1999 Mazda Protege problems
Owners have filed 102 complaints with NHTSA about the 1999 Mazda Protege. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 21% of complaints. After that come transmission (17%) and tires (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 102 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 26 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 20 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 61,000 miles 30 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 30 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 60,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 26 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 20 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 96% 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 1999 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 14 model years of the Mazda Protege with enough data (67 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.
While driving at aprroximately 50 MPH ,driver hit another vehicle head-on ,and dual airbags did not deploy, causing injuries. No warning of airbags being inoperative.
My main complaint is the airbags. The accident was serious enough to crack the casing under the bumper. Why did the airbag not deploy? Please provide me with information!!!
Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision at 45MPH and airbags did not deploy, resulting in injuries. Dealer and manufacturer have been notified.
Due to complete brake failure, the vehicle hit a steel pole and damaged the front suspension. The driver and passenger air bags did not deploy. Mr scc
While driving vehicle will jerk forward than stall out without warning. The dealership has serviced vehicle several times,problem still exists.