Safety Score
58
Average
Recalls
3
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (3)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-05-09 | 00V134000 |
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | 31,000 | — | Details |
| 1998-10-02 | 98V243000 |
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. | 73,000 | — | Details |
| 1997-12-17 | 97V228000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | 20,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-29 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL. THE TRANSMISSION CD4E TRANNY DOESN'T HAVE SWITCH GEARS UNLESS YOU USE EXCESSIVE RPM. |
| 2017-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SINCE OWNING THE MAZDA 626 I HAVE HAD A VERY BIG PROBLEM THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. IT WILL SLIP GOING INTO SECOND GEAR… |
| 2016-02-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V674000 (ELECTRICA… |
| 2015-10-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE IGNITION FAILED TO R… |
| 2014-12-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 1 | I WAS DRIVING 60MPH SLOWING DOWN TO THE SPEED LIMIT WHICH WAS 55 ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING POPPED THERE WAS NOTHING ON … |
| 2011-07-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS! RIGHT NOW THE CAR IS AT THE MECHANIC HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. I KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY … |
| 2011-01-04 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A MAZDA 626 1998 AND IT HAD 116,000 MILES ON IT THE TRANSMISSION O/D LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH AND THEN IT STARTED … |
| 2010-07-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING EXIT THE HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. PUSH TO THE SIDE AND COULD NOT RESTART THE CAR. AFTER TOLL BA… |
| 2010-05-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MAZDA 626LX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND AT TIMES WOULD STALL. A… |
| 2010-02-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | TL- THE CONTACT HAS 1998 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE IS A RECALL AND THE CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 00V134000 THAT… |
| 2009-11-29 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 105,626 ORIGINAL MILEAGE. COMING FROM A LONG HIGHWAY DRIVE. CAR BEGAN TO REV REALLY HIGH. TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. O/… |
| 2009-11-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WO… |
| 2009-11-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILED IN 98 MAZDA 626 WITH 149K MILES. *TR |
| 2009-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 1998 MAZDA 626, WHILE DRIVING THE HIGHWAY GOING 60 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED AND WE COASTED TO THE BREAK DOWN LANE OF THE … |
| 2009-10-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1998 MAZDA 626 LX 4 CYL CAR WAS FINE TOOK IT TO HAVE TRANSMISSION SERVICE NEXT DAY SLIPPING STARTING OUT IN 2ND GEAR SH… |
| 2009-07-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1. LONG HIGHWAY DRIVE (8-10H) DURING TEMP. STORMY CONDITIONS (1-2H) 2. TRANSMISSION DEFECT, 3800$ REPAIR BILL + ADDITI… |
| 2009-04-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE EXTERNAL SPRING IN MY TIMING BELT TENSIONER HAS BROKEN, AND THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE. HOWEVER, TH… |
| 2009-03-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANNY WAS SLIPPING AND THE OD LIGHT KEPT BLINKING ON AND OFF AND THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING DUE TO FAULTY PA… |
| 2009-03-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING HOME(LOGAN) AFTER DRIVING FROM LOGAN,UT. TO LAYTON,UT. WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP, THE RPMS REDLINED AND THE… |
| 2009-01-03 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I OWN TWO 1998 MAZDA 626S. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN THE FIRST ONE. I BOUGHT A REPLACEMENT AND INSTALLED IT. AT T… |
| 2008-12-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1998 MAZDA 626 4CYL. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION, I HAVE HAD T… |
| 2008-12-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THE YEAR OF 98'S TRANSMISSIONS MADE BY FORD. TRANSMISSIONS HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES STARTING… |
| 2008-11-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | GEARS BEGAN SLIPPING AND THEN TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED. *TR |
| 2008-10-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT 75 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE TRANSMISSION BASICALLY WENT INTO NEUTRAL. TR… |
