Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Mazda Protege submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
MY 1995 MAZDA PROTEGE HAS THE GAS AND BRAKE PETALS SO CLOSE IN HEIGHT AND LITTLE SEPARATION THAT IT IS VERY EASY TO APPLY THE BRAKE AND STILL BE APPLYING THE GAS. I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT YET BUT HAVE HAD SOME VERY NEAR MISSES. *NM
THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, HE APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL(3 TIMES), BUT THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE AS A FAULTY CRUISE CONTROL MOTOR. *AK *SCC *JB
ON FOUR OCCASION WHILE BACKING OUT OF GARAGE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE. BELIEVED THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE BOTH PEDALS ARE SET TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
DUE TO THE SPILLAGE OF A SODA ON THE COMPUTER, THE COMPUTER HAS GONE BAD, CAUSING ERRATIC OPERATION. ALSO, COMPUTER IS UNSEALED AND THE CUP TRAY IS LOCATED IN A BAD POSITION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED THE COMPUTER NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
SPEEDOMETER STAYS ON "0" EVEN WHEN THE TACKOMETER GOES UP TO "7." DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED, AND IS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. ENGINE REVVED AT 40 MPH DID NOT SPEED UP. SMOKE POURED OUT OF BACK AND FRONT AND SMELL CAME INSIDE THE VEHICLE.
WHEN TRAVELING AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, UPON DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THERE IS NO RESPONSE. ALSO, THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATES NORMAL OPERATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
EXT 347: M/T:EMERGING ONTO INTERSTATE, DOWNSHIFTED FROM 5TH TO 4TH GEAR; PUT CLUTCH IN, ACCELERATOR STUCK; APPLIED BRAKES; VEHICLE KEPT MOVING. *AK
ACCELERATED TO PASSING SPEED GAS PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR. PLACED FOOT UNDER PEDAL RETURNED TO RESUME POSITION. EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL.
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.
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