Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-12-17 | 99V358000 |
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | 40,000 | — | Details |
| 1999-08-16 | 99I005000 |
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | 47,651 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION WON'T SHIFT PROPERLY. WHEN IT DOES SHIFT, IT SHIFTS HARD. OD LIGHT FLASHES. WAS DRIVING VEHICLE FROM WOR… |
| 2010-08-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THE 1994 MAZDA 626LX WITH A V-6 2.5L MOTOR HAS REQUIRED 3 TRANSMISSIONS IN THE 8 YEARS I HAVE OWNED THE CAR. THE WATER… |
| 2010-05-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE HOLD LIGHT IS CONTINUALLY FLASHING. THIS STARTED ON SUNDAY MAY 16, 2010. I CALLED MAZDA MAPLE SHADE MADE AN APPT.… |
| 2010-01-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I PUCHASED A 1994 MAZDA 626 2.0L AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR THEY HAD TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSIO… |
| 2009-01-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A 1994 USED MAZDA 626 LX A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AGO FOR $1600.00. AND I PUT ANOTHER $500.00 IN IT GETTING 2 NEW… |
| 2009-01-02 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I PURCHASE A 1994 MAZDA 626LX AUTOMATIC SEDAN APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS AGO, FROM AN INDIVIDUAL HERE IN AUSTIN, TX. APPR… |
| 2008-07-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | ROUGH TRANSMISSION SHIFTING THAT OCCURS ALMOST EVERY DAY WITH O/D LIGHT FLASHING. NO REPAIR SHOP IS ABLE TO FIND WHAT … |
| 2008-05-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION ON 1994 MAZDA HOLD LIGHT FLASHING. *TR |
| 2008-01-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. *TR |
| 2007-08-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | REAR CALIPERS WILL NOT STOP SEIZING. TRIED USING REMAN'D AND NEW WITH THE SAME RESULTS. *TR |
| 2007-07-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1994 MAZDA 626 AUTO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS BY MANUFACTURER RESULTING IN DEFECTIVE AUTO TRAN… |
| 2007-06-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MAZDA 1994 100K MILES TRANSMISSION SHIFTS BADLY AND HOLD LIGHT BLINKS AND JUMPS LIKE A MONSTER WHEN SHIFTS GEARS. LOSES… |
| 2007-05-04 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. HIGH RPM RACING FOR PROLONGED PERIODS BETWEEN EACH GEAR SHIFT. TODAY, "HOLD" BUTT… |
| 2006-12-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | REPETITIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURES ON MY 1994 MAZDA 626 ALREADY COST ME MANY THOUSANDS DOLLARS. HISTORY: DECE… |
| 2006-11-13 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | Yes | 1 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 MAZDA 626. THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING AND A NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE BRAKES. THE MECHANI… |
| 2006-09-09 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A MAZDA 626 1994. ON 9/9/06 I CALLED BIDOLUPH MAZDA TO ASK ABOUT A RECALL ON MY TRANSMISSION FOR MY 94, 626. … |
| 2006-09-09 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. *JB |
| 2006-01-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION HOLD LIGHT COME ON AND OFF,WILL NOT OPERATE IN DRIVE,REVERSE OR ANY OTHER GEAR. TRANS SEEM TO BE OVER HEA… |
| 2005-08-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | Yes | 1 | I HAVE A 1994 MAZDA 626. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BURNT OUT ONE MONTH AFTER A FACTORY RECONDITIONED TRANSMISSION WAS… |
| 2005-07-29 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | PURCHASED A 1994 MAZDA 626 THAT SEEMS TO HAVE PROBLEMS CONSISTENT WITH MANY OTHER OWNERS COMPLAINTS. IDLES HARD AND JU… |
| 2005-07-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I OWN A 94 MAZDA 626 4 CYLINDER. IT HAS 116000 MILES AND NOW THE HOLD(O/D) LIGHT IS BLINKING, IT IS SHIFTING HARD, AND… |
| 2005-07-03 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I THOUGHT I WAS GTOOD TO GO AFTER INSTALLING MY THE SECOND TRANSMISSION IN MY 94 MAZDA 626, ONE YEAR LATER I AM IN THE … |
| 2005-06-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 94 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION FAILURE (3 TIMES), HOLD LIGHT FLASHES, JERKS INTO GEARS. |
| 2005-05-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | (1)I BOUGHT A USED 1994 MAZDA 626 WITH AN AUTOMATIC 4 CYLINDER CD4E TRANSMISSION AND 2.0 LITER ENGINE ON 10/7/04. A MON… |
| 2005-04-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I OWN A 1994 MAZDA 626 - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE "HOLD" LIGHT BLINKING ON MY DASHBO… |
