FaultScore report
Owners have filed 74 complaints about the 2000 Mazda B-Series Truck with NHTSA between 2000 and 2020. The largest single group is the tires. Across this model's run it ranks 1 of 16 worst.
FaultScore 80/100
Higher is worse. Measured against the other years of the Mazda B-Series Truck.
How this is worked out74
Complaints
8
Crashes reported
4
Fires reported
4
Injuries reported
56,487 mi
Median mileage at failure
Half of reported failures happened before this
43%
Failed under 36,000 miles
Inside a typical bumper-to-bumper warranty
The letter says how bad. This says what kind — whether this year drew an unusual number of complaints, unusually dangerous ones, or failures that arrived unusually early.
Click any bar to open that year's report.
Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.
Median failure at 34,000 miles
Median failure at 121,095 miles
0 crashes, 1 fires · median 113,883 mi
1 crashes, 0 fires · median 75,000 mi
3 crashes, 0 fires · median 83,235 mi
Median failure at 22,000 miles
0 crashes, 1 fires · median 211,000 mi
Median failure at 87,240 miles
1 crashes, 1 fires · median 120,181 mi
Median failure at 35,000 miles
Median failure at 26,000 miles
NHTSA files every complaint against a named sub-assembly, not just a system. This is the difference between knowing it was "the engine" and knowing which part of it — the list to hand a mechanic.
Odometer readings owners gave when they filed. About half of all complaints include one.
A spike years after the car went on sale usually means a part wearing out on schedule across the whole fleet — the kind of pattern no single owner can see from inside their own car.
A complaint is one owner's allegation. A recall is the point at which the manufacturer or a regulator agreed the defect is real and dangerous enough to fix for free — however old the car is.
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON CERTAIN TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH A SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM, THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH MAY, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, LEAK INTERNALLY AND THEN OVERHEAT, SMOKE, OR BURN.
Risk: THIS COULD RESULT IN AN UNDERHOOD FIRE.
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE DESCRIPTION: FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT, SIZE P235/75R15, PRODUCED AT THE DECATUR, ILLINOIS TIRE PLANT AND ALL FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX AND RADIAL ATX II TIRES, SIZE P235/75R15. OPERATION OF THESE TIRES AT LOW INFLATION PRESSURES, HIGH SPEED, AND IN HOT WEATHER, CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SEPARATION OF THE TIRE TREAD.
Risk: IF THE TREAD SEPARATES FROM THE TIRE, THE DRIVER CAN LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A CRASH CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH.
SEAT BELTS
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH TRW SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES. THE BUCKLE BASE OF THESE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES WERE NOT PROPERLY HEAT TREATED AND THEREFORE DO NOT PASS THE LOAD BEARING REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 209, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES."
Risk: IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE CRASH, THE OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED.
Recalls cover specific build ranges, so check your own vehicle by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls or, in Canada, Transport Canada.
Reports where the owner recorded a crash, a fire, an injury or a death.
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MAZDA B3000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD AND WAS NOT DIAGNOSED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT. A POLICE/FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400,000.
NHTSA complaint #10543487 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS
RETARD TIRE(S) SIZES...? B/C FIRE RETARDENT...? DOT:(AAHHMTZ000), (PJC49R1204),(MDUR18HR) SHOULD BE A 16" SIZE RIM...
NHTSA complaint #10319264 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
RETARD TIRE(S) SIZES...? B/C FIRE RETARDENT...? DOT:(AAHHMTZ000), (PJC49R1204),(MDUR18HR) SHOULD BE A 16" SIZE RIM...
NHTSA complaint #10319264 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
FRAME INSPECTION AND TIRE BALANCING? DAMAGED MY FRONT FRAME OF MY PICK-UP. BOUGHT A MICHELIN TIRE(S)...
NHTSA complaint #10314867 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DRIVER FELT VIBRATION WILE DRIVING IN FAST LANE, DRIVER THEN LOST CONTROL AND COLLIDED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TS THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK DUE TO TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE BRAND WAS FIRESTONE. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS INJURED.
