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MAZDA PROTEGE

1992 MAZDA PROTEGE

1 safety recall campaign, 2 defect investigations, 72 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints72
Complaints citing a crash6
Complaints citing a fire1

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 1 of 1

15V6740002015-10-19

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

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

What owners report most

  • 14SEAT BELTS
  • 7SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES
  • 5SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
  • 4SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
  • 3SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
  • 3POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
  • 3SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
  • 3VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 1992 MAZDA PROTEGEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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