| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003217334 | Incident Date: Jun, 04 2003 |
| Consumer's City: ALEXANDRIA | Consumer's State: VA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp. |
| Model Name: PROTEGE | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 16 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 06 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 04 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: On several non-successive occurrences, while driving between 35 - 40 mph, i encountered a severe sudden deceleration which felt as if the vehicle undercarriage scraped an invisible bump. the deceleration is sudden, harsh and very unsettling. also, while driving up east coast mountains, such as in md. va. and pa., the transmission seems to have a very bad smell as if heating up too much. eventually the transmission failed. it was replaced by dealer at no cost. now the replacement transmission is doing the same things again! it looks like the transmission is due to fail again!! *jb |
