Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-10-08 | 98V249000 |
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE | 213,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-25 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MAZDA 626. AFTER PLACING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTI… |
| 2015-12-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A PROGRESSING ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND UNKNOWN W… |
| 2015-04-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MAZDA 626. WHILE DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE SENSOR LIGHT SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED AND THE INSTRU… |
| 2015-02-08 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE SHIFTER WAS IN THE PARK POSITION AND POWERED ON… |
| 2012-02-08 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I SMELLED GAS WHENEVER I WOULD GET GAS FOR THE CAR OR SPEED UP THE CAR. SO I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT… |
| 2010-12-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING FROM A DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE STALLED WIT… |
| 2010-08-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1996 MAZDA 626 O/D LIGHT FLASHING AND TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING. *TR |
| 2010-06-26 | AIR BAGS | No | 1 | AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IN MY 1996 MAZDA 626. WITHOUT ANY REASON, WHILE DRIVING. CAUSING SCRAPES AND BRUISING, AND THE WINDS… |
| 2010-04-10 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THREE INCH CRACK IN TOP OF RULE TANK ,SEAT BELTS BROKE AND SLOW TO ROLE BACK UP AND PLASTIC PARTS USED IN DOOR OPENING … |
| 2010-04-09 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MAZDA 626. AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICL… |
| 2010-01-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | HI I HAVE A 1996 MAZDA 626 LX AND THE O/D LIGHT JUST WENT OFF AT 176,000 MILES. I READ SEVERAL FORUMS ONLINE AND THEY A… |
| 2010-01-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | HI I HAVE A 1996 MAZDA 626 LX AND THE O/D LIGHT JUST WENT OFF AT 167,000 MILES. I READ SEVERAL FORUMS ONLINE AND THEY A… |
| 2009-08-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | SECOND TIME AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED!!! *TR |
| 2009-08-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE O/D OFF LIGHT ON VEHICLE FLASHES. I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT IS KNOWN TO MAZDA. MAZDA SH… |
| 2009-08-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MY 1996 MAZDA 626 FAILED. AS I DID RESEARCH I FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED ONC… |
| 2009-08-14 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MAZDA 626 1996, OD-OFF BLINKING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. *TR |
| 2008-12-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION SEAL LEAKING. *TR |
| 2008-10-16 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILED ON 1996 MAZDA 626. REPLACED WITH USED TRANSMISSION THAT ALSO FAILED WITHIN 3 MONTHS. *TR |
| 2008-09-29 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I PURCHASED MY 626 IN 2003. I WISH I WOULD HAVE DONE RESEARCH BEFOREHAND. I INSTALLED A TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER THE S… |
| 2008-06-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN 1996 MAZDA 626 . *TR |
| 2008-05-16 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A 96 MAZDA 626 THAT IS HAVING CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND AM BEING TOLD T… |
| 2008-05-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 96 MAZDA 626 JUST STARTED ACTING UP ONE DAY IT WILL WORK FINE UNTIL IT WARMS UP THEN IT STARTS S… |
| 2008-03-08 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | OVER DRIVE LIGHT KEEPS BLINKING, REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWO TIME AND CAR O/D LIGHT STILL BLINKS, TRANSMISSION ABOUT TO G… |
| 2008-03-04 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | ON MY 1996 MY MAZDA 626 I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM … |
| 2007-09-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE - DRIVING MY CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTS BUCKING AND ALMOST CAUSED ME… |
| 2007-08-23 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. WENT BACK TO VEHICLE CRANKED IT UP, AND WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE. THE SHIFTER WOULD M… |
