2000 MAZDA PROTEGE Complaints

VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE A WHISTLING NOISE AND WAS PULLING TO RIGHT HAND SIDE UPON BRAKING. CONSUMER WAS UNSURE OF LOCATION OF NOISE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER REPLACED BRAKE ROTORS AND CALIPERS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHUR DETAILS. *AK

SEAT BELT LATCH ON THE RETRACTOR WILL NOT STAY IN PLACE. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS, BUT PROBLEM COMES BACK AND FORTH.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A 55 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE HEADING TO WORK CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AND RUN ROUGH WITH IN .5 MILES CAR FELT LIKE IT HAD A FLAT CAR WAS KEPT UNDER CONTROL PULLED OVER NOTICED RH REAR TIRE WAS FLAT. AFTER VEIWING TIRE MADE A DETERMINATION THAT THE TIRE HAD DEVELOPED A BUBBLE IN THE SIDE WALL AT THE SEEM THIS WAS THE FAILURE POINT EXAMINED THE REMAINING TIRES NOTICED BUBBLES WERE FORMING ALONG THE SEEM CONFIRMING THE FAILURE POINT/ SIDEWALL BLOWOUT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 56D2600 TIRESIZE: P185/65R14)

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 45MPH AND REARENDED A SUV HEAD- ON. HITTING A FIRE HYDRANT AND SIGN, BUT AIRBAGS STILL DIDN'T DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS CONSULTING MANUFACTURER ON NO DEPLOYMENT. CONSUMER PLEASE AD THE VIN#.*AK

FOR 5 NON-SUCCESSIVE OCCURRENCES NOW, WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35 - 40 MPH, I ENCOUNTERED A SEVERE SUDDEN DECELERATION WHICH FELT AS IF THE VEHICLE UNDERCARRIAGE SCRAPED AN INVISIBLE BUMP. THE DECEL IS SUDDEN, HARSH AND VERY UNSETTLING. MY BEST GUESS IS THAT IT IS DUE TO A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I ALREADY CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND THEY TOLD THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE. I COULD NOT SHOW THE PROBLEM TO THE DEALER SINCE IT OCCURS IN HAPPENSTANCE.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT HAD SUDDENLY STOPPED IN MIDDLE OF ROAD. WHEN HE HIT OTHER CAR , IT WENT UP OVER A 6 INCH CURVE AND HIT A ROAD SIGN. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. OTHER CAR WEIGHTED MORE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM THE REAR AT 50 MPH WHICH CAUSED DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATS TO COLLAPSE BACKWARDS, ALSO, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY IN RAINY WEATHER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INOPERABLE. DEALERSHIP AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK *SCC

CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND SHE WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE ON LEFT FRONT CORNER. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES. *AK