1999 Mazda 626

I OWN A 1999 MAZDA 626. THE TRANSMISSION IS DYING AND NEEDS A NEW ONE. MY CAR HAS 51,000 MILES ON IT, AND REPAIR RANGE ABOVE 1,000 DOLLARS. CHECKING AROUND I HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION. PLEASE TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO CORRECT THIS DEFICIENCY. IS MY CAR STILL COVERED UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY? *JB

I BOUGHT MY MAZDA 626 IN APRIL 2003 AND ONE MONTH LATER MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND I HAD TO HAVE REBUILT. THAT MAD ME MAD, BUT WHAT MADE ME REALLY MAD WAS THAT WHEN I BOUGHT MY EXTENDED WARRENTY I WAS TOLD THAT MY WARRENTY WOULD COMPLETELY COVER REPAIRS TO KEEP MY CAR RUNNING. EVEN WHEN I WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP WHEN MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT EVERYBODY THERE WAS TELLING ME DON'T WORRY THE WARRENTY WOULD COVER IT. WELL HOW COME WHEN I WENT TO KENNEDY TRANSMISSION (THAT'S WHERE THE WARRANTY COMPANY SENT ME TO GET THE WORK DONE) I WAS TOLD THE TOTAL BILL WAS $ 2,600.00 AND THAT I HAD TO PAY ALMOST A $ 1,000.00 OUT OF MY POCKET ! THAT'S RIGHT AFTER I JUST GOT DONE PAYING $ 2,000.00 DOWN ON THE CAR, AND I HAD JUST MADE MY FIRST CAR PAYMENT WHICH WAS ANOTHER $ 380.00. KENNEDY TRANSMISSION TOOK ALMOST THREE WEEKS TO FIX MY TRANN, THEN THE DAY AFTER I GOT MY CAR BACK MY CAR WOULDN'T START BECAUSE KENNEDY DID SOMETHING TO MY CAR AND THEY HAD TO TAKE IT FOR ANOTHER DAY. NOW IT HAS BEEN THREE MONTHS AND MY TRANNY HAS A LEAK IN IT ! THIS IS CRAZY AND I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH STORIES JUST LIKE MINE ABOUT THERE 626. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE MAZDA SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SELL CARS WITH SUCH HORRIBLE TRANSMISSIONS, AND IF A DEALERSHIP LIKE MINE KNOWS THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CAR (NAD I'M SURE THEY KNEW) SHOULD NOT SELL THE CAR OR AT LEAST TAKE THE CAR BACK. I WILL NEVER BUY A MAZDA AGAIN . *AK

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY MAZDA 626 HAS FAILED. THE CLUTCHES ARE NON OPERATIONAL AND SADLY IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL THERE IS NO REFERENCE TO ANY KIND OF MAINTENANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE PERFORMED TO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. EVEN IN THE 30,000 AND 60,000 MILE CHECK UP THEY DO NOT CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID OR SUGGEST THAT IT BE DONE. *NLM

I HAVE A 1999 MAZDA 626 WITH LESS THAN 60,000 MILES ON IT TODAY. I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM HERTZ RENTAL FOR MY DAUGHTER IN MARCH 2000 AND ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME RECALLS ON THIS CAR WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION.*AK SECONDLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, MY DAUGHTER HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (I THINK). FOR INSTANCE, WE TOOK THE CAR TO SAN FRANCISCO AND ALTHOUGH WE WERE FLOORING THE ACCELERATOR WE WERE BARELY ABLE TO GO UP A SMALL HILL AT LESS THAN 5 MPH. ALSO, ON SEVERAL INSTANCES, MY DAUGHTER WOULD STEP ON THE GAS TO ACCELERATE (FROM AN INTERSECTION OR STOP) BUT THE ENGINE WOULD JUST REV UP AND THE CAR WON'T GO (SHE HAS TO TAKE HER FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR, WAIT UNTIL THE ENGINE GETS TO A LOWER RPM AND THEN SLOWWWWLY STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR TO MAKE THE CAR GO). I CHECK THE INTERNET TODAY AND WAS SURPRISED TO SEEE SO MANY MAZDA 626 OWNERS WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITHOUT A RECALL FROM MAZDA. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET MAZDA TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OR HAVE THE NHTSA FORCE MAZDA TO FIX THESE DEFECTS? I WANT TO FILE A COMPLAINT SO THAT THE NHTSA AND MAZDA IS AWARE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR MAZDA'S IRRESPONSIBILITY.

MY 1999 MAZDA 626 HAS 72000 MILES ON IT AND THE O/D LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANSMISSION. IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP TO BE PREPARED. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER CONSUMER OUT THERE THAT HAVE THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THE TRANSMISSION AND THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I PUT FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN YOU THAT THIS WILL BE LOOKED INTO TO AND THAT A RECALL NEEDS TO BE MADE. THANKS. *NLM

I BOUGHT MY 1999 MAZDA 626LX USED IN JUNE OF 1999 WITH 39,000 MILES ON IT AND THROUGHOUT THE TWO YEARS THAT I HAD IT I'VE GOTTEN SERVICED MORE TIMES THAN I CAN EVEN COUNT. OVER THE PAST 8 MONTHS THE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR HAVE BEEN GETTING WORSE. INITALLY THE CAR WAS SHUTTING OFF OCCASIONALLY WHENEVER I CAME TO A STOP. THAT ALONE SCARED ME AND I FEARED DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE BECAUSE OF THIS. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT MY SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SO I DID THAT BUT THE SAME DAY THAT I GOT IT FIXED THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND CAR STARTED DRIVING VERY ROUGH. ALTHOUGH THE CAR HAS NOT SHUT OFF ON ME LATELY IT HAS DONE SOME VERY WEIRD THINGS LIKE DRIVING WHILE THE CAR IS IN REVERSE. I PARKED THE CAR ONE DAY IN AN AWKWARD WAY SO I WANTED TO CORRECT MYSELF AND WHEN I TRIED TO REVERSE THE CAR KEPT ON DRIVING FORWARD (I'M LUCKY THERE WASN'T ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF ME) AND IT WAS HARD TO SHIFT INTO PARK WHEN I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO DO THAT I TURNED TO CAR OFF BUT THEN COULDN'T GET IT TO COME BACK ON SO I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SHIFT INTERLOCK GEAR. SINCE I 'VE GOTTEN MY CAR BACK IT DRIVES WORSE THAN EVER BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS, I CAN ONLY DRIVE IN OVERDRIVE, THE CAR SHAKES WHEN IT SHIFTS GEARS AND AT CERTAIN SPEEDS IT THRUSTS FORWARD WITH SO MUCH FORCE THAT I IT FEELS LIKE I'VE JUST BEEN REAR-ENDED. FORTUNATELY, I HAVEN'T HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION BUT AFTER READING OTHER REVIEWS ABOUT THIS CAR I FEAR THAT THE TIME MAYBE COMING SOON ESPECIALLY SINCE I JUST REACHED 83,000+ MILES. WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM MAZDA SHOULD REALLY TAKE ACTION ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THESE CARS ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND PERSONALLY I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER MAZDA AGAIN. *AK