I took it in, got it fixed, that took weeks because the part had to be ordered. Then the plastic piece that protects the electronics under the driver's seat broke. I took it in, it took weeks to replace the seat. Then the driver's seat ripped within a few months of purchase. Unless we refuse to recognize it until you reboot the iPod and turn off and on the car.
Reviews & Advice My Garage Need Help 2003 Mazda Protege 1.8T 4dr Sedan DX Auto. Want to use the iPod that is literally plugged into it? Maybe. The car is very reliable, 2003 Protege is probably the best Protege that Mazda ever made and the last of its kind. Auto Repair Estimate for the 2003 Mazda Protege. Not going to recognize Pandora until you turn the car off and back on again. Open phone and turn on Pandora after the car decides it can't find them? Nope. So useful! Even when it does recognize the phone, want to play Pandora? Better have the phone on and Pandora open or else nope. Then there is the computer not recognizing my phone 9 times out of 10, including when I wanted to dial 911 to report an accident. Hope after reading this someone will reach out to offer help.
If Mazda can’t send out a communication to even to get the vehicle checked out for safety reason, well that is a shame and like I said they should not be using the slogans like “Make you feel alive” and just change it to “Make you signed death warrant”. I did not expected that I would be signing a death warrant by buying a Mazda I would not recommend anyone any more to get into business with Mazda. After multiple calls with Mazda customer service center over multiple months case is still going. Mazda dealership service center was no help either, even I bought the car from them and had all my serviced done with them as well, won’t do any goodwill or offer any service. They came back saying they can’t do anything since it wasn’t a recall. I reached out to Mazda USA to help with the bill since it was a known issue. I ended paying $1712.15 for rear two new caliper, pair of brakes, rotors and service. But by the time when this issue came up car was out of warranty by then and they have put my family and mine life in risk for good 5 years, good thing it didn’t cause any accident while I was driving the car around. When this TSB came out my car was still within the original warranty and could have gotten this fixed. I never received a notice that there could be an issue with my car and go have it checked it out at service center. It was a known issue that Mazda knew about it and my car’s VIN number was within the range of cars that could have this issue. I came to find out there was a TSB Ref # R052/16C created for this issue back in 2016 and revised in 2017. While servicing they found left side caliper was doing same thing and it had damaged brake and rotors as well.