1991 Mazda Protege LX from North America - Comments

One of the things that I have found to be a problem with this car is the seat belt buzzer. When I'm drive the buzzer keeps going off, it gets pretty annoying.

Another thing I have noticed is the dome light. The dome light has a mind of it own. Seriously, When I open the door sometime it comes on and other times it does not. This can drive one crazy if they need a light on.

Finally, Only 2 of the power windows work, which is a bummer in the summer time.

All-in-All, this is a great car. I get 30 mpg (road miles) and about 25 in town. Since I have owned it, nothing to major has really happened to it. I think this is a great car for someone who doesn't want to spend to much money on a car, but wants to look sporty at the same time.

I have 91 Mazda protege And it has 205354 miles on it the seatbelt buzzer goes off constantly and my light some times does not come on, but other than that the transmission is the worst thing that has gone bad on it (1100$).It's An automatic, but I raced my friends Manual Honda CRX And beat him by like 10 or 15ft so it's still pretty fast. I have also yet to race civic that beat it. Over all I love my car and don't plan on getting rid of it. p.s. It is my first car.

M.Parks.

I am looking at a 91 Protege with about 80k on it... Wondering if you think its worth it, they are asking 2k for it. Looks in good shape and runs well. Manual transmition as well. I would apreciate some feedback on what you think. Thanks guys, PEACE.

My 1991 Mazda protege has about 156k on it. one of my back seat windows don't go up or down and the driver's side, the window has a hard time going back up. The seat belt buzzer does go off a lot. The engine sounds pretty strong when I rev it. Over all I think it's a pretty good car.

An sering Question: I think it's worth 2,000 if everything work's on the car, but you should ask him to lower the price a little bit.

I had forgotten about the seat belt buzzer. Most annoying feature ever.

I wouldn't pay more than $1,500 for any fifteen year old 4-door econobox, no matter who makes it. And 30mpg highway isn't particularly impressive for a manual (a well-treated lead-sled 305v8 1980's chrome-bumpered Caprice with a new carb swap will get 30 on the highway) ; obviously it's geared low for "sporty" high-RPM corner-taking rather than getting good fuel-economy while interstate cruising at 80mph.

Not saying it's a bad car, just that if you shop Craigslist, you'll see better deals every day unless you're out in the sticks. If I wanted to, I could buy ten good-running cars every day for a grand in any major metro area just by browsing Craigs.

And, if you want sporty, don't waste time with four-doors; get a real "sleeper" car, like an '89 aws Prelude (even the non-aws model has a 6750rpm red-line motor, stock).

How is the '89 prelude aws prelude more of a sleeper than a protege? it's a 2 door (less sleeper) and it only has 10 more hp, but weighs over 200lbs more. Plus the name prelude already has sporty connotations. The protege has a 7000 rpm redline. Stock. will be cheaper to buy, maintain, insure, are reliable have very capable rally heritage chassis and can comfortably fit 4 people. And to make it a real sleeper, these cars are very akin to turbos and stock internals can take very high psi. has been done many many times.

Bottom line, don't knock on a car when you know nothing about it.