Problems with 2002 Mazda Protege WHEELS

Bulges on sidewalls of both passenger tires. tires are 6 months old and only have approximately 3,000 miles.

I was driving on 905 west, close to the 805 n exit, and the road was broken. there was a hole on the road and my car's tire exploted when i drove by it. my car's alignment is lost. i almost had an accident because of it. unfortunately i didn't have a good spare tire so i had to drive to my house with the exploted tire, and since it happened at 10pm i will have to miss work to fix it, and buy a new tire. *tr

Factory hub caps fall off while driving. plastic clips on retention rings on inside of hubcaps break off while driving. have lost 3 hubcaps in last 4 months. paid $50 to replace the first one. dealer says it has never heard/seen the problem before. dealer offered to sell new hubcaps for cost...$31.00. ---planned, engineered obsolesence--- will not buy a mazda again if they can't keep the hubcaps on the car.*ak

Problems with tire equipment on the 2002 mazda protege 5. *mr there was difficulty with placing suitcases or boxes into the trunk of this type of vehicle, the cd player skipped, the transmission displayed a loud clunk noise, there was a spare tire problem, there was a nail in the tire which could not be repaired because it was located too close to the edge of the tire, 50% of tread remained, and there was evidence that the wheel needed to have five holes for bolts (spare wheel), and the brakes had 50% remaining. the consumer requested that a memorandum be sent to all mazda dealers explaining the problem, ensure that one or two replacement tires should be stocked due to the extreme difficulties in locating the correct information of the tire and wheel. *sc *jb

While driving 35 mph the vehicle hit a couple pot holes which bent two rims (material very soft). the dealer was notified. *nlm