| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006076028 | Incident Date: Apr, 09 2006 |
| Consumer's City: | Consumer's State: WI |
| 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#: 1YVGF22C5X5 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 19 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 19 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Transmission failed four times in two years. the first time (august 2004) it failed it was 24 hours after we bought it from a mazda used dealer, holiday motors in fond du lac wi. they pulled the transmission out and replaced gaskets. i asked then to put on the cooling kit and they did not. a year later (october 2005) my daughter was stranded north of chicago il with this car and a puddle of transmission fluid under it (gaskets again). the third time (may 2006) it was smoking and leaking fluid (gaskets). two months later (august 2006) it was smoking and leaking fluid. this time it left my daughter in a very un-safe neighborhood of milwaukee wi. a cooling kit put on this car two weeks before the last problem but it was already too late. this time the shop is replacing the torque converter (?) they say it over heated. repair cost have been about $600-$300-$150 (cooling kit) $700-$300. *nm |
