Consumer Complaint Detail

MAZDA / 626 / 1999

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005017373 Incident Date: Apr, 29 2005
Consumer's City: HENDERSONVILLE Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp.
Model Name: 626 Model Year: 1999
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#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 01 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Driving for a couple of hours, 1999 mazda 626 the transmission od light flashes and the transmission overheat and blows the extremly hot transmission fluid out into the envronment and onto the exaust pipe and engine component and could cause a fire. not very environment friendly if all mazda and ford do this, and according to http://atxprobes.com/cd4e.html and mazda tsb 05-005/02 this is a common problem. mazda say to replace the radiator and add a transmission cooler at owners expense. i say you and the epa need to make mazda and ford recall and make the repairs.