1991 Mazda Protege problems
Owners have filed 60 complaints with NHTSA about the 1991 Mazda Protege. Seat belts is the most reported problem area, at 47% of complaints. After that come body & structure (12%) and electrical system (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 60 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 47% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 9 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 9 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 87% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1991 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 14 model years of the Mazda Protege with enough data (29 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Driving vehicle, another vehicle drove out of parking lot & original vehicle hit the driver's side, seat belt did not restrain the driver.
Went to stop at stop light, engine continued to accelerate, unable to stop. Rearended stationary vehicle at light. Our vehicle totaled. Driver sustained injuries.
Third tire of set of 4 that tread had separated - this one totaled the car and injured one person. Tire had 18,000 miles wear. (tiresize: p185/60r14)( DOT number: tire size: p185/60r14 )
Tl* the contact owns a 1991 mazda protege. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 MPH during rain weather conditions, the vehicle went over a pothole causing the contact to lose control of the vehicle and stopping on the shoulder of the road. The contact then attempted to drive and the vehicle spun crashing the front of the vehicle into a tree. The seat belt detached and the contact was released from the rear window. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed and deemed destroyed.
The seat belt cord on my 1991 mazda protege has become inoperable and therefore I have no top seat belt on my cars driver side.