Safety Score
86
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1994 Mazda Protege.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-22 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT ON DRIVER SIDE DID NOT RETRACT COMPLETELY WHEN VEHICLE WAS OFF AND DOOR WAS OPENED. SEAT BELT ONLY … |
| 2017-07-23 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM HAS FAILED. HAD TO UNPLUG BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT MOTORS, BECAUSE THE SEATBELT LOCK WO… |
| 2012-10-14 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT WHEN CLOSING DOOR. APPEARS THAT SOME SORT OF CABLE IS JAMMED SO THAT SEAT BELT NO LONGER WO… |
| 2012-04-10 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 MAZDA PROTEGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT, WHIC… |
| 2007-03-22 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT FAILED ON 1994 MAZDA PROTEGE. COST TO REPLACED OVER $1000.00. MAZDA RECALLED THE SAME PROBLEM ON 1… |
| 2006-06-14 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | I HAVE A /94 MAZDA PROTEGE, IT HAS THE PROBLEMS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN # 97V211000. I CONTACTED MAZDA CUSTO… |
| 2006-02-12 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ADJUSTMENT FAILURE IN ALL THE SEAT BELTS IN THE VEHICLE. THE SEATBELTS WOULD… |
| 2005-12-17 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | ISSUE WITH SEAT BELTS IN 1994 MAZDA PROTEGE LX. AT TIMES, FRONT SEAT BELTS CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN WHEN FOOT IS LIFTED FRO… |
| 2004-09-09 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1994 MAZDA PROTEGE LX WITH THE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS. THE SEAT BELTS FAIL TO RETRACT UPON OPENING THE DOOR. ON … |
| 2003-12-27 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE ACTIVE SHOULDER BELT SEAT BELT MECHANISM WORKS INTERMITTENLY WHEN OPENING DOOR. DRIVERS SIDE HAS NOT WOR… |
| 2001-09-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT FEEL SNUG ENOUGH AND THE FASTEN SEAT BELT INDICATOR CONSTANTLY BEEPS. VEHI… |
| 2000-11-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER HARNESS WILL ONLY ROLL BACK ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY THEN STOPS. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO … |
| 2000-10-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | ACTIVE SHOULDER BELT SEAT BELT MECHANISM FAILS TO MOVE WHEN OPENING DOOR. *AK |
| 2000-10-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC SHOULDER RETRAINT IS GETTING STUCK AND WHEN GETTING IN OR OUT I GET HIT IN THE HEAD. *AK |
| 2000-07-12 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE SEAT BELTS ON THE MAZDA PROTOGE IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE MAZDA DEALER WOULD FIX THIS PROB… |
| 2000-03-21 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT | No | 0 | BOTH RUBBER CV B00TS WERE BROKEN, AND BOTH SIDES OF FRONT AXLE PRACTICALLY SHEARED OFF. REPAIRS WERE MADE AT AN INDEPE… |
| 1999-09-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC SEATBELT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN TURNING ON IGNITION OR OPENING DOOR SEATBELT TRACKING WILL STOP BEF… |
| 1999-08-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY | No | 0 | DRAINS BATTERY, HAVE UNHOOK TILL TEMPERATURE RISES. |
| 1999-08-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | MOTOR SEAT BELTS ON BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE/PASSENGER'S SIDE FAILED TO OPERATE WITHIN 31,000 MILES OF WEARS. DEALER NOTIFI… |
| 1999-07-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | HEADERS WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO THE HEADERS TO EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WENT OUT. *AK |
| 1999-07-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 1999-01-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | I WAS AN HOUR AWAY FROM HOME WHEN MY HEADLIGHTS STARTED GOING DIM, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULDN'T WORK ON HIGH SPEED. … |
| 1999-01-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT, SAFETY LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON AND SEAT BELT BEEPER IS ON. *AK |
