2001 Mazda 626 from North America - Comments

My 2001 Mazda 626 had a rattling noise in the back passenger side tire.. The place I bought my car could never find anything wrong with it.. One day my car would not start had to have it towed into the Mazda dealership and they said it started for them after it sat there for a day in a half... Never did find out why it wouldn't start... When I bought the car when driving it sounded like I was in a truck with big tires.. I don't know how many times I took it to the Mazda dealership and they kept telling me it was tire and road noise.. I took my car to have the brakes done and come to find out my wheel bearing on the passenger side was shot... Had it fixed and now a year later I have to have the wheel bearing replaced again... I hate this car never liked it from the start... No go power at all... Would not buy another one nor tell anyone to buy one either.

I own a 2000 Mazda 626 with 80,000 miles (due to my sales job!) An oil change every couple months is all I have done to it. I guess if you don't like a car before you buy it, Why buy it???

I understand that you may want the car to be perfect and just work because it is a machine. But you do have to pay attention to the sounds and see if it changes depending on the type of asphalt that you are driving on. Or maybe pay attention to the weather and see if there is a difference when the car will or won't start. As well, cars are like people. They are not perfect, they need simple daily maintenance. Tune ups every once in a while and a major Tune up rarely. Its like humans will have something go wrong with them and they don't know why. You just have to pay attention to see what caused the problem and try to be proactive for the future.

About the comment that it does not have pick up and go, it sounds like you really don't want to take the time to let the car warm up and/or you stomp on it as soon as the light turns green and want it to be in 3rd gear before you pass under the light. If you push and push a human, things are going to fall apart. You have to treat you car like it was literally your baby. It just has mechanical needs rather than humanly needs.

I have worked on a few Mazda's and they are rather cheap to fix. They are also easy to work on. If you were to get another car, it would probably cost you more money for parts and labor. So just because your car is being funny, put in some thought about the long run before you look for another brand or even bad mouth mazda's. I hope you car works out for you.

I own an 01 626 and it's a nice car and all, but I'm not happy with it. I don't think that I will buy another Mazda. Whenever I bring my car to Mazda they tell me something different every time.

I also own a mazda 2001 626. It is an automatic and has 100,000 miles on it I drive mostly freeway miles to work. I have had some problems with the od light flashing and almost burnt transmission oil. It gets changed. Now my transmission burned up. I am really sad. Has anyone had any similar problems? Tammy.

Sorry to say, failed transmissions on these cars seems to be a common story. Go research the Internet and you'll find hundreds of storys about burnt Mazda transmissions, some even failing after 30-40.000 miles, it seems. I seriously considered buying one of these used, but was put of. A friend of mine that *previously* owned one said I should check out the facts, he was not very happy about this car. Transmission was one of the issues. But since I haven't owned one myself, I don't have any any first hand knowledge about this car. Just what other people tells me.

I own 2001 mazda 626, really sorry I bought it, Engine light atleast four times, fuel sensor, catalitic converter, ignition coil pk, this car, man this is killing me... 74000 miles, well taken care, wife wanted it, stay with toyota, honda, mike.

01 626 automatic trans.

Almost made it to 100,000 and the trans burned up. Did lot of research, will never buy one again. The trans is made by Ford, and Mazda did not design the cooling correctly. If you have this car and the trans is OK right now, then go and get a bigger trans cooler to save the trans. This will save it. BTW it will cost about 200 dollars.

BTW the O/D light flashing means that the transmission temp is overheating and that the fluid needs to be replaced ASAP. Do not drive anymore until the fluid is changed and get a bigger cooler on it soon! Good luck.