# Squeaky sound, 1996 Mazda Protégé

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/squeaky-sound-1996-mazda-protege/80499>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** protege, mazda\
**Created:** [July 23, 2013, 9:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/squeaky-sound-1996-mazda-protege/80499 "2013-07-23T09:49:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Juanita1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@Juanita1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Juanita1)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 9:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/squeaky-sound-1996-mazda-protege/80499/1 "2013-07-23T09:49:58Z")

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1996 Mazda Protégé, 130,000 miles, squeaky sound coming from under the hood. Happens any time, whether I am moving or not. Should I be worried? Been going on for about 2 months.

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**Author:** ![RemcoW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/remcow/32/2471_2.png) [@RemcoW](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RemcoW)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/squeaky-sound-1996-mazda-protege/80499/2 "2013-07-23T16:23:26Z")

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Could be anything. It would be impossible to tell from the description whether it is serious or not. Maybe record the sound and post it up.

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**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/squeaky-sound-1996-mazda-protege/80499/3 "2013-07-23T16:49:32Z")

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More than likely a belt or tensioner since it does it when the car is stopped. It’s telling you that it’s going bad and slipping.

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**Author:** ![Juanita1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@Juanita1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Juanita1)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/squeaky-sound-1996-mazda-protege/80499/4 "2013-07-23T17:32:15Z")

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Thankyou! This tells me what to do next!

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**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/squeaky-sound-1996-mazda-protege/80499/5 "2013-07-23T17:41:09Z")

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Your welcome. Not an expensive fix and if your handy you could do it yourself.