1995 Mazda 626 LX review from North America
"Nice car, horrible engine"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
The transmission is crazy, unpredictable, unreliable, and should never be put into another automobile.
Mazda messed a nice car up by using this transmission. I've put a little over 600 miles on the transmission, and the engine acts like I've put several hundred thousand. This car is OK, but the engine, and especially the transmission, makes it a waste of a pretty penny.
General comments?
After driving the car for a week, the transmission began acting up, shifting at random and revving really high. It jerked through gears and handled really rough. We took it back to the dealer where we bought it, and their diagnostics machine could not read the computers. They fixed what they could and it ran OK for a few days.
Then, I took the car for a 225 mile trip and it jerked through the gears for the first half-hour, then was OK. On the way home, the car jerked and shifted its way through 210 miles, then the engine overheated from the shifting and the transmission burned out. It's still sitting on the interstate... Do you know anyone who wants a '95 Mazda? It's cheap...
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| This car sucks! I hate this heap of junk! |
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| Stylish and Relativley reliable if you get the Automatic |
| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | No |
| Model year | 1995 |
| Year of manufacture | 1994 |
| First year of ownership | 2004 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2004 |
| Engine and transmission | 4 cylinder Automatic |
| Performance marks | 6 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 1 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 6 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 4 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 110183 miles |
| Most recent distance | 110750 miles |
| Date of Entry | 28th November, 2004 |