Consumer Complaint Detail

MAZDA / 626 / 1999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005032330 Incident Date: Jul, 29 2005
Consumer's City: WILMINGTON Consumer's State: DE
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#: 1YVGF22C6X5 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 02 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 15 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My car is mazda 626 lx 1999 with 66k miles. this car has bad transmission. 1. from 30k miles. this car sometimes had transmission jerking 2. one day my wife drive this car. the she put shift on reverse, but the car was forward on flat parking lot. she shifted back on park then shifted on reverse again, the car was still forward. so she turned off the engine, then started the engine, the car worked fine. 3. july 30,2005. after driving one and half hours. the o/d off light came out, then the transmission began jumping and the car lost power. i took exit right away. i stop the car and took a look. i found white smoking and a lot transmission oil already spilled out. the transmission was overheated. for this car i took all maintenance service since i bought this car. actually i found the transmission fluid leaked many times. i let mechanic guy checked. they didn't found anything wrong because i didn't drive the car more than one hour before checking. *nm