Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Mazda 626 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
SIDE MOLDING COMING OFF, ANTENNA WILL NOT GO UP NOR DOWN, HOLD LIGHT KEEP FLASHING, SUN ROOF WILL NOT SLIDE BACK, AIR BAG FLASHES SOMETIME,CUP HOLDER WILL NOT KEEP CONTAINERS FROM TILTING OVER,OIL DIP STICK HANDLE BROKE OFF,CRUISE CONTROL DO NOT WORK,CRACKED MANIFOLD
SINCE OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLE, HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ROUGH IDLE OR VIBRATION WHILE IN NEUTRAL AND WARM ENGINE, MANY ATTEMPTS WERE MADE AT ADJUSTING THE IDLE SPEED TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM, BUT PROBLEM KEPT REOCCURING UNTIL IT WAS FINALLY DISCOVERED THAT THE ONBOARD COMPUTER WAS RESETTING THE IDLE TO ORIGINAL SETTING, ROUGH IDLING BECAME MORE DISTURBING AND WAS RECOMMENDED BY DEALER TO ADD CLEANING AGENT TO FUEL -ENGINE PERFORMANCE SEEMED TO IMPROVE BUT NO CHANGE TO ROUGH IDLING,THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION WAS TO REPLACE TIMING BELT AND MOTOR MOUNTS, STILL ROUGH IDLING CONTINUED, SWAY BAR LINKS WERE ALSO REPLACED TO ELIMINATE A RATTLE IN THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE. *JB
WHEN VEHICLE IS PUT INTO REVERSE AFTER A COLD START UP, VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATES. *AK DEALER HAS CHECKED VEHICLE AND THAT A DEFECT MAY BE IN CRUISE CONTROL. DISCONNECTED CRUISE CONTROL AND PROBLEM HAS NOT REOCCURED. *YH
WHEN TRAVELING BETWEEN 60-65 MPH AND UPON DEPRESSING THE ACCLELERATOR PEDAL RPMS WILL GO DOWN AND VEHICLE WILL COME TO A SLOW STOP, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ALL POWER.CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE DOES NOT MOVE, AS IF IN NEUTRAL. DEALER HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWICE ALREADY. NEEDS THIRD TRANSMISSION. *AK
RECEIVED VEHICLE AFTER A FEW MONTHS & THE ENGINE STARTED SURGING. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO STUTTER. IT WOULD SOMETIMES BUCK OR JERK. SOMETIMES WOULD STALL OUT. WAS INFORMED THE ECM MODULE SHOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM ONCE INSTALLED. *AK
TRANSMISSION BEGAN "JUMPING" GEARS AND ENGINE REVVING WILDLY AT APPROXIMATELY 35000 MILES. DEALER FAILED TO FIND ANY PROBLEM ON 2 OCCASIONS. ON THE 3RD ATTEMPT, I SAT SERVICE MANAGER IN CAR WITH ME TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEM. DEALER SUPPOSEDLY FIXED TRANSMISSION. AT APPROXIMATELY 71,000 MILES AIR FLOW SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. AT 72000 MILES "HOLD" LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. DEALER PULLED CODE 628 FROM THE COMPUTER AND TOLD US THIS MEANT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. I TOLD SERVICE MANAGER, GENERAL MANAGER AND DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER THAT 72000 MILES WAS ENTIRELY TOO SOON FOR A TRANSMISSION TO NEED TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF PREVIOUS PROBLEMS, AND WANTED MAZDA TO PAY FOR PART. I WAS TOLD "TOUGH LUCK". IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM WITH MAZDA TRANSMISSIONS. I STILL WANT SOME FORM OF ASSISTANCE FROM MAZDA! *AK
WHEN THE CAR IS IN DRIVE AND PUT FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL, THE CAR GOES IN REVERSE. DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. *AK
CONSUMER WAS AT TOLL BOOTH AND THE RPM JUMPED UP AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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