2002 Mazda 626

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/29/2004· VISIBILITY

  THE SUN VISOR FELL DOWN WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, WHICH OBSTRUCTED THE CONSUMER VIEW AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE DEALER AND HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE. *JB

• 12/26/2002· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  CAR DOES NOT RUN/START OR ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AND IT IDLES INAPPROPRIATELY. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED 10/02. IT WENT TO THE DEALER 11/02 AFTER ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AND CAR WOULD NOT START/DRIVE. CAR RETURNED 36 DAYS LATER. CAR NOW HAS ENGINE LIGHT ON AND IS AT A DIFFERENT DEALER FOR THREE DAYS

• 12/20/2006· POWER TRAIN

  TL* - THE CONTACTS OVERDRIVE BUTTON WAS FLASHING ON AND OFF AND THE CAR WAS JERKING. THE CONTACT TOOK CAR TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST, AND WAS TOLD THAT MAZDA WAS NOTORIOUS FOR CAR JERKING, AND THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED. THE CONTACT SAYS THAT THERE IS A SAFETY RECALL ON HER TRANSMISSION AND WOULD LIKE FOR THE DEALER TO PAY FOR THE WORK.

• 12/19/2015· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  THE CAR STARTED TO NOT WANT TO CRANK IT WOULD CRANK SOMETIMES THEN ONE DAY WE WENT TO THE STORE THEN WHEN WE WENT TO LEAVE THE STORE IT FINALLY JUST STOPPED TRYING TO CRANK ONLY MAKING A CLICKING SOUND AND WHILE TRYING TO CRANK IT THE STEERING COLUMN STARTED SMOKING AND ALMOST CAUGHT ON FIRE I BELIEVE IT IS THE IGNITION SWITCH

• 12/15/2006· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

  2002 626 PISTON RINGS FAILED DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT PER THE MECHANIC. THERE WAS SCARING FOUND ON THE CYLINDER WALLS ALSO PISTONS LOWER COMPRESSION RING FAILED. *TS THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS STARTING TO RUN HOT. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD SHE NEEDED A NEW OVERFLOW COOLANT BOTTLE BECAUSE IT WAS CRACKED ALONG THE SEAM. THE CONSUMER WAS ALSO TOLD THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW CV BOOT. *JB

• 12/03/2012· POWER TRAIN

  ON ACCELERATION FROM BEING STOPPED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD MAKE A SERIES OF POPPING SOUNDS. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED TO BE A STRETCHED DRIVE CHAIN IN THE TRANSMISSION. INSTANCES OF HIGH TORQUE WOULD CAUSE THE CHAIN TO SKIP PAST TEETH, CAUSING THE POPPING NOISE. DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT IF PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUE THE CD4E TRANSMISSION THE ENTIRE UNIT WAS REPLACED. *TR

• 12/02/2016· POWER TRAIN

  TAMARA RECALL

• 12/01/2004· POWER TRAIN

  MY TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN YOU PUT IN GEAR AND WHEN YOU BRAKE AND HIT THE GAS. THE TRANSMISSION ACTS LIKE SOMETHING IS WRONG. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, SENATOR MAZDA ON FLORIN RD IN SAC. AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE MOTOR MOUNDS THAT NEEDED REPLACING BUT WHEN I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER CAR REPAIR PLACE THEY SAID THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE MOUNDS OR THE TRANSMISSION THAT THE 626 HAS A JERKY TRANSMISSION AND TO WATCH IT IN THE FUTURE.*AK

• 11/28/2002· TIRES

  NOTICED BULGE ON SIDEWALL OF TIRE. REPLACED TIRE TO PREVENT TIRE FAILURE AND POSSIBLE ACCIDENT/CASUALTIRES. DT

• 11/26/2003· AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTSCrash

  THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END ACCIDENT. THE IMPACT WAS ABOUT 25 TO 30 MPH YET NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED NOR DID THE SEAT BELT HOLD THE DRIVER. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE PRIOR TO THE CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. A POLICE REPORT WAS ISSUED. *NLM

