Mazda Protege Complaints

1,077 consumer complaints on file.

#705834April 21, 1999
CHILD SEAT:TETHER: STRAP/WEBBING
MY PROBLEM IS THE PLASTIC PART I HOOK THE TWO THE TWO STRAPS TOGETHER WITH. MY 2 YEAR OLD SON IS CAPABLE OF REMOVING THIS. HE IS THEN ONLY SECURED IN WITH 3 POINTS ON THE SEAT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO PROCEED WITH CONCERN. I HAVE SPOKEN TO EVENFLO. I DIDNT RECEIVE THE HELP TO RESOLVE MY PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705642April 15, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEAD LIGHTS TURN OFF AUTOMATICALLY AND AT RANDOM IF A BUMP IS HIT OR WHEN TURNING LEFT. THE LIGHTS WILL COME BACK ON ONLY IF TURNING ON THE HIGH BEAMS. I CONSIDER THIS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AND HAVE FOUND THIS IN OTHER COMPLAINTS IN THE NHTSA FILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705648April 15, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES
SEAT BELT WARNING BELL GOES OFF AND ON CONTINUOUSLY WHILE CAR IS ON FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705571April 13, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705476April 9, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I'VE READ THAT LATE MODEL YEARS WITH THE AT HAVE EXPERIENCED RANDOM HARD SHIFTS WHILE GOING AT MODERATE SPEEDS. I WAS ACCELERATING GENTLY FROM 35 TO 40 MPG ON A VERY GENTLE SLOPE WHEN I FELT AS IF THE CAR HIT A LARGE BUMP OR RIDGE. CURIOUS AND WORRIED, I TURNED BACK AND RETRACED MY PATH TO SEE IF IT WOULD REPEAT. IT DIDN'T, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS WILL DEVELOP INTO A MAJOR PROBLEM LATER. I'VE READ FROM OTHER OWNERS OF LATE MODEL PROTEGES WITH THE AT THAT THEY MAY ABRUPTLY SEIZE WHILE IN OPERATION. BLAME IS PINNED ON THE FORD-DESIGNED AT. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AS IT COULD EASILY RESULT IN ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES SHOULD THIS TRANSMISSION FAIL SUDDENLY IN TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834803March 23, 1999
SEAT BELTS, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT LODGED HALF-WAY BACK AS CONSUMER WAS GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE. SUBSEQUENTKY, THE MOTOR BROKE, THE CABLE CAME OUT OF THE TRACK. CURRENTLY, THE LATCH IS LODGED ND CANNOT BE MOVED IN APOSITION THA TCONSUMER CAN USE SHOULDER BELT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704813March 23, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WENT TO STOP AT STOP LIGHT, ENGINE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, UNABLE TO STOP. REARENDED STATIONARY VEHICLE AT LIGHT. OUR VEHICLE TOTALED. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#544451March 17, 1999
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
CONSUMER COMPLAINING OF INTERMITTENT ROTTEN EGG SMELL WHEN STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT, DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704582March 17, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
DRIVER SIDE REPAIRED TWICE,PASSENGER SIDE NOT REPAIRED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704440March 15, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKE PAD FAILURE AGAIN AT 360000
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704362March 12, 1999
SUSPENSION:REAR
OVERALL SUSPENSION IS TOO STIFF INDUCING BACK PAIN ON LOCAL BUMPY ROADS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#703575February 22, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I HAVE A DETAILED ACCOUNT WRITTEN TO THE DEALERSHIP - WHO CAN THIS BE SENT TO? IN GENERAL IN TWO SEPARATE ACCOUNTS, ONE AFTER THE CAR HAD BEEN FIXED FOR THE PROBLEM, WE WERE DRIVING WHEN WE EXPERIENCED A ROUGHNESS IN THE ENGINE. IN LESS THAN 5 SECONDS THE TACHOMETER BEGAN TO WILDLY FLUCTUATE, CONCURRENTLY LOSS OF POWER TO THE GAS PEDAL. WITHIN ABOUT TEN SECONDS THE ENGINE STALLED. WE COULD NOT RESTART THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP HAD JUST REPLACED THE DISTRIBUTOR , PERFORMED A MAJOR TUNEUP AND RESET THE TIMING ON THE TIMING BELT FOR $ 700.00. WITHIN SIX HOURS OF GETTING THE CAR BACK, THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#703388February 17, 1999
