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Year · Make · Model

1994 Mazda Protege

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
74
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
19
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

74 filed
6
Crashes
1
Fires
4
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat Belts
    22
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    4
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
    4
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    3
  • Power TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT Velocity Joint
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    2
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    2

Recalls

1 campaign
15V674000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH2015-10-19

Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain model year 1989-1998 MPV, 1990-1995 323, 1990-1998 Protege, 1992-1993 MX-3, 1993-1995 929, 1993-1997 MX-6, and 1993-1998 626 vehicles. In the affected vehicles, grease applied to the contact points inside the ignition switch may become conductive and overheat.

RiskIf the ignition switch overheats there would be an increased risk of a fire.

FixMazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ignition switch, free of charge. The recall began on December 17, 2015. Owners may contact Mazda Customer Experience Center at 1-800-222-5500, option#6. Mazda's number for this recall is 8715J.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
EA94039·SEAT BELTS1994-11-30 → 1997-11-26

AUTO RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAIL

Led to recall97V211000

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