• 11/25/2003· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING, SPEED NOT ESTIMATED, THE OVER DRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE OWNER THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *NLM

• 11/23/2003· POWER TRAIN

  MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE AGAIN WITH MY MAZDA 626. SECOND TIME SINCE PURCHASE OF THE CAR. ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 5,000 MILES AND A REBUILT TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED. SECOND MAJOR FAILURE CAME JUST THE OTHER DAY. *LA

• 11/22/2006· POWER TRAIN

  2002 4 CYL AUTO MAZDA 626. AUG 2005 - TRANSMISSION WENT OUT - $1800 REPAIR (ABOUT 60K MILEAGE) PRESENT - NOV 2006 - CAR RUNS ROUGH, THEN O/D LIGHT STARTS BLINKING. ONLINE RESEARCH STATES EITHER COMPUTER MODULE PROBLEM (REPORTING SPEED TO TRANSMISSION) OR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IN THE 626'S HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR MANY YEARS - I BELIEVE BACK TO AROUND 1992 THROUGH 2002 (LAST YEAR MADE). WHEN IS MAZDA GOING TO OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM AND ISSUE A RECALL OR FIX THE BROKEN TRANSMISSIONS. *JB

• 11/22/2006· POWER TRAIN

  I OWN A 1992 4CYL AUTOMATIC MAZDA 626. IN AUG 2005 - THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. I BELIEVE AT THE TIME THE MILEAGE WAS AROUND 60K. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONGST MAZDA 626'S BUT MAZDA WAS NOT OWNING UP TO THE PROBLEM. NOW, NOV 2006 - 15 MONTHS LATER, THE CAR STARTED TO RUN ROUGH, AND THEN THE O/D LIGHT STARTED BLINKING. AGAIN I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT A LOT OF REPAIR SHOPS AND MAZDA STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD - ALSO IT WAS NOTED THAT IT MAY ALSO BE A COMPUTER PROBLEM. HOW MANY TRANSMISSIONS DOES MAZDA HAVE TO HAVE BREAK BEFORE THEY OWN UP TO THE PROBLEM AND ISSUE A RECALL FOR ALL 626 TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS? *JB

• 11/10/2007· POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  I HAVE A 2002 MAZDA 626 4CYL WITH 71,200 MILES. I HAD JUST PAID IT OFF LAST MONTH AND COME TO FIND OUT MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT ON ME. WHEN ACCELERATING IT SOUNDS AS IF GEARS ARE GRINDING. THERE WAS A COUPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST 3 MONTHS MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT IN AND WAS TOLD MY BATTERY CONNECTION WAS LOOSE. OTHER THAN THAT THERE WAS NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS AND HAPPENED ALL OF A SUDDEN. I HAVE TRIED TO CHANGE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE DEFECTED TRANSMISSION IS STILL IN THE VEHICLE CONTINUING WITH GRINDING NOISE. TOOK IT BACK IN AND TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION IS ABOUT TO NEED REBUILDING I HAVE READ MANY PROBLEMS ONLINE DATING BACK TO 1996 REGARDING THESE 626'S TRANSMISSIONS AND HERE IS ANOTHER ONE. *TR

• 11/09/2005· POWER TRAIN

  DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARALLEL PARK THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT COME OUT OF REVERSE. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS INDICATING THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. A LOCAL MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

• 11/06/2003· POWER TRAIN

  2002 MAZDA 626 LX, TRANSMISSION IS JERKY, BROUGHT TO 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS, TOLD ME THAT IT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF 626'S. VERY WORRIED THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN SOON IF SOMETHING ISN'T DONE. GOING TO CONTACT MAZDA TODAY.*AK

• 11/04/2012· POWER TRAIN

  HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED IN 2010 AFTER HARD SHIFTING AND SKIPPING GEARS, SAME PROBLEM AGAIN STARTED IN SEPTEMBER 2012. SHOULD NOT BE REPLACING A TRANSMISSION EVERY TWO YEARS. *TR

