NHTSA Complaint #10142076 — 1997 MAZDA 626

CAR CANNOT PASS SMOG TEST - #10 TEST BOX DOES NOT EXIST. AFTER SPENDING $1300, IT'S BEEN FOUND REPEATED THAT 1997 CAR CONTAINS 1998 PARTS. #10 TIMING/GROUND DOESN'T EXIST ON 1998 BUT NO PROCEDURE TO SMOG WITHOUT IT. ALL OTHER SYSTEMS PASSED. SMOG REFEREE BELIEVES CAR WAS MANUFACTURED THIS WAY BUT POSSIBLE DEALERSHIP ALTERED BUT THEY, OF COURSE, DENY THIS AND STATE THEY WERE ABLE TO SMOG CAR WHEN THEY SOLD TO US (SINCE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SMOG THE CAR, IT OBVIOUSLY WAS PASSED ILLEGALLY BY THEM). NOW WE ARE OUT $1300 REPAIRS, $12,000 FOR COST OF CAR, $75 FOR REGISTRATION THAT THE STATE WON'T GIVE US A STICKER FOR, AND NO USE OF A CAR THAT SITS ON THE STREET. ONLY WAY TO SMOG IS TO SPEND $2500 TO REPLACE ALL THE PARTS TO MAKE IT ALL 1997. CAR ISN'T EVEN WORTH THAT ON TOP OF WHAT WAS ALREADY SPENT. SOMEONE NEEDS TO COME FORWARD TO TAKE CARE OF THIS MESS. IT'S BAD ENOUGH THE CAR CONSTANTLY STALLS. (AND YES, THE MOTOR LIGHT IS ALWAYS FLASHING. IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING, JUST A BEZERK SENSOR-AFTER PAYING $120 4-TIMES TO HAVE IT TURNED OFF, WE JUST PUT MASKING TAPE OVER THE ANNOYING SPOT). *NM