Mazda Protege vs Plymouth Grand Voyager

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	Plymouth Grand Voyager
Complaints on file	1,377	3,388
Model years covered	1989–2003	1984–2002
Worst model year	1995	1996
Best model year	1998	1999
Crashes reported	242	142
Fires reported	30	134
Injuries reported	197	107
Deaths reported	4	7
Most complained-about part	Seat Belts	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	34.4%	11.5%

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%

Plymouth Grand Voyager by year

2 1 1 2 10 23 60 199 300 342 247 92 922 366 378 289 144 6 4

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 492 14.5%

Engine & Cooling 385 11.4%

Brakes 363 10.7%

Electrical System 319 9.4%

Airbags 309 9.1%

Body & Structure 229 6.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 219 6.5%

Seat Belts 180 5.3%