2001 Mazda 626

ON JANUARY 21, 2005 I TOOK MY CAR INTO TUFFY MUFFLER SHOP IN TOLEDO, OHIO FOR POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, OR IT NEED A TUNE-UP BADLY...IT HAS 93K MILES AND IS A 2001 626. AFTER CHECKING IT OUT, I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WAS FINE BUT IT DEFINITELY NEEDED A TUNE-UP. THREE WEEKS LATER THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE ON A SKIING TRIP 12 HOURS FROM WHERE I LIVE. HAD TO STAY OVER 2 DAYS IN A HOTEL AND PURCHASE A USED $400 TRUCK TO GET BACK HOME. NOW FIGHTING WITH TUFFY ABOUT THEIR NEGLIGENCE TO PROPERLY PERFORM A MINIMUM TRANSMISSION CHECK. *AK

I JUST BOUGHT A USED 2001 MAZDA 626 FROM CARMAX IN STERLING, VA IN NOVEMBER OF 2005. THE VEHICLE HAD 29,400 MILES ON IT ON THE DATE OF PURCHASE. NOW IT HAS 33, 000 MILES, AND THE CAR BEGAN TO FREQUENTLY JERK, THE "O/D OFF" LIGHT CAME ON...THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I'VE SINCE READ ABOUT OTHERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE, AND FIND THAT THERE IS NOTHING BEING DONE BY MAZDA TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION. SO, I WANT TO DOCUMENT MY PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE IN THE HOPES THAT SOMETHING WILL BE DONE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.*AK

MY TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED ON MY 2001 MAZDA 626 THIS WEEK. I HAD A PREVIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE INTERNAL COOLANT IN 2003 WHICH ALSO COST ME MONEY. LAST WEEK I HAD TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THIS CAR HAS GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE I'VE OWNED IT. I DO NOT FEEL THE PROBLEMS I'VE BEEN HAVING SHOULD OCCUR IN A 2001 AUTOMOBILE WHEN REGULAR MAINTENANCE IS KEPT UP. *JB

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. , I AM WRITING THIS IN REFERENCE TO MY 2001 MAZDA 626. IN THE SUMMER OF 2004 I TOOK MY MAZDA 626 INTO MAZDA BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, THE CAR HAD ABOUT 49,500 MILES ON IT. THEY SERVICED THE TRANSMISSION AND SAID IT WAS LOW ON FLUIDS, AND SENT US ALONG. THEN, ON NOVEMBER 10, 2004, 2001 MAZDA 626 WAS IN THE SHOP AT A CERTIFIED MAZDA DEALERSHIP GETTING THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, THE COST OF WHICH I WAS PARTIALLY HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR. MAZDA PICKED UP THE TAB FOR THE TRANSMISSION, AND IN RETURN I WAS CHARGED FOR THE LABOR AND A 60,000 MILE SERVICE. I AM WELL AWARE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH THE MAZDA 626, THE WEB CONTAINS TESTIMONIALS FROM OTHERS WHO EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, SOME AT LOWER MILEAGE. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS THAT MAZDA HAS BEEN USING. I AM SURE THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THE DEFECTS. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE 1996.*AK

YES I PURCHASE A CERTIFIED USED 2001 MAZDA 626 THE SUMMER OF 2003 FOR MY GRADUATION GIFT FROM HIGH SCHOOL, NO HAVING THE CAR FOR 3 YEARS I AM NOW LOOKING TO TRADE IN MY CAR OR BUY ME ANOTHER ONE. WITH 91.000 MILES ON MY CAR, MY TRANSMISSION HAS GOTTEN TO BE REPLACE. I COULD NOT MOVE MY CAR IN DRIVE WHILE I WAS IN OVERDRIVE. I COULD ONLY USE OVERDRIVE ONCE I HAVE GOTTEN OVER 50. THE NEXT DAY I MADE A APPOINTMENT AND THEY TOLD ME MY OVERDRIVE HAD BURNT OUT AND I HAD MORE INTERNAL FAILURES ON MY TRANSMISSION AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT MADE THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR. THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT IN A REMADE TRANSMISSION FOR $2700. I AM REALLY PISS OF AT MAZDA. FOR ONE THEY DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT DO NOTHING AND THE TRANSMISSION WARRANTY RUNS OUT A 3 YEAR OR 36,000. WHAT TYPE OF BS IS THAT FOR A TRANSMISSION WARRANTY.*AK

I HAVE 24,000 MILES ON MY MAZDA 626 4CYCLINDER. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION I HAD PUT IN THE CAR. AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR, I DROVE THE CAR HOME AND IT WAS JERKING A LITTLE. I THOUGHT IT WAS ME JUST GETTING USE TO DRIVING THE CAR. THE NEXT DAY I DROVE TO CHURCH AND THE CAR STARTED GOING IN REVERSE WHILE THE GEAR WAS IN DRIVE. WHEN I GOT TO CHURCH, I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. MAZDA PEOPLE SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN. TWO YEARS LATER ON 10/2/04 I WAS RETURNING FROM A FUNERAL AND THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN (NO WARNINGS). I TURNED IT OFF. THE CAR WOULD START, BUT WOULD NOT MOVE IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. I CALLED THE MAZDA DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME TO CALL FOR TOWING. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO MAZDA DEALER AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN, ITS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY ARE GOING TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN BECAUSE ITS STILL UNDER THE WARRANTY. I WAS SURFING THE INTERNET REGARDING MAZDA TRANSMISSIONS CAME ACROSS SOME VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION. 626 MAZDA 1994 - 2002 HAVE A FORD MODEL CD4E TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION HAS AN OVER HEATING PROBLEM. MAZDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY ARE NOTING FIXING IT. THEY ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TELLING HOW TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT THEY ARE NOT TELLING THE CUSTOMER ABOUT IT UNLESS THE CUSTOMER MENTIONS SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS A TRANSMISSION COOLING KIT. MY CAR IS AT THE MAZDA DEALER NOW. WHEN I CALLED ABOUT THIS COOLING KIT THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST $280.00, ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PUT IN A TRANSMISSION. IF THEY DO NOT HAVE TO PUT A TRANSMISSION IN IT WOULD COST MORE. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE COOLING KIT. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS. MAZDA SHOULD BE MADE REPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR ALL REPAIRS AND OR REPLACEMENTS THAT ARE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. *AK