Safety Score
91
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
46
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1998 Mazda Protege.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MAZDA PROTEGE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE IGNITION SWITCH ALONG WITH THE KEYS BECAME… |
| 2015-10-07 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | Straight-on, front-end collision occurred, that destroyed radiator and folded hood. Air bag did not deploy. |
| 2008-07-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHEN TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION STEERING PRODUCES A GRINDING NOISE. AS A RESULT, THE STEERING RACK AND PINION HAS MALF… |
| 2008-05-31 | TIRES | Yes | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ALONE MY 1998 MAZDA PROTEGE ALONG A LOCAL ROUTE IN TEWKSBURY MA IN LIGHT RAIN AT ABOUT 30-35 MPH WHEN A C… |
| 2005-02-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN VEHICLE WITH ONLY 65,800 MILES. *JB |
| 2004-10-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *BF THE VEHICLE IS ON ITS 4TH TRANSMISSION. *TC |
| 2004-07-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH 1999 MAZDA PROTEGE LX.*MR DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINAT… |
| 2004-02-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS FOR NO REASON. INTERMITTENT TIMES CAR WILL DOWNSHIFT TO LOWER GEAR … |
| 2003-11-22 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | THE FRONT SEAT BELTS WERE LOOSE AND WILL NOT RETRACT BACK IN TO NORMAL POSITION. *JB |
| 2003-09-26 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, AN OBJECT APPEARED ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CONSUMER RAN OVER THE OBJECT WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE BUMBER AN… |
| 2003-02-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACK IN 1998 MAZADA PROTEGE. RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN A BURNING SMELL IN THE CABIN. MY MECHANIC FOUND… |
| 2003-01-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE'S EXHAUST MANIFOLD DEVELOPED A CRACKED WHICH GREATLY REDUCED THE ENGINES PERFORMANCE AND POWER. *NLM |
| 2002-12-23 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH , VEHICLE STARTED OVERHEATING. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE SERVICED BY A MECHANIC WHO INDICATED THAT … |
| 2002-07-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | No | 0 | THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLACED BACK IN 09/01. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE REPLACED FOR FREE! I LEFT PAYING $66.11 TO… |
| 2002-06-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | COVERINGS ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE KEY LOCKS THAT PREVENT MOISTURE FROM ENTERING THE LOCK WERE MADE FROM PLASTIC. … |
| 2002-05-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | VEHICLE FAILED EMISSIONS INSPECTION DUE TO A CRACK IN THE FRONT EXHAUST PIPE AND MID-PIPE. DEALER REPLACED BOTH AT MY … |
| 2002-01-01 | POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING RIGHT, IT WOULD REV HIGH AND NOT SHIFT BACK DOWN WHEN SHE STEPP… |
| 2001-10-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | CALLED MAZDA DEALER IN REGARDS TO CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD BASICALLY TOLD ME THAT SINCE IT WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY ANYMOR… |
| 2001-06-14 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CAR WILL THRUST FORWARD, JERKING CAR & PASSENGERS - MANUFACTURER SAYS DETECTED IN 1996-1998 MODELS AS NORMAL.*AK |
| 2000-12-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | PART WARRANTY 80,000, I LIVE 75 MILES FROM NEAREST DEALER. DEALER QUOTED 900.00 TO REPLACE PART AND REFUSED TO HONOR W… |
| 2000-12-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | CALIPER AND ROTOR FAILED WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES, DEALER SAID IT IS TYPICAL AND SAID THE PARTS USED ARE POOR. OTHE… |
| 2000-06-26 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAD STATE INSPECTION DONE. THEY FOUND THAT LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS CRACKED.VEHICLE HAD TO BE REPAIRED AT THE D… |
