1999 Mazda Protege: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1999 Mazda Protege. The campaign is 00V301000. NHTSA received the report on 5 Oct 2000. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Electrical / Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc.. NHTSA has 88 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 00V301000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will affix aluminum tape over the audio unit to prevent water from entering.
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. 23,000 units in total.
00V301000Received . 23,000 units.
Equipment / Electrical / Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc.
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with a particular factory installed audio unit. If the vehicle is operated at low speed in a hot and humid environment with the window open, air conditioner running, and audio on, condensed water on the a/c duct surface could drop and enter into the audio unit, causing a short circuit.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If the short circuit occurs at one specific set of terminals, the rear right loudspeaker can overheat and, in some cases, catch fire.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will affix aluminum tape over the audio unit to prevent water from entering.
Report filed by MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
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Complaints by component
88 complaints, 102 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.
- 1999 Mazda Protege
- All 1999 vehicles
| Component | 1999 Protege | All 1999 vehicles | Protege, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 215.7 | 91.9 | 123.5 | 22 |
| Air Bags | 205.9 | 52.3 | 124.2 | 21 |
| Tires | 127.5 | 47.9 | 39.2 | 13 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 78.4 | 120.2 | 95.1 | 8 |
| Electrical System | 58.8 | 84.5 | 53.7 | 6 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 58.8 | 130.8 | 68.3 | 6 |
| Seats | 39.2 | 16.4 | 30.5 | 4 |
| Unknown or Other | 39.2 | 20.8 | 20.3 | 4 |
| Steering | 29.4 | 50.5 | 22.5 | 3 |
| Suspension | 29.4 | 89.8 | 34.9 | 3 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 19.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 21
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 16
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 13 Feb 2018
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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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.
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 1999 Mazda ProtegeThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1999 Mazda Protege: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mazda/protege/1999/. 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
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- 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 1999 Mazda Protege?
- 23,000 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 1999 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1999 Mazda Protege name most often?
- Power Train: 22 of 102 component mentions, or 215.7 per 1,000. For all 1999 vehicles the figure is 91.9 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1999 Mazda Protege open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.