We have classified the 3 complaints from 2002 Mazda 626 about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM into the following categories.
The car started to not want to crank it would crank sometimes then one day we went to the store then when we went to leave the store it finally just stopped trying to crank only making a clicking sound and while trying to crank it the steering column started smoking and almost caught on fire i believe it is the ignition switch
Smoke came from around the steering column. *tr
I have a 2002 mazda 626 4cyl with 71,200 miles. i had just paid it off last month and come to find out my automatic transmission is going out on me. when accelerating it sounds as if gears are grinding. there was a couple times over the last 3 months my check engine light came on. i took it in and was told my battery connection was loose. other than that there was no events leading up to this and happened all of a sudden. i have tried to change transmission fluid and the defected transmission is still in the vehicle continuing with grinding noise. took it back in and told me the transmission is about to need rebuilding i have read many problems online dating back to 1996 regarding these 626's transmissions and here is another one. *tr
Car does not run/start or engine light stays on and it idles inappropriately. this car was purchased 10/02. it went to the dealer 11/02 after engine light came on while driving and car would not start/drive. car returned 36 days later. car now has engine light on and is at a different dealer for three days