Mazda Protege Complaints (1999)

88 consumer complaints on file.

#768404October 13, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION REPLACED BY MAZDA 7/26/00 DUE TO TECH. BULLETIN. SINCE THEN SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY JERKING INTO A LOWER GEAR, AT BOTH HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS. MAZDA DEALER UNABLE TO REPLICATE OR IDENTIFY PROBLEM AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019811September 30, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR CRASH WHERE THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOYED. MAZDA WAS NOTIFIED. *MR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765736August 16, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT
STEERING WHEEL OUT OF CENTER, CAR PULLS TO ONE SIDE, TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THIS IS ALIGMENT PROBLEM, I MENTIONED TO THE DEALER THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT BECAUSE CAR AND DRIVER FOUND THE SAME PROBLEM IN PROTEGE AND CONSUMER REPORTS TOO. DEALER REFUSED TO FIX IT AT NO CHARGE WITH THE CAR STILL UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY, I CONTACTED MAZDA MOTOR CO. AND I GOT SAME ANSWER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015653August 6, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
THERE IS A SMELL AND A DARK COLOR LIQUID COMING FROM PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764714July 25, 2002
TIRES:SIDEWALL
SIDEWALLS FOUND TO BE CRACKING AS IF DRY-ROTTING ON 7/23/02. E-MAILED FIRESTONE WITH NO RESPONSE YET. SCHEDULED TO REPLACE TIRES FRIDAY BECAUSE I CONSIDER THEM UNSAFE ESPECIALLY AFTER READING ON THIS SITE ABOUT ALL THE SIDEWALL BLOWOUTS.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010831May 31, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 20-50 MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, VEHICLE JERKED INTO REVERSE AND BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK GEAR SHIFT REMAINS IN DRIVE OCCURRING EVERH 2-3 MONTHS. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM, BUT STATES 4-5 OTHER OWNERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009007May 2, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED APPLIES BRAKES , AND WITHOUT WARNING THE BRAKES FADE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007873April 17, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK IN HIS VEHICLE WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK. NLM. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THE CLUTCH STUCK AT TIMES.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005717March 14, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING, WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE ACCELERATING GEARS WILL CHANGE/ EXTREMELY ROUGH. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005646March 13, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING TRANSMISSION WILL JERK OR GET STUCK INTO OTHER GEARS. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756655January 10, 2002
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICALS TACOMETER WAS FLUTTERING AND THE VEHICAL WAS STALLING AT LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WE BROUGHT THE VEHICAL TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE PROBLEM STATING THE INTAKE MANAFOILD GASKET WAS CRACKED. JUST BARELY OVER THE WARENTY WE FOLD A ENGINE PROBLEM OF THIS NATURE ODD AS WELL AS THE DEALER DID. WE ARE SEEKING SOME KIND OF RETURNDED FUNDS FROM MAZDA FOR THE EXPENSIVE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8000722December 14, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 40 MPH FRONT END COLLISION, AND FRONT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONSUMERS HEAD HIT WINDSHIELD. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#898917November 8, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ORIGINAL MANUFACTURED EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, MAZDA, PROTEGE, TIRE SIZE P18565R14. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY CONSUMER HEARD A THUMPING NOISE BEFORE THE EXPLOSION OF TREAD SEPARATING FROM RIGHT REAR TIRE. *AK FIRESTONE TIRES P185/65/R14.*JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897743October 15, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AND SLOWING DOWN A TRUCK HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AND PUSHED IT INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748842July 20, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
REAR LEFT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, COMPLETLY SHREARD FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE TIRE ABOUT HALF WAY AROUND THE TIRE. WHEN TAKEN TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER COMPLAINED ABOUT TREAD SPERATION, WAS TOLD THAT I MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING TO HAVE CAUSED SUCH DAMAGE TO THE TIRE. THERE WAS MINIMIAL TREAD WEAR ON THE TIRE AS IT WAS BRAND NEW AND HARDLY ANY MILEAGE DRIVEN ON IT. FIRESTONE DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE TIRE FOR FREE, STATED HE DID NOT HAVE ANY INSTOCK AND WOULD HAVE TO ORDER A TIRE TO REPLACE IT. TOLD THE FIRESTONE DEALER FORGET IT AND REPLACED THE TIRE WITH A NON FIRESTONE BRAND FROM A MORE REPUTIABLE TIRE MANUFACTURE. LUCKLY THERE WAS NOONE HURT AND THE CAR DID NOT LOSE CONTROL AFTER THE BLOW OUT. (TIRESIZE: R14)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748843July 20, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
INTERNAL LOCK SERVO GEAR FAILED ON THE INSIDER OF FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR. HAD TO TAKE CAR INTO DEALERSHIP TO FIX WHILE CAR WAS UNDER WARANTY. THEY HAD TO SPECIAL ORDER A NEW LOCK MECHNISIM. UNKOWN AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AS WAS COMPELTLY COVERED BY WARANTY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885584April 10, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHENEVER CAR COMES TO A STOP AND TAKES OFF THERE'S A VIOLENT JOLT LIKE GETTING HIT IN REAR.*AK CONSUMER STATES WHEN TRAVELING AT 40 MPH THERE WILL BE A VIOLENT JOLT AS IF SOMEONE HIT YOU FROM BEHIND, IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE JOLTS FOWARD CONSUMER STATES THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED HE THOUGHT HE HAD BEEN REAR-ENDED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560586March 29, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE ENGINE MALFUNCTIONS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING CAUSING THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY DECREASES FROM HIGHWAY SPEED TO 0-5 MPH WHILE THE TACHOMETER MOVES WILDLY. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742426March 14, 2001
AIR BAGS
I BOUGHT A FORMERLY WRECKED CAR WITH FRONTAL DAMAGE. THE AIRBAGS HAD NOT DEPLOYED. I NOTICED THE PROBLEM ON OTHER 99 PROTEGES AND THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT IT. THERE SEEMS TO BE A POSSIBLE DEFECT IN THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882818March 13, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
GEAR CASING INSIDE STEERING WHEEL BROKE, CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME VERY LOOSE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER STATED ENTIRE STEERING WHEEL NEEDED REPLACING. *AK ACCIDNET HAD OCCURED AT LESS THAN 5000 MILES, AND THE STEERING WHEEL BROKE 18,000 MILES LATER, BUT THE DEALER REFUSED REPLACING IT STATING THE PREVIOUS SALVAGE TITLE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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