• 11/04/2005· POWER TRAIN

  MAZDA 626 2002 TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CAR 58K MILES. THE INCIDENT MADE DRIVING THE CAR VERY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS (ESPECIALLY FOR MERGING INTO HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC). THE TRANSMISSION WOULD JUST SPIN AND NOT SWITCH GEARS PROPERLY. THERE WAS LITTLE WARNING FOR THIS CONDITION TO OCCUR. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AT THE OWNERS COST. NOTE THAT THE TRANSMISSION USED WAS A FORD MODEL CD4E TRANSMISSION, DESIGNED FOR LIGHTERS CARS AND PUT IT ON THE MAZDA 626. MAZDA KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND HAS ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT THE METHOD OF COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE DEALERSHIPS WAS INEFFECTIVE SINCE THERE ARE MANY OTHER OWNERS WITH A SIMILAR PROBLEM (PER THE ARTICLES THAT I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET). *JB

• 10/30/2007· POWER TRAIN

  COMPLETE AND UTTER TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

• 10/27/2014· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE ON HIGHWAY. TRANSMISSION FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 45,000 MILES. REPAIR ENDED UP COSTING APPROXIMATELY $3,000 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. I HAD OWNED THE CAR FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS AT TIME OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND HAD PUT LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON IT PERSONALLY. CAR WAS PURCHASED USED BUT IN GOOD CONDITION. *TR

• 10/27/2006· POWER TRAIN

  AT AROUND 30000 MILES WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER COMPLAINING OF A STUTTERING PROBLEM WHEN ACCELERATING AND INSISTED THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. DEALER FOUND NO OBVIOUS PROBLEM BUT DID REPLACE THE FUEL FILTER. TOOK THE CAR BACK SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS STILL, NO PROBLEM. AT AROUND 89000, TOOK THE CAR BACK IN BECAUSE TRANSMISSION "JUMPED" INTO REVERSE. DEALER STATED TRANSMISSION LOOKED FINE BUT RECOMMENDED A FLUSH SO WE DID. DEALER ALSO STATED TRAN-AXLES WERE CRACKED/RUSTED SO WE REPLACED THEM AT A COST OF $500 (DEALER SAID THIS WAS A VERY UNUSUAL PROBLEM AND THAT IT WAS PROBABLY A BAD PART). THE NEXT DAY, I NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID ON OUR GARAGE FLOOR. I CALLED THE DEALER AND TOOK IT BACK ASAP. THEY SAID THERE WAS A BROKEN SEAL AND THEY REPLACED IT. A FEW DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED THE DEALER AND SCHEDULED THE CAR FOR ANOTHER APPT. LATER THAT SAME DAY, WHILE SITTING AT A BUSY INTERSECTION, THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO MY OFFICE A 1/2 MILE AWAY AND CALLED THE DEALER. THEY SAID TO BRING IT IN. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR THERE BY DRIVING IT IN D1 LATE AT NIGHT AS TO AVOID TRAFFIC. DEALER EXAMINED AND CONFIRMED THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT. I QUESTIONED AS TO WHY A WEEK EARLIER THE TRANSMISSION "LOOKED GOOD" AND THEY ONLY RECOMMENDED A FLUSH. NO ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. DEALER CREDITED BACK THE FLUSH AND SENT THE CAR TO A LOCAL SHOP FOR THE TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL. STILL DO NOT HAVE CAR BACK THREE WEEKS LATER. ALL SERVICE/REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE AT THE DEALER. IF PROBLEM WAS ADDRESSED WHEN FIRST BROUGHT IN, WARRANTY WOULD HAVE COVERED THE MUCH NEEDED REPAIR. MAZDA OBVIOUSLY HAS MADE A MISTAKE AND IS NOT OWNING UP. MANY PEOPLE TRANSPORT CHILDREN IN THIS STYLE OF VEHICLE AND MAZDA NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE THE HARM THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS FACE. WILL ALSO BE CONTACTING MO ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE TO FILE A COMPLAINT. *NM

