Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-09-08 | 98V206001 |
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | 40,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE IS STALLING DURING ACCELERATION AND AFTER. SOMETIMES IT'S STOPS AND CLEAR ITSELF UP AND THEN THROWS ITSELF … |
| 2016-12-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A RECALL RESOLUTION REGARDING REP… |
| 2016-04-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; HOWEVER, T… |
| 2016-03-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SEE UPLOADED PDF DOCUMENT. |
| 2015-10-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V674000 (ELECTRICA… |
| 2015-10-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V674000 (ELECTRICA… |
| 2014-11-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | LEFT HOME TO GO TO WORK MADE IT ABOUT 3 MILES FROM MY HOME AND MY TRANSMISSION QUIT WORKING AS I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A… |
| 2013-05-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WE RECENTLY BOUGHT OR MAZDA 626 FROM A DEALER WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WERE GETTING A QUALITY CAR. WE WERE FOOLED. WITH IN … |
| 2011-09-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CPSC#I1190531A. 1997 MAZDA 626. CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE BROUGHT THE CAR IT HAD SEVERE TRANSMISSION ISSUES, AND BEGAN S… |
| 2011-08-22 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1997 MAZDA 626. WHILE AT A STOP, ANOTHER VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO THE FRONT OF THE… |
| 2011-05-26 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | WE HAD JUST BOUGHT MY 1997 MAZDA 626 FROM A FAMILY MEMBER AND HAD ONLY HAD IT ABOUT 3 WEEKS. MY MOTHER IN LAW HAD USED… |
| 2009-08-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 1997 MAZDA 626 TRANNY WENT OUT AT 95K MILES IN 2005 AND AT 146795 MILES THE TRANNY HAS GONE OUT AGAIN. IT'S NOT WORTH … |
| 2009-05-04 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION LIGHT KEEPS BLINKING ONCE RPM REACHES OF 3. *TR |
| 2009-02-11 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 1 | I HAVE A 1997 MAZDA 626 WITH A FORD CD4E TRANSMISSION. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS STORIES OF EARLY TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH … |
| 2009-01-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MAZDA 626 1997 4 CYLINDER TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ONCE THE O/D OFF LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I SHIFT INTO REVERSE, SOMETI… |
| 2008-12-02 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I DROVE MY 1997 MAZDA 626 FOR A DAY AFTER I BOUGHT IT FROM A USED CAR SALESMAN AS IS. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE O/D OFF LIGH… |
| 2008-10-27 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE MAZDA I OWN IS A 1997 MAZDA 625 WITH A CD-4E FORD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IT HAS 96,000 MILES ON IT AND THE TRANSM… |
| 2008-09-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1997 MAZDA 626 2 L 4 CYLINDER WITH 137K MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANSMISSION CD4E… |
| 2008-07-18 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I HAD A COUPON FOR $14.99-OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION FROM FIRESTONE.COM. I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO THE SHOP...DID NOT ROT… |
| 2008-07-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WE HAVE OWNED A 4 CYLINDER 1997 MAZDA THAT HAS HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED TWICE. *TR |
| 2008-06-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE IN REVERSE GEAR. *TR |
| 2008-05-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A 1997 MAZDA 626 WITH 90,000 MILES ON IT IN JANUARY 2007. RECENTLY, AT 112K, THE O/D LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING A… |
| 2008-05-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION. *TR |
| 2008-04-16 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER | No | 0 | 1997 MAZDA 626 LX L4 2.0L 120,625 HAD TO HAVE A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REBUILD CD4E COST $2,539.00. *TR |
| 2008-04-02 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION IN 97 626 MAZDA 4CYL LOCKED UP WHEN TURNING CRUISE CONTROL OFF ON INTERSTATE CAUSING THE FRONT WHEELS T… |
| 2008-04-02 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY TRANSMISSION IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. *TR |
| 2008-03-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | FLASHING "O/D OFF" LIGHT, ROUGH SHIFTING, JERKING, SLUGGISH ACCELERATION NEARLY RESULTING IN T-BONE COLLISION. INCIDEN… |
| 2008-02-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 97 MAZDA 626 2 LITER ENGINE, AUTO TRANSMISSION FAILURES. 1ST TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 80,000, 2ND ONE WENT AT 105,000,… |
| 2007-11-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DRIVING TO WORK ONE DAY IN NORMAL TRAFFIC WHEN WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE PAST 55 TO PASS OTHER CARS IN TRAFFIC. THEN WHE… |
| 2007-11-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1997 MAZDA 626 THAT THE O/D LIGHT HAS BEGUN FLASHING AND THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON. AFTER THE O/D LIGHT CO… |
| 2007-09-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | FAILURE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS AT AN EARLY MILEAGE RANGE. EITHER HAVE TO REPLACE OR HAVE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. *TR |
| 2007-08-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION IS STUCK IN NEUTRAL. *TR |
| 2007-05-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1997 MAZDA 626. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR OVER $1,000. I WAS TOLD THAT MAZDA PUT IN BAD TRA… |
| 2007-04-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ON APRIL 16, 2007. THE VEHIC… |
| 2007-02-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AT 62,000 MILES OVERDRIVE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING, TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHIFTING LIKE A WORN OUT 3 SPEED, DIAGNOSED BY SEVER… |
| 2007-01-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TWO MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING A 97 MAZDA 626 I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANS BECAUSE IT WAS SEVERELY SLIPPING,UPON INSPECTION … |
| 2006-10-08 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 8, 2006, I WAS DRIVING LOCALLY TO VISIT A FRIEND IN A NEW HOME. I HAD JUST TURNED OFF A B… |
| 2006-09-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE...*NM |
| 2006-08-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *NM |
| 2006-08-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 1997 626 MAZDA STARTED ACTING LIKE IT WAS HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING GEARS (IT'S AN AUTOMATIC) AND SOON AFTERWARDS, THE… |
| 2006-07-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 1997 MAZDA 626 HAD A FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE OD LIGHT KEPT FLASHING AND THE CAR SHIFTED ERRATICALLY. THE CO… |
| 2006-06-26 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | No | 1 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 1O MPH AND CROSSING OVER A METAL SEWER COVER (THREE TO FOR 4 INCHES HIGHER A… |
| 2006-06-20 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT ON CONSTANTLY, MEANING IT WILL NOT WORK. *JB |
| 2006-05-27 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 1997 MAZDA 626 HAS GONE OUT AND WOULD NOT APPEAR TO BE AS A RESULT OF ANY ABUSE ON MY PART. MY D… |
| 2006-05-11 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | MY CAR IDLES BACK AND FORTH LIKE SOMEONE IS PRESSING THE GAS AND LETTING OFF. I HAD IT PUT ON A COMPUTER AT ADVANCED AU… |
| 2006-04-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I OWN A 1997 MAZDA 626 LX AND IT HAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION. I TAKE GREAT PRE-MAINTENANCE AND ONLY H… |
| 2006-04-11 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILED ON A MAZDA 626 '97 4CYL, HARDLY 9 YEARS AFTER MANUFACTURE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION … |
| 2006-03-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A USED 1997 626DX IN 2000. AND HAVE HAD PROBLEMS FROM THE TRANS ANY SENSE. ONE MONTH AFTER I BROUGHT THE CAR … |
| 2006-03-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY WIFE AND I OWN A 1997 MAZDA 626. IN 2006, SEEMINGLY OUT OF NOWHERE, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING ROUGH. I CHE… |
| 2006-02-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40MPH, THE OVER DRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WA… |