| 2000-01-12 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 2 | CONSUMER HAD A REAR COLLISION, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PASSENGER HIT HEAD ON WINDSHIELD. *AK THE SEAT BELT FA… |
| 1999-11-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE OVER DRIVE LIGHT MALFUNCTIONED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO DROP INTO A LOWER GEAR, AN THE ENGINE ACTED AS THOUGH IT… |
| 1999-09-05 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 55MPH CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED AND THEN WAS HIT FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. AS A … |
| 1999-06-09 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | Yes | 0 | MASTER CYLINDER MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING NO BRAKING PERFORMANCE, AND RESULTING IN A CRASH. PREVIOUSLY, THE BRAKE PADS B… |
| 1999-04-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE TRANSMISSION IS JUMPING AND SHIFTING VERY HARD, AND THERE IS SOME KNOCKING NOISE COMING F… |
| 1999-01-23 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 0 | DIVERS SIDE SEAT FAILED IN A MINOR REAR END COLLISON. SEAT BACK BROKE AND FELL DOWN INTO REAR SEAT . NO OCCUPANTS IN RE… |
| 1999-01-18 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | WHILE PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE WITH FOOT ON BRAKES VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE JUMPED THE PARKING BUMP… |
| 1999-01-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | No | 0 | I HAVE RETURNED MY CAR FOR REPAIRS A TOTAL OF SIX TIMES SINCE NEW PURCHASE IN JULY 1998. THE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED, BU… |
| 1998-12-02 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS NOT COMPLETELY FAILED, CAR IS STILL BEING DRIVEN DUE TO FACT THAT DEALER IS 90 MILES AWAY. … |
| 1998-12-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMITION HESITATES AND JERKS WHEN SHIFTING,AND SHIFTS INTO PASSING GEAR AT ANY TIME.IT HAS SERGED AHEAD FROM STOP NE… |
| 1998-11-09 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE PLASTIC DOOR LOCK COVERS BROKE, CONSUMER HAD THEM REPLACED WITH METAL ONES TO PREVENT FUTURE … |
| 1998-11-03 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MAZDA ISSUED SERVICE BULLETIN 014/98 DATED 12/9/98 REGARDING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION "SHIFT SHOCK" PROBLEM ON THE VEHICL… |
| 1998-10-23 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS | No | 0 | BRAKE PADS FAILED. *YC |
| 1998-10-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | Yes | 0 | AFTER MANY TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ONCE TO A LOCAL BRAKE SHOP, I CONTINUE TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH EXTREMELY SOFT BRA… |
| 1998-09-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | RE:MANIFOLD. A CRACK BEGINS FROM THE ENGINE SIDE.DEALER STATED THE FIRST IT HAPPENED A STONE MUST HAVE COME UP & HIT IT… |
| 1998-09-01 | EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. | No | 0 | TAPE DECK IS NOT WORKING. YH |
| 1998-08-11 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND JERKS WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. |
| 1998-02-02 | TIRES | No | 0 | AT LOW SPEEDS OF 5 MPH, WHEN GOING DOWN A SLIGHT INCLINE,LIKE A DRIVEWAY, A PIECE OF METAL HIT THE ROAD AND THE FRONT E… |
| — | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD THIS CAR BACK TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES SINCE JUNE 1998 WHEN I BOUGHT IT "NEW" FOR HESITATION IN THE TRANSMI… |
| — | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN BRIDGESTONE TIRE SIZE P18565R/14, AND WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE TREA… |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBELT IS STUCK, WILL NOT RETRACT OUT, WHICH WILL NOT ALLOW PASSENGER TO PUT IT ON, RESULTING IN LOS… |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | THIS PROBLEM DIDN'T RESULT IN ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE PROBLEM I AM HAVE IS THAT MY CAR IS MAKING A… |
| — | POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE STALLS WHEN PUSHING IN THE CLUTCH. WHEN PUSHING IN THE CLUTCH, THE IDLE DROPS TO 0 AND THE CAR SHAKES BEFOR… |
| — | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR WHEN IT HAS SET FOR LONG PERIODS. *AK |