| 2005-03-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | ONCE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 55 MPH AND HIGHER IT SEEMS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION COMES OUT OF GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. THE REASON B… |
| 2005-03-11 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A MADZA 626 (1994) AND THE TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED WORKING. IT WILL GO IN REVERSE, BUT THATS IT. I HAD THE FLU… |
| 2005-03-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | EVENT LEADING UP TO FAILURE: MY 1994 MAZDA 626 LX 4 CYL. AUTOMATIC CAR WAS NOT SHIFTING INTO FIRST OR SECOND GEAR WELL… |
| 2005-02-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID SPILLS INTO A VENT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMEN… |
| 2005-02-09 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANSMISSION SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR I HAVE A 94 MAZDA 626 4CYL 2.0 NOW I HAVE TO SPEND OVER … |
| 2005-01-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WINDOW IS OFF TRACK AND OVERDRIVE INDICATOR FLASHES ON THE DASHBOARD. *NM |
| 2005-01-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 1994 MAZDA 626 "HOLD LIGHT" FLASHES ON A DAILY BASIS AND WHEN IT TRIES TO SHIFT TO A LOWER GEAR, IE: AT SPEEDS UNDER… |
| 2005-01-11 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | REPLACED MY MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION 3 TIMES, THE LAST TWO TIMES I DEPLOYED WITH THE ARMY, HENCE THE WARRANTY TIME PERIOD… |
| 2004-12-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON A MAZDA 626 LX MODEL 1994. SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM DUE TO FAULTY PARTS/DESIGN OF VEHIC… |
| 2004-11-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO COAST DOWN TO 30 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT TR… |
| 2004-10-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | VEHICLE STOPPED ON A BRIDGE AT 45 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. VEHICLE WOULD NOT PICK UP GEARS, NOR GO INTO REVERSE. THE T… |
| 2004-10-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM IT HAD BEEN REPLACED AT AROUND 60K MILES. N… |
| 2004-10-02 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1994 MAZDA 626 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE.1 THE CAR WAS BOUGHT WITH A PULL WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR OTHER… |
| 2004-09-27 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. LIGHT IS FLASHING ON DASHBOARD. TOO MANY COMPLAINTS NOT TO BE RECALLED OR FIXED BY THE… |
| 2004-08-06 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | A CONSTANT FLASING OF THE O/D LIGHT AFTER LONG TRIPS.*AK |
| 2004-08-03 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. 15 MINUTES AFTER STARTING TO DRIVE IN COLD START THE HOLD… |
| 2004-07-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | INTERMITTANT SURGING FROM TRANSMISSION, FLASHING HOLD LIGHT. SOME TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE, THEN TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 1… |
| 2004-06-02 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE SHIFTING GEARS VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE… |
| 2004-04-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A 1994 MAZDA 626 WITH 72,000 MILES. AT 84,000 MILES, MY HOLD LIGHT WOULD START FLASHING ON AND OFF, WHEN TH… |
| 2004-04-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1994 MAZDA 626 AUTOMATIC WHILE DRIVING IN HIGHWAY AT 60 MILES/HOUR, SUDDENTLY THE ENGINE SHUDDERED, WITH TRANSMISSION… |
| 2004-03-23 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THIS VEHICLE HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED. ALSO, VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT ANY GIVEN TIME. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BA… |
| 2004-03-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 94 626 WHICH HAS BEEN TREATED WITH KID GLOVES HAS ACTED ERRATIC AND HAS BEEN CAUSING OTHER COMPO… |
| 2004-02-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY TRANSMISSION ON 1996 MAZDA 626. VERY HARSH UPWARD SHIFTING SPECIALLY FROM 1ST TO SECOND GEAR. D… |
| 2004-02-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1994 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION HOLD LIGHT BLINKED BEFORE I HAD TO BUY A SECOND REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. I HAD TO CORREC… |
| 2004-02-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. MY MAZDA 626 HAS HAD CONSISTENT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON 3RD AND 4TH GEARS … |