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Hello, My '00 Mazda Protege ES is approaching 120K, and I was wondering if I should take it to the dealer since it's a major (60k) service? I've always taken it to the dealer for major services, but it's quite expensive. Any suggestions? Also, I received a $100 coupon from Mazda Headquarters...

I rear ended someone. But it seems like the noise has stopped. Anything to worry about now?

Hi. Okay, so the coolant protection is -80 F...does that need flushing? The car doesn't overheat, BTW. And what is electrolysis?

Alright. I think the protection was at -80 degrees (i dont know if it was F or C)... The mix needs to be 50/50 correct?

By protection, I think they mean that the coolant will not be able to protect the engine at certain temperatures...does that make any sense?

Hello, I have a 2000 Mazda Protege ES, 1.8L, and I was recently involved in a car accident. The car accident had broken the coolant overflow bottle, and all the coolant had leaked out. The Autobody shop put in a new overflow bottle w/ new coolant. When I took my car in a couple of days ago, they...

Hey. Thanks for your response. Let me try to understand the belt set up. So, when I look at the drive belts, located on the left if you are look at them - the first belt you see obviously is the P/S belt, and when you look further down, you can see the alternator, and the belt on that is the...

Are you sure that they work as an integrated system? Because they look like two separate units, and the Radio itself is w/ the CD player, and that's all I would like to replace. How can an aftermarket CD player not work with the OEM cassette player? Maybe if I explain the issue I am having with...

Hello, I have a 2000 Mazda Protege ES - 1.8 liter. About a couple years ago, my drive belts were replaced with new ones - Goodyear Gatorbacks - they'd replaced the A/C belt, Alternator Belt, and I think the P/S belt, too. After that, they'd screech from time to time, when driving (very...

Hello, I have a 2000 Mazda Protege ES, and I was recently involved in a car accident. After the car accident, I noticed a short vibration sound - it usually occurs when I begin it accelerate from a stop, and it is coming from the right front side of the vehicle. The only thing the autobody shop...

Hello, I have an 00 Protege ES, and my current Mazda CD Player is malfunctioning, so I'm replacing it w/ a Pioneer DEH1900MP. My Mazda came with a CD Player and a Cassette deck, too - are they a conjoined unit, you will I be able to remove only the CD deck and still be able to keep the cassette...

Dang it. How much does a replacement cost? Oh, and is it easy to replace?

Hello, My MS Protege 00 ES's CD Player is malfunctioning. Whenever I put a CD in, it plays perfectly fine. When I skip tracks, the CD usually just spins in the CD player for a while, maybe like 3-5 mins. (you can hear it spinning) and then plays the track, and sometimes, that problem doesn't...

Hello, I have a 2000 M/S Protege ES, w/ 111k on it. We bought it brand new, and the P/S fluid has never been replaced. Is it necessary? (I heard some fluids are long lasting.) The color of the fluid is amber when a drop is placed on a paper towel (similar to the color of oil). Thanks.

Hey, Yeah, the thing is that I was in car accident with my Protege, and the body shop noticed the bent strut, but the bent strut was on the side where there was no damage to the vehicle. My insurance doesn't think the bent strut was caused by the accident, and I know for sure that the wheels...

Hey, So, when I took my car into the mechanic, and he said my left front wheel wasn't sitting right. He said that the strut was bent? How does a strut actually get "bent"? The alignment wasn't off though.

amperage?

Hey, I have an '00 Mazda Protege ES (4 dr) and all 4 door lock actuators have gone out (not at once, but gradually). 3/4 seem to work fine with the weather is cool (but they do malfunction) and they barely work when it's hot outside. I took it to Mazda and they said all 4 actuators need to be...

Yeah, the fluid is brown/amber color, so I will get it replaced at the next oil change. There is no set interval for the P/S fluid to be changed right?

Hello, So, I checked for myself if the p/s fluid was bad. On my mom's Nissan Frontier, it was cherry red, but in the Protege, it was amber...so, does that call for replacing it? The container on the Protege was a bit wierd...like, you could only see a little bit of the p/s fluid, so I had to...