| 2008-07-30 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE 103,000 MILES. MY TRANSMISSION HASN'T FAILED YET, WHICH I NOW SEE I SHOULD FEEL LUCKY ABOUT. I HAVE HAD ALL THE … |
| 2008-06-26 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY MAZDA WAS DOING JUST FINE THEN ONE DAY IT STARTED HAVING MAJOR PROBLEMS SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND REVS VERY … |
| 2008-06-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1998 MAZDA 626 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CAR WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR, FORWARD OR REVERSE. THE PROBLEM JUST STARTED WHILE DRI… |
| 2008-06-04 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE RODE THE TRANSMISSION JUST BEGAN TO LURCH, SHIFT IN AND OUT OF GEAR, NO WARNING AT ALL, VERY DAN… |
| 2008-06-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY 98 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION WENT OUT TWICE WITHIN 2 YEARS AFTER I BOUGHT IT! MAZDA DID A '!@#$% JOB WITH THAT TRANSMI… |
| 2008-04-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THIS IS THE SECOND MAZDA I HAVE HAD SINCE I EVER STARTED DRIVING. I AM 23 YEARS OLD AND HAVE HAD MY LICENSE FOR 4 YEARS… |
| 2008-03-03 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON A FREEWAY WHEN O/D LIGHT STARTED BLINKING, THEN THE ENGINE ACCELERATED TO 7000 RPM AT THE SP… |
| 2008-02-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I KNOW OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH 626'S THAT HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, AND THE BAD THING ABOUT IT I… |
| 2008-02-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1998 MAZDA 626 WITH 120,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD THE ORIGINAL TRANNY REBUILT ONCE THEN REPLACED WITH A NEW… |
| 2008-02-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 1998 MAZDA 626 LX 2.0L 4CYLINDER ENGINE. RETURNING BACK TO THE GUEST HOUSE AFTER DROPPING A FRIEND OFF AT THE AIRPORT … |
| 2008-01-03 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE.*CN |
| 2007-12-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME THAT I HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 626. THE FIRST TIME WAS AUGUST OF 2006. IT S… |
| 2007-11-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION FAIL 3 TIMES IN 18 MONTHS. *TR |
| 2007-10-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE JOLTS WHEN COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY WHICH I WAS INFORMED WAS DUE TO THE OVERHEATING TRANSMISSION. AFTER ABOUT… |
| 2007-09-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY TRANSMISSION SLIPS, AND WILL NOT GO INTO FIRST OR SECOND GEAR. CAR IS IN PERFECT SHAPE, COMPLETELY MAINTAINED THROU… |
| 2007-09-03 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 7 MONTHS AGO, THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 150,000 MILES. THAT IS TO BE EXPECTED FOR THAT MILEAGE. WHEN … |
| 2007-08-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1998 MAZDA 626 2.0L AUTOMATIC TRANNY ISSUES. CAR HAS 118K MILES AND THE TRANNY IS NEEDING A REBUILD. LOOKED IT UP AND … |
| 2007-07-26 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION ARE BAD IN 1998 MAZDA 626. *TR |
| 2007-07-14 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION ON MY 1998 MAZDA 626. I'VE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN SEPT. 2000. I HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION TWICE. TH… |
| 2007-07-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | OVERFLOW TANK FOR RADIATOR HAS CRACKED AND LOST ALL WATER TO MY CAR AT LEAST 5 TIMES SINCE 2004, I HAVE GONE TO ALHAMBR… |
| 2007-06-02 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MAZDA 626. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL OR REVERSE… |
| 2007-06-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 1998 MAZDA 626 HAS A FAULTY TRANSMISSION, WHICH HAS FAILED AT 110K. THE RESULTING FAILURE WILL COST ABOUT $2,000 TO… |
| 2007-06-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAD MY FIRST MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION FAIL AT 65,000 MILES AND I GOT IT REPLACED, AND THEN AT 120,000 MY TRANSMISSION N… |
| 2007-06-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MAZDA 626. WHEN THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEH… |
| 2007-05-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | REPLACED TRANSMISSION AT 42,000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 128,000 MILES |
| 2007-05-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | TL- CALLER OWNS A 1998 MAZDA. CURRENT MILEAGE 140000. CALLER DOES NOT KNOW FAILURE MILEAGE. WHILE DRIVING DOWN STREET A… |