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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004290028 | Incident Date: May, 14 2004 |
| Consumer's City: KATY | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp. |
| Model Name: 626 | Model Year: 1997 |
| 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#: 1YVGE22C9V5 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 21 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 14 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: This complaint is regards to the automatic transmission (atx) on my 1997 mazda 626, 2.0l i4. the transmission is manufactured by ford, model cd4e. despite faithfully changing the fluid at recommended intervals, the transmission completely died and needed replacement at 105,000 miles. this transmission was forced on mazda by ford in all post 1993 4 cylinder models, and suffers major problems with heat and metal particles due to inadequate cooling and filtration systems. the filter is internal to the transmission and inaccessible (cannot be changed) requiring the fluid to be flushed. it is also woefully under cooled, with a simple pass through the engine radiator, and no external cooler. models subsequent to 1999 has external coolers installed, so it seems that mazda/ford are acknowledging this problem. the following link is very illustrative of the shortcomings of this vehicle: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dorothy.bradbury/probemx/index.htm. *jb |
