Seat track broke.
Power Lock button came loose and a wire became disconnected.
Air conditioner is just starting to loose its ability to cool the car.
Belts squeal and adjusting them doesn't help.
Transmission starting to cause the car to jerk as RPM's increase.
Car starting to shake when at highway speeds. New tires, alignment, and balancing has not helped much.
Radio knobs don't work that well. When you try to increase the volume, it may decrease, etc...
Great gas mileage.
It has never left me stranded.
Highly reliable.
No real problems in over 100,000 miles.
Excellent value for the money.
I would feel comfortable with buying one of these cars for my daughter to drive. It is a car I feel wouldn't leave her somewhere.
All you have to do when the radio stops working is:
1) Open the fuse box door
2) Pull out the radio fuse and put it right back in
3) Turn on your radio and enjoy it.
This takes about 10 or 15 seconds.
The problem is occasionally the fuse gets "popped" like a circuit breaker. It's not blown, just pulling it out and putting it in takes care of the problem. It happened to mine
twice in a year and a half. No big deal. I've owned cars that blew fuses with more regularity than that. And the fuse box is right on the side of the dash (by the driver) it's not hard to get the radio playing again, almost as simple as flipping a switch.
The Mazda Protege 1995:
- Seat track broke
- Radio knobs not working
- After tire rotation car started shaking.
Overall, the car is mechanic reliable. Those are the only problems that I can list. I bought the car brand new and now it has 100,000 miles.
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