• 10/15/2009· SUSPENSION

  2002 MAZDA 626 ES, LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING FAILED. FRONT DRIVE SHAFT FAILED. *TR

• 10/13/2010· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. WHILE TRYING TO MAINTAIN SPEED TO EXIT THE FREEWAY, THE ENGINE STARTED TO OVERHEAT. AS SOON AS I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO THE LOCAL GAS STATION PARKING SPOT, THE ENGINE DIED. THE TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO NEED A REBUILD. *TR

• 10/05/2005· POWER TRAIN

  MY 2002 MAZDA 626 GAVE OUT ON ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 70 MPH. HAD TO STOP AND PULL OVER. HAVE THE CAR TOWED OVER 60 MILES HOME TO HAVE IT TOWED TO MAZDA FOR THEM TO CHARGE 170.00 TO TOW AND CHECK THE CAR TO TELL ME IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION AND MY WARRANTY WAS UP A WEEK BEFORE. WOULD NOT GIVE ME THE WARRANTY TO COVER THE TRANSMISSION. *NM

• 10/04/2010· POWER TRAIN

  2002 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION BROKE ON ME AT 107,000 ODO . *TR

• 09/29/2004· AIR BAGSCrash

  WHILE DRIVING 40-45 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE INJURIES. CONSUMER WAS PREGNANT, AND HIT HER HEAD AND CHEST ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THERE WAS ALSO A THIRTEEN YEAR OLD IN THE VEHICLE THAT WAS INJURED. BOTH CONSUMER AND THE PASSENGER WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS. VEHICLE WAS SALVAGED. *AK

• 09/25/2010· POWER TRAIN

  AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

• 09/17/2016· POWER TRAINCrash

  MY CAR WAS DRIVING FINE AND THEN ONE DAY AS I WAS LEAVING WORK MY CAR STARTED ACTING AS THOUGH IT WANTED TO SHUT OFF. I MADE IT ALL THE WAY HOME AND WAS GOING TO GO TO THE STORE AND MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR I TRIED TO ADD TRANSMISSION FLUIDS BUT IT SOUNDS NOT MOVE.

• 09/15/2003· STEERING

  WHEN A TURN WAS MADE, THE STEERING WHEEL MADE A SQUEAKING NOISE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. *AK *TS *JB

• 09/12/2003· TIRES

  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BRIDGETONE TIRES MODEL- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SIZE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -DOT- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TREAD SEPARATED AND BLEW UP. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE HOLE APPEARED TO BE IN THE LINE THAT CONNECTS THE TREAD TO THE REMAINDER OF THE TIRE. *SCC *JB

• 09/09/2009· POWER TRAIN

  2002 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION CHAIN FAILURE. CAR HAS ONLY 72K MILES ON IT, NEEDS ENTIRE RE-BUILT TRANSMISSION COSTING OVER $1900.00. *TR

• 09/06/2007· POWER TRAIN

  I OWN A MAZDA 2002 626 LX WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IT WAS PURCHASED ON DECEMBER 12, 2004 AND HAS ONLY 43,700 MILES ON IT. THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON THE CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN PERFORMED AS OUTLINED IN THE CAR MAINTENANCE MANUAL. ON JULY 13, 2007 THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS. SOME TIME WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO THE REVERSE GEAR IT WILL MAKE A SCREECHING NOISE AND THE GEAR WILL NOT ENGAGE. ON JULY 14, 2007 I CALLED TWO MAZDA DEALERSHIPS AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS OUT OF WARRANTY (TIME WISE, NOT MILEAGE WISE) AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION. ON JULY 16, 2007 I TOOK IT TO AN AAMCO SHOP. A DAY LATER I WAS TOLD BY AAMCO THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE RE-BUILT. IT COST ME $2510 TO GET THE TRANSMISSION RE-BUILD. THIS WAS A HUGE UNEXPECTED EXPENSE BECAUSE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED AT SUCH A LOW MILEAGE DUE TO SOME INHERENT DEFECT. *TR

