2000 Mazda Protege Air Bags & Restraints Problems

TODAY WE GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DIDN'T COME OUT UNTIL AFTER MY GRANDAUGHTER'S FACE HIT THE WINDSHEILD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MAZDA PROTEGE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

THE LEFT FRONT SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RELEASE. MY SPOUSE SPENT FIFTEEN MINUTES TRYING TO GET IT UNBUCKLED AND POPPED A BLOOD VESSEL IN HER THUMB TRYING TO RELEASE IT. GOING TO REPLACE IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. WILL CONTACT DEALER TO SEE IF IT CAN BE WARRANTIED. THEY SHOULD, IT IS A SAFETY ITEM! *TR

I WAS UNABLE TO RELEASE THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT. I CRAWLED OUT UNDER IT AND EVENTUALLY GOT IT TO RELEASE. IT SEEMS TO WORK OK NOW BUT I'M NOW LEERY OF IT. *JB

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN COMING ON IN JUNE 2003 AND THEY REPLACED AN OXYGEN SENSOR. MY CAR WAS FINE UNTIL RECENTLY. I HAD AN OIL CHANGE IN APRIL AND THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, BUT IT ONLY LASTED A FEW DAYS. TWO WEEKS I HAD AN OIL CHANGE AND RIGHT AFTER THE SERVICE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND COMPLAINED THAT THE LIGHT CAME AGAIN AFTER THEY SERVICED IT. THIS MAKES IT TWICE THAT I HAD MY CAR SERVICED AND THE LIGHT COMES ON. ALSO, I WAS NEVER INFORMED ABOUT THE RECALL IN JANUARY 2001 ABOUT THE BREAKS. I HAD BRAKE SERVICE DONE LAST YEAR AND I WAS TOLD I NEEDED BRAKE SERVICE AGAIN.

DT: THE CONSUMER HAS A 2000 MAZDA PROTEGE. THE DRIVER'S LOWER SEAT BELT FELL APART. THE CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED SEVERAL DEALER WHO TOLD HER THE SHE COULDN'T GET A REPLACEMENT. ALL OF THE OTHER SEAT BELTS ARE FINE AND THERE ARE NO CRACKS IN THEM. THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. *NM

I OWN A 2000 MAZDA PROTEGE WHICH I PURCHASED IN APRIL OF 2000. WELL TWICE THE SEATBELT ON THE BACK SEAT RIGHT SIDE HAS STAYED JAMMED. I HAD FIXED BEFORE AT A MAZDA DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER WHEN I WENT BACK ON THE SECOND OCCASION I WAS TOLD THAT MY WARRANTY EXPIRED AND TO GET A NEW SEATBELT WOULD COST $500 . I FEEL THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECTED AND I SHOULDN'T BE CHARGED. WHEN I EXPRESSED THIS TO THE MANUFACTURER I WAS GIVEN THE RUNAROUND, OR TOLD TO SPEAK TO MAZDA OR TOLD TO GO BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT WASN'T THEIR PROBLEM. NEEDLESS TO IN THE END I GOT A "SO SUE US " STATEMENT. WHAT CAN I DO OR CAN YOU HELP?

AFTER A 30 MPH VEHICLE FRONTAL COLLISION, THE FRONT AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED SKIN BURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

FRONT END IMPACT OF AT LEAST 45 MPH WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES. ALMOST DIRECT FULL CONTACT WITH FRONT END (SLIGHTLY MORE ON ONE SIDE). FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SEAT BELT RESTRAINED FORWARD MOTION BUT INJURY WAS INCURRED TO NECK AND BACK DUE TO FORCE OF COLLISION. *NM

CONSUMER STATED THAT 2 MONTHS PRIOR TO VEHICLE BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT SEAT BELT LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AND OFF. THEN, WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, SEAT BELT DID NOT WORK, AND AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED CERVICAL STRAIN/KNEE AND LOWER BACK INJURIES. *AK

I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE OF FAILURE BUT IT WAS CLOSE TO THE DATE I PROVIDED. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY 2000 MAZDA PROTEGE STARTED BUCKING. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM THAT I THOUGHT THE TRANSMISSION WENT BAD THEY TREATED ME LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. SURE ENOUGH I DROPPED IT OFF AND THEY DIANOSED IT WITH A BAD TRANSMISSION.IT WAS 2000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY. THANKFULLY MAZDA PAID FOR THE TRANSMISSION BEING SO RECENT OUT OF WARRANTY BUT I HAD TO PAY $700.00 IN LABOR. SINCE THEN I HAVE FOUND THAT THOSE VEHICLES WERE PLAGUED WITH THAT PROBLEM AND SINCE THEN THE CAR JUST HASN'T DRIVEN LIKE IT USED TOO. I AM SADLY DISSAPOINTED SINCE I USED TO WORK AT A MAZDA DEALERSHIP AND THE MAZDA B4000 I HAD ALSO PURCHASED HAS PROBLEMS TOO.

WHILE DRIVING W. BOUND AT ABOUT 25 MPH, PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR WAS IMPACTED BY VEHICLE GOING S. BOUND AT ABOUT 40 MPH. CAR WAS FORCED SW THROUGH A CURB, A GAS SIGN, AND IMPACTED WITH THE REAR OF A PARKED CAR. ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK, BRAKES INEFFECTIVE AND FINALLY PARKED BY DRIVER. MAJOR PASSENGER SIDE AND FRONTAL DAMAGE. CAR TOTALED. NEITHER PASSENGER NOR DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AND THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HIT AT 30MPH IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

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. *PH *JB **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**768013

WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH WAS INVOLVED IN FRONTAL COLLISION, AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ON IMPACT, CAUSING INJURIES.*AK *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 45 MPH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *MR

FRONT CRASH AT 35 MPH AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK, STILL IN HOSPITAL. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.*AK

VEHICLE WAS REARENDED WHILE AT A STOP BY VEHICLE DRIVEN ABOUT 40 MPH, WAS PUSHED INTO VEHICLE IN FRONT OF IT. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. CONSUMER SUFFERED NECK AND BACK INJURIES.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REAR END AT APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MPH AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NLM