# TRANSMISSION HELP!(1997 Mazda 626 LX--Automatic) **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [July 6, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-help-1997-mazda-626-lx-automatic/32966 "2009-07-06T20:29:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cgansiaux1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8797f3/32.png) [@cgansiaux1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cgansiaux1)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-help-1997-mazda-626-lx-automatic/32966/1 "2009-07-06T20:29:16Z")
Hi, I bought my 97’ Mazda 626 with 67,000 miles on it. I THOUGHT I had my transmission rebuilt, however, the mechanic swapped out my bad transmission ( around 88K miles) for another 626 that had been T-Boned. Well, my move from Idaho to TX gave me some issues and at 111,000 I need ANOTHER transmission. I love my car, Hank, but my husband and I debate on whether or not to replace the transmission…AGAIN…But, this time we’d get a NEW transmission… Anyway, I am hoping there are some people who know if this car has a history of bad transmissions??? It’s cheaper to fix the transmission than to buy a new car, but, we’d prefer to spend the $$ wisely and not have to replace it AGAIN in another 30K. The transmission place we went to said we’d have to replace it again in around 30K b/c of this car’s history, HOWEVER, I do not find a lot of transmission issues on this specific car… 1997 Mazda 626, LX…4-cylinder engine… ANY HELP/ADVICE/EXPERIENCE IS VERY APPRECIATED!!! ---
**Author:** ![cgansiaux1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8797f3/32.png) [@cgansiaux1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cgansiaux1)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-help-1997-mazda-626-lx-automatic/32966/2 "2009-07-06T21:14:23Z")
Any advice is AWESOME! This is a huge decision! We trust our mechanics, but what if they had the handful of people who were not as kind to their 626s as I am/was… ---
**Author:** ![1hotpilot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/41988e/32.png) [@1hotpilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/1hotpilot)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-help-1997-mazda-626-lx-automatic/32966/3 "2009-08-16T19:46:43Z")
Probably too late to help but these cars do have a history of transmission troubles