Consumer Complaint Detail

MAZDA / 626 / 1998

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004001831 Incident Date: Aug, 31 2004
Consumer's City: ARLINGTON Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp.
Model Name: 626 Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1YVGF22C1W5 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 13 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 20 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While driving on the highway, i stopped for fuel. i got in the car to leave and it would not move. had the car towed to aamco . transmission and torque converter were repaired. two weeks later, i had to return to aamco and the torque converter was again replaced. this is a well maintained car and not abused. there was no warning that something was wrong. aamco said the transmission had overheated causing the failure. there was no apparent slippage prior to the event. *jb