Automatic Transmission Park/neutral Start Switch Problems of Mazda Protege

Mazda Protege owners have reported 3 problems related to automatic transmission park/neutral start switch (under the power train 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 Automatic Transmission Park/neutral Start Switch problem of the 1997 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 03/27/2002

Lights kept coming on, overdrive sensor. Consumer was told by mechanic that it fuse was blown, it happened again.

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2 Automatic Transmission Park/neutral Start Switch problem of the 2001 Mazda Protege

Failure Date: 09/04/2001

While traveling 35-45mph automatic transmission gear shift jumped from drive to neutral, causing vehicle to rev until gear was changed. Dealer has yet to be contacted. Please provide further details.

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3 Automatic Transmission Park/neutral Start Switch problem of the 1997 Mazda Protege

With gear in park vehicle can still be moved. Could cause a safety hazard.

Other Common Power Train related problems of Mazda Protege

Problem Category	Number of Problems
Automatic Transmission problems	40
Overdrive Light On problems	10
Transmission Failure problems	10
Transmission Noise problems	8
Power Train problems	8
Transmission Not Go Into Gear problems	6
Clutch problems	6
Automatic Transmission Gear Indicator problems	6
Automatic Transmission Park/neutral Start Switch problems	3
Clutch Pedal/linkage problems	3

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