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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007120729 | Incident Date: Jul, 23 2007 |
| Consumer's City: PLAINSBORO | Consumer's State: NJ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp. |
| Model Name: 626 | Model Year: 2001 |
| 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: Sep, 23 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 31 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: After two hours of highway driving, my 2001 mazda 626 o/d off light began flashing, as my transmission fluid over-heated. i checked the transmission fluid level, which was ok. my engine oil level was 2 qts. low. this did not make any sense since i had just had my oil changed two weeks prior and checked the oil level after the work was completed. i called the mazda dealership and was told to bring the car in to have it evaluated. the car registered a p1783 code during diagnostic testing. i was told that there was a service bulletin recommending that an atf cooling kit be installed to reduce the atf temperature, preventing over-heating. the service manager recommended that i not have the atf cooling kit installed at a cost of $1,100 since my transmission may possibly fail within a few months. after reading tsb 634465 and realizing that the transmission design is under-sized for the 2001 626, i recommend that mazda recall the 626 transmissions installing the required atf cooling kit to prevent premature failure of mazda's under-sized transmission design for the 626 model. *jb |