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
DIVERS SIDE SEAT FAILED IN A MINOR REAR END COLLISON. SEAT BACK BROKE AND FELL DOWN INTO REAR SEAT . NO OCCUPANTS IN REAR SEAT. ALSO, NO INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#703426February 17, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES
TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED TWICE BEFORE DETERMINING THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR SWITCH WAS MALFUNCTIONING. TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN , 1 MONTH AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED AND HAD TO BE REBUILT. SEAT BELT LIGHT BEEPS AND GOES ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#703319February 15, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
I WAS AN HOUR AWAY FROM HOME WHEN MY HEADLIGHTS STARTED GOING DIM, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULDN'T WORK ON HIGH SPEED. AFTER THE CAR DIED WE WENT AND GOT A NEW ALTERNATOR AND PUT ON IT, AFTER THAT, IT DROVE FOR ABOUT 5 MILES AND THE HEADLIGHTS STARTED GOING DIM AND THE CAR WOULD CUT IN AND OUT. THE NEXT DAY WE PUT A NEW BATTERY ON IT AND I DROVE IT HOME, WHEN WE TOOK IT TO A SHOP, THEY REBUILT THE ALTERNATOR, AND I DROVE THE CAR FOR A FEW DAYS AND IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN. SO WE PUT ANOTHER ALTERNATOR ON IT AND SO FAR IT HAS WORKED, BUT WE ARE AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE I HAVE ALSO SEEN SMOKE COME OUT OF THE HOOD AFTER HAVING THOSE PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#703164February 11, 1999
SEATS
ON FEB 4/99 WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT TILTED BACK QUITE DRAMTICALLY CAUSING ME TO GRIP THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT HAD BECOME UNSTABLE AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE THE CAR PARTICULARLY DURING ACCELERATION AND MAINTAIN CONTROL. I WENT TO THE DEALER ON FEB 10/99 AND FOR $36.92 THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE SLIDING SEAT TRACK WAS BROKEN. THEY INDICTAED THE CAR APPEARED WELL MAINTAINED AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THE RESULT OF POOR MAINTENANCE BUT INSTEAD SEEMED TO BE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. THEY SAID THE COST TO REPAIR THE VEHIVLES WAS $209 CDN PLUS LABOUR FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT $300. I APPROACHED MAZDA CANADA AND THE DEALER TO SEE IF THEY WOULD COVER THE COST OF THIS MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. THE DEALER'S SEVICE MANAGER SAID THE VEHICLE WAS BEYOND IT'S 5 YEAR 80,000 KM WARRANTY PERIOD AND THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ANYTHING HE COULD DO PARTICULARLY SINCE I HADN'T BEEN BRINGING MY CAR TO THEM REGUALRLY FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. COULD YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS PROBLEM HAS SHOWN UP IN OTHER MAZDAS AND WHAT RECOURSE I MIGHT HAVE IF ANY. I WILL ALSO BE CHECKING WHAT HELP I CAN GET FROM CANADIAN REGULATORY AGENCIES. YOUR ASSITANCE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK-YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834690February 10, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DRIVING AT LEAST 30 MPH HIT TELEPHONE POST HEAD-ON, BUT ONLY PASSENGER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING VERY SERIOUS INJUIRES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#702882February 2, 1999
SUSPENSION:REAR, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
UNSURE IF ALL DATA I RECEIVED WHEN PURCHASED IS CORRECT. NO DEFECTS MENTIONE DIN THE SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#609301February 1, 1999
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
TAPE DECK IS NOT WORKING. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#606694February 1, 1999
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
DURING INSTALLATION OF A/C UNIT O-RING WAS PUNCTURED CAUSING LEAKAGE, REPLACEMENT UNIT IS NOISY. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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