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1994 Mazda Protege seat belts problems

Owners reported seat belts problems in 38 complaints for the 1994 Mazda Protege, 43% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
38 43% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Upon impact, during frontal crash at approx. 30-40 MPH, driver motorized shoulder harness failed to retract, result allowed to hit steering column. Tt

CrashInjury

Passenger side active shoulder belt seat belt mechanism works intermittenly when opening door. Drivers side has not worked when door is opened on a few occasions.

Reported at 239,000 miles, December 2003

Seat belts problems in other years

Seat belts problems across all Mazda models