• 09/01/2005· POWER TRAIN

  THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 MAZDA 626 I4 FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED BY MAZDA SERVICE IN MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA. *NM

• 08/31/2007· POWER TRAIN

  THE CAR IS A 2002 MAZDA 626 WITH APPROXIMATELY 90K MILES. THE CAR WAS NOT IN A CRASH OR INCIDENT LEADING UP TO THE ISSUE. AUGUST 28, 2007-DRIVING ON I-5 ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK THE O/D LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH. I WAS APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES FROM HOME SO I CONTINUED ON. THE NEXT MORNING I STARTED THE CAR AND BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. IT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR AT ALL. REVERSE WORKS JUST FINE. IT WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANIC AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY DEAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE COST OF THIS IS GOING TO BE $1350 FOR A REBUILT/REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION AND LABOR ($650). THIS IS A TOTAL OF $2,000 NOT INCLUDING TAX. THERE WERE NO USED TRANSMISSIONS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME. BASED ON MY RESEARCH THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MAZDA 626S AND THEY'VE ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN # 05-005/02 DEALS WITH ONE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCE: AFTER EXTENDED HIGHWAY DRIVING, THE O/D OFF LIGHT IS BLINKING AND CODE P1783 IS SET (EXCESSIVE ATF TEMPERATURE). THE TSB REQUIRES THAT A COOLING KIT BE INSTALLED DUE TO OVERHEATING WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION THE KIT IS INSTALLED AT THE COST OF THE OWNER WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $1,236 (QUOTED BY SENATOR MAZDA). THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE CD4E WAS MEANT FOR THE FORD CONTOUR/MYSTIQUE WHICH IS MUCH LIGHTER THAN THE MAZDA 626. IN ADDITION, THE MANUAL DOESN'T MENTION ANY SERVICING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRANSMISSION NOR HAVE I BEEN CONTACTED AS MAZDA'S DUE DILIGENCE TO REACH OUT TO THEIR 626 OWNERS TO FIX THE PROBLEM AS A PEREMPTORY STRIKE. *JB

• 08/28/2016· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION JERKS-HARD KICKING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISION/DEFECTIVE TRANSMISION ON THIS MODEL NO MATTER WHAT I DO TO TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM.(FLUID FILTER SPEED SENSOR ETC)STILL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM...THIS PROBLEM IS WELL KNOWN ON ALL THE MAZDA VEHICLES WITH THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION

• 08/28/2010· POWER TRAIN

  AUTO TRANSMISSION HAS CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH LEAKING AND SHIFTING. TONS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE OF PROBLEMS WITH THESE CARS. WHY CANT SOMETHING BE DONE ABOUT THIS LIKE A RECALL? *TR

• 08/03/2006· POWER TRAIN

  2002 MAZDA 626 GEAR SHIFT CABLE CLIP BROKE, VEHICLE WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS. *KB THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY WHICH WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE FAILURE. THE TECH STATED THAT THE CLIP THAT HOLDS THE CABLE IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND OVER TIME THE PLASTIC BECOMES THIN AND BREAKS. THE TECHNICIAN USED A METAL CLIP WHEN HE REPLACED IT. *NM

• 08/03/2005· POWER TRAIN

  2002 MAZDA 626, 4 CYLINDER AUTOMATIC CAR DROVE FINE UNTIL 2 DAYS AGO WHEN IT STARTED STUTTERING ON TAKEOFF. TOOK IT TO A MAINTENANCE SHOP WHO SAID 1ST GEAR IS PRETTY MUCH GONE AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. RESEARCHING ON THE WEB HAS INDICATED THAT THIS IA COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE 4 CYLINDER MAZDA 626 AUTOMATICS. *NM

