Mazda Miata owners have reported 3 problems related to automatic transmission (under the power train category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Mazda Miata based on all problems reported for the Miata.
This incident concerns a safety violation caused by a nationally franchised transmission shop in camp hill PA. I cannot adequately describe this scenario in 2000 characters, but the bottom line is that the transmission facility damaged my car so that it was unsafe, and returned it to me in that condition without telling me. They damaged the structural integrity of the vehicle to the point that it could have both caused an accident and the results of that accident could have been much worse as a result of that condition.
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Transmission can not be shifted safely during normal operation. Grinds, kicks-out and block shifting into gear.
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Hard shifting between 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gear. Gear will sometimes grind when shifting or engine speed must much before engaging. Very stiff shifter at neutral and cause gear hunting from 5th to 4th. When transmission is warmed up, a rattling sound can be heard at neutral but disappear once the clutch is depressed.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Manual Transmission problems | |
| Clutch problems | |
| Automatic Transmission problems | |
| Transmission Noise problems | |
| Differential Unit problems | |
| Axle Assembly problems | |
| Clutch Pedal/linkage problems | |
| Vehicle Shudder problems | |
| Power Train Driveline problems | |
| Transmission Failure problems |