Owner-reported complaints naming the powertrain system, filed with NHTSA
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Powertrain reports that are not specifically the engine or transmission — driveshafts, axles, transfer cases and differentials. 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. 11 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
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER JUST DROP OFF MY DAUGHTER, I PROCEEDED BACK ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION JUST THREW ME IN PARK. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK. THEN I PUT IN GEAR AND IT WAS DRIVING FINE AND THEN THE HOLD LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. WHILE DRIVING HOME IT WAS FINE AND THEN AGAIN IT STARTED ALL OVER. *JB
1995 626 TRANSMISSION SEIZED. *TS *JB
CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED ON 1995 MAZDA 626 WITH ONLY 42,000 MILES ON IT. THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHEN THE DASH BOARD LIGHT KEPT BLINKING AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SERIOUSLY HESITATE. *TS *JB *NM
CAR DETAILS: MAZDA ODEL 626, YEAR OF MFG: 1995, 4 DOOR, AUTO TRANSMISSION, NO. OF MILES (TILL THE DATE OF COMPLAINT): 87,410 MILES. THIS IS A USED CAR AND I BOUGHT IT IN DECEMBER 2003. THE MILES ON THE CAR WHEN I BOUGHT WAS ABOUT 84,500. *AK PROBLEM: 1) EVENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE: THERE WAS A SLIP IN THE CAR EVERY TIME THE CAR WAS STARTED FROM REST. I SHOWED IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE SUGGESTED THE PROBLEM TO BE DUE TO NEW BRAKE PADS WHICH I HAD GOT CHANGED ABOUT TWO MONTHS BACK.I USE THE CAR MAINLY INSIDE THE CITY AND IT WAS WORKING PERFECTLY FINE. I DROVE IT ONLY ONCE ON THE INTERSTATE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES (THIS WAS ON THE DAY OF COMPLAINT) AND WHILE COMING ON THE WAY I SAW THAT THE CAR WAS HAVING LOT OF JERKS WHENEVER I SLOWED DOWN OR STOPPED AT ANY SIGNAL. ALSO THE PICK UP OF THE CAR WAS VERY POOR. THE TRANSMISSION COULD NOT PICK THE POWER THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING AND I HAD A PROBLEM EVEN GETTING TO 30 MPH. AS SOON AS I SAW THIS I DID NOT DRIVE ANY FURTHER. THE VERY NEXT DAY I GOT MY CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. 2) THE FAILURE: THE TRASMISSION OIL IN THE CAR WAS LOW, THE GEAR TEETH IN THE TRANSMISSION WERE BROKEN; THE CLUTCH PLATES WERE WORN OUT; THE LEFT AXEL HAD EATEN AWAY THE SLEEVE OF THE TRANSMISSION ON THE LEFT SIDE.THE WORN OUT METAL (OF THE GEAR) WAS SUPPOSEDLY CARRIED OVER TO OTHER PARTS OF THE TRANSMISSION WHICH CAUSED SOME OTHER GEARS TO GET DAMAGED. 3) PRESENTLY THE CAR AND THE OLD TRANSMISSION BOTH ARE WITH MY MECHANIC. I HAVE NOT TAKEN ANY DECISION SO FAR AS THE COST OF REBUILDING THE TRANSMISSION IS MORE THAN THE COST OF THE CAR ITSELF.
WHILE DRIVING AT 75MPH HEARD NOISE AND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. AS A RESULT BUSHING IN TRANSAXLE THAT WENT INTO TRANSMISSION WORE OUT AND CAME LOOSE.*AK
O/D LIGHT FLASHES WHILE ENGINE RUNNING WITHOUT USING O/D, OR O/D IS OFF (DOT NUMBER: N/A TIRESIZE: P195/65R14)
TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE
I PURCHASED A MAZDA 626 FROM AUTO SERVICE COMPANY IN 1998. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THE CAR HAD 40865 MILES ON IT. IN OCT OF 1999 THE VEHICLE HAD A BAD CV AXLE THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO RADER MAZDA AND THE AXLE HAD BEEN REPLACED. NOV OF 1999 I WAS DRIVING AND I NOTICED THAT THE CAR KEPT IDLING HIGHER, BUT WASN'T GOING ANY FASTER, I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO RADER MAZDA IN AUGUSTA GA, THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT A BEARING IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD SLIPPED AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT REBUILD TRANSMISSIONS. I PICKED UP THE CAR FROM RADER MAZDA TWO WEEKS LATER I WAS ON MY WAY TO NY FOR THANKSGIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN. RADER MAZDA PUT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION IN THE AUTOMOBILE. A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE CV JOINT ON THE DRIVER SIDE HAD GONE BAD THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSAL AUTO REPAIR THE JOINT WAS REPLACED AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS MALFUNCTIONING AGAIN. I WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN THAT THE CAR NEEDED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION. THE WARRANTY FROM THE FIRST 2 REPAIRS EXPIRED AFTER 12 MONTHS OR 12,000 MILES. AUTO SERVICE COMPANY SOLD ME A LEMON, WHICH WAS A RENTAL CAR AND THEY DIDN'T MENTION ONE TIME THAT THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FROM A RENTAL CAR COMPANY. HAD I KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT THE CAR. *AK
MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99I005000/SPEEDOMETER FAILURE: DEALER NOTIFED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT MANUFACTURER'S RECALL ONLY COVERED 1994 VEHICLES, NOT 1995. REPAIRS WOULD ONLY BE DONE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK
THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON MY CAR. SINCE THEN, I HAVE READ ALOT OF ARTICLES ON THE WEB AND MY MECHANIC ADVISED ME TO REPORT THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD ALOT OF MAZDA 626 THEY HAVE REPAIRED.
DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTIONED AND TRANSMISSION SLIPS.
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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