Consumer Complaint Detail

MAZDA / PROTEGE / 2003

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004258919 Incident Date: Jan, 18 2004
Consumer's City: CLARENCE Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp.
Model Name: PROTEGE Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JM1BJ225030 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 11 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Apr, 25 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My son was involved in an auto accident and none of the front or side air bags went off. though he or the other driver was not seriously injured my concern was why didnt the air bags go off? everyone i have spoke to about this felt there may of been some defect in this car because of all the damage involved my son was pulling out of a side road onto the main highway he never saw the driver and hit the car on the passenger side my sons car was totaled. he just purchased the car brand new in april 2003 he had less than 15,000 miles on the car the transmission was busted as well as many other parts i spoke to senator corman regarding this issue and he said to file a complaint i also spoke to mazda regarding this however they said they werent aloud to investigate it that we would have to do this ourselves the insurance adjuster also commented on the air bags not going off i have pictures of the wrecked car and my son has the police report if you need any other information please call or email me down below i listed 4 failures that was all the air bags as for anyother information about this i have the insurance copy of the damage any assistance you can give me would be greatly appreciated