1991 Mazda Protege

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/22/2003· STRUCTURE

  WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE'S HOOD DETACHED RESULTING IN THE HOOD HITTING THE WINDSHIELD.*MR *CB *JB

• 12/15/1998· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S AUTOMATIC LAP AND SHOULDER BELT IS INOPERABLE DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE MOTOR. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 12/14/2000· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT AND BEEP GO ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WEARING THROUGH IN THE DRIVERS SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR LOCATED IN THE CENTER CONSOLE. REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES UNDER WARRANTY. PART IS NEARLY $300. SEVERAL PEOPLE I KNOW WITH THIS MODEL AND YEAR HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.

• 11/25/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THE BRAKE PEDAL STINKS, DEALER HAS BLED THEM AND REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER. NLM

• 11/20/1999· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  DATES ARE APPROXIMATE. HEADLIGHTS: BOTH LENS'S WERE FOGGED/YELLOWING LATER WHEN I WENT TO DEALER IN LEESBURG, VA (PATEROS); SERVICE MANAGE TRIED TO CLEAN.. MADE WORSE. THEN I REALIZED THAT LENS'S WERE PLASTIC! -- HIS CLEANING SOLUTION MELTED THAT PART OF THE LENS. I BELIEVE THAT THE HEADLIGHTS SHOULD LAST THE DURATION OF THE CAR'S LIFE. --THAT I SHOULD GET REPLACEMENTS AS THEY ARE A SAFETY FEATURE. ENGINE: A YEAR AND A HALF AGO ENGINE WILL EMIT BLACK SMOKE WHEN ON TREADMILL FOR EMISSIONS INSPECTION AND SMOKES WHITE WHEN I SIT FOR LENGTH OF TIME IDLING. THREE VALVES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY YEARS AGO -- I THINK THE ENGINE SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS AT THIS POINT AND EITHER THE NOW DEFUNCT SERVICE DEPT DID IMPROPER JOB OR HAVE A DEFECTIVE ENGINE. I HAVE FOLLOWED REGULAR SCHEDULE FOR OIL CHANGES. PASSENGER SEAT: THE SPRINGS HAVE FALLEN APART COMPLETELY, I THOUGHT PERHAPS ONE OF MY KIDS DID IT YEARS AGO BUT WENT TO SEE ABOUT REPAIR AND WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE WHOLE SEAT FRAME/SPRINGS IS FALLING APART!

• 11/08/1995· SEAT BELTS

  PASSENGER SEATBELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT WORK, LEAVING SEATBELT INOPERATIVE. TT

• 11/05/1998· SEAT BELTS

  AUTOMATIC PART OF THE SEAT BELT DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. THE MOTOR RUNS, SHOULDER PART DOES NOT CONNTECT. VECHICLE DOES NOT COMPLY TO THE RECALL. DEALER CANNOT REPAIR, $500 AT OWNERS EXPENSE. *AK

• 11/02/1999· SEATS

  ON THREE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING THE REAR SEAT BELT FELL APART WHILE MAKING A TURN. REPLACMENT COULD NOT BE DONE DUE TO NO WARRANTY. *YC

• 10/20/1995· SEAT BELTS

  LAP/SHOULDER BELT PASSENGER AND DRIVER PLASTIC BROKE, CAN NOT FASTEN SEAT BELT. TT BOTH THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE PLASTIC SEAT BELT HOLDER BROKE CAUSING THE SEAT BELTS TO RETRACT AND BE INACCESIBLE FOR FASTENING. *YH

• 10/16/1997· SEAT BELTS

  LAP BELT FOR BOTH FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SEAT IS HELD IN AN ACCESSIBLE LOCATION BY A PLASTIC BAR ON THE LOWER OUTBOARD HINGE. THE PLASTIC BAR BROKE TWICE, RESULTING IN LAP BELT RETRACTING ALL THE WAY TO THE REEL, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ACCESS WHILE SITTING IN THE SEAT. *AK

• 10/05/2000· TIRESCrash

  THIRD TIRE OF SET OF 4 THAT TREAD HAD SEPARATED - THIS ONE TOTALED THE CAR AND INJURED ONE PERSON. TIRE HAD 18,000 MILES WEAR. *AK (TIRESIZE: P185/60R14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P185/60R14 )

• 10/02/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE.

