Six problems related to transmission fluid leaking have been reported for the 1998 Mazda 626. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I was driving home(logan) after driving from logan,ut. To layton,ut. When I heard a loud pop, the rpms redlined and the car stalled out. I pushed the car (1998 Mazda 626) to the side of the road, the car was smoking so I opened the hood and smelled transmission fluid, I looked under the car and seen transmission fluid leaking on the road. This car has had an external transmission fluid added and it has still gone out. I am trying to investigate the problem for myself and have not come to a conclusion yet. I do not have the money for the service to be don so I will try to contact Mazda or Ford to get the issue corrected, luckily I wasn't on a very busy highway or the problem could have possibly resulted in a serious accident or damage to myself or someone else.
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.
The transmission performed poorly. Been in the repair shop twice, the first time because it was leaking transmission fluid and jerking when accelerating past first gear. Had around 40,000 miles. Second time it had 54,000 miles for the exact same thing, and currently, the third time the vehicle was still leaking fluid and it will not go forward but will only going backwards. The first time was around 2001.
O/d off light began flashing. Every time the vehicle shifted there was a loud bang. I brought it into a transmission repair center where they told me the transmission needed to be replaced. Fluid was leaking through the bushings and burning.
The automatic transmission is jerking and the check engine light is on and fluid is leaking on our 1998 Mazda 626 at 75,000 miles. (a common complaint. ).
I have to had my transmission fixed 3 times now and it is currently leaking transmission fluid even after all the work I have done to it. I own a '98 Mazda 626 - there is certainly no sense in having so much trouble out of this car!.