2001 Mazda 626 transmission problems
Owners reported transmission problems in 135 complaints for the 2001 Mazda 626, 57% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 135 57% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 80,000 miles 109 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When transmission problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 9 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 20 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 20 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 26 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 20 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 109 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 30% were reported before 60,000 miles.
None of the transmission complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.
What owners wrote
My name is [xxx] but the car is under my father's name, [xxx]. He bought the car for me. The gears sometimes will not engage and when I am finally able to switch gears the car will jerk about a foot back, and I've only had the car 3 months. Parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (FOIA), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
My 2001 mazda 626 LX would jerk extremely hard when starting off until speeds reached around 25+MPH this happened since the day the car was purchased even after taking the car to the dealer for repairs the car still jerked when increasing speeds. Just recently while going to work the car would not move in reverse and barley move in drive after getting half way to work I stopped at a stop sign and the car would not move only rev up that's when I called a towing service to drop my car off to a garage after the…
Other problems reported for the 2001 Mazda 626
- Engine 18 complaints