1999 Mazda 626 LX from North America - Comments

I bought my 1998 Mazda 626 LX-V6 about a year ago and have had problems since. It now has 160,000 miles on it.

First a spark plug blew out of the cylinder and it burnt a hole in the plug wire, so I had to replace all the plugs and wires because of course, you just can't buy one wire, you have to buy the whole set. There I was out about $200.

Then the CV shaft went on the passenger side, there goes another $100, and three months later the drivers side CV shaft went, there was another $100.

Then a week after that, the transmission went and I have no money.

HORRIBLE CAR, VERY UNRELIABLE, DO NOT BUY.

HELP!! I have a 1999 Mazda Protege automatic. It is sitting in my yard at the moment. Last week the O/D light started flashing. I cannot drive in high gear. I purchased a new shift stick with a new with the new O/D switch. That did not make a difference and it cannot be returned as it is an Electrical part.. almost $200.00.

Has anyone else had this sort of problem.. if so, how did you fix it?

I also have a 2000 Mazda 626 - 4 cylinder. I purchased this car brand new in October 1999 with only 2 miles on it. I took the car to Mazda faithfully for scheduled maintenance. The warranty expired at 36K miles. At just 42K miles the O/D started flashing and the car started jerking really bad. The transmission wasn't shifting. I had to pay $2400.00 to fix the transmission.

I was told by several transmission shops that Mazda is actually manufactured by Ford and that the transmission was made with "cheap" parts.

I still own the car and I have 178K miles on it. Just recently my O/D started flashing but only periodically. Other than that, I haven't had any problems with the transmission until now.

My new problem is the check engine light. It keeps coming on & the diagnostic code says oxygen sensor is bad. Well I have replaced that a few times and it still keeps coming on. Now I'm being told that I need to replace the catalytic converter. I guess I will replace it and see what happens :)

99 Mazda 626 automatic.. brake pedal all the way down. So I thought it was the master cylinder. It wasn't, it was the wheel cylinder... so I bleed the system, but the brake light is on still and the brakes still go down. Then the car slows down.

Wow, after reading both good and bad about Mazda's, I have a 2001 Mazda 626, from the beginning. At about 100.000 miles everything started to malfunction. First the transmission goes (replaced), then the 4 cyl. engine completely was replaced, CV boots went, again, radiator sprung a leak, replaced. Got so much money into it now I hate to get rid of it. Though it is a pretty vehicle.

Oh, oh, went yesterday to get it smogged, failed on two points. Sure was a nice car!