1996 Mazda 626 LX review from North America

Well first of all, not one should ever think of buying this car. After about 1 month of driving it (in town) my over drive started blinking along with my check engine soon light coming on. I brought it to the dealer and it was a computer chip problem and so it went away for a bit. He also said that my transmission would most likely have to be replaced soon. The car only had 40k at the time! That to me is ridiculous. Then, of course, the check engine light came on again. It periodically turns on and off, for weeks or days. Another incident I have had is when I was driving about an hour on the highway. I was driving 80 and then my car started to slow down a lot, and I couldn't accelerate anymore. My RPM were climbing, but my speed was not. Brought it in again, but the dealer could not find the problem. So finally this week, I was driving home from work and my car began to shake violently, my check engine light started to BLINK (never happened before) and my overdrive went out again and shifted very hard. They have been working on it for 3 days already... they believe it will be terminal. I am honestly glad to get rid of that car. It has been nothing but problems to me. I strongly suggest to anyone that is thinking of buying this car, to not. It's not worth your time or your wallet.

Bad Transmission

Bad Computer Chips

Overdrive is not working.