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1989 Mazda Protege Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jun 24, 2002
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Feb 15, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1989 Mazda Protege. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–2 of 2

Engine
Filed Jun 24, 2002
Fire reported

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

NHTSA ID
566204
Incident
Apr 29, 2002
Electrical
Filed Feb 15, 1995

WHILE PULLING INTO AN INTERSECTION SUDDENLY IGNITION SWITCH LOCK, RENDERING STEERING CAPABILITY INOPERATIVE. TT

NHTSA ID
960055

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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