NHTSA — Engine Problems

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 2
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
213,450 miles

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This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

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2000 Mazda Protege engine problems

engine problem

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2000 Mazda Protege Owner Comments

problem #2

Mar 192018

Protege

  • 213,900 miles

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After driving 2 miles or less the right underside of the engine caught on fire and now the engine is blown.

- Mission Viejo, CA, USA

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problem #1

Mar 182018

Protege

  • 213,000 miles
I drove the car for 2 miles and the left underside of the engine caught fire, now the engine is dead and in need of a new engine?

- Mission Viejo, CA, USA

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