2000 MAZDA PROTEGE Complaints

AFTER A 30 MPH VEHICLE FRONTAL COLLISION, THE FRONT AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED SKIN BURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

2000 MAZDA PROTEGE DX. SINCE PURCHASE IN 3/2000, THE CAR WILL OCCASIONAL JOLT WHEN ACCELERATING. NO MECHANIC CAN SAY WHY. THE TRUNK IS HARD TO GET INTO. THE REAR DOOR SEALS CONTINUE TO COME FREE (THE BACK SEAT IS REARLY USED). HUB CAP CLAMPS ARE BROKEN/MISSING (POINTED OUT TO ME IN YESTERDAYS OIL CHANGE) NOW RESULTING IN LOSS OF A HUB CAP . THIS MORNING I NOTICED BOTH REAR DOOR WINDOWS WHERE GLASS MEETS THE DOOR- THE TO OF DOOR IS BOWED AND SEAL IS BOWED OUT AS WELL. THE BRAKES SQUEAK- EVERYTIME I HAVE OIL CHANGED (EVERY 3000 MILES) I COMPLAIN, THEY ARE CHECKED AND I AM TOLD THEY ARE FINE.

VEHICLE RECENTLY REPAIRED FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE, WHICH NECESSITATED REPAIRS IN EXCESS OF $2,500.00. *LA (NAR) *CB

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED, BUT VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN AND IT COLLIDED WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE COLLISION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL TRANSMISSION SEIZED, THROWING THE PASSENGERS FORWARD. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS; HOWEVER, DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM .*AK

2000 MAZDA PROTEGE ES HAS HAD A STEERING/ALIGNMENT PROBLEM FROM DATE OF PURCHASE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN ALIGNED 6 TIMES AND CONTINUES TO PULL HARD AND IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND THE STEERING EXAMINED. *LA

CONSUMER STATED THAT 2 MONTHS PRIOR TO VEHICLE BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT SEAT BELT LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AND OFF. THEN, WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, SEAT BELT DID NOT WORK, AND AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED CERVICAL STRAIN/KNEE AND LOWER BACK INJURIES. *AK

2000 MAZDA PROTEGE. AT 64000 MILES THE O/D OFF INDICATION STARTED BLINKING. AT 70000 THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY MAZDA AND TRANS SERVICE CO. TO REPLACE THE TRANS. *JB

WINDSHIELD ON 2000 MAZDA PROTEGE CRACKED IN 2 DIFFERENT PLACES FOR NO APPARENT REASON-CAR WAS PARKED IN SAFE LOCATION, NOT HIT WITH ANYTHING, ETC. *AK

ON SEVERAL NON-SUCCESSIVE OCCURRENCES, WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35 - 40 MPH, I ENCOUNTERED A SEVERE SUDDEN DECELERATION WHICH FELT AS IF THE VEHICLE UNDERCARRIAGE SCRAPED AN INVISIBLE BUMP. THE DECELERATION IS SUDDEN, HARSH AND VERY UNSETTLING. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING UP EAST COAST MOUNTAINS, SUCH AS IN MD. VA. AND PA., THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO HAVE A VERY BAD SMELL AS IF HEATING UP TOO MUCH. EVENTUALLY THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. IT WAS REPLACED BY DEALER AT NO COST. NOW THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION IS DOING THE SAME THINGS AGAIN! IT LOOKS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS DUE TO FAIL AGAIN!! *JB