| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004285751 | Incident Date: Apr, 24 2004 |
| Consumer's City: ERIE | Consumer's State: CO |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp. |
| Model Name: PROTEGE | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Steering |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 28 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 22 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Mazdas peed protege suffers from excess torque steer and very unstable steering at speeds over 30 mile per hour. if you excellerate hard the vehicle will jump left or right depending on speed. also when travelling at highway speed vehicle will swerve left or right without warning or for any noticable reason also at highway speed the vehicle tends to drift in its lane. dealer service states that this is normal for a high performance vehicle and nothing is wrong. i have owned many high performance automobiles and have never seen this before. this condition has almost resulted in accidents on many occasions and only radical steering has prevented an accident so far.*ak |
