1999 Mazda Protege transmission problems
17 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 1999 Mazda Protege, which is 17% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 17 17% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
None of the transmission complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.
What owners wrote
I've read that late model years with the at have experienced random hard shifts while going at moderate speeds. I was accelerating gently from 35 to 40 mpg on a very gentle slope when I felt as if the car hit a large bump or ridge. Curious and worried, I turned back and retraced my path to see if it would repeat. It didn't, but I am concerned that this will develop into a major problem later. I've read from other owners of late model proteges with the at that they may abruptly seize while in operation.
1999 mazda protege received o/d off light, speedometer dropped out and slippage in gears, (o/d), brought to schwartz mazda, shrewsbury, nj, they sold me a new transmission, (76000 miles on odometer), car still had same trouble. Advised mazda that I felt this is a misdiagnosis, per nhtsb tech service bulletin of speed sensor on transmission which presents same symptoms, they would not credit the $2073 cost of the new transmission, the dealer did not see this trouble which is what I originally brought in for…
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