Gasoline Engine problems of the 2003 Mazda Protege

One problem related to gasoline engine has been reported for the 2003 Mazda Protege. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Mazda Protege based on all problems reported for the 2003 Protege.

1 Gasoline Engine problem

Failure Date: 01/21/2003

Engine rattles when accelerating after starting in the morning, and periodically rattles when accelerating after stopping when warmed up.




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