dustin92
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My Mazda 626 WAS at least, in part, made or built by Ford. I lost count of the pieces and parts that had the Ford logo stamped into them, one for sure being the oil filler cap, and I once had to have a replacement key made, it too was Ford- the only one that would fit, and had Ford stamped into it. The engine was definitely Ford, I had to have the timing belt changed at 105,000 miles, as required, and the mechanic said he couldn't find the part for a mazda, but found the same part number under (I believe) a Ford Focus. 2.0 4 cylinder engine. The car gave me nothing but trouble from the day I bought it, and the dealer wouldn't stand behind the warranty I was given. It had barely 100,000 miles on it, all one owner, when I bought it, and by 120,000 it needed either the engine rebuilt or replaced. Burned more oil than gas, lost compression on one cylinder, and ran terrible. Was stalling constantly and smoking like a freight train when I sold it. Apparently the new owners replaced the engine, because I've seen it several times since. The transmission was terrible and jerky, the only things that ever worked properly were the windows and air conditioner.
My Mazda 626 WAS at least, in part, made or built by Ford. I lost count of the pieces and parts that had the Ford logo stamped into them, one for sure being the oil filler cap, and I once had to have a replacement key made, it too was Ford- the only one that would fit, and had Ford stamped into it. The engine was definitely Ford, I had to have the timing belt changed at 105,000 miles, as required, and the mechanic said he couldn't find the part for a mazda, but found the same part number under (I believe) a Ford Focus. 2.0 4 cylinder engine. The car gave me nothing but trouble from the day I bought it, and the dealer wouldn't stand behind the warranty I was given. It had barely 100,000 miles on it, all one owner, when I bought it, and by 120,000 it needed either the engine rebuilt or replaced. Burned more oil than gas, lost compression on one cylinder, and ran terrible. Was stalling constantly and smoking like a freight train when I sold it. Apparently the new owners replaced the engine, because I've seen it several times since. The transmission was terrible and jerky, the only things that ever worked properly were the windows and air conditioner.