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MAZDA PROTEGE

1996 MAZDA PROTEGE

1 safety recall campaign, 91 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints91
Complaints citing a crash31
Complaints citing a fire2

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

  • 18AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
  • 5AIR BAGS
  • 5EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
  • 4SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
  • 4VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 3POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
  • 3POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
  • 3SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 1996 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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