Mazda seat belts problems
Across all Mazda models in NHTSA's complaint database, 803 complaints involve seat belts. The Protege accounts for the largest share (29%). The single worst model year is the 1994 Protege with 38 seat belts complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 803 about seat belts, all Mazda models
- Most affected
- Protege 29% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 75,000 miles 221 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 100 and 3
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Mazda models
Worst model years for seat belts
- 1994 Mazda Protege38 complaints
- 1991 Mazda 62635 complaints
- 1992 Mazda Protege34 complaints
- 1992 Mazda MX332 complaints
- 1993 Mazda MX331 complaints
Seat belts complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 99 |
| 1991 | 110 |
| 1992 | 96 |
| 1993 | 82 |
| 1994 | 61 |
| 1995 | 32 |
| 1996 | 23 |
| 1997 | 14 |
| 1998 | 8 |
| 1999 | 9 |
| 2000 | 25 |
| 2001 | 22 |
| 2002 | 37 |
| 2003 | 23 |
| 2004 | 11 |
| 2005 | 15 |
| 2006 | 13 |
| 2007 | 10 |
| 2008 | 10 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2010 | 15 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | 14 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 |
Among the 221 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 75,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.