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Mazda Protege

Every Mazda Protege model year on file, 1982 to 2006. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years1,076239 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years191982 to 2006

Recall campaigns11Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins903Summed across model years

By model year

The 1995 model year drew the most complaints, 165

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Seat belts leads the Mazda Protege complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Seat belts

220

Airbags

159

Powertrain

157

Engine and cooling

138

Brakes

Electrical system

Tires

Suspension

Speed control

Lighting

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Mazda Protege model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Mazda Protege by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2006	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0	13
2005	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0	15
2004	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0	15
2003	Hatchback	120	17.5	480	4	0	97
2002	Hatchback	98	17.3	338	4	0	100
2001	Sedan	50	26.0	227	5	0	98
2000	Sedan	102	29.4	324	3	0	96
1999	Sedan	88	26.1	400	3	0	95
1998	Sedan	46	17.4	192	2	0	79
1997	Sedan	66	27.3	347	2	0	83
1996	Sedan	70	40.0	350	2	0	47
1995	Sedan	165	27.3	892	5	2	56
1994	Sedan	74	10.8	463	1	1	19
1993	Sedan	44	13.6	183	1	3	20
1992	Sedan	63	9.5	350	1	2	19
1991	Sedan	51	17.6	268	1	2	20
1990	Sedan	37	16.2	370	1	2	22
1989	Not decoded	2	50.0	200	0	0	6
1982	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	3

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mazda Protege

15V-674 Oct 19, 2015
In the affected vehicles, grease applied to the contact points inside the ignition switch may become conductive and overheat
Electrical system · 1.37M vehicles
09E-025 May 11, 2009
These headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated…
Lighting · 43k vehicles
09E-012 Apr 7, 2009
These headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated…
Lighting · 16k vehicles
06E-064 Jul 17, 2006
Certain tradesonic combination lamps sold as replacement lamps for use on the above listed passenger vehicles
Lighting · 4,029 vehicles
06E-038 May 8, 2006
Certain alfaotto combination headlamps sold as replacement lamps for use on the above listed passenger vehicles
Lighting · 724 vehicles
06E-026 Mar 23, 2006
Certain pro-a motors corner lamps, turn signals, and headlights sold as replacement lamps for use on certain passenger vehicles listed above
Lighting · 62k vehicles
01V-024 Feb 1, 2001
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
Brakes · 13k vehicles
00V-301 Oct 5, 2000
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with a particular factory installed audio unit
Equipment · 23k vehicles
00V-118 Apr 21, 2000
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
Lighting · 76k vehicles
95V-184 Oct 3, 1995
Tie down hooks can cause undercarriage impacts that can result in unnecessary air bag deployments
Airbags · 52k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.