1996 Mazda 626

MY 1996 MAZDA 626 HAD TRANSMISSION FAILURE, IT FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE DRIVING. I CONTACTED MAZDA AND FORD AND WAS TOLD THAT TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS COMMON WITH THAT MODEL TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT ANY REPAIR OF THE TRANSMISSION WOULD BE AT MY EXPENSE. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED, TO BE CORRECT IT WAS REBUILT. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF FORD AND MAZDA KNOW THAT THERE OR PROBLEMS WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS WHY DON'T THEY EXTEND WARRANTIES AND INFORM THERE CUSTOMERS. SECONDLY WHY HASN'T THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STEPPED IN AND FORCED THEM TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION. MY PARENTS ON A HONDA ACCORD, HONDA HAS ADMITTED THAT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEIR V6 TRANSMISSIONS, MY PARENTS CAR HAD PROBLEMS AFTER 50,000 MILES. HONDA REPLACED THEIR TRANSMISSION WITH AND UPDATED ONE AND EXTENDED THE TRANSMISSION WARRANTY FOR AN ADDITIONAL 100,000 MILE AFTER THE REPAIR. I FEEL THAT FORD AND MAZDA SHOULD DO THE SAME THING. WITH YOUR HELP I HOPE THAT WILL HAPPEN. *NM

I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED IN NOVEMBER OF 2002 WITH APPROXIMATELY 90,000 MILES, TRANSMISSION FAILED ME IN TRAFFIC IN OCTOBER OF 2004, IT PRESENTLY HAS 131,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION WOULD SEEM TO ENGAGE AND THEN DISENGAGE VERY RAPIDLY UNTIL IT FINALLY COMPLETELY FAILED, AND NO LONGER WOULD ENGAGE. I WAS JUST ABLE TO GET OFF THE STREET. TRANSMISSION SHOPS EST. COST TO BE BETWEEN $1200.00 AND $2500.00 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED YET. I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF PRIOR FAILURES OR COMPLAINTS. I HAVE SINCE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS CAR AND OTHER CARS SUCH AS THE FORD PROBE, WHICH USES THE SAME TRANSMISSION.*AK

I BOUGHT A MAZDA 626 NEW IN 1996 I DRIVE THE CAR TWICE A WEEK... THE CAR HAS ABOUT 60,000 MILES ON IT.. THE TRANSMISSION WENT BAD. AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CAR... I LOOKED THIS UP AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM... PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, AS I DO NOT HAVE THE $2500.. AND 3 1/2 WEEKS IT TAKE TO DO THIS REPAIR... I HAVE TO DO IT.. BUT I CAN NOT AFFORD THE TIME OR MONEY. I CALLED MAZDA ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID IT DIDN'T MATTER THAT EVERY MAZDA 626 THEY HAVE SOLD HAS THIS PROBLEM.... PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. *JB

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 1996 MAZDA 626. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED MY TRANSMISSION 3 TIMES IN 8 YEARS AND LOOKING AT REPLACING IT AGAIN FOR A 4TH TIME. THE CAR ONLY HAS 150K MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION ONLY LASTS ANYWHERE FROM 30K-40K BEFORE IT GOES OUT. I HAVE CONTACTED MAZDA AND THEY BASICALLY TURN THEIR SHOULDERS. I HAVE ALREADY SPENT DOUBLE WHAT I ORIGINALLY PAID FOR THE CAR. I WOULD BE HELPFUL IF MAZDA WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE A SERIOUS TRANSMISSION ISSUE.*AK

PURCHASED THE VEHICLE (1996 MAZDA 626) AT 27,000MI ON ODOMETER - TRANSMISSION HAD GONE BAD. BECAUSE IT WAS STILL IN WARRANTEE, THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK IT BACK A FEW TIMES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE OF LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON. NOTHING WAS FOUND OR DONE. LAST DECEMBER, AT 96,000MI, THE TRANSMISSION BURNED OUT AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THIS WOULD BE THE 3RD TRANSMISSION IN UNDER 100,000 MILES!! AS MAZDA WOULD NOT ASSIST IN THE COST OF REPLACEMENT, IN JULY I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUILT ONE. A FEW WEEKS AGO (OCTOBER 2004) THE O/D LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND I TOOK IT BACK TO THE MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. HE SEARCHED DEEPER AND FOUND THAT THE CUPHOLDER IS PLACED DIRECTLY OVER THE CAR'S COMPUTER, AND HAD BEEN LEAKING ANY SPILLED FLUID ONTO IT, SHORTING OUT THE OVERDRIVE, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION SOLONOID TO BURN OUT. HE CLEANED THE COMPUTER AND REPLACED THE TCC SOLENOID, MAZDA TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY EVEN THOUGH THEIR TECHNICIANS HAD THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT PROPERLY DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM.*AK