NHTSA Complaint #10192610 — 2001 MAZDA 626

MY 2001 MAZDA 626 4 CYL HAD LOW POWER FROM THE BEGINNING. WHEN IT REACHED ABOUT 52000 MILES I NOTICED THAT IT WAS SHIFTING SLOWLY. AT ABOUT 53000 THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND WITHIN A WEEK OR SO THE CAR WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE AND WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO START MOVING AFTER A STOP. I CALLED HAROLD MAZDA AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH THEY PUT IN FOR A MERE $3800 AS IT WAS 3013 MILES OVER THE 50000 MI WARANTEE PERIOD.. AT THE TIME I ASKED THEM IF THERE WAS A REASON IT FAILED AND THEY TOLD ME NO THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE MAZDA 626. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO TO REDUCE THE LIKELYHOOD OF IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN - THEY DID NOT MENTION THE COOLING UNIT I HAVE READ ABOUT. NOW MY MAZDA 626 IS AGAIN SHIFTING SLOWLY AND I AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. THERE IS ONLY 67000 MILES ON IT NOW BUT THE NEW TRANSMISSION IS OUT OF IT'S 1 YR WARANTEE PERIOD. MAZDA SHOULD BE MADE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM AND OFFEER COMPENSATION TO IT'S VICTIMS.