Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 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
THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARKED WHEN THE CONSUMER TURNED TO REACH IN THE REAR SEAT WHEN THE SEAT BACK COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES. NLM
SMOKE EMITTED FROM BEHIND THE FAN CONTROL PANEL. FLAMES EMITTED MOMENTS AFTERWARD. AUTO STOPPED AND DRIVER ESCAPED VEHICLE, PROCEEDED TO CALL FIRE DEPARTMENT (ON HIGHWAY AT TIME). FIRE DAMANGED THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD (MELTED MOST OF IT, PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG PARTIALLY DEPLOYED), WINDSHIELD CRACKED AND IN SOME PLACES MELTED. ENTIRE INTERIOR SMOKE AND WATER DAMAGE. PARTS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. NO ELECTRICAL OR ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AT ANY POINT PRIOR TO DRIVER EXITING THE VEHICLE UPON EMISSION OF FLAMES (AT THIS POINT, ABOUT 1 MILE FROM DEALER).*AK
I AM WRITING TO REPORT A PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH OUR 1996 MAZDA 626. I HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE THE DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPED WHILE DRIVING. THE INCIDENT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN APPROXIMATELY $720 WORTH OF DAMAGE. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT AS I WAS TRAVELLING VERY SLOWLY. THE PROBLEM HAPPENED A SECOND TIME WITH NO ACCIDENT, BUT I AM UNWILLING TO LET MY WIFE DRIVE THE VEHICLE NOW DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. I AM CONVINCED THAT IT IS A DEFECT- A DANGEROUS ONE. I NOTICED ON YOUR ODI LIST THAT SOMONE ELSE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM (ODI ID NO. 823823). I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT THEY HAD NO KNOWLEGE OF ANY SIMILAR PROBLEMS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW I SHOULD PROCEED WITH THIS PROBLEM. I THINK MAZDA SHOULD REPAIR THE DAMAGES AND CHECK THE SEAT TRACK ASSEMBLY. IS THIS UNACCEPTABLE? THANK YOU. GREG GERKE. *AK
THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS AND THE TAIL LIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE, WHICH MAY RESULT VISUAL DIFFICULTY. OWNER'S MANUAL STATED TO REPLACE THE FUSE. THE OCCUPANT REPLACE THE FUSE, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. DEALER SAID THAT THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED MANUFACTURER WAS WILLING TO PAY HALF OF THE BILL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT HAS A PROBLEM. IF IT IS LEANED BACK ON WITH A CERTAIN A MOUNT OF WEIGHT, IT WILL COLAPSE WHILE DRIVING THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIME IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
CAR WAS PURCHASED WITH 15,000 MILES. I HAVE HAD THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THESE THINGS TO BE INVESTIGATED. I KNOW OF 4 OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SOME OF THESE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR 1996 626.
DRIVER WAS REACHING IN REAR OF VEHICLE & THE DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. THE LEVER FAILED TO REMAIN LOCKED IN PLACE. DRIVER TEMPORARILY LOST VISIBILITY. TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER'S. *AK
PARKED VEHICLE AN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN DASH BOARD AREA DUE TO A POSSIBLE ELECTRIAL SHORT.*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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