Four problems related to automatic transmission torque converter have been reported for the 1999 Mazda 626. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
In late January of 2007 I purchased a 1999 Mazda 626 for my daughter for her to use in the years she would be in college. The vehicle had approximately 79,000 miles on it. She has driven the car to college and back and forth to work. On November 12, 2007 she was driving south on a busy highway in tulsa, oklahoma. Suddenly the vehicle lost power and would not go any further or go in reverse. We had the vehicle towed to a transmission shop that was recommended by our mechanic. The transmission shop completely overhauled the transmission replacing factory parts that the owner said were deficient with better parts. The parts that the shop used were an: overhaul kit valve body repair kit solenoid pack torque converter reverse drum forward piston I am very disappointed in the failure of this vehicles transmission. I have never had a car that had a transmission problem. I have been made aware since the failure of this transmission that this is a problem that has been frequently a problem on the Mazda 626 model.
I own a 99 Mazda 626 w/ 120k miles on it. On new years day I was driving home on a highway and the check engine light came on. About 20 minutes later the car started revving up persistently. It seemed like the transmission was slipping. Quickly the car acted like it was in neutral in all the gears. There was enough momentum to get the car to a side road. Luckily I was nearly home. I had the car towed to a local transmission place to get looked at. The final quote was about $3000 dollars. Supposedly the transmission pump went out and the tranny burned up. The torque converter, solenoid block, 4 gears, and all the bushings need to be replaced. I thought this was just bad luck but after checking online I found that transmission failures were common for 93-2001 Mazda 626's. Apparently there have not been enough complaints or publicity for Mazda to issue a recall, yet they stopped producing the vehicle due to problems with the transmission.
Consumer states when the vehicle accelerates the transmission makes a clicking noise and jerks into gear. The torque converter was turning back and forth instead of one way which would cause the transmission to fall out. The dealer was informed. Please provide more information. Mr.
The catalytic converter malfunctioned. Also, torque converter became defective, resulting in major transmission problems.