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2002 Mazda Protege 5 w/ 121,000km. My back tires went bald after 1 year. I was told to change front struts & have alignment done. I installed new struts in front & had wheel alignment done at local tire shop (they only change tires & alignments). They couldn't completely re-align my wheels. They...

Hello everyone, Unfortunately my cigarette lighter & socket have burnt out. (it isn't the fuse because I checked the fuse system & the wiring as well). I really don't want to spend to much money on this if I don't have too, as seeing I'm not a smoker & I really only use the socket part for...

My lighter doesn't work & its not the fuse its the lighter itself is blow. I thought it would easily pop out, but it looks like i have to take the whole car apart just to replace this. Can some tell me how or point me in the direction of a tutorial on how to do this. Thank you

I purchased a generic 4 wire Oxygen sensor to replace my broken stock (94,000km Bank 1) O2 sensor on my P5. When the O2 sensor arrived I noticed the wire colours are different from my stock O2 sensor. The generic ones dont come with a harness so you need to connect it yourself. Can someone tell...

sorry about the "back 7" I meant to say "Back &". the sensor i want to purchase doesnt come with the connectoir is it ok to take of the old one & attakh it to the new one. Thanks

I have a 2002 protege5 & the font O2 sensor is broken. Im shopping online but I notice there are different ones IE: 1)Oxygen Sensor = Univeral Type, 2 Wire 20cm Long, w/o Connectors 2)Oxygen sensor = Universal Type, 4 Wires, Without Connectors 3) are the back 7 front O2 sensors different...

Hi My 2002 protege5 has 92000Km on it & I did a tune up (82000km oil change, transmisson flush, spark plugs, pvc valve, leads..etc), but recently my check engine light came on, I scanned it & it came up P0031 HO2S Heater control circuit low (bank 1, sensor 1). My car is running in perfect...

sorry for the late reply, yes 90KM tune up & the car seems to be runninug fine... no idleing problems, stalling..etc. and no the light is not blinking. its a constant yellow

Hi My protege has 90100KM on it & the check engine has turned on, (at 82,000KM I did a tune up = pvc valve, spark plugs, air filter, cleaned injectors, oil & filter change, trans fluid & trans filter change). I've checked the oil & trans fluid & they seem OK, can anyone else suggest what else...

Thaks for the help guys

did you use the prybar/sledghammer to remove the hub. I was thinking of trying my impact wrench= 260lb torque

Hi everyone, I have a 2002 mazda protege 5, While i was doing a brake job on it i noticed that the hub bolt is very large. Actually larger than any socket i currently have. I bought a impact socket set & the largest socket it had was 24mm which was way to small. I dont want to go out and spend...

Thanks for the info guys :)

Hi all, I just bought a 2002 mazda Protege 5 hatchback last week & I love the car. In the future I intend to do all the maintenence work myself, & I went around looking for a maintence manual like the chilton / haynes type, but i cant find one. Does anyonme know where i can find these types...