NHTSA Complaint #757003 — 1998 MAZDA 626

THE PROBLEM THAT I AM EXPERIENCING WITH MY CAR IS AN EXTERNAL SPRING IN THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER BROKE.THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS LED TO A RECALL OF SOME 1998 &1999 MAZDA 626'S . I TOOK MY CAR TO A MECHANIC TODAY BECAUSE I WAS HEARIND A KNOCKING/RATTLING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD.UPON INSPECTION THE MECHANIC FOUND THE PROBLEM AND KNEW ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THAT THIS WAS NOT A COMMON OCCURRENCE AND THAT POSSIBLY THIS WOULD BE A RECALL PROBLEM,HE THEN CHECKED AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS INFACT A RECALL AND ADVISED ME THAT I SHOULD CONTACT MJAZDA WHICH I DID. I FOUND OUT THAT MY CAR IS NOT ONE OF THOSE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL,WHICH LEADS ME TO MY COMPLAINT.THIS IS SUCH A SERIOUS MECHANICAL PROBLEM,MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE COULD STOLL WHILE DRVING!! I HOPE THAT THIS COMPLAINT IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY,AND I HOPE THAT MAZDA WILL EXTEND THE RECALL TO INCLUDE ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. *AK