Safety Score
83
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2002 Mazda 626.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-13 | POWER TRAIN | Yes | 2 | WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING OUT OF FORWARD GEAR WHILE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AFTER RELEASING THE … |
| 2017-06-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE NOW. EVEN AFTER WE GET IT FIXED IT STILLS JERKS AND SOUNDS LIKE THE ENGINE IS… |
| 2016-09-12 | POWER TRAIN | Yes | 0 | MY CAR WAS DRIVING FINE AND THEN ONE DAY AS I WAS LEAVING WORK MY CAR STARTED ACTING AS THOUGH IT WANTED TO SHUT OFF. I… |
| 2016-08-25 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION JERKS-HARD KICKING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISION/DEFECTIVE TRANSMISION ON THIS MODEL NO … |
| 2016-07-31 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TAMARA RECALL |
| 2015-12-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CAR STARTED TO NOT WANT TO CRANK IT WOULD CRANK SOMETIMES THEN ONE DAY WE WENT TO THE STORE THEN WHEN WE WENT TO LE… |
| 2014-07-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY CAR WILL MOVE FINE UNTIL IT WARMS UP BUT THEN SLIPS OUT OF ALL GEARS AND WONT MOVE UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. *TR |
| 2012-11-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | ON ACCELERATION FROM BEING STOPPED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD MAKE A SERIES OF POPPING SOUNDS. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND … |
| 2012-09-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION MAKING POPPING NOISES AND LAGGING WHEN MAKING TURNS SOUNDS HORRIBLE TOOK TO A MECHANIC HE SAYS HE CAN FIX … |
| 2012-03-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SMOKE CAME FROM AROUND THE STEERING COLUMN. *TR |
| 2010-10-09 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. WHILE TRYING TO MAINTAIN SPEED TO EXIT THE FREEWAY, THE ENGINE … |
| 2010-09-30 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2002 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION BROKE ON ME AT 107,000 ODO . *TR |
| 2010-09-22 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR |
| 2010-08-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTO TRANSMISSION HAS CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH LEAKING AND SHIFTING. TONS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE OF PROBLEMS WITH THESE CAR… |
| 2010-06-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE ON HIGHWAY. TRANSMISSION FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 45,000 MILES. REPAIR ENDED UP COSTING APPR… |
| 2010-04-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED IN 2010 AFTER HARD SHIFTING AND SKIPPING GEARS, SAME PROBLEM AGAIN STARTED IN SEPTEMBER 2012.… |
| 2010-02-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION, 2002 MAZDA 626, TWICE IN LAST 6 MONTHS. CAR LURCHES, STALLS, WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEARS, HAVE B… |
| 2009-12-23 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE, 2002 MAZDA 626 4CYL. TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AND SHIFTING HARD BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEARS. 9… |
| 2009-08-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2002 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION CHAIN FAILURE. CAR HAS ONLY 72K MILES ON IT, NEEDS ENTIRE RE-BUILT TRANSMISSION COSTING OVE… |
| 2009-06-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 75,000 MILES. *TR |
| 2009-04-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 94,000 MILES ON MY 2002 MAZDA 626 AND THE TRANSMISSION IS SHOT AND STRUTS WERE WORTHLESS. WAS STRANDED ON THE ROAD WHE… |
| 2009-01-08 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2002 MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION BURNOUT. PURCHASED USED MAZDA WITH 138000 MILES, PREVIOUS OWNER SAID HE'D REPLACED THE TRA… |
| 2008-08-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE MAZDA 626 YEAR 2002. IT HAD AROUND 53,000 MILES ON IT. VERY LOW MILEAGE AND WELL MAINTAINED. ONE DAY, WHILE D… |
| 2008-07-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE UNDER… |
| 2008-07-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2002 MAZDA 626 AND ON JULY 5,08 MY CAR TRANS STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS GOING UPHILL. I HAD TO SWERVE THE CAR… |
| 2008-06-27 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | NO EVENTS LEAD UP TO MY FAILURE. WE OWN AND HAVE A WELL MAINTAINED MAZDA 626 AND IT STOPPED DRIVING THE OTHER DAY. NO… |
