2000 Mazda 626

I HAVE A 2000 MAZDA 626 LX. I WAS ACCELERATING ONTO FREEWAY AND SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER. I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY TAKE NEXT EXIT AND WAS NOT IN A COLLISION. I HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT A COMPLETE REBUILD OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS NECESSARY. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE APPEARED TO BE A LOSS OF PRESSURE WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION AND SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE OCCURED. HE ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A KNOWN COOLING PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL TRANSMISSION. THE TOTAL COST OF REPAIR WAS $2500. JUDGING FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS I REVIEWED THERE SEEMS TO BE A HISTORY OF FAILURE IN THESE VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE HAD 75000 MILES AT THE TIME OF FAILURE.*AK

I OWN A MAZDA 626, 2000 WITH 65,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE HAS RECENTLY RUN INTO OVER $3700 WORTH OF REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMISSION, ENGINE MOUNT AND AXLES. THE TRANSMISSION, WITH A $2700 BILL HAD TO BE REBUILT WITH A NUMBER OF NEW PARTS. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE, WHICH AS A FORD TRANSMISSION AND MANY OTHER FORD PARTS. I AM SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT WITH SO MANY TRANSMISSION AND OTHER COMPLAINTS, THE VEHICLE PARTS HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF TALKING TO OTHER MAZDA 636 OWNERS TO ENSURE THEY REPORT SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VEHICLES. FORD NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE SUBSTANDARD PARTS. *AK

I'M A VICTIM TO A BAD TRANSMISSION. I HAVE A MAZDA 626 LX YEAR 2000. IT IS HAS AROUND 63500 MILES AND I JUST FOUND OUT TODAY THAT MY CAR NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW FROM THE MAZDA DEALER. MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I WAS TOLD THAT I HAVE TO BUY A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH IS GOING TO COST ME $2900. AS YOU KNOW THAT 63500 IS NOT A LOT OF MILES. WHAT SHOULD I DO?. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP, PLEASE EMAIL ME AT MARN786@NYC.RR.COM *JB

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR WHEN COLD OR AT SLOW SPEEDS. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS NORMAL OR NO PROBLEM FOUND. CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE THINKING THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND I NOTICED THAT IT WOULD SHIFT HARD INTO 1ST AND THEN FROM 1ST TO 2ND. AFTER CONTINUOUS DRIVING (1 HR) AT 65 MPH THE O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND THE ENGINE WAS SMOKING. TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIRS AGAIN WAS TOLD THEY COULD FIND NOTHING. I THEN SEARCHED ON THE NET AND CAME NOTICED THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE 626'S TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP US!!!!*AK

TOOK MY 2000 MAZDA 626 TO MIKE MCGRATH'S IN CEDAR RAPIDS, IA WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WAS A DELAY IN SHIFTING AND SHIFTING HARD. SERVICE DROVE THE CAR AND I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. PROBLEM CONTINUED AND WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN AFTER IT WAS OFF OF WARRANTY, WAS TOLD BY MCGRATH'S THAT THE CAR NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. MCGRATH'S WAS AWARE THAT 2000 MAZDA 626'S HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THE FIRST TIME I TOOK THE CAR IN BUT NEGLECTED TO INFORM ME. APPEARS THAT MAZDA USES A FORD TRANSMISSION BUT DOES NOT INSTALL A COOLANT AS FORD DOES WITH THEIR VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS. ALTHOUGH MAZDA COVERED COST OF PARTS, I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LABOR COSTS OF $600. MCGRATH'S SHOULD HAVE ALERTED ME TO THE FACT THAT THERE WERE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT THE CAR IN AND MAZDA SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. I HAVE DRIVEN MAZDA'S FOR 19 YEARS BUT I AM FINISHED WITH THEM. THE QUALITY NOW IS EXTREMELY LACKING. *AK