Consumer Complaint Detail

MAZDA / PROTEGE / 1998

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 998125629 Incident Date: Feb, 01 1998
Consumer's City: HAMDEN Consumer's State: CT
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp.
Model Name: PROTEGE Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Tires
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JM1BC1417W0 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 03 1998 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 18 1998
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: At low speeds of 5 mph, when going down a slight incline,like a driveway, a piece of metal hit the road and the front end of vehicle bottomed out. dealer could not find a problem with vehicle. also, the original pirelli tires were rated at 32 lbs. not good enough to prevent front end of car to be hit when going down an incline at 5 mph. changed to yokohoma tires 330 radilas tires 0f 35 lbs, side walls much stiffer an vehicle rocks solidly. *ak