| 2008-06-14 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2002 MAZDA 626 HAS BEGAN MAKING NOISES NOW. IT IS CLICKING AND JERKING THE CAR. *TR |
| 2008-03-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I AM TRULY DISAPPOINTED IN THE SERVICE AND QUALITY RECEIVED BY MAZDA. WHEN I BOUGHT MY 2002 MAZDA 626 IN 2005 I TOOK M… |
| 2008-03-15 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE WAS IN A COLLISION ABOUT 35MPH, FAILURE OF FRONT DRIVER SEATBELT TO LOCK. RESULTED IN INJURY TO DRIVER BY IMPAC… |
| 2008-03-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MAZDA 626 WAS BUILT WITH A BAD TRANSMISSION THAT HAS HAD PROBLEMS SINCE 50,000 MILES. THE CAR STARTED FORCEFULLY SHIFTI… |
| 2008-02-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | FOR THE PAST WEEK I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY VEHICLE'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I OWN A MAZDA 626 2002 4 CYL. MY… |
| 2008-01-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | 2002 MAZDA 626 ES, LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING FAILED. FRONT DRIVE SHAFT FAILED. *TR |
| 2007-11-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2002 MAZDA 626 4CYL WITH 71,200 MILES. I HAD JUST PAID IT OFF LAST MONTH AND COME TO FIND OUT MY AUTOMATIC TRA… |
| 2007-10-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | COMPLETE AND UTTER TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR |
| 2007-08-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE CAR IS A 2002 MAZDA 626 WITH APPROXIMATELY 90K MILES. THE CAR WAS NOT IN A CRASH OR INCIDENT LEADING UP TO THE ISS… |
| 2007-07-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I OWN A MAZDA 2002 626 LX WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IT WAS PURCHASED ON DECEMBER 12, 2004 AND HAS ONLY 43,700 MIL… |
| 2007-05-04 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | PURCHASED A USED 2002 MAZDA 626 AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THE WRRRANTY COMPANY DENIED THERE WAS A PROBLEM … |
| 2007-04-14 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2002 MAZDA 626 2.0 W/ 39000 MILES TRANSMISSION FAILED AS REPORTED BY THOUSANDS ON THE NET. ERRATIC HARD SHIFT OCCURRED… |
| 2007-04-14 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2002 MAZDA 626 2.0 W/ 39000 MILES TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AS REPORTED BY THOUSANDS ON THE NET. ERRATIC HARD SHIFT OCCU… |
| 2007-03-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | REPLACED MAZDA 626, YEAR 2002 TRANSMISSION AT 48,000 SPEEDOMETER MILES. DEALER INSTALLED RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION.… |
| 2007-02-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL*-THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING THE 2002 MAZDA 626 AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE LOST THE ABILITY T… |
| 2006-12-18 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL* - THE CONTACTS OVERDRIVE BUTTON WAS FLASHING ON AND OFF AND THE CAR WAS JERKING. THE CONTACT TOOK CAR TO A TRANSMI… |
| 2006-11-22 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I OWN A 1992 4CYL AUTOMATIC MAZDA 626. IN AUG 2005 - THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. I BELIEVE AT THE TIME THE M… |
| 2006-09-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 2002 626 PISTON RINGS FAILED DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT PER THE MECHANIC. THERE WAS SCARING FOUND ON THE CYLINDER WA… |
| 2006-09-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AT AROUND 30000 MILES WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER COMPLAINING OF A STUTTERING PROBLEM WHEN ACCELERATING AND INSISTED … |
| 2006-07-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHEN STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN GIVEN GAS. CAR NEVER PULLED WELL WHEN DRIVING. THE CAR WAS … |
| 2006-07-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2002 MAZDA 626 GEAR SHIFT CABLE CLIP BROKE, VEHICLE WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS. *KB THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDEN… |
| 2006-06-16 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 2002 MAZDA 626 HAS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH ONLY 77,000 MILES ON IT. IT JERKS WHEN THE GEAR SHIFTS. THE DEALERSHI… |
| 2006-06-03 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WITHOUT WARNING, THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 MAZDA 626, V6 2.5L EFI, QUIT SHIFTING INTO 4TH GEAR. THERE IS NO MENTION … |
| 2006-03-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL NO LONGER WORK IN REVERSE. *NM |