Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Jul 9, 1998VA
WARNING LIGHT FOR DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG HAS ILLUMINATED TWICE AND THE UNIT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE.
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1997 Mazda Protege complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1997 record →
Structure › Body
Filed Jun 8, 1998MA
DEPRESSIONS ARE PRESENT IN THE SHEET METAL ALONG THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROOF ABOVE THE DOORS.
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Jun 6, 1998NJ
CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT TURN OFF AND KEPT GAINING SPEED.
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed May 12, 1998IL
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN DECELERATING THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN A\BLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Seats
Filed Mar 16, 1998MA
THE SLIGHTEST ASH FROM CIGARETTES CAN MELT THE SEAT EVEN IF THE BUTT IS OUT. OWNER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUICKNESS THE SEAT CAN MELT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Seat Belts › Rear/Other
Filed Mar 16, 1998VT
THE REAR OUTER SEAT BELTS, WHEN USED WITH A CHILD SAFETY SEAT ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO USE. WHEN TRYING TO LATCH THE SEAT BELT, THE FEMALE PART HAS NOTHING TO KEEP IT ABOVE THE SEAT WHILE PUSHING ON IT TO THE THE MALE PART IN. THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO PUSH THE BELT IN MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MAKE IT CLICK.
Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Mar 5, 1998NC
REAR SEAT BELT FAILED.
Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Dec 27, 1997VA
SHOULD BELT TWIST AND BINDS IN GUIDE, REQUIRING IT TO BE FREED MANUALLY
Air Bags › FrontalCrash4 injured
Filed Nov 13, 1997CA
CONSUMER DRIVING AND SUDDENLY VEHICLE IS OUT OF CONTROL, FELL INTO A HOLE HEAD-ON AND ROLLED 3-4 TIMES, ALL OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Oct 22, 1997NY
TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc2 injured
Filed Oct 20, 1997CA
BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN ACCIDENT.
Power Train › Automatic TransmissionCrash
Filed Sep 10, 1997NY
WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH AND TACHOMETER WENT TO 5000 RPMS, VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE AND DID NOT CHANGE GEAR. THE SECOND TIME, DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND HIT A CURB WHILE DRIVING ON SLIPPERY ROAD. *AK
Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Aug 15, 1997MA
DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50MPH WHEN HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE DIRECTLY IN THE FRONT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Gear Position Indication (prndl)
Filed May 30, 1997NY
THE GEAR SHIFT STICKS IN PARK WHEN CAR FIRST STARTED.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Apr 25, 1997LA
THE BRAKES MAKE A NOISE LIKE THEY ARE RUBBING AGAINST METAL AND THE BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST GOES TO THE FLOOR BEFORE STOPPING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Jan 7, 1997NY
AIR CONDITIONER FAILED.
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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