1998 MAZDA PROTEGE Complaints

RE:MANIFOLD. A CRACK BEGINS FROM THE ENGINE SIDE.DEALER STATED THE FIRST IT HAPPENED A STONE MUST HAVE COME UP & HIT IT. THIS IS AN IMPOSIBILITY. NOW AFTER REPLACING IT IT HAS OCCURRED AGAIN.CRACK IS IN THE SAME PLACE.BEGINNING FROM THE ENGINE SIDE. EVERY TIME THIS OCCURS, EXHAUST FUMES ENTER THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.RE: WINDSHIELD.WIPERS DO NOT CLEAN THE DRIVER SIDE & HAVE NEVER DONE SO SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR.WIPERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED & DOES NOT HELP.IN A DRIVING RAIN I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 50 MPH TO WIPE CLEAN.*AK

PART WARRANTY 80,000, I LIVE 75 MILES FROM NEAREST DEALER. DEALER QUOTED 900.00 TO REPLACE PART AND REFUSED TO HONOR WARRANTY SINCE IT WAS 1,000 MILES OVER BY TIME VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SHOP. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, MAZDA AMERICA AND THEY ENTERTAINED IDEA OF FIXING UNDER WARRANTY THEN CHANGED MIND BECAUSE DEALER TOLD THEM I HAD NOT HAD ROUTINE MAINTENANCE LIKE OILO CHANGES, TIRE REPLACEMENTS ETC. DONE AT DEALERSHIP. I THINK THIS IS. *AK

CONSUMER HAD A REAR COLLISION, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PASSENGER HIT HEAD ON WINDSHIELD. *AK THE SEAT BELT FAILED DURING THE COLLISION *YH

VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN BRIDGESTONE TIRE SIZE P18565R/14, AND WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL FOR A MOMENT. BRIDGESTONE WAS CONTACTED.*AK

CONSUMER HAD STATE INSPECTION DONE. THEY FOUND THAT LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS CRACKED.VEHICLE HAD TO BE REPAIRED AT THE DEALER, AND EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS TO BE HONORED. DEALER FOUND NO STRESS TO THE AREA & DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED. DEALER CONTACTED CONSUMER STATING THAT BECAUSE NO STRESS WAS FOUND EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS NO GOOD. *AK

AFTER MANY TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ONCE TO A LOCAL BRAKE SHOP, I CONTINUE TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH EXTREMELY SOFT BRAKES. THIS IS MOST PROBLEMATIC WHEN IT RAINS. I'VE HAD THE DEALERSHIP "TIGHTEN" THEM AND REPLACE PADS THREE TIMES, BUT WITHIN A COUPLE OF

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 VERY BAD KNOCKING NOISE EVERYTIME I APPLY THE BRAKES BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BY TO DENNIS EAKIN MAZDA ABOUT TWO WEEK AFTER I PURCHASE IT. THEY INFORMED ME IT WERE THE BRAKE CALIPERS SLIDES. THEY HAD TO ORDER THE SLIDES. THE SLIDES CAN IN AND WERE REPLACED. THE NOISE STOPPED FOR ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AND STARTED BACK. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE AGAIN TO DENNIS EAKIN AND THIS TIME THEY INSTALLED A NEW AND IMPROVED CALIPERS SLIDES. THE NOISE STOPPED FOR ABOUT 5 WEEKS AND IS NOW MAKING THE SAME KNOCKING, KNOCKING NOISES EVERYTIME I APPLY THE BRAKES. THIS NOISE WORRY ME BECAUSE IT DEALING WITH THE BRAKES OF THE CAR AND AS YOU KNOW THE BRAKES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT, POSSIBLE KILLING MYSELF, OR SOMEONE ELSE. THEREFORE, I AM REQUESTING YOU INVESTIGATE THIS SITUATIION WITH THE BRAKE CALIPERS SLIDES ON THE MADZA PROTEGE, BECAUSE I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE PERSON THAT THIS VEHICLE IS GOING TO MAKE SOME NOISE S AND THAT THEY WOULDN'T REPLACED THE CALIPERS. THIS COULD TURN OUT TO BE A SERIOUS PROBLEMS, AGAIN I REMIND YOU THAT WE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE BRAKES ON THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP ME IF POSSIBLE ON THIS DANGEROUS MATTER. I AM CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM, BUT I THINK THEY JUST WANT TO SAVE SOME MONEY AND NOT HAVE TOREPLACE THE CALIPERS ON THIS VEHICLE. THIS SAVING COULD COST ME, MY FAMILY OR SOMEONE ELSE THEIR LIFE. HELP, HELP. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBELT IS STUCK, WILL NOT RETRACT OUT, WHICH WILL NOT ALLOW PASSENGER TO PUT IT ON, RESULTING IN LOSS OF PROTECTION. *AK

DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE PLASTIC DOOR LOCK COVERS BROKE, CONSUMER HAD THEM REPLACED WITH METAL ONES TO PREVENT FUTURE BREAKAGE. NLM

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE TRANSMISSION IS JUMPING AND SHIFTING VERY HARD, AND THERE IS SOME KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. ALSO, VEHICLE SOMETIMES LURCHES FORWARD. MANUFACTURER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK