Check Engine Light On Problems of Mazda Protege

Rough idle causing to stall while driving, check engine light on for cylinder misfire, found cylinder 4 with a bent spark plug with the gap closed. Replaced all 4 plugs car ran fine for a few months only to have the same issue cylinder misfire with cylinder 4 with another bent plug gap closed. Possible something loose inside cylinder 4 causing the misfire issues to the plug. Mileage 130,280.

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The car began to shutter and dropped from 50 to 25 in seconds. The check engine light (cil) starting flashing and the car began to stutter like it was going to die, I pulled to the side of the road and the car died. Started car again the cil continued to flash, it only would accelerate to 25 miles an hours even with my foot all the way down on the gas. I took it to the a mechanic and the codes were p0421, 171, 300. The mechanic did everything from engine flush, spark plugs, oil, air filters and installed a new catalytic converter but the problem persists. Its now a year later and the car is doing the exact same thing.

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On at least 3-5 occasions this 2. 0l engine has suffered the exact same fate as NHTSA id# 10422484. Check engine light on, misfiring, associated noise sounding like a bolt / screw bouncing around in the engine for maybe 15 seconds, then would return to normal. Each time there has been a different cylinder misfire, upon spark plug removal it was found the gap was closed causing no spark. Each time, a new plug was installed and corrected the immediate problem. After seeing these complaints and a recall regarding this issue I realized I've had the same issue. Don't know if my VIN # is in the effected range or not. Car now has 123105 miles. Would hope that Mazda would cover any vehicle with this problem.

The contact owns a 2003 Mazda protã‰gã‰. The contact stated that the check engine light illuminated. The mechanic checked the codes and stated that the engine misfired. The current mileage was 84,000 and failure mileage was 80,000.

The contact stated that about a year transmission was replaced. Now the engine light is coming on. The brakes are not tight enough and they are not working.

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Numerous problems with 1999 Mazda Protege lx. Days after the vehicle was purchased the check engine light illuminated while driving. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where she was told that they were not very knowledgeable about Mazda because they were primarily a Honda dealer. The vehicle was taken to a service station where they suggested the problem had something to do with the gas. The technician reset the computer and told the consumer if the problem recurred to take the vehicle to a Mazda dealer. The check engine light continued to illuminate, but every time the consumer attempted to take the vehicle to be serviced the light would go off. Over the coarse of a few months the dealer replaced several components that they thought would alleviate the problem, but they didn't. It was later determined that the drain plug was not put back properly and fell out while driving.

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After investigating "check engine light" over a period of 5 months, it was determined that a valve problem in the first cylinder was causing a lack of compression and poor engine performance. 2 oxygen sensors were replaced, as well as 8 valves and other parts, to solve the problem. We spent a total of $1791. 78 before the car was fixed. We learned from our Mazda dealer that a service bulletin was issued 6/10/98 that covered this problem. We complained to the dealership and the Mazda area rep, and no reimbursement was issued.

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The check engine light illuminated on the dashboard.

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Check engine light illuminated and acceleration is poor. Enclosed are copies of the receipts and service bulletin issued in reference to the defective vehicle. The consumer stated the problem was finally identified as a faulty valvein cylinder #1.

Check engine light comes on, due to possible engine failure.

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