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Mazda 626 by model year

3,698 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Mazda 626 across 12 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Mazda 626 0 300 600 1990: 62 '90 1991: 99 '91 1993: 202 '93 1994: 353 '94 1995: 587 '95 1996: 426 '96 1997: 451 '97 1998: 499 '98 1999: 372 '99 2000: 280 '00 2001: 235 '01 2002: 99 '02
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
199062
199199
1993202
1994353
1995587
1996426
1997451
1998499
1999372
2000280
2001235
200299

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2002 99 Transmission (59%) 20 to 25
2001 235 Transmission (57%) 20 to 25
2000 280 Transmission (54%) 1 20 to 25
1999 372 Transmission (61%) 2 20 to 26
1998 499 Transmission (61%) 4 20 to 26
1997 451 Transmission (51%) 3 20 to 26
1996 426 Transmission (56%) 2 20 to 26
1995 587 Transmission (57%) 2 20 to 26
1994 353 Transmission (51%) 2 20 to 26
1993 202 Transmission (19%) 1 19 to 26
1991 99 Seat belts (35%) 1
1990 62 Seat belts (23%) 1