Im looking for a rear right door with minimal rust (preferably red) I can pick up in south cali Im located in San Diego so if anyone hears anything please let me know

Does anyone know of Junkyards in and around the Chicagoland and northwest Indiana area that has at least one bj protege in their inventory? Been going to some junkyards for a mirror and can't seem to find one. Price for a new one with manual adjustment lever is like $40 and takes a week or so to ship.

Or if you a guy or gal who has one as a parts car that's fine, too.

Having trouble replacing the alternator belt. Initially thought I was given a belt that was too short because I can’t move the alternator any farther to slip the belt on. Even removing all the fastening bolts didn’t help

Are there websites dedicated to selling parts for the Mazda Protege 5 I need to buy a whole lotta things for my car and I just wanna make sure they fit or that they’re the right part.

My climate control in my 2002 protege hasn’t been working, none of the buttons lights up as well as the fan speed knob doesn’t do anything, I already check the fuses both in the engine bay and interior. Any ideas what could be the issue? (Have heard that gen of protégés has issues with the fan speed knob but don’t know if that could be it)

Don’t remember which bank or sensor. I think it’s B2 S1.

Looking for a little advice. My 03 P5 failed smog yesterday because it had a burnt out bulb in the check engine light, and it seemed to be running normally, so I had no idea there was a code since there isn't a check 'check engine light' light. Anyway, I replaced the bulb and now I see it has a 0106 code, so MAP sensor. My question is, is there anything else I should look at before I just go ahead and slap a new sensor on it? I now the normal things to check for (vacuum leaks, etc.), just wondering about possible issues common to Proteges that can throw a 0106 code so I know where to start diagnosing the problem. I do plan to get an OEM sensor if it does need replacing, unless there is a known alternative that has proven reliable. Thanks.

EDIT: Turned out to be nothing more than a cracked vacuum hose between the intake and the cruise control.

BOTTOM * I want to remove it to restore it back to black and look inside to see what I need to do to soon swap to a honeycomb style mesh.

But does it pop out?! Orrr. It seems to pop out at the top corners but the bottoms be stuck

Also… the front too :/? How hehe

If y'all can point me where to look and what to avoid, I'll greatly appreciate it.

Yo anyone have a problem with their alternator getting hot as hell and making the belts warm up and stretch to a point they snap? This is the second time I’ve had this problem and I’ve already replaced the alternator once.

I'm new to this thread so hi there.

I'm having some trouble with my little Protege and some help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

It hast a slight idling Problem, but nothing seems wrong as soon as I give it some gas, no hesitating and it reacts very quick to gas.
But while in idle the engine seems to have occasional misfires, just ever so slightly that I notice it in my seats. The idle also jumps around +/-50rpms.

I already checked coils and wires, replaced sprak plugs with oem NGK ones.
All injectors spray evenly and none seem to leak.
Air hose is also new and the maf is cleaned.
Though judging by the old plugs cylinder 3 was running slightly leaner than the rest.

I didn't clean the iac yet because it didn't seem dirty to me and haven't checked the egr, could those cause this issue?

Does anyone have or had a similar issue in the past?

Edit: It's the 2.0l FS engine

UPDATE:

I took out the iac and throttle body and cleaned it this time, also took out the pcv and cleaned it, tho it wasnt sticky. I test drove it and didn't notice a change, when it warmed up I redlined it a few times in the span of an hour drive, now it kinda seemed to fix itself, idle ist as smooth as it can get.

I still don't know what the issue was, but I guess the lesson is to redlined your engine once in a while. 😅

Got the 01 1.6 any good aftermarket exhaust recommendations. Friend of mine has the 2.0 and got one from hks mufflers but don’t know if the same would work for the one I got.

Would anyone being able to advise me on where I can buy a replacement washer fluid hose for my protege?

I’ve still got this random hiccup that happens once or twice very randomly on acceleration.. definitely feels ignition/spark related Seems to happen more around 2500-3000rpm

No codes no history codes no pending codes nothing reading off in data stream even when hiccup occurs.. it runs a little sluggish from time to time mainly when it’s in 2500-3krpm but runs and drives amazing other than that one flaw. I just want to get it back to 100% I’ve put over 10k miles on it like this.

Parts that have been changed: Spark plugs (always gapped to spec) changed very regularly due to valve stems leaking Have used oem coils off of a car without the issue I’m having ngk coils and am now running hitachi

Changed wires over from same car I used coils from and have got two sets of ngk

Changed egr (Napa brand) and cleaned pipe and intake

Throttle body off of the same parts car as coils

Fuel pump screen

Knock sensor (B&A)

Cam sensor (B&A)

Crank sensor off of the parts car I used for coils

All vtcs/vics solenoids off of the parts car

Injector screens/gaskets replaced

Fuel dampener (used from the same parts car, and new from Napa)

Fuel regulator (used from same parts car , new from Napa)

Smoke tested several times for vacuum leak I know I have one in the booster itself but I highly doubt that’s the cause of my issue

Kinda at a loss😫

Do y’all think I’m gonna have to buy a new door to fix this or…? Idk. How have you guys solved this? It’s on the rear door. Almost every Protege I’ve come across has this rust so I assume someone’s been able how to remove it.

Need help picking out a cleaner grill. (Both top and bottom)

Also best brake kit? Rotors and calipers. The aftermarket wheels are same size except a wider offset and the fitment looks like that cause it’s on coilovers. Does that change anything? Help!

Additionally wha color rotors!? I’m thinking gloss black, glossy grey, or red?

Should I buy an universal catalytic converter off of amazon? I would like to be able to go through emissions.