Safety Score
81
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2002 Mazda Protege.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-07 | TIRES | No | 0 | BULGES ON SIDEWALLS OF BOTH PASSENGER TIRES. TIRES ARE 6 MONTHS OLD AND ONLY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 3,000 MILES. |
| 2015-09-18 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH BROKE IN THE LATCHED POSITION. NECESSITATED TAKING THE LATCH APART TO RELEASE THE BELT. |
| 2015-09-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 1 | UNDERNEATH THE CAR IS NOTHING BUT RUST. IT IS AFFECTING THE UNDERCARRIAGE, THE BALL JOINTS, THE CONTROL ARM, AND THE CA… |
| 2015-07-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIE… |
| 2014-12-05 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND HIT A BUMP ON THE ROAD THAT CAUSED THE DRIVER SEAT BELT BUCKLE TO COME LOOSE AND IT G… |
| 2013-10-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE5. WITHOUT WARNING, IT WOULDN'T START. THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT. THE HE… |
| 2013-07-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE BUT THE ENGINE FAILED TO START AC… |
| 2013-05-02 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | AT FIRST THE SEAT BELT LOCKED AND I COULD NOT GET OUT OF IT. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO GET IT RELEASED. THAN… |
| 2012-10-22 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE DRIVER-SIDE SEATBELT LATCH FELL APART. THE SEATBELT IS NO LONGER OPERABLE. *TR |
| 2012-04-10 | TIRES | No | 0 | TIRE: FIREHAWK GT BL 205/50R16 87V 50K MILE TIRE. TREAD SEPARATION WITH ONLY 13,582 MILES ON THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS… |
| 2012-02-21 | TIRES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON 905 WEST, CLOSE TO THE 805 N EXIT, AND THE ROAD WAS BROKEN. THERE WAS A HOLE ON THE ROAD AND MY CAR'S … |
| 2011-09-30 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | SEATBELT WILL NOT LOCK IN ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND TODAY THE HANDLE BROKE ON THE INSIDE DRIVER'S SIDE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR… |
| 2010-12-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2002 PROTEGE HEATER FAN SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED AND MELTED PLUG AND SWITCH ALMOST CAUSED A FIRE BUT IT WAS SMOKING WHEN IT… |
| 2010-12-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | 2002 MAZDA POWER STEERING PUMP FAILURES. PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, NOW ON ITS 3RD UNIT.. CAR, A 2002 MAZDA PROTE… |
| 2010-12-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THE CAR BEGAN TO SHUTTER AND DROPPED FROM 50 TO 25 IN SECONDS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (CIL) STARTING FLASHING AND THE … |
| 2010-11-24 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | MYSELF, THE DRIVER, REAR-ENDED ANOTHER DRIVER AT A SPEED OF 35-40MPH. THE DRIVER SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES AND I HAD NO TIM… |
| 2010-08-09 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | DRIVERS FRONT SEAT BELT WILL NOT LOCK IN. *TR |
| 2010-07-09 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | DRIVERS FRONT SEAT BELT WILL NOT LOCK IN. *LN |
| 2010-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE. WERE THE UPPER PASSENGER SIDE MOTOR MOUNT ATTACHES TO THE CAR BODY, THE CAR BODY METAL IS… |
| 2010-02-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I'VE OWNED MY 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE5 FOR 7 YEARS NOW. IT'S ALWAYS HAD A VIBRATION WHILE BRAKING. EVEN AFTER HAVING OUT BRA… |
| 2010-01-08 | EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE RADIO STOPPED WORKING AND THEN SMOKE CAME OUT OF T… |
| 2009-12-21 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA PROTG. THE CONTACT WAS ENTERING A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERA… |
| 2009-10-31 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | ON 10/31/09, WHILE MOVING THE '02 MAZDA PROTEGE ES FROM 2ND BAY TO 1ST BAY IN MY SHOP, AT THE 1ST BAY EVEN BRAKE PEDAL… |
| 2009-10-20 | TIRES | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE WITH GOODYEAR AMERICAN EAGLE -H TIRES 205/55/16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHIL… |
| 2009-08-21 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | 1. NORMAL USE OF THE VEHICLE. 2. THE LEFT FRONT SEAT INSIDE DOOR HANDLE (DRIVER'S SIDE) BROKE OFF 1/28/09. ONLY WAY OU… |