• 09/21/1999· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  REAR DOORS WILL NOT UNLOCK.THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS ON OR OFF ,AND THESE ARE MANUAL DOORS.DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK

• 09/20/1996· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHIFT LEVER FELL DOWN (3) OR (4) INCHES, LEAVING DRIVER SHIFTLESS, STUCK IN NEUTRAL POSITION.*AK

• 09/15/1998· SEAT BELTS

  THE DRIVER'S SIDE RESTRAINT BELT BROKE AND HAS A BEEPING NOISE. THE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE RESTRAINT AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

• 08/28/1996· STRUCTURE

  TRUNK LID IS SO POORLY COUNTER-WEIGHTED THAT IT WILL FALL WITH THE SLIGHTEST BREEZE. TRUNK LID FELL DOWN ON DRIVER/WIFE/FRIENDS, CAUSING VARIOUS BUMPS AND BRUISES TO HEAD AND BACK. *AK

• 08/24/1999· SEAT BELTS

  AUTOMATIC SHOULDER SAFETY BELT HAS LOCKED UP IN THE RELEASE POSITION. IT APPEARS THE OPERATING MECHANISM FOR THE SAFETY BELT HAS JUMPED OFF TRACK.

• 08/14/2000· SEAT BELTS

  CURRENT RECALL ON MAZDA 323 MOTORIZED SAFETY BELT DOES NOT COVER THE MAZDA PROTEGE WHICH HAS THE IDENTICAL PART NUMBER. MY CAR'S BELT HAS FAILED DUE TO THIS DEFECT AND MAZDA REFUSES TOCOVER IT.*AK

• 08/13/2002· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETURN TO THE RETACTOR, LEAVING THE OCCUPANT UNRESTRAINED. DEALER NOTIFED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

• 08/10/2002· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMITION LOCKED UP GOING 65 MPH. *AK

• 08/07/2002· STRUCTURE

  TRUNK LID WAS IN THE UP POSITION AND TRUNK CAME DOWN AND HIT CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER ON HEAD. *AK CONSUMER STATES NOTHING TO KEEP THE TRUNK LID IN UPRIGHT POSITION. A SLIGHT WIND OR ELEVATION COULD BLOW THE OPEN LID DOWN AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. *YH

• 08/06/1996· SEAT BELTS

  FAULTY SEAT BELT RETRACTOR CAUSES SEAT BELT LIGHT TO COME ON/SEAT BELT TO TIGHTEN.

• 07/29/2008· STRUCTURE

  REAR STRUT TOWERS RUST RIGHT THROUGH. *TR

• 07/23/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THE HORN GOES OFF RANDOMLY WITHOUT APPLYING IT DUE TO A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE STEERING COLUMN. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

• 07/15/1996· SEAT BELTSCrash

  DRIVING VEHICLE, ANOTHER VEHICLE DROVE OUT OF PARKING LOT & ORIGINAL VEHICLE HIT THE DRIVER'S SIDE, SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE DRIVER. *AK

• 07/10/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES SQUEAK. *DSH

• 07/01/1998· STRUCTURE

  NO MECHANISM TO HOLD TRUNK LID IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION.

