Mazda Protege Complaints

1,077 consumer complaints on file.

• #515221February 28, 1997
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)

  COMPUTER REPLACED.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #809121February 19, 1997
  POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

  WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED SUDDENLY CV JOINT FAILURE WHEN IT BROKE IN STEERING COLUMN, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, HIT TELEPHONE POLE; ALSO, UPON IMPACT DUAL AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, 2:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, DRIVER'S SEAT SHOULDER HARNESS FAILED TO RETRACT ENOUGH. *AK

  Crash:

  Yes

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #809122February 19, 1997
  AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

  UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH, 2:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, HIT TELEPHONE POLE, DUAL AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, DRIVER HIT STEERING WHEEL. *AK

  Crash:

  Yes

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #809124February 19, 1997
  AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

  UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH, HIT TELEPHONE POLE, 2:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, DUAL AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, DRIVER HIT STEERING WHEEL. *AK

  Crash:

  Yes

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #809125February 19, 1997
  SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

  UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH, HIT TELEPHONE POLE, 2:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, DRIVER'S SHOULDER HARNESS FAILED TO RETRACT ENOUGH, CAUSING HIM TO HIT STEERING WHEEL. *AK

  Crash:

  Yes

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #602549February 18, 1997
  EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

  AIR CONDITIONER FAILED.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  4

  Deaths:

  0

• #807162February 11, 1997
  STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

  WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE CAR VIBRATES, TOOK TO DEALER, PUT IN MODIFIED MOTOR MOUNTS. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #808445January 31, 1997
  STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)

  STEERING:GEAR SHIFT: WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH AND HIT A PATCH OF ICE, VEHICLE STARTED TO SPIN , ARM HIT GEAR SHIFT,AND VEHICLE LURCHED AND HIT BRIDGE VEHICLE BOUNCED BACK AND HIT OTHER SIDE OF BRIDGE, VEHICLE TOTALED

  Crash:

  Yes

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  1

  Deaths:

  0

• #806594January 28, 1997
  FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY

  WHEN OPENING THE GAS CAP FLAMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE FUEL TANK. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  Yes

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #514073January 22, 1997
  POWER TRAIN

  VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR WHILE GOING 65 MPH, 1ST GEAR MELTED ONTO THE SHAFT CAUSING GEAR TO STICK.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #528067January 12, 1997
  UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  BECAUSE OF DESIGN OF CAR THERE WAS NO LIGHT OR SIGNAL TO INDICATE TO THE DRIVER THAT THE REAR DOOR WAS NOT TOTALLY CLOSED RESULTING IN A YOUNG CHILD FALLING OUT OF THE CAR AND BEING STRUCK BY THE VEHILCE.(ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER).

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  1

  Deaths:

  0

• #807475January 10, 1997
  SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER

  DURING REAREND COLLISION, DRIVER'S SEATBACK REST BROKE, THEN COLLASPED REARWARD, AT APPROX. 35MPH, CSS WAS BEHIND AT TIME, NO CHILD IN SEAT, NO INJURY. *AK

  Crash:

  Yes

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #605715January 7, 1997
  EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

  AIR CONDITIONER FAILED.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #527401January 6, 1997
  UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  CHILD RUN OVER BY VEHICLE AFTER FALLING OUT OF PARTIALLY OPENED DOOR, POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW IN NOT HAVING INDICATOR FOR OPENED DOOR. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER).

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  1

  Deaths:

  0

• #807151January 6, 1997
  SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

  THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AT DEALERSHIP (7) WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #807168January 6, 1997
  SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER

  BOTH FRONT SEATBACKS COLLAPSED AFTER BEING HIT FROM THE REAR AT A COMPLETE STOP. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

  Crash:

  Yes

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  1

  Deaths:

  0

• #513395January 2, 1997
  TIRES, AIR BAGS

  YOKAHOMA TIRE BLEW OUT, CAUSING ACCIDENT/AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE IN CRASH, CAUSING SMOKE TO BURN EYES.

  Crash:

  Yes

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  1

  Deaths:

  0

• #805142December 31, 1996
  SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR, STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT

  THE PASENGER'S SEAT BELT RETRACTOR NEVER WORKED, ALSO CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED, PURCHASED USED VEHICLE. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #513233December 30, 1996
  LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

  DRIVER HAS TO USE EXCESSIVE EFFORT TO UNLOCK DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCK.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #806712December 26, 1996
  ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE ENGINE BROKE A ROD, CAUSING OWNER TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP ON THE HIGHWAY. OWNER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN OIL PAN. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0