Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-03-07 | 00V074000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | 71,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN OVER TO START TH… |
| 2015-11-20 | POWER TRAIN | Yes | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING UP WHICH IS APPARENTLY A KNOWN ISSUE BY MAZDA THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL MALFUNCTION C… |
| 2015-11-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED CAUSING THE INSTRUMENTAL PANE… |
| 2012-09-23 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY GAS PEDAL GET STUCK, CAR JERKS WHEN DRIVEN & MAKE NOISY, CAR SAKES BRAKES PROBLEMS & MORE. *TR |
| 2012-06-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CATASTROPHIC JERKING OF THE TRANSMISSION WHILE ACCELERATING CAUSING EXTREMELY SLOW ACCELERATION AND DANGEROUS CONDITION… |
| 2011-11-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN ENGAGING THE IGNITION SWITCH TO START THE VEHICLE, SMOKE COMES FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, I MUST IMMEDIATELY TURN O… |
| 2011-09-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | SOMEONE HIT ME FROM BEHIND DUE TO MY BREAK CAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP & THE TRANSMITTION WENT OUT ON THE CAR & I ALSO… |
| 2011-09-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED HAT THE OVERDRIVE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED SPORADICALLY, CAU… |
| 2011-06-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN ENGAGING IGNITION SWITCH TO START VEHICLE, SMOKE COMES UP FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. HAVE TO IMMEDIATELY TURN OFF S… |
| 2011-06-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS *TT |
| 2011-05-09 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH IS DEFECTED. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, ONLY FOR A FEW MOMENTS, SMOKE BEGIN TO FLOW FROM THE STEERING… |
| 2011-04-22 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN THE GEARS BECAME STUCK, THE VEHICLE DECELERA… |
| 2010-07-29 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | THIS IS MY CONCERN I WAS RIDING WITH SOMEONE AND WE HAD A CRASH GOING 80 MPH. THE CAR HYDRO PLAIN OFF THE HIGHWAY HITTI… |
| 2010-04-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A 1999 MAZDA 626 AUTOMATIC 4 CYLINDER VEHICLE. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES THE VEHIC… |
| 2010-02-19 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | GEAR SLIPPING & RPM "REVING" TRANSMISSION FALIURE, NEED TO REPLACE. *TR |
| 2009-07-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | PURCHASED A 1999 MAZDA 626 IN FEBRUARY OF 2003 WITH 28,000 MILES. CAR HAS BEEN GREAT UNTIL RECENTLY IN 2009 THE TRANSMI… |
| 2009-05-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 MAZDA 626. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM T… |
| 2009-03-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THIS IS THE 3RD TRANSMISSION FAILURE OF 1999 MAZDA 626. CAR ONLY HAS 136K MILES. *TR |
| 2009-02-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 1999 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN ACTING UP A LOT. FROM WHAT I HAVE FOUND WITH RESEARCH MAZDA USED THE FORD PROBE… |
| 2009-01-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1999 MAZDA 626 - REPLACED TRANSMISSION 75-80 K MILES. NOW 110 K MILES AND BEGINNING TO OBSERVE SAME SYMPTOMS PRIOR TO L… |
| 2009-01-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION IS NOT KNOWN FOR ITS RELIABILITY. IT FACT, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT PROBLEM… |
| 2008-12-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON A 1999 MAZDA 626 HAS FAILED FOR A SECOND TIME. CAR'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AROU… |
| 2008-12-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I NOTICED PROBLEMS RIGHT AWAY AFTER I BOUGHT MY CAR FROM MY MOM. SHE RARELY DROVE IT, AND I DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 500 MIL… |
| 2008-10-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1999 MAZDA 626 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THIS IS A CONSTANT ISSUE FOR THIS MODEL CAR. *TR |
| 2008-10-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1999 MAZDA 626 , 2.0 L AT STOPPED ON HIGHWAY. GOT IT TOWED WITH THE HELP OF AUTO CLUB.DIAGNOSIS SAYS THE CAR NEED TRANS… |
| 2008-10-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 99 MAZDA 626ES HAS BEEN GIVING ME TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT SLIPS ON 1 AND 2 GEAR. I HAVE TO DRIVE 5-10 MPH UNTIL IT … |
