NHTSA Complaint #10230218 — 1997 MAZDA 626

I PURCHASED A 1997 MAZDA 626 WITH 90,000 MILES ON IT IN JANUARY 2007. RECENTLY, AT 112K, THE O/D LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND THE CAR JERKED AND STRUGGLED TO SHIFT GEARS. I TOOK IT TO FOUR DIFFERENT AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC SHOPS AND THEY ALL RAN AN ESTIMATE AND TOLD ME THE SAME THING - THAT THE FORD CD4E TRANSMISSION IN IT IS FAILING AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT QUITS COMPLETELY. THEY ALSO ALL INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS A TYPICAL PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE AND YEAR TRANSMISSION. IT IS VERY DEVASTATING TO ME BECAUSE I AM ON A VERY LIMITED INCOME AND IT HAD PROVEN TO BE SUCH A RELIABLE CAR ASIDE FROM THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, RUNNING GAS AT APROX. 30 MPG. AS I USED A POPULAR SEARCH ENGINE TO FIND "MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSIONS" HOPING TO PURCHASE A NEW ONE, INSTEAD I WAS GREETED WITH THOUSANDS OF PAGES UPON PAGES OF COMPLAINTS ON THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM I HAVE ENCOUNTERED WITH THE FORD CD4E TRANSMISSION. NEITHER FORD NOR MAZDA HAS DONE ANYTHING TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY; THIS SHOULD BE INEXCUSABLE! *TR