| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006110541 | Incident Date: Mar, 05 2006 |
| Consumer's City: MILTON | Consumer's State: FL |
| 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#: 1YVGE22C0V5 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 01 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My wife and i own a 1997 mazda 626. in 2006, seemingly out of nowhere, the transmission started shifting rough. i checked fluid levels but they were fine. then while driving on the interstate one morning, my o/d kicked off (with warning light) and the entire drive home was extremely rough. brought the car to a reputable local transmission shop and as soon as i told them what kind of car i had, they knew right away what the problem was. i ended up paying $2000 to have a new transmission installed due to the extent of damage in the original. seems to me that if all of the transmission shops and (as i found out later) owner forums know about the problems with these transmissions, mazda/ford probably knows as well. it's irresponsible to know that a $50 repair could correct the problem but they do nothing to even inform their buyers of the problems. $50 would have been a lot easier to come up with than $2000. summed up: transmission overheated due to insufficient cooling causing severe transmission failure. transmission had to be completely replaced. *tr |
