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1993 Mazda Protege Engine problems

Owners have filed 3 complaints about the 1993 Mazda Protege's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 6% of all its complaints, most recently on October 28, 2001. They describe 0 crashes, 0 fires and 1 injury. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
3
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
1
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

BrakesEngine & coolingVisibility & wipersAcceleration & cruise control

Windows-driver side power assisted window failure to go up/down, control would not function, had to reassemble window and replace master power window control unit. Complete brake failure @ 155,000mi. All components had to be replaced. Was not activly driving when failure notices. No accident or injury. Throttle component- temperature censor had to be replaced. Throttle would sparatically give out, causing a traffic hazard. (I.E. Could be on highway doing 55mph, censor would misdetect engine status causing throttle...

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to go down and speed to involuntarily and drastically decrease) drastic and extensive diagnostics and testing required to evaluate and solve problem. Seatbelts-power-seatbelt warning light goes off when seatbelt properly engaged. Contacted dealer and was told sensor may be "sticky/dirty" and nothing could be done about it. Was told to try to disassemble and clean out. Did not use recommendation due to the fact that this could make the problem much worse, so warning continues to randomly comes on when driving. Exhaust system- compleatly replaced. Deemed inadequate. Caused carbon minoxide leak in vehicle.*Ak

Filed Incident Service brakes, hydraulic · Engine and engine cooling · Visibility · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 753813
Engine & cooling

Coolant coming through cracks in radiator. Coolant is blowing on engine.*Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 894748
Engine & cooling1 injury

Vehicle overheated, causing radiator to explode when attempting to spray with water, injuring driver. *Dh

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 506086

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