1999 Mazda 626

1999 MAZDA 626 WITH 68,000 - ACCORDING TO DEALER TRANSMISSION IS FAILING AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT. VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF OVERDRIVE AND SEVERAL TIMES OD LIGHT HAS BEGUN FLASHING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER CLAIMS CODE 736 - "IMPROPER GEAR RATIO." DEALER EXPLAINED THAT SHE HAD SEEN THIS EXACT PROBLEM "MANY" TIMES AND REQUIRES $2900 REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION. *AK

DRIVER WAS ACCELERATING UP ON A HILL AND VEHICLE STARTED DECELERATING. THEN, VEHICLE JERKED UNCONTROLLABLY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, PULLED OVER, AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND TOOK THE IT HOME. THE NEXT DAY, DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND UNABLE TO MOVE IT. *AK

I BROUGHT A 1999 MAZDA 626 AT AROUND 64,000 MILES. I ALWAYS GOT MY FLUIDS CHECK AND CHANGE AROUND EVERY 3,000 MILES. IT DROVE FINE UNTIL RECENTLY AT 115,000 MILES WHEN IT HAD A HARD TIME GOING INTO 2ND GEAR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE O/D LIGHT ALSO STARTED FLASHING. IT FINALLY GOT THE PLACE WHERE IT WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD AT ALL. I HAD TO MISS A DAY AT WORK BECAUSE OF IT. I HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED AND LOOK AT BY A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE MY 2ND GEAR WAS ABOUT TO GO OUT. HE TRIED TO GET IT TO WORK BY CHANGING MY TRANSMISSION FLUID AND REPLACING MY ALTERNATOR BELT. THE CAR RAN GOOD FOR ONLY ONE DAY AND ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK THE CHECK ENGINE AND THE O/D LIGHT CAME ON. LUCKLY, MY CAR MADE IT HOME, BUT THE NEXT DAY IT WOULDN'T EVEN MOVE FORWARD. IT WILL COST BETWEEN 1,200 AND 2,500 DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED. THIS IS MONEY THAT I DO NOT HAVE! I STILL GOT TWO YEARS WORTH OF PAYMENT TO MAKE ON IT AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW I'M GOING TO GET TO WORK EVERY DAY. HOPEFULLY I CAN COME UP WITH THE MY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.*AK

I HAVE HAD CONSISTANT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AFTER AROUND 50,000 MILE. I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TAKING THE ADVICE OF MAZDA TRANSMISSION EXPERTS AND OTHER TECHS. I HAVE EXPERIENCED TRANNY LEAKS THAT WOULD MAKE THE CAR LOOK LIKE IT WAS FLOATING ON A CLOUD CAUSED BY THE FLUID FALLING ON A HOT EXAUST. NOW AT 104,000 MILES RIGHT AFTER HAVING MY SEALS CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION APEARS TO HEAT UP WITHIN A FEW MINUTES AND LEAVES ME STUCK IN FIRST GEAR HOPING I CAN MAKE IT HOME. THIS TRANSMISSION IS GARBAGE AND HAS GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. WHO EVER LET THIS ENGINEERING DISASTER BE SOLD SHOULD PAY FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE CAUSED.

WHILE DRIVING TO A WEEKEND GETAWAY WITH MY WIFE AND A FEW FRIENDS MY 1999 MAZDA 626'S (85,000 MILES) OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTET TO BLINK. I THOUGHT SINCE I WAS GOING 80 MPH AND I HAVE NEVER DRIVEN THAT FAST THAT IT MENT THAT THE OVERDRIVE WOULD NOT WORK. I CHECKED THE USERS MANUAL AND THERE IS NOTHING IN THERE ABOUT A BLINKING OVERDRIVE LIGHT. SO WHEN I GOT OFF THE EXIT I NOTICED THAT IT WAS SHIFTING HARD SO I PULLED OFER AND THE CAR WAS SMOKING. THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TEMPERATURE OR THE COOLANT BUT THERE WAS TRANSMITION FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGIRE. I HAVE JUST HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE MECHANIC AND I BELIVE IT WILL NEED A NEW TRANSMITION. I HAVE HEARD MANY MANY HOROR STORIES OF 626'S TRANSMITIONS GOING OUT WITH RELATIVLY LOW MILES AND THOUGHT I WOULD BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION SINCE THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING AT 85,000 MILES