Should I buy this Mazada626?

[kim69]

Hey Mazda Owners,

I am looking to purchase this vehicle but first I wanted to know if this is a reliable car and if there are any cons in buying this car. Please give me your experience as a owner of this vehicle. Oh this is "2001". Thanks in advance.

[rljt60]

If it is a 4 cyl with an automatic transmission I would skip it. The transmissions were from Ford and based on my experience Mazda and Ford never fully fixed the problems. If it is a 6 cyl then I have every confidence in the car. I have bought and resold five Mazda's in the last two years and really do like the cars (solid, well put together, etc) but have no confidence in the 4 cyl auto transmission. Good Luck.

[sbramblet]

Yeah ford auto trannies don't have a good rep... I'm not sure about the '01 but our '96 626 (yes, 4 cyl auto tranny!) has over 160K miles on the original tranny... so if you maintain it you should get good use out of it. Every car is different though.

[whistlepig]

in reference to this 2001 626 2.0 liter engine, does anyone know if the engine is an interference engine or freewheeling? this is important to know since it may break a timing belt and bend valves if it is an interference engine.

[Toolman5523]

Mazda's t-belt motors are typically freewheeling, while the chain drive ones tend to be benders