| 1999-01-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | AFTER PRESSING THE EMERGENCY RELEASE BUTTON ON DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT, THE BELT WILL NOT INSERT INTO THE LATCH. M… |
| 1998-12-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH VEHICLE DIED OUT, CONSUMER COULD NOT GET VEHICLE TO START BACK UP. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALE… |
| 1998-11-18 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND TOP OF PASSENGER SEAT WENT BACK. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE WAS LOOKING AT TH… |
| 1998-11-01 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE REAR AXLE AND CV JOINTS ARE CORRODED AND ABOUT TO BREAK. WHILE DRIVING, IF THEY WERE TO BREAK, IT MAY CAUSE AN ACCI… |
| 1998-11-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | WHILE ENGINE IS RUNNING AND VEHICLE IS STOPPED, DRIVER'S MOTORIZED SEAT BELT WILL OPEN AND SHUT ITSELF INTERMITTENTLY. … |
| 1998-10-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH GAVE CONSUMER ANY IDEA THE THE RADIATOR WAS OVERHEATING, AND THIS CAUSED THE RADIATOR TO … |
| 1998-09-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ENGINE SURGES WHEN VEHICLE STOPS. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, BUT UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML . THE DEFECT HAS… |
| 1998-08-27 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT LODGED HALF-WAY BACK AS CONSUMER WAS GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE. SUBSEQUENTKY, THE MOTOR BROKE, THE… |
| 1998-05-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | DRIVER SIDE REPAIRED TWICE,PASSENGER SIDE NOT REPAIRED |
| 1997-12-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | No | 0 | CATALYTIC CONVERTER SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING SMOKE AND FUMES. |
| 1997-04-30 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION PUMP LEAKED. YH |
| 1996-12-04 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE CAR VIBRATES, TOOK TO DEALER, PUT IN MODIFIED MOTOR MOUNTS. *AK |
| 1996-09-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE HIT SOME GRAVEL, OVERCORRECTED THE VEHICLE AND LOST CONTROL OF CAR, WHEN HITTING THE BRAKES CA… |
| 1996-06-15 | SEAT BELTS | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING SEAT BELT LIGHT FLASHES AND BEEPS, BUT WHEN LEANING FORWARD IT SHUTS OFF. WAS IN A REARENDED ACCIDENT … |
| 1996-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM UNDER THE FRONT OF THE CAR. SOURCE UNKNOWN. |
| 1996-02-26 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | BOTH FRONT PASSENGER RESTRAINTS FAIL TO WORK PROPERLY. THE RESTRAINTS DO NOT RETRACT. I HAVE HAD THEM FIXED AT LEAST 3 … |
| 1996-01-16 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED ON THREE OCCASIONS. TT |
| 1996-01-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT | No | 0 | STRUT MAKES POPPING NOISE. *DH |
| 1995-12-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES | No | 0 | GAS/BRAKE PEDAL DESIGNED TOO CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER, CAUSING THEM TO BE DEPRESSED SIMULTANEOUSLY. *SD |
| 1995-11-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | THE ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING.TT CONSUMER STATES VEHICE OFTEN STALLS WHEN SLOWING DOWN AS CONSUMER COMES TO A STOP, … |
| 1995-10-20 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIRBAG IN AN ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY. *AW |
| 1995-09-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT | No | 0 | TRUNK LID WILL NOT STAY UP. TT |
| 1995-09-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | PE95-044 ACTIVE, SMEEL OF CHEMCIALS WHEN REFUELING VEHICLE, POOR GAS MILEAGE. TT |
| 1995-07-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | No | 0 | FUEL LEAKS FROM GAS TANK HOSE. *DSH |
| 1995-06-11 | TIRES | No | 0 | FRONT TIRES ON VEHICLE HAVE WORN EXCESSIVELY AFTER 22K MILES. TT |
| 1995-06-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | WHEN OPENING DRIVER'S DOOR AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT DOES NOT RELEASE.*AK |
| 1995-06-01 | SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SEAT COLLAPSED WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED FORCEFULLY.*AK |