Complaint Statistics
2 total complaints
1 fires
Top Reported Components
| Component | Complaints |
|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | 1 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | 1 |
Incident date: Apr 29, 2002
CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVNG, THERE WAS A POP SOUND, CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE, HE THEN PULLED OVER TO THE TURNPIKE AND THEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, POSSIBLY ENGINE RELATED.(OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT#10-91-213).*JB
Fire
WHILE PULLING INTO AN INTERSECTION SUDDENLY IGNITION SWITCH LOCK, RENDERING STEERING CAPABILITY INOPERATIVE. TT
NHTSA Safety Investigations — MAZDA PROTEGE
Investigations opened by NHTSA into potential safety defects. These are separate from recalls and may or may not result in a recall.
EA — Closed
— Model Year: 1995
HEADLIGHT WIRE BREAKAGE
IN ITS LETTER DATED APRIL 21, 2000, MAZDA STATED THAT IT WILL CONDUCT A SAFETY RECALL OF APPROXIMATELY 79,000 MODEL YEAR 1995 AND 1996 MAZDA PROTEGE VEHICLES BUILT FROM JUNE 1994 THROUGH JULY 1995.MAZDA DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH ASSEMBLE
PE — Closed
— Model Year: 1995
LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS
BASED ON THE REVIEW OF MAZDA'S INVESTIGATION AND TESTING, EXAMINATION OF TWO FAILED FIELD UNITS (A HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND A COMBINATION SWITCH), AND TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS OF SEVERAL COMPLAINANTS, IT APPEARS THAT THE HEADLIGHT LEAD WIRE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO AND LOCATED JUST BELOW THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER,
... CAN BE STRESSED FROM CYCLING THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER AND RESULT IN FATIGUE BREAKAGE OF THE WIRE.COMPLAINTS STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OFF DURINGOPERATION IN MODEL YEAR (MY) 1995 PROTEGE VEHICLES WHEN USING THE TURN SIGNAL AND/OR WHILE JUST DRIVING (E.G., GOING OVER A SMALL BUMP).SEVERAL COMPLAINANTS CONTACTED BY ODI STATED THAT SOMETIMES THE HEADLIGHTS DID NOT COME BACK ON AFTER GOING OFF UNTIL THE DRIVER SUCCESSFULLY JIGGLED THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER OR THE HEADLIGHT WIRE HARNES (I.E., RE-MAKE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION OF A PARTIALLY BROKEN WIRE).PERMANENT LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS CAN OCCUR WHEN THE WIRE IS COMPLETELY BROKEN.IN JULY 1995, ABOUT THE START OF MY 1996 PRODUCTION, MAZDA CHANGED THE MATERIAL OF THE HEADLIGHT LEAD WIRE TO INCREASE DURABILITY.NO SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON MY 1996 PROTEGE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO ODI OR MAZDA.Read more
PE — Closed
— Model Year: 1991
AUTO RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAIL
There is no summary currently available
PE — Closed
— Model Year: 1993
CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTION
There is no summary currently available