Air Bag Problems of Mazda Protege

Mazda Protege owners have reported 17 problems related to air bag (under the air bag category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Mazda Protege based on all problems reported for the Protege.

1 Air Bag problem of the 2000 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 11/27/2019

Today we got into an accident and the passenger airbag didn't come out until after my grandaughter's face hit the windsheild.

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2 Air Bag problem of the 2003 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 03/01/2016

2003 Mazda Protege 5 was traveling approximately 45mph and struck a moving vehicle in the rear quarter panel. No air bag was deployed in the Mazda Protege 5. The other vehicle's airbags deployed.

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3 Air Bag problem of the 2001 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 11/02/2015

Got into an accident at intersection , airbags did not work , as a result I have serious chest pains . Vehicle was in motion going straight while a vehicle at intersection was turning left across my road.

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4 Air Bag problem of the 1998 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 10/07/2015

Straight-on, front-end collision occurred, that destroyed radiator and folded hood. Air bag did not deploy.

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5 Air Bag problem of the 1995 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 04/17/2014

I was out of the car & both air bags exploded , there was a recall on the air bags , but I was never informed by Mazda corp ,I became aware of the recall after the air bags exploded.

6 Air Bag problem of the 1995 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 04/17/2014

The air bags exploded while I was out side the car , there was a recall on the air bags & I was never notified by either Mazda corp or the dealer & I have been the original owner , there has been numerous recalls on the 1995 Protege & at no time I was ever contacted that there was a recall period. In 1997 the engine died & I had to pay the sum of $1500. 00 to replace the engine & there were a recalls also & I received no notification of a recall , I contacted both Mazda of north America & the dealer plaza auto mall where I purchased the car in 1995 & both refused my request to address this matter .

7 Air Bag problem of the 2001 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 04/20/2007

Front end collision, air-bag failed resulting in injuries.

8 Air Bag problem of the 2001 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 04/09/2004

The consumer's vehicle was involved in a collision. Upon impact, none of the air bags deployed. The consumer had run a stop sign and hit another vehicle head-on while passing through an intersection.

9 Air Bag problem of the 2000 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 09/24/2002

I was in a single car accident. I hit a guard rail, went through it and rolled down a 30 foot embankment. I suffered neck and shoulder injuries and back injuries. I have not driven a car since this accident. In the emergency room a nurse said I had a possible spinal compression fracture. I thought my car was suppose to have air bags, I saw the car for the first time since the accident yesterday. The whole car is beat up. . . The roof, the front, the back both sides, and not even 1 of the air bags deployed. I am so grateful my car had such a high safety rating. . . Yeah right. Now I am afraid to drive any car. And now the words air bag safety are a joke to me. **dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut over to artemis**768013.

10 Air Bag problem of the 2000 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 04/17/2002

Consumer states that the vehicle was rear end at approximately 30-40 mph and neither air bag deployed. The dealer has been notified. Nlm.

11 Air Bag problem of the 1999 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 09/15/2001

The above description is the first time the transmission had been repaired. Now at 47,000 miles, the transmission is out again. Joey.

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12 Air Bag problem of the 1999 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 05/14/2000

Mazda was considered a total loss, air bags did not diploy in a head-on collision.

13 Air Bag problem of the 1996 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 07/17/1998

No deployment of air bags during vehicle collision.

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14 Air Bag problem of the 1996 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 07/17/1998

When vehicle was traveling at 55 mph on interstate a van crashed into the rear of the vehicle. Both front seatbacks collapsed. The vehicle was totalled.

15 Air Bag problem of the 1999 Mazda Protege

Attorney general of north carolina's letter to Mazda corporation asked for an immediate response to consumer's complaint concerning a crash due to brake failure and non deployment of air bags which resulted in injuries. Add to 568358.

16 Air Bag problem of the 1996 Mazda Protege

Airbag did not inflate when consume hit a telephone pole causing him to hit the steering wheel and sustain chest pain.

17 Air Bag problem of the 1999 Mazda Protege

No deployment of air bag upon impact and the drivers seat broke causing injuries to lower back. Nlm.


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