems. It slips on 1 and 2 gear. I have to drive 5-10 MPH until it kicks-in but if I reduce speed I have to go trough the same process again. A mechanic changed the range-sensor, I think it's call but the problem has continued. I took the car to the dealer and after the diagnose the said you need a new transmission, for about 3,000 dollars.
1999 mazda 626: the drive chain inside the transmission was slipping. When you put it in gear, and tried to go, you could here it jumping over the teeth on the sprocket. The transmission had to be rebuilt.
This is the 3rd transmission failure of 1999 mazda 626. Car only has 136k miles.
My 1999 mazda 626 transmission has been acting up a lot. From what I have found with research mazda used the ford probe transmission in the production of the 626 up until 2002. The transmission that comes with the car is designed for a smaller, lighter vehicle and thus it is doomed to fail, no matter how many times you replace it. I cannot afford to pump $2,000 into a car that is going to have the same problem down the road. Plus even if I could afford it, I can't find the part in tampa, fl. Mazda should be forced to upgrade all 626 2.0l i4 transmissions for free, as they made no attempt to correct the issue.
1999 mazda 626 - replaced transmission 75-80 k miles. Now 110 k miles and beginning to observe same symptoms prior to last failure. Transmission design is defective.
I noticed problems right away after I bought my car from my mom. She rarely drove it, and I drive approximately 500 miles a week. First the car wouldn't not go into drive, then it would not move at all. A friend of mine is a mechanic and found that the trans. Cable had come detached. After time consuming repair, the car was fine for a week. Now the car only goes into drive when I first put it into second. It slips in and out of overdrive. The transmission is obviously faulty.
Automatic transmission on a 1999 mazda 626 has failed for a second time. Car's automatic transmission was replaced around 60,000 miles and now needs replacement again at 122,000 miles.
I have a 1999 mazda 626. Automatic transmission. 4 cylinder lx. This car has 80,000 miles on it, and the transmission is slipping! I have read complaints about this all over the internet and mazda forums. Why is there not a recall on this transmission?!? It is too small for this car and more than half of 626 owners have had to replace their transmissions, only to continue to replace it as it will always go out again!
1999 mazda 626 , 2.0 l at stopped on highway. Got it towed with the help of auto club.diagnosis says the car need transmission work. Now need to spend nearly $3500.00 to get the car running. This is more than the car's value. I could find from the net that this model has extensive transmission problems. Still there is no action from the manufacturer's side to correct these problems.
1999 mazda 626 automatic transmission went out. This is a constant issue for this model car.
Transmission on 1999 mazda 626 2.0 automatic failed and needed to be re-built. The odometer reading was 114,200 miles. Re-build occurred in september 2007.
Total transmission failure. My 1999 mazda 626 4 cyl. Vehicle was heading south on i10 in phoenix when suddenly my speedometer went to 0 and smoke started pouring out from under my hood. Upon arrival at the aamco repair shop, I was told that the transmission needed to either be rebuilt or I needed to buy a brand new one... This cost me 4000 dollars to fix.
The transmission on my 1999 mazda 626 had failed for the third time now. The problem has been repetitive and requires continuous expensive repairs. After extensive research, I have found that the transmission on this specific car is common occurrence with very high failure rates. I want the manufactures to recall the transmissions of provide reimbursements for my past repair bills.
My mazda transmission keeps on having problems. I avoid driving on free ways as I never feel safe to drive the car whose transmission may fail any time. I fixed it 1.5 yrs before. Cost almost half of the car's worth. It failed again now. The estimate is again huge to fix it. It is failing even after rebuilding new transmission and changing the faulty parts. I believe that there is some thing wrong in design itself and have no confidence that fixing it will resolve the issue or make it safe for driving. I am avoiding driving it for safety reasons. I contacted mazda explaining the problem. They advised that "recalls are mandated by the federal government, not by individual car manufacturers". I am writing this letter in a hope that the problem will be probed and my vehicle be recalled.
In late january of 2007 I purchased a 1999 mazda 626 for my daughter for her to use in the years she would be in college. The vehicle had approximately 79,000 miles on it. She has driven the car to college and back and forth to work. On november 12, 2007 she was driving south on a busy highway in tulsa, oklahoma. Suddenly the vehicle lost power and would not go any further or go in reverse. We had the vehicle towed to a transmission shop that was recommended by our mechanic. The transmission shop completely overhauled the transmission replacing factory parts that the owner said were deficient with better parts. The parts that the shop used were an: overhaul kit valve body repair kit solenoid pack torque converter reverse drum forward piston I am very disappointed in the failure of this vehicles transmission. I have never had a car that had a transmission problem. I have been made aware since the failure of this transmission that this is a problem that has been frequently a problem on the mazda 626 model.
1999 mazda 626 automatic transmission problems has been rebuilt two times in less than one year. Now it is out again I have too much money in it,too quit now. Some one needs to do something to help.
