1998 Mazda 626 Complaints

I HAVE 103,000 MILES. MY TRANSMISSION HASN'T FAILED YET, WHICH I NOW SEE I SHOULD FEEL LUCKY ABOUT. I HAVE HAD ALL THE OTHER TRANSMISSION ISSUES I NOW FIND ARE COMMON BECAUSE MAZDA PUT TOO SMALL AN ENGINE INTO THIS CAR. I HAVE HAD THE O/D LIGHT FLASH ON AND OFF, THE TRANSMISSION BE JERKY, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. (THIS HAS GONE ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW) I WAS TOLD BY A DEALER I NEEDED A RANGE SENSOR AND AN AFTERMARKET TRANSMISSION COOLER. I THOUGHT I HAD A LEAK OF TRANSMISSION FLUID BUT IT'S JUST SPEWING UP FROM THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING. EVERY TIME THEY CHANGE THE FLUID IT GETS WORSE. NOW I CAN SEE FROM WHAT OTHERS SAY THAT MY TRANSMISSION WILL NO DOUBT FAIL SOON. I HAD TO FIND THIS OUT BY GOING ONLINE; NO MAZDA REPAIR SHOP EVER TOLD ME ANY OF THIS, UNTIL TODAY WHEN I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS AN "ISSUE" WITH THE 1998 TRANSMISSION. UNBELIEVABLE. MAZDA SHOULD HAVE TO DO SOMETHING SINCE IT'S THEIR DESIGN DEFECT. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER MAZDA!!!!!!! TOYOTA, HERE I COME. *TR

GEARS BEGAN SLIPPING AND THEN TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED. *TR

I OWN TWO 1998 MAZDA 626S. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN THE FIRST ONE. I BOUGHT A REPLACEMENT AND INSTALLED IT. AT THE SAME TIME, I BOUGHT ANOTHER MAZDA 626 AND MY WIFE STARTED DRIVING IT. EACH TRANSMISSION HAD ABOUT 100, 000 MILES ON IT. WE ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ON A BUDGET WITH A BIG FAMILY AND VERY MINDFUL OF PREVENTABLE MAINTENANCE AND DRIVING WITH INTEGRITY. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, I AM SITTING HERE THIS MORNING WITH THREE, YES THREE, USELESS TRANSMISSIONS AND SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WASTED THUS FAR. MAZDA NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM WITH YOUR HELP! *TR

I HAVE A 1998 MAZDA 626 4CYL. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION, I HAVE HAD THE TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED, ALONG WITH FLUID FLUSHES AND EVEN SOME ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS REPLACED AND NOW THE CAR SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY WITH A PERFECT MOTOR AND WHEN ITS IN REVERSE IT IS IN DRIVE, THERE IS NO REVERSE ANYMORE. I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO GET THIS FIXED AND I AM ON A FIXED INCOME AND NEED HELP REPAIRING IT. *TR

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THE YEAR OF 98'S TRANSMISSIONS MADE BY FORD. TRANSMISSIONS HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES STARTING FROM SHIFTING ISSUES, TRANSMISSION FLUID OVERHEATING REQUIRING MORE AND MORE MAZDA 626'S TO HAVE AFTERMARKET TRANSMISSION COOLERS INSTALLED, TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING. THIS YEAR THAT FORD MADE THIS TRANSMISSION HAS CAUSED MANY PEOPLE TO OFTEN REPLACE TRANSMISSIONS FOR THIS VEHICLE. YOU WILL SEE MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPLACED THEIR TRANSMISSIONS 2 OR 3 TIMES WITHIN PUTTING 150K ON THE VEHICLE. PLEASE LOOK INTO AS I HAVE HAD MY TRANSMISSION SLIP AND COMPLETELY NOT WORK, TO GETTING REBUILT AND NOW MY O/D IS NOW FLASHING, WHICH REQUIRES ME TO INSTALL AN AFTERMARKET OIL COOLER FOR MY TRANSMISSIONS, WHICH DOES NOT COME WITH THE VEHICLE ALREADY. TRANSMISSION REBUILD IS COSTING OVER 2,000 DOLLARS DUE TO THE UNAVAILABILITY OF PARTS FROM THE DEALER AND AFTERMARKET SUPPLIERS. PLEASE RECALL THIS TRANSMISSION!!!!!! A MAZDA TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN EXISTS FOR SOME 1998-2001 MODELS....