| 2009-06-24 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE 5. THE CONTACT SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE COMING FROM HER VEHICLE. SH… |
| 2008-09-24 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS CAR FOR MAYBE 2 YEARS AND THE LAST FEW MONTHS IT HAS BEEN MISFIRING ON CYLINDER 3. IT SEEMS… |
| 2008-07-24 | SEATS | Yes | 2 | I WAS REAR-ENDED, I WAS A PASSENGER, A LOOSE LUG WRENCH CAME ,FROM THE TRUNK, THROUGH THE SEAT AND CRACKED ME IN THE … |
| 2008-07-16 | VISIBILITY | No | 0 | DRIVING CAR IN POURING TROPICAL RAINSTORM AT ABOUT 40MPH IN HEAVY SOUTHBOUND THREE LANE TRAFFIC. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE… |
| 2008-04-04 | TIRES | No | 0 | I STILL HAVE PLENTY OF TREAD LEFT ON MY TIRES, BUT I ALREADY REPLACED 2 AND FOUND OUT TODAY I HAVE TO REPLACE THE OTHER… |
| 2008-03-30 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK | No | 0 | THE HYDRAULIC ARM BROKE AND SNAPPED OFF AT THE METAL BALL JOINT SUDDENLY SLAMMING THE HATCH DOOR ON MY 2002 MAZDA PROTE… |
| 2008-02-19 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE5 WAS BEING DRIVEN AT SPEED NO GREATER THAN 40 MPH AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT PAS… |
| 2008-02-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 1 | REAR HATCH/LIFT GATE PROPS FAIL WHEN LIFT GATE/HATCH IS OPENED RESULTING IN CONCUSSION AS LIFT GATE/HATCH HITS ONE IN H… |
| 2008-02-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON JANUARY 22, 2008 I BROUGHT A MAZDA PRETEGE5 YEAR 2002 58,000 MILES $ 12,000.00 FROM CITY WORLD 3305 BOSTON ROAD BR… |
| 2007-12-17 | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | No | 0 | (1) BLINKING AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT OF MAZDA PROTEGE 5 - 2002 (2) DIAGNOSTIC TEST PERFORMED ($116.) TOLD OF FAULTY PAS… |
| 2007-10-11 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE I BOUGHT NEW. NOW ABOUT 64,000 MILES. NEVER BEEN WRECKED. IN 09/07 I STARTED TO SMELL GAS. MY MECHAN… |
| 2007-09-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE. WHILE PERFORMING AN EMISSIONS INSPECTION, THE DEALER NOTICED A LEAK CAUSED B… |
| 2007-08-30 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE', IN 2006 (UNDER 60,000 MILES) THE DRIVER SIDE SAFETY BELT MALFUNCTIONED AND BEGAN TO STICK. AFTER … |
| 2007-08-29 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | No | 0 | FUEL IS LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK/SENDER UNIT INTO THE BACK SEAT OF MY MAZDA PROTEGE5. GIVEN AN IGNITION SO… |
| 2007-08-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | DRIVING ON FL TURNPIKE AT NIGHT IN HEAVY RAIN, BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC, WIPERS WERE ON HIGH, SWITCHED THEM TO LOW (NOT… |
| 2007-07-20 | TIRES | No | 0 | THE TIRE WAS SIX WEEKS OLD AND BLEW UP FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON A HIGHWAY. DUNLOP AND TIRES PLUS REFUSED … |
| 2007-06-20 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE. DRIVER-SIDE SEAT BELT RECEIVER , THE PIECE THAT THE SEAT BELT CLIPS INTO, SHATTERED WHEN INSERTIN… |
| 2007-03-12 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE SUDDENLY STOPPED LATCHING. THERE WAS NO WAY TO SECURE THE SEAT BELT AND SAFELY OPER… |
| 2007-02-07 | STEERING | No | 0 | ON 2/7/2007 HAD A 15 MILE HIGHWAY RIDE, THEN PROCEEDED THREE CITY BLOCKS TO PARK AFTER EXITING THE HIGHWAY. PLACE THE … |
| 2007-01-16 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SEAT BELT FAILED TO RELEASE UPON PRESSING THE RELEASE BUTTON. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF TRYING IT FINALLY RELEASED ITS… |
| 2006-11-22 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SEAT BELT WOULD NOT BUCKLE AT ALL. THERE WAS NO CLICK WHEN THE SEAT BELT WAS INSER… |
| 2006-09-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. AFTER A… |
| 2006-06-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:THERE ARE TWO SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS. 1)W… |
| 2005-11-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE HAS 61,000. THE TRANSMISSION HAS COMPLETELY GONE OUT ON IT. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER TO INQUIRE I… |
| 2005-09-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2002 MAZDA PROTEGE LX WITH 61,000 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AND HAD TO FIX IT WITH AAMOCO. … |