• 07/25/2002· EQUIPMENT

  CONSUMER STATES AIR CONDITIONER IS CONSTANTLY BLOWING COLD AIR IN VEHICLE, CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO TURN OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. DEALER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY.*AK CONSUMER STATES THIS HAS ALSO REDUCED GAS MILEAGE.*JB

• 07/16/2014· POWER TRAIN

  MY CAR WILL MOVE FINE UNTIL IT WARMS UP BUT THEN SLIPS OUT OF ALL GEARS AND WONT MOVE UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. *TR

• 07/13/2005· AIR BAGSCrash

  DT: CONSUMER STATES SHE HAD AN ACCIDENT ON 7-8-05. SHE WAS HIT ON THE FRONT END OF HER CAR BY SOMEONE TRAVELING WEST. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. SHE HAS NOT TALKED TO THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER. SHE DOES NOT KNOW HOW FAST THE PERSON WHO HIT HER WAS GOING. THE CONSUMER WAS GOING APPROX. 55-60 MPH. THERE HAD BEEN NO PREVIOUS AIR BAG PROBLEMS. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT HAD NOT COME ON. SHE DID APPLY HER BRAKES PRIOR TO IMPACT. SHE WAS WEARING HER SEAT BELT. THERE IS A POLICE REPORT ON THE ACCIDENT. *JB

• 07/06/2008· POWER TRAIN

  I HAVE A 2002 MAZDA 626 AND ON JULY 5,08 MY CAR TRANS STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS GOING UPHILL. I HAD TO SWERVE THE CAR TO KEEP IT FROM ROLLING BACKWARD INTO ANOTHER CAR. *TR

• 06/30/2008· POWER TRAIN

  NO EVENTS LEAD UP TO MY FAILURE. WE OWN AND HAVE A WELL MAINTAINED MAZDA 626 AND IT STOPPED DRIVING THE OTHER DAY. NO WARNING OR PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THIS - JUST STOPPED RUNNING. WHILE WE WERE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT STARTED TO NOT ACCELERATE OR SHIFT ERRATICALLY AND ROUGHLY. *TR

• 06/23/2008· POWER TRAIN

  THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2002 MAZDA 626 HAS BEGAN MAKING NOISES NOW. IT IS CLICKING AND JERKING THE CAR. *TR

• 06/19/2007· POWER TRAIN

  WHEN STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN GIVEN GAS. CAR NEVER PULLED WELL WHEN DRIVING. THE CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP BEFORE IT BROKE DOWN. THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THE 626. IN LESS THAN 9 MONTHS THE CAR STOPPED PULLING ALL TOGETHER. *AK

• 06/19/2006· POWER TRAIN

  MY 2002 MAZDA 626 HAS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH ONLY 77,000 MILES ON IT. IT JERKS WHEN THE GEAR SHIFTS. THE DEALERSHIP SAID I NEED TO HAVE IT REPLACED AT $3,000. *NM

• 06/19/2002· SUSPENSION

  WHILE DRIVING HEARD HUMMING NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. A LOOSE BEARING ON RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. REPLACED PART. WHILE DRIVING AGAIN, HEARD A NOISE WHEEL FRONT RIGHT WHEEL FELL OFF.*AK

• 06/11/2009· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 75,000 MILES. *TR

• 06/07/2017· ENGINE

  THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE NOW. EVEN AFTER WE GET IT FIXED IT STILLS JERKS AND SOUNDS LIKE THE ENGINE IS GOING TO FALL OUT. IT HAS A TERRIBLE TIME SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PUT IT IN REVERSE IT JUMPS AND SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING TO FALL OUT. MY DAD IS 94 YEARS OLD AND NEEDS THIS CAR TO WORK. HE DOESN'T NEED TO GO OUT AND BUY ANOTHER ONE OR SPEND ANOTHER $1800 OR SO TO GET THIS ONE FIXED. I HAVE READ A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS CAR AND THE TRANSMISSION AND I FEEL MAZDA NEEDS TO MAKE IT RIGHT.