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MAZDA 626

1996 MAZDA 626

1 safety recall campaign, 4 defect investigations, 426 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations4
Owner complaints426
Complaints citing a crash43
Complaints citing a fire3

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 1 of 1

15V6740002015-10-19

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

If the ignition switch overheats there would be an increased risk of a fire.

What owners report most

  • 222POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
  • 33AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
  • 14UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 11AIR BAGS
  • 8POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
  • 7ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
  • 7VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 6ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 1996 MAZDA 626s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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