1994 Mazda Protege: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1994 Mazda Protege. The campaign is 15V674000. NHTSA received the report on 19 Oct 2015. The NHTSA record gives the component Electrical System / Ignition / Switch. NHTSA has 74 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 15V674000, in the NHTSA record
Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ignition switch, free of charge. The recall began on December 17, 2015. Owners may contact Mazda Customer Experience Center at 1-800-222-5500, option#6. Mazda's number for this recall is 8715J.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
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Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 1,368,500 units in total.
15V674000Received . 1,368,500 units.
Electrical System / Ignition / Switch
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain model year 1989-1998 MPV, 1990-1995 323, 1990-1998 Protege, 1992-1993 MX-3, 1993-1995 929, 1993-1997 MX-6, and 1993-1998 626 vehicles. In the affected vehicles, grease applied to the contact points inside the ignition switch may become conductive and overheat.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If the ignition switch overheats there would be an increased risk of a fire.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ignition switch, free of charge. The recall began on December 17, 2015. Owners may contact Mazda Customer Experience Center at 1-800-222-5500, option#6. Mazda's number for this recall is 8715J.
Report filed by Mazda North American Operations. Manufacturer campaign number 8715J. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
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Complaints by component
74 complaints, 89 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
- 1994 Mazda Protege
- All 1994 vehicles
| Component | 1994 Protege | All 1994 vehicles | Protege, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Belts | 427 | 36.9 | 167.2 | 38 |
| Power Train | 112.4 | 94.3 | 124.1 | 10 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 67.4 | 46.5 | 27.7 | 6 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 67.4 | 109.4 | 95.6 | 6 |
| Electrical System | 56.2 | 74.4 | 54 | 5 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 44.9 | 172.2 | 68.6 | 4 |
| Structure | 44.9 | 49.3 | 28.5 | 4 |
| Suspension | 33.7 | 39.8 | 35 | 3 |
| Seats | 33.7 | 27.1 | 30.7 | 3 |
| Steering | 22.5 | 34.7 | 22.6 | 2 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 17.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 6
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 4
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 24 Oct 2017
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EA94039 | Engineering analysis | AUTO RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAIL | Seat Belts | 30 Nov 1994 | 26 Nov 1997 | 97V211000 |
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 1994 Mazda ProtegeThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1994 Mazda Protege: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mazda/protege/1994/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Mazda North American Operations
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1994 Mazda Protege?
- 1,368,500 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Mazda Protege have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 6 recall campaigns for the Mazda Protege, model years 1989 to 2003. 1 of them names the 1994 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1994 Mazda Protege name most often?
- Seat Belts: 38 of 89 component mentions, or 427 per 1,000. For all 1994 vehicles the figure is 36.9 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1994 Mazda Protege open?
- No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.