Six problems related to transmission fluid leaking have been reported for the 1999 Mazda 626. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Our Mazda 626 1999 was well maintained. At 72,134 miles I took it to a transmission place for a transmission flush. I drove home for 5 miles and in the evening on the freeway. The Mazda now felt a bit jerky at 55-60 mph. (I never noticed that before. ) after 23 miles the Mazda suddenly lost power and stopped. I was lucky to get to the side of the freeway without accident. I was stranded on the freeway in darkness and heavy traffic for 1 1/2 hours. Scary!!!! there was a long trail of transmission fluid behind the car, a puddle under the car, also under the hood and along the driver's side doors. The towing service noticed a disconnected transmission hose under the hood. I was towed home and the next morning to the Mazda dealer. They say I need a new transmission for $3225. The dealer says the 30a egi inj fuse is burnt. Fluid level of trans was at least 3 qts over full, was dark brown and had severe burnt smell. Fluid appears to have leaked out of cooler line and valve body pan due to high pressure. (I never saw a leak on our garage floor. ) transmission is stuck in reverse. (I don't know how it got into reverse from my driving on the freeway???) this is costing us big bucks and aggravation: new transmission, three times towing charges, diagnostic by dealer, transmission flush, rental car, loss of work. . . And no guarantee that things will be made good! after reading all the complaints about bad Mazda transmissions, I am not sure whether the fault here lies in a bad product (transmission) or bad workmanship with the transmission flush. Now the Mazda is back at the transmission service place that originally did the transmission flush, in hopes that they will make good. I could have been road kill! can somebody investigate and help?.
My car is Mazda 626 lx 1999 with 66k miles. This car has bad transmission. 1. From 30k miles. This car sometimes had transmission jerking 2. One day my wife drive this car. The she put shift on reverse, but the car was forward on flat parking lot. She shifted back on park then shifted on reverse again, the car was still forward. So she turned off the engine, then started the engine, the car worked fine. 3. July 30,2005. After driving one and half hours. The o/d off light came out, then the transmission began jumping and the car lost power. I took exit right away. I stop the car and took a look. I found white smoking and a lot transmission oil already spilled out. The transmission was overheated. For this car I took all maintenance service since I bought this car. Actually I found the transmission fluid leaked many times. I let mechanic guy checked. They didn't found anything wrong because I didn't drive the car more than one hour before checking.
I bought a 1999 Mazda 626 lx in November of 1998. VIN 1yvgf22c3x5825750 about the time the warranty ran out I had taken my car into an oil change franchise. They suggested that I flush and renew the transmission fluid. So I did. That's when all the problems began. I then drove the car from NJ to FL where I lived. It started burning up a lot of oil so I took it into to Mazda. They said that it was well known that my make and model car runs hot. They said they could not see anything wrong with what the oil change franchise did. They recommended that I put a radiator on the transmission to keep it from boiling. . . Which is what it was doing. I believe it is the boiling transmission which has cause my engine to heat up so much that the oil has gunked my engine. Anyway, I took the car to a mechanic and they put in a radiator which seems to help some but now I'm continually having problems with the oil burning up without there being any leaks. I have continually had problems with the vehicle every since. In and out of the shops. No one seems to be able to get the car right. I have seen numerous reports of other Mazda owners having problems of this similar nature on the net. Mazda should take care of these problems and admit publicly that they've got problems with their vehicles and they should make it right.
I have had consistant transmission problems after around 50,000 mile. I have spent thousands of dollars taking the advice of Mazda transmission experts and other techs. I have experienced tranny leaks that would make the car look like it was floating on a cloud caused by the fluid falling on a hot exaust. Now at 104,000 miles right after having my seals changed the transmission apears to heat up within a few minutes and leaves me stuck in first gear hoping I can make it home. This transmission is garbage and has given me nothing but problems. Who ever let this engineering disaster be sold should pay for all the problems they have caused.
The od off light came on and started flashing, then there was smoke coming from the hood. The consumer exited the vehicle, popped the hood, and noticed transmission fluid everywhere. The consumer drove to a garage, but no leaks were found from the transmission.
Transmission leaks fluid when driving more than 1 hour. Also, the overdrive light flashes.