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Engine & cooling

1989 Mazda Protege Engine problems

Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 1989 Mazda Protege's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 50% of all its complaints, most recently on June 24, 2002. They describe 0 crashes, 1 fire and 0 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

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Complaints
1
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Engine & coolingFire

Consumer stated while drivng, there was a pop sound, consumer proceeded to step on the accelerator and the vehicle did not move, he then pulled over to the turnpike and then the vehicle caught on fire, possibly engine related.(Ohio traffic crash report#10-91-213).*Jb

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 566204

Mazda Protege engine complaints by year

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