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Mazda seat belt problems

Owners have filed 990 complaints with NHTSA about the seat belts on Mazda vehicles — 3% of everything reported about the brand, across 38 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Mazda Protege, worst in 1994.

These are raw counts. A model that sold in millions appears near the top for that reason alone — the grade never compares one model with another.

990

Complaints

3%

Share of all Mazda complaints

113

Crashes

4

Fires

Which Mazda models have the most seat belt problems

Protege 230 23.2%

Worst in 1994

626 154 15.6%

Worst in 1991

323 111 11.2%

Worst in 1988

MX3 61 6.2%

Worst in 1992

MPV 51 5.2%

Worst in 2000

MAZDA3 49 4.9%

Worst in 2010

B-Series Truck 35 3.5%

Worst in 1996

RX-7 33 3.3%

Worst in 1990

MX6 26 2.6%

Worst in 1989

MX-6 25 2.5%

Worst in 1990

Worst Mazda model years for seat belt problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
1994 Mazda Protege 38 43% 95,000 F
1991 Mazda 626 35 35% — F
1992 Mazda Protege 34 47% 149,000 F
1992 Mazda MX3 31 63% 116,500 F
1993 Mazda MX3 30 45% 115,000 F
1988 Mazda 323 29 69% — F
1991 Mazda Protege 28 47% 153,256 F
1988 Mazda 626 27 47% — F
1993 Mazda Protege 26 46% 237,000 F
1989 Mazda 323 24 55% — F
1990 Mazda Protege 22 49% 167,125 F
2002 Mazda Protege 21 16% 80,225 F
1989 Mazda RX7 19 59% 95,000 F
1990 Mazda RX-7 19 61% 81,000 F
2003 Mazda Protege 17 12% 90,000 F
1989 Mazda MX6 15 36% — D
1991 Mazda 323 15 65% — F
1990 Mazda 626 14 23% — C
1995 Mazda Protege 14 6% — F
1991 Mazda RX-7 14 47% 106,000 F

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