| 2007-07-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING THAT I WISH I HAD PULLED UP THIS WEB SITE BEFORE I PURCHASED THIS AUTOMOBILE. APPARENTLY, OTHER … |
| 2007-07-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER | No | 0 | I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MY MAZDA 626 LX 1996 MODEL. I BOUGHT THIS USED CAR ON JAN 2006 A… |
| 2007-03-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A 1996 MAZDA 626 LX AT APPROXIMATELY 82,000 MILES THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. I HAD REBUILT AND NOW IT… |
| 2007-03-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I BROUGHT A 1996 MAZDA 626 USED FROM A CAR LOT SATURDAY MARCH 24,2007 AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT THE NEXT DAY . I FO… |
| 2007-03-23 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 4TH TIME IN 6 YEARS, OD LIGHT STARTS FLASHING AFTER DRIVING FOR APPROX 1 HOUR ON HIGHWAY. SHIFTING IS NOT WITH MOTOR, T… |
| 2007-03-02 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2ND TRANSMISSION FAILURE OF CAR. HAPPENS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. IN THIS CASE IN TRAFFIC. *JB |
| 2007-02-19 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | I WAS DRIVING ON 131 NORTH ABOUT 75-80 MPH AND MY AIRBAGS (BOTH SIDES) DEPLOYED. THERE IS NO DAMAGE AND I DID NOT HIT … |
| 2007-02-16 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1996 MAZDA 626. *NM |
| 2006-11-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND THE O/D LIGHT FLASHED. *NM |
| 2006-10-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION BEGINNING TO FAIL. BROKE DOWN NUMEROUS TIMES ON A LONG DRIVE LATE AT NIGHT. *NM |
| 2006-09-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1996 MAZDA 626 OVERDRIVE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHIFTING VERY ROUGH. TURNING CAR OFF AND RESTARTIN… |
| 2006-07-09 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY CAR HAS A LITTLE LESS THAN 90,000 MILES. EVERY TIME I DRIVE THIS CAR FOR MORE THAN 30 MILES OR SO, SOMETIMES LESS IF… |
| 2006-06-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE 1996 MAZDA 626 LX, 4 CYLINDER. AT 100,000 (IN 2004) TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. I GOT NEW ONE WITH 30,000 M… |
| 2006-06-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I BROUGHT MY 1996 MAZDA 626 INTO HOEHN MAZDA OF CARLSBAD, CA FOR A SPECIFIC CODE (P0441-EVAP EMISSIONS CONTROL-INCORREC… |
| 2006-05-31 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | FAULTY COMPONENT CAUSES LOW PUMP VOLUME IN TRANSMISSION, WHICH ULTIMATELY LEADS TO OVERHEATING AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE… |
| 2006-05-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 98K MILES. NEEDE TO BE REPLACED. *NM |
| 2006-05-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 1996 MAZDA 626 LX HAS 86K MILES ON IT. I NOTICED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, IT WAS LEAKING FLUID (I THOUGHT IT WAS OIL… |
| 2006-03-19 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | Yes | 99 | MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION CD4E IS FAULTY. WHY SHOULD MAZDA BE ALLOWED TO GET OFF SCOTT FREE WHILE THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS … |
| 2006-03-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION HAS NOW WENT OUT TWICE IN MY 1996 MAZDA 626 WITHIN A YEAR. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS. IT JUST HAPPENED! CAME … |
| 2006-02-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION ON A USED MAZDA 626 4 CYLINDER. (1996) FAILED AT 112K MILES. BOUGHT CAR USED AT 108K MILES, GOD KNOWS HOW … |
| 2006-01-31 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | FOR THE FIFTH TIME IN THREE YEARS THE TRANSMISSION O/D LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH, WITHIN ONE MINUTE THE TRANSMISSION WHEN IN… |
| 2006-01-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1996 MAZDA 626 WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS HAD WHAT I CONSIDER EARLY TRANSMISSION FAILURE. FROM WHAT I H… |
| 2005-12-23 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE SPLIT OPEN CAUSING THE METAL PIN THAT HOLDS BUCKLE TO THE BELT PORTION TO FALL OUT, CA… |
| 2005-11-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AFTER ALREADY REPLACING MY TRANSMISSION ONCE, I HAVE TO AGAIN DUE TO ANOTHER FAILURE. THE CAR HAS 125,000 MILES AND SO … |