10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 5 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 6 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 9,845 miles
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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.
- Cullman, AL, USA
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.
- Boiling Springs, SC, USA
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.
- Vista, CA, USA
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. **dimsii IVOQ entry posted after 12/12/02 cut over to artemis**768013
- Elizabethton, TN, USA
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.
- North Miami, FL, USA
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
- Jacksonville, IL, USA
Consumer states that the vehicle was rear end at approximately 30-40 mph and neither air bag deployed. The dealer has been notified. Nlm
- Cambridge, OH, USA
- Highland, CA, USA