• 06/27/2016· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1991 MAZDA PROTEGE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WERE NO FLAMES VISIBLE AND NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V674000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

• 06/16/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  AT GAS STATION TO FUEL VEHICLE. REACHED FOR FUEL LID & A BURST OF FLAMES SHOT OUT. DRIVER'S ARM & HAIR WERE BURNED. FLAMES OVER GAS LID. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT FLAMES OUT. FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT CAUSE OF FIRE WAS STATIC ELECTRICITY. *AK

• 06/03/1997· SUSPENSION

  REAR SWAY BAR MAKES A LOUD NOISE AND BROKE. IN FOR REPAIR. WILL PROVIDE REPAIR BILL. *AK

• 06/02/1995· STRUCTURE

  THE AUTOMATIC SEATBELT SYSTEM STOPS IN MID TRACK AND THE DOOR LOCKS DO NOT ALWAYS OPEN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 05/25/1996· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN DRIVER DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY. *SD

• 05/13/1996· SEAT BELTSCrash

  THE DRIVERS SEATBELT BECAME UNLATCHED DURING VEHICLE COLLISION. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

• 05/01/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  UNEVEN WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE PADS. *AK

• 04/20/2005· SEAT BELTS

  THE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT WOULD RETRACT SLOWER AND SLOWER UNTIL IT FINALLY STOPPED RETRACTING. THE CONSEQUENCES WERE: ON APRIL 18, 2005 I WAS GIVEN A FIX-IT TICKET FOR NOT WEARING MY SHOULDER HARNESS.*AK THE AUTOMATIC HARNESS NO LONGER FULLY RETRACTS, SO IT IS USELESS.

• 04/20/1995· SEAT BELTS

  THE PASSENGER SIDE RETRACTOR DON'T RETRACT FORWARD YOU NEED TO PULL IT. TT

• 04/16/2004· SEAT BELTS

  THE SEAT BELT CORD ON MY 1991 MAZDA PROTEGE HAS BECOME INOPERABLE AND THEREFORE I HAVE NO TOP SEAT BELT ON MY CARS DRIVER SIDE. *AK

• 04/03/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE STOPPED IN DRIVE GEAR WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, VEHICLES FRONT SUSPENSION VIBRATES, DEALER HAS REPLACED MOTOR MOUNTS, BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. *AK

• 03/23/1999· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  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

• 03/15/1995· SEAT BELTS

  ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT DOES NOT SLIDE FORWARD BUT STICKS. TT

• 03/13/1995· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR BROKE, DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE $281.00 TO FIX IT. TT

• 02/28/1995· POWER TRAIN

  AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

• 02/23/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THE VEHICLE STALL/HESITATION/STUMBLE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *AK

• 02/06/1995· SEAT BELTS

  FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEAT LAP/SHOULDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT EA94-039 ACTIVE. TT

• 02/05/1998· SEAT BELTS

  THERE IS A CONTINUOUS BEEPING SOUND ACTIVATED WHEN THE SEAT BELT ARE NOT SECURED AND ENGINE STARTED. HOWEVER, CURRENTLY THIS ALARM ACTIVATES INTERMITTENTLY AND CONSTANTLY WHILE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AND THE SEA TBELT IS SECURELY BUCKLED. *AK

• 02/01/1999· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT AND ALARM ACTIVATE AT RANDOM TIMES, CAUSING OWNER TO QUESTION WHETHER SEAT BELT WILL FUNCTION PROPERLY IN A CRASH. *AK

• 01/28/2002· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT AND BEEP GO ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WEARING THROUGH IN THE DRIVERS SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR LOCATED IN THE CENTER CONSOLE. REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES UNDER WARRANTY. PART IS NEARLY $300. SEVERAL PEOPLE I KNOW WITH THIS MODEL AND YEAR HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK

• 01/22/1999· SEAT BELTS

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 65 MPH THE SEAT BELT WON'T RETRACT, LEAVING CONSUMER LOOSE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. *AK

• 01/22/1997· POWER TRAIN

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

• 01/11/1995· WHEELS

  REAR WHEELS INTERMITTENTLY LOCKS UP WHILE DRIVING; BURNING LIKE SMELL AFTER WHEELS LOCK UP. TT