While driving home, automatic transmission wouldn't shift into 2nd or 4th. Transmission was rebuilt at approx. 98,000 miles. At a cost of $2,800.00. Car now has approx. 160,000 miles and transmission needs rebuilt again. Have heard alot of complaints about this problem. Car is otherwise in great shape, can't afford a new car so I guess I'm stuck again paying to have a transmission repaired that mazda knows is a major problem and they refuse to do anything about it. Can we all get a little help with this problem??
76,000 miles on car. While doing highway driving, after about an hour, the overdrive light started to flash. Transmission fluid released into engine compartment. Took it to garage and they said error code indicated transmission overheating. The fluid was burnt and transmission may have been damaged. The fluid had been good a couple of weeks earlier. Actions taken include: flushed fluid. Added an aftermarket cooler. Wait and see if the transmission performs correctly and if the flashing light returns.
After there were repeated times of bad gear shifting, delayed, not at all, etc. My automatic transmissions failed. Will turn over but, not shift into to gear.
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 mazda 626. The contact has experienced transmission failure twice. She only had the vehicle for approximately six months when the first failure occurred. While driving 45 MPH, the engine light illuminated. She took the vehicle to a repair shop and the mechanic stated that the transmission failed. The transmission was rebuilt and a year and a half later, the vehicle would not shift into reverse and the contact felt as if the gears were jumping when driving. She returned to the repair shop and was informed that the transmission failed again. She does not believe that a vehicle should go through two transmissions within two years. The vehicle is currently parked in her driveway. The current mileage was 87,000 and failure mileage was 76,000.
Our mazda 626 1999 was well maintained. At 72,134 miles I took it to a transmission place for a transmission flush. I drove home for 5 miles and in the evening on the freeway. The mazda now felt a bit jerky at 55-60 MPH. (I never noticed that before.) after 23 miles the mazda suddenly lost power and stopped. I was lucky to get to the side of the freeway without accident. I was stranded on the freeway in darkness and heavy traffic for 1 1/2 hours. Scary!!!! There was a long trail of transmission fluid behind the car, a puddle under the car, also under the hood and along the driver's side doors. The towing service noticed a disconnected transmission hose under the hood. I was towed home and the next morning to the mazda dealer. They say I need a new transmission for $3225. The dealer says the 30a egi inj fuse is burnt. Fluid level of trans was at least 3 qts over full, was dark brown and had severe burnt smell. Fluid appears to have leaked out of cooler line and valve body pan due to high pressure. (I never saw a leak on our garage floor.) transmission is stuck in reverse. (I don't know how it got into reverse from my driving on the freeway???) this is costing us big bucks and aggravation: new transmission, three times towing charges, diagnostic by dealer, transmission flush, rental car, loss of work... And no guarantee that things will be made good! After reading all the complaints about bad mazda transmissions, I am not sure whether the fault here lies in a bad product (transmission) or bad workmanship with the transmission flush. Now the mazda is back at the transmission service place that originally did the transmission flush, in hopes that they will make good. I could have been road kill! Can somebody investigate and help?
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 mazda 626. While driving 65 MPH the transmission overheated and failed. This was the third transmission failure for this vehicle. The dealer has not inspected the vehicle to determine the cause. The current and failure mileages were 136,000 miles.
'99 mazda 626-lx, 4-cyl. Transmission problem: day 1, stuck in traffic, moving very slowly for 30 minutes, 80 degrees outside, the transmission started feeling "clunky". Day 2, driving 72-78 MPH on the highway for 3 hours, the "o/d off" light started to blink. Got home fine. Day 3: significant transmission slippage.
1) events leading up to failure- normal non-daily usage. Maintenance on transmission within the previous year. Driving on pa turnpike, the transmission failed. 2)consequences- towed to transmission repair shop 3) what done to correct failure- total repair/rebuild of transmission. Cost over $2500.00.
My transmission failed on july 22 due to over heating etc.
Automatic transmission locks up, burns up and car no longer moves.
We bought this car for our son in 2005 with about 55,000 miles on it. It now has 120,000 miles and is in need of its 4th transmission (rebuilt)! It is also on its second engine. I've never heard of anything this bad. Has mazda done anything to correct this?
I have a 1999 mazda 626 lx 4 cylinder and for a few years have noticed harsh shifting that has only gotten worse. The other day the odometer light started flashing, and I took vehicle to a transmission shop, and they scanned and codes, and told me that I had an overheating problem with the transmission ,and that it had to be replaced. This seemed so wrong because the car only had 111,000 miles on it, and it was wrong because I knew this problem started a lot earlier when I got this car at 64,000 miles. If mazda knew about this cooling issue because they have released a service bulletin about it , and if they knew they will ultimately fail why didn't they issue a recall? If they knew they had inadequate cooling they should have installed a cooler at their expense not t at he owners , and they should also replace the transmission at their expense.
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