Owner-reported complaints naming the steering system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage. 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. 8 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 40 MPH THE POWER STEERING FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE STARTING SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL SENDING THE VEHICLE OVER THE MEDIAN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *JB WHILE EXITING THE EXPRESSWAY THE CONSUEMR NOTICED , ON TWO ACCASIONS, THAT THE VARIABLE ASSIST POWER STEERING MOMENTARILY FALED TO ENGAGE. THIS OCCURED ABOUT A YEAR PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. *NM *TC
1.HORN BUTTON BROKE AND POPPED OFF WHILE DRIVING. 2. CAR WILL REV BY ITSELF BETWEEN 1000-1500 RPM WHILE COMING TO A STOP. 3. CAR SOMETIMES HAS NO BASE IDOL AND WILL JUST TURN OFF. 4. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK CAR TO MACHANIC. MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. LIGHT HAS GONE OFF BUT CAR STILL REVS ITSELF. SOMETIMES WHILE IDOLING CAR WILL REV BETWEEN 1500-2000 RPMS. 5. BOTH REAR STRUTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. 6. COUPLER FOR RACK AND PINON HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER ON ROAD. STEERING AND BRAKES LOCKED. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DIAGNOSE PROBLEM.
MY VEHICLE STARTED WITH JACKING MOTIONS AND THE STEETING WHEEL KEPT VEERING. THEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO REVERSE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN DRIVE BUT IT WAS NOT ACCELERATING AT ALL. VEHICLE WAS REVERSING AND NOT ON A HILLY AREA EITHER. I HAD TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFFF COMPLETE TO STOP THE MOTION. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THIS WAS VERY SCARY. IT WAS A GOOD THING MY SPEED WAS LOW. I ALMOST HIT SOMEONE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS REVERSING INSTEADING OF GOING FORWARD. I LATER FOUND OUT THE TRANSMISSION HAD COMPLETELY BLOWN OUT PREMATURELY , THE GAS PUMP BROKEN WITH PIECES STILL INSIDE. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE MY CAR IS JUST BARELY FIVE YEARS OLD.*AK
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, GETTING OFF EXIT RAMP AND TRAVELING 35MPH ON A CURVE, STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE THE DAUGHTER OF THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, CAUSING TO THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND SPIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE CAUSE REMAINS UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
STEERING WHEEL LOCKS IF WHEELS SLIGHTLY TURNED WHEN PARKED ON INLCLINE, REQUIRING A GREAT DEAL OF STRENGTH TO UNLOCK STEERING WHEEL. *DH
STEERING WHEEL; CONSUMER WAS COMING OUT OF THE PARK LOT FROM THE MALL AND STEERING LOCK UP. TT
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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