Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Mazda 626 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 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
CONSUMERS WHEELS LOCKED-UP WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, CAUSING VEHICLE TO REAR-END ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT OF VEHICLE WAS SMASHED REQUIRING A NEW FRONT END CLIP, ALSO THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE ACCIDENT. *TT
CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERS LOT FOR NINE MONTHS. NEVER BEEN OUT. *AK
MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED ON VEHICLE, BUT BRAKES ARE STILL INOPERABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER ON ROAD. STEERING AND BRAKES LOCKED. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DIAGNOSE PROBLEM.
CONSUMER HAD TO REPAIR BRAKES TOO OFTEN. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT BECAUSE OF EXTENSIVE DRIVING BRAKES SHOULD NOT BE REPLACED AS FREQUENTLY. *AK
AT ASPEED OF 35MPH THERE IS ACONSANT NOISE OF METAL OR A RUBBING NOISE I WAS TOLD TO REPLACE BOTH CALIPERS AND BLEED THE SYSTEM BUT THE NOISE CAME BACK AGAIN. *AK
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAIL EVERY 12000 TO 15000 MILES. *SLC
BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURIES.
CAR ACCELERATED TO A VERY HIGH SPEED, BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE, HIT ANOTHER CAR IN SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY. *AK
PASSENGERS SEAT LATCH FAILED, CAUSING SEAT TO RECLINE WITH MINIMAL PRESSURE APPLIED.
(2) SETS OF BRAKE PADS/SHOES REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR W/DEALER INDICATING DRIVER APPEARS TO RIDE BRAKES? PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
THE VEHICLE SURGED AND WHEN FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED 50 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, APPLIED BRAKES AND WOULD NOT DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL AND BRAKES FAILED, IMPACT 3:00 POSITION. T *JB
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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