Consumer Complaint Detail

MAZDA / 626 / 1999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005031273 Incident Date: Jul, 06 2005
Consumer's City: SUNRISE Consumer's State: FL
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#: 1YVGF22C3X5 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 29 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 14 1998
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I bought a 1999 mazda 626 lx in november of 1998. vin [xxx] the time the warranty ran out i had taken my car into an oil change franchise. they suggested that i flush and renew the transmission fluid. so i did. that's when all the problems began. i then drove the car from nj to fl where i lived. it started burning up a lot of oil so i took it into to mazda. they said that it was well known that my make and model car runs hot. they said they could not see anything wrong with what the oil change franchise did. they recommended that i put a radiator on the transmission to keep it from boiling...which is what it was doing. i believe it is the boiling transmission which has cause my engine to heat up so much that the oil has gunked my engine. anyway, i took the car to a mechanic and they put in a radiator which seems to help some but now i'm continually having problems with the oil burning up without there being any leaks. i have continually had problems with the vehicle every since. in and out of the shops. no one seems to be able to get the car right. i have seen numerous reports of other mazda owners having problems of this similar nature on the net. mazda should take care of these problems and admit publicly that they've got problems with their vehicles and they should make it right. *jb updated 07/19/2012 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)