| 2008-09-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 1. & 2.TIMING BELT TENSION SPRING BROKE, MAKING VEHICLE INOPERABLE & DAMAGING TIMING BELT. 3. WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR R… |
| 2008-08-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1999 MAZDA 626: THE DRIVE CHAIN INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. WHEN YOU PUT IT IN GEAR, AND TRIED TO GO, YOU C… |
| 2008-07-26 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 1999 MAZDA 626 HAD FAILED FOR THE THIRD TIME NOW. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPETITIVE AND REQUIRES C… |
| 2008-05-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. MY 1999 MAZDA 626 4 CYL. VEHICLE WAS HEADING SOUTH ON I10 IN PHOENIX WHEN SUDDENLY MY SPEE… |
| 2007-11-20 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM A DEALER OF REPOSSESSED VEHICLES AND SHORTLY AFTER NOTICED THAT ALL 3 OF THE REAR SEATBELTS WOULD… |
| 2007-11-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | IN LATE JANUARY OF 2007 I PURCHASED A 1999 MAZDA 626 FOR MY DAUGHTER FOR HER TO USE IN THE YEARS SHE WOULD BE IN COLLEG… |
| 2007-11-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1999 MAZDA 626 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HAS BEEN REBUILT TWO TIMES IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR. NOW IT IS OUT AGAIN I … |
| 2007-10-31 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING HOME, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO 2ND OR 4TH. TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AT APPROX. 98,000 M… |
| 2007-10-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY MAZDA TRANSMISSION KEEPS ON HAVING PROBLEMS. I AVOID DRIVING ON FREE WAYS AS I NEVER FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE THE CAR WHOS… |
| 2007-09-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 76,000 MILES ON CAR. WHILE DOING HIGHWAY DRIVING, AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR, THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH. TRANSMISS… |
| 2007-09-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION ON 1999 MAZDA 626 2.0 AUTOMATIC FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE RE-BUILT. THE ODOMETER READING WAS 114,200 MILES. … |
| 2007-09-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AFTER THERE WERE REPEATED TIMES OF BAD GEAR SHIFTING, DELAYED, NOT AT ALL, ETC. MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS FAILED. WILL… |
| 2007-09-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | Yes | 1 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 MAZDA 626. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH DOWNHILL, THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE S… |
| 2007-08-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 MAZDA 626. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWE… |
| 2007-08-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | OUR MAZDA 626 1999 WAS WELL MAINTAINED. AT 72,134 MILES I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE FOR A TRANSMISSION FLUSH. I … |
| 2007-08-08 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 MAZDA 626. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND FAILED. THIS WAS THE THIRD… |
| 2007-07-31 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | '99 MAZDA 626-LX, 4-CYL. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM: DAY 1, STUCK IN TRAFFIC, MOVING VERY SLOWLY FOR 30 MINUTES, 80 DEGREES O… |
| 2007-07-22 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY TRANSMISSION FAILED ON JULY 22 DUE TO OVER HEATING ETC. *TR |
| 2007-07-19 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WE BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR OUR SON IN 2005 WITH ABOUT 55,000 MILES ON IT. IT NOW HAS 120,000 MILES AND IS IN NEED OF ITS 4T… |
| 2007-07-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP, BURNS UP AND CAR NO LONGER MOVES. *JB |
| 2007-07-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1999 MAZDA 626 LX 4 CYLINDER AND FOR A FEW YEARS HAVE NOTICED HARSH SHIFTING THAT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. THE… |
| 2007-06-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1) EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE- NORMAL NON-DAILY USAGE. MAINTENANCE ON TRANSMISSION WITHIN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. DRIVING … |
| 2007-06-01 | TIRES | No | 0 | CAR TIRES SLIPPERY & ALWAYS ON FLAT. *TR |
| 2007-05-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY1999 MAZDA 626 HAS HAD A TOTAL OF 4 FRONT SEALS AND 2 BACK SEALS REPLACE ON THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS 80K MILES … |