1995 Mazda 626 problems
Owners have filed 587 complaints with NHTSA about the 1995 Mazda 626. Transmission is the most reported problem area, at 57% of complaints. Next are air bags (13%) and engine (5%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 587 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Transmission 57% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 55 and 10
- Injuries and deaths
- 47 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 103,000 miles 147 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 10 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 23 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 25 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 31 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 14 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 9 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 20 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Of the 147 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 103,000 miles. For transmission specifically, the median reported mileage is about 100,000 miles (117 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 55 complaints mention a crash; 10 complaints mention a fire; 47 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1995 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Mazda 626 with enough data (261 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Both air bags failed to open upon rear end impact on december, 23, 1996; both air bags opened without impact causing teenage driver to crash into a parked vehicle.
Driving at 35 MPH, the vehicle ran over a pothole and both driver's and passenger's side air bags deployed, causing injuries to the occupant. Cannot determine the problem. Dup of 813524, added on 25-feb-98.
While driving city limits, 25 MPH, driver's side airbag deployed, no impact. Shattered driver's contact lens, loosened lower teeth, abrasions & burns, airbag replaced, reported by owner's sister.
1995 mazda 626. The transmission went out at about 103,000 miles. After driving for extended periods (45 minutes to 1 hour), the car began to chug when taking off from a start. Began to have problems going into gear when engine was cold. Transmission needed to be rebuilt.
My 1995 mazda 626 LX has had its overdrive off light blinking for a month now I have had it checked. It would only blink when the gas would get below a half of a tank. So I had the fuel filter replaced. Then it started to shift gears at random times. I had the usual done, flushed the transmission replaced filter etc. Its a week later my transmission has completely failed. Due to my transmission overheating.