Mazda Protege Engine Overheating - Diagnosis? - Car Talk Community I drive a 2002 Mazda Protege and it’s been great to me until this past weekend I had a 4 5-5 hour trip ahead of me and Google Maps told me a more direct route (i e not using the interstates) would save time It must have erroneously assumed that the highway comprising basically the entire trip would be speed limit 55-65 the entire way Instead, I found myself slowing down to stoplights and
Clutch Replacement for 1999 Mazda Protege? - Car Talk Community I assume that I need to replace my clutch Clutch Repair Symptoms: Going up hills in San Francisco feels like I’m in the “Little Engine that Could ” I’m able to slip between gears really easily almost without shifting at all- except for Reverse History of Car: 4 of the 8 years I’ve owned my car involved commuter traffic w stop and go For the past 2 years I only drive the car about
2000 Mazda Protege Randomly Stalls Wont Crank - Car Talk Community I am a college student aka I am poor I have put almost $500 into “fixing” this problem…and as you probably guess, it isn’t fixed I have a 2000 Mazda Protege LX, Automatic, 122,000 miles, all oil changes have been timely, sparks plugs have been changed, Mass Air Flow sensor has been replaced Battery is new Twice now I have been coming to a stop and my engine will die Once I was
Mazda Protege 5 random misfire not so random - Car Talk Community I am having a problem tracking down a misfire code on my wife’s Protege 5 It keeps giving me a P0300 random misfire I replaced the coilpacks, the plugs and the wires, but it still throws the code Now its decided it wants to idle rough and instead of the cel being solidly on, its flashing Anyone else having this problem?
2003 Mazda Protege5 - Hesitates during acceleration My car has 116,000 miles on it, is a manual transmission, and I’ve owned it since it was brand new in 2003 The car has been absolutely wonderful, and I try my best to take care of it A couple of days ago I noticed that the car hesitates during acceleration around 3k RPM like it’s not getting the right amount of fuel into the motor Last month I changed out the spark plugs, coil packs
Mazda Protege 2000 Stall - No Mechanic can figure it out Hi All, I would really appreciate some help My 2000 Mazda Protege has been having some trouble as of late After being driven for about a half an hour it will stall at a red light or when idling and refuse to start for 10-20 minutes If it is in a high gear it will continue to run, but then as soon as I stop it stalls with the same problem We have taken it to three different mechanics and
Mazda Protege fixed! - Power Fuel - Car Talk Community For the past 6 months my wife’s 2002 Mazda Protege has been acting up whenever accelerating from a stop When sitting at a stop light the car idles fine, but every once in a while when we hit the gas the engine would kind of bogg-down and the RPM would hover around 1000 Then out of nowhere the engine would finally kick in and we would dart off I always wondered if the other drivers thought