Mazda Protege vs KIA Sedona

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	KIA Sedona
Complaints on file	1,377	3,406
Model years covered	1989–2003	2002–2021
Worst model year	1995	2002
Best model year	1998	2020
Crashes reported	242	185
Fires reported	30	199
Injuries reported	197	128
Deaths reported	4	7
Most complained-about part	Seat Belts	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	34.4%	15.2%

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%

KIA Sedona by year

328 214 226 272 579 237 246 76 49 88 147 54 179 376 183 64 46 26 16

02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 525 15.4%

Electrical System 491 14.4%

Brakes 330 9.7%

Airbags 240 7.0%

Body & Structure 229 6.7%

Suspension 203 6.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 175 5.1%

Other & Unspecified 173 5.1%