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3.88 out of 5 stars

1998 Mazda 626 LX 5 Speed

Derek, 12/21/2007
1998 Mazda 626 LX 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

What can I say. My wife's dad purchased this car with 100,000 miles. She has been driving it for the past 4 years. It now has 208,000 miles and still running strong. I def. wasn't sure about Mazda at first. This car has actually been just as reliable than my Accord though. The clutch is strong and it is the original! I have heard plenty on bad things about the auto trans, but the 5 speed is money.

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4.63 out of 5 stars

The car wont die

jon, 06/02/2009
1998 Mazda 626 LX 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

i have had this car for 6 months now it is my first car and it keeps turning heads even at 11 or how ever old it is people have stopped me and said what a nice cat that is i cant complain the car only die once because of a bad fuel pump but come on it is from 1998. when i bought it it had 125,000 and in six months i have put on another thousand so it really holds up

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4.25 out of 5 stars

Solid ten years of transportation

Mark, 09/02/2009
1998 Mazda 626 ES 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Looking to buy a new (used) car and mentally struggling to part with "old reliable"--think I'll gift to the kids for transportation and expect they can get at least another five years out of the old gal. Bought as year-old used and have had no troubles--simply changed the oil every 4-5K miles and was careful to change transmission fluid every 60K (as recommended by my non-dealer mechanic). Otherwise all predictable and expected general maintenance. Mazda is a winner in my book.

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4.25 out of 5 stars

delicious vanilla, no toppings

dozier, 02/27/2002
1998 Mazda 626 LX 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Great economical mid-size. Would reccomend it to anyone looking for a reliable car of this type. Was a little puzzled why the outer C-V boots failed at 60k miles. It has been my experience this usually happens after 100 k miles.

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4.13 out of 5 stars

Wish it still ran

Brittany, 11/16/2009
1998 Mazda 626 LX 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Bought this car for $2000, loved it. I drove it till this year when the third transmission went out. I've put at least $3500 into the car just in fixing it. The front axle had to be replaced transmission is out would replace it again but cannot find one. Over all the car has 171,000mls. I got my money out of it, now it's just setting around till someone buys it. Wonderful body, and love the sun roof. The car ran good, but also ran through a lot of money.

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