Recall Register

1998 Mazda Protege: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1998 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 44 complaints on file for 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.
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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.

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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 1,368,500 units in total.

  1. 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: .

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Complaints by component

44 complaints, 51 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.

  • 1998 Mazda Protege
  • All 1998 vehicles
1998 Mazda Protege: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component1998 ProtegeAll 1998 vehiclesProtege, all yearsMentions
Power Train313.794.3133.816
Engine and Engine Cooling196.1131.398.710
Service Brakes, Hydraulic117.6114.6746
Tires58.854.139.83
Seat Belts58.822.91643
Vehicle Speed Control39.244.236.62
Air Bags39.249.3128.22
Latches/Locks/Linkages39.21311.92
Visibility39.260.431.82
Seats19.61731.81

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 14.

Complaints that report a crash
7
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
2
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
18 Nov 2008

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.

Complaints about the 1998 Mazda Protege, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1999, with 10 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

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.

  1. 19890
  2. 19901
  3. 19911
  4. 19921
  5. 19931
  6. 19941
  7. 19954
  8. 19961
  9. 19971
  10. 19981
  11. 19991
  12. 20001
  13. 20011
  14. 20020
  15. 20030

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1998 Mazda Protege: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mazda/protege/1998/. 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
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
Mazda North American Operations

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1998 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 1998 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1998 Mazda Protege name most often?
Power Train: 16 of 51 component mentions, or 313.7 per 1,000. For all 1998 vehicles the figure is 94.3 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 Mazda Protege open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.