my mazda 626 tranny is acting up

[kritical28]

Whenever I put my car into reverse, it doesnt move at all. I have to slowly apply pressure to gas to get it kicking and if I apply to hard, the tranny hits really hard. It doesnt do this in any forward gears, only in reverse. Guys have any ideas if the whole tranny is done or if its something simple

 

[Deeko]

is it a mid 90's auto? Those 626's are known for tranny problems.

 

[kritical28]

Originally posted by: Deeko
is it a mid 90's auto? Those 626's are known for tranny problems.

It's a 98

 

[StevenYoo]

trannies are popular in Thailand

 

[Shawn]

yea, the automatic 626s had transmission problems.

 

[alien42]

i had a 929 from around that time and had to have the tranmission replaced. the problem with those trannies was they werent cooled properly. when my mechanic replaced the transmission he also added a new cooler. unfortunately after 200,000 miles she finally died on me.

 

[beach2nd]

Originally posted by: StevenYoo
trannies are popular in Thailand

 

[Ornery]

1. Diagnose Automatic Transmission Problems

 

[kritical28]

Any other ideas?

 

[duragezic]

It's prolly gonna crap out on ya... there's TONS of similar stories on Edmunds forums. It seems they wen't to hell from 94 models on and weren't really fixed till about 2000. I got a 93, with the different GF4-EL (IIRC) tranny, it shifts like crap, but still kickin'! I'm not sure there's too much you can do about an auto tranny aside from flushing and refilling the fluid.