FaultScore

Worst years for a Mazda B-Series Truck

Owners have filed 888 complaints about the Mazda B-Series Truck with NHTSA across model years 1990 to 2009. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2000 Mazda B-Series Truck

74 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly tires.

Cleanest on record

2006 Mazda B-Series Truck

14 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Mazda B-Series Truck year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2009 4 0 0 Airbags
2008 C 11 2 0 Airbags
2007 B 37 0 1 Airbags
2006 A 14 0 0 28,750 Airbags
2005 B 17 1 0 Airbags
2004 C 26 4 0 78,000 Airbags
2003 C 25 3 4 60,801 Electrical System
2002 D 31 6 0 28,000 Engine & Cooling
2001 C 55 1 1 78,000 Brakes
2000 D 74 8 4 56,487 Tires
1999 D 96 14 1 97,000 Tires
1998 D 81 11 8 73,050 Tires
1997 C 64 6 1 60,000 Tires
1996 C 73 2 0 140,000 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1995 D 54 10 0 Brakes
1994 D 157 13 0 92,500 Brakes
1993 B 18 1 0 Engine & Cooling
1992 14 3 0 Brakes
1991 15 3 1 Engine & Cooling
1990 22 1 0 Brakes

What breaks on a Mazda B-Series Truck

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Airbags 135 15.2%

Worst in 2007

Brakes 108 12.2%

Worst in 1994

Tires 97 10.9%

Worst in 1998

Worst in 2000

Worst in 1998

Worst in 1998

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1999

Suspension 42 4.7%

Worst in 1994

Lights 35 3.9%

Worst in 1994

Seat Belts 35 3.9%

Worst in 1996

Steering 29 3.3%

Worst in 2000

Exactly what failed on a Mazda B-Series Truck

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Tread/Belt 34 16.0%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 34 16.0%
Windshield Wiper/Washer 27 12.7%
Frontal 21 9.9%
Front 20 9.4%
Automatic Transmission 18 8.5%
Gasoline 17 8.0%
Buckle Assembly 16 7.5%
Body 13 6.1%
Hoses, Lines/Piping, AND Fittings 12 5.7%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Mazda B-Series Truck, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 35 Dec 2024

Mazda B-Series Truck problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Mazda B-Series Truck

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.