Consumer Complaint Detail

MAZDA / PROTEGE / 2002

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 007114092 Incident Date: Jul, 31 2007
Consumer's City: ROYAL PALM BEACH Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp.
Model Name: PROTEGE Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Visibility:windshield wiper/washer
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JM1BJ225520 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 01 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 28 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Driving on fl turnpike at night in heavy rain, bumper to bumper traffic, wipers were on high, switched them to low (not intermittent) and the wipers stopped in the middle of the windshield. trying to make it to the right hand lane with my head out the window so i can see, and they just came back on automatically. made it home, keeping them on low. that was 7/17/07. yesterday (8/1/07) in medium rain in daylight, went to local store. as a test, i put wipers on low a minute or so, then high, then back to low, then they stopped mid window again (all this in about 4 minutes). turning them off/on would not make them come on again. i put them back on low hoping they would come back on. traffic light changed and i had to drive across four lanes to store with no wipers. wipers came back on automatically when i pulled up to the store (maybe 3 minutes after the wipers powered off). the car has about 60,050 miles, original owner, no accidents or other mishaps. it appears that i can reproduce this behavior. *jb