Mazda Protege vs Buick Enclave

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Mazda Protege	Buick Enclave
Complaints on file	1,377	3,307
Model years covered	1989–2003	2008–2026
Worst model year	1995	2011
Best model year	1998	2021
Crashes reported	242	141
Fires reported	30	32
Injuries reported	197	118
Deaths reported	4	0
Most complained-about part	Seat Belts	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	34.4%	8.8%

Mazda Protege by year

2 45 60 72 56 89 232 91 103 53 102 126 68 133 145

89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Seat Belts 230 16.7%

Airbags 171 12.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 170 12.3%

Engine & Cooling 144 10.5%

Brakes 103 7.5%

Electrical System 74 5.4%

Tires 54 3.9%

Suspension 48 3.5%

Buick Enclave by year

779 290 358 284 174 108 352 221 155 203 92 69 75 31 21 23 11 57 4

08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 772 23.3%

Steering 445 13.5%

Engine & Cooling 378 11.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 357 10.8%

Electrical System 276 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 186 5.6%

Body & Structure 178 5.4%

Brakes 126 3.8%