NHTSA complaint #10141020 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ON THE FIRST IMPACT, BUT WHEN I WAS REAR ENDED MY HEAD WAS CUT OPEN BY THE PLASTIC COVER FOR THE AIR BAG. WHEN I WAS REAR ENDED A 2ND AND 3RD TIME MY NOSE WAS CUT BY THE SAME PLASTIC COVER.
NHTSA complaint #10105745 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.
STRUCTURE:BODY
FRAME IS RUSTED OUT DID NOT PASS INSPECTION WAS ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE IT AS THE BED COULD FALL OFF
NHTSA complaint #11297022 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
"TAKATA RECALL" MY SEAT BROKE FROM THE BOTTOM PIECE THEREON THE PART THAT RECLINES THERES A BAR THAT GOES ACROSS NO CANT REALLY SIT ON THERE RIGHT THE VEHICLE WASBNOT IN MOTION AS IT WAS PARKED HAPPEND WHEN I WAS GETTING ON...
NHTSA complaint #10837537 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
"TAKATA RECALL" MY SEAT BROKE FROM THE BOTTOM PIECE THEREON THE PART THAT RECLINES THERES A BAR THAT GOES ACROSS NO CANT REALLY SIT ON THERE RIGHT THE VEHICLE WASBNOT IN MOTION AS IT WAS PARKED HAPPEND WHEN I WAS GETTING ON...
NHTSA complaint #10837537 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MAZDA B3000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD AND WAS NOT DIAGNOSED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT. A POLICE/FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400,000.
NHTSA complaint #10543487 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS
RETARD TIRE(S) SIZES...? B/C FIRE RETARDENT...? DOT:(AAHHMTZ000), (PJC49R1204),(MDUR18HR) SHOULD BE A 16" SIZE RIM...
NHTSA complaint #10319264 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
RETARD TIRE(S) SIZES...? B/C FIRE RETARDENT...? DOT:(AAHHMTZ000), (PJC49R1204),(MDUR18HR) SHOULD BE A 16" SIZE RIM...
NHTSA complaint #10319264 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
FRAME INSPECTION AND TIRE BALANCING? DAMAGED MY FRONT FRAME OF MY PICK-UP. BOUGHT A MICHELIN TIRE(S)...
NHTSA complaint #10314867 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
FRAME RUSTED OUT, RUSTED TIRE CARRIER, AND REAR LEAF SPRING MOUNTS. UNSAFE TRUCK UNTIL WE TEMPORARILY FIXED THE PROBLEM BECAUSE MAZDA WOULD NOT. FRAME SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 8 YEARS AFTER BEING IN HEATED GARAGE.
NHTSA complaint #10295443 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE VEHICLE HAS SEVERAL SAFETY ISSUES. 1. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ON DASH REPEATEDLY COMES ON AS WELL AS INSIDE LIGHT WHILE DRIVING. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW AND NEVER REPAIRED CORRECTLY BY MAZDA FACILITY. 2. TRUCK HAS ORIGINAL WILDERNESS HT TIRES FROM FIRESTONE, WITH 22,000 MILES ON THEM, AND JUST HAD VIBRATION AND VEERING TO RIGHT. FOUND BALL ON TREAD OF DRIVERS SIDE STEER TIRE, WHERE APPARENTLY THE TREAD IS SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE. THE DOT CODE ON THESE TIRES IS W2UU IPO479, P225/70R15 100S. THIS MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2000 RECALL, ALTHOUGH I RECENTLY LEARNED THE HIGHWAY SAFETY BOARD FOUND THESE TIRES TO HAVE MORE COMPLAINTS THEN THE AT AND ATX THAT WERE RECALLED. 3. I TOO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE OIL PRESSURE NOT REGISTERING UNTIL THE VEHICLES WAS WARMED UP AFTER TRAVELING A COUPLE MILES. DEALER SAID I HAD TO REPLACE SENDING UNIT WHICH THEY DIDN'T HAVE IN STOCK. I REMOVED OLD SENDING UNIT AND TURNED OVER ENGINE UNTIL IT BLEW OIL OUT THE POST THE SENDING UNIT GOES IN, AND ITS BEEN WORKING FINE EVERY SINCE USING THE SAME OLD SENDING UNIT. 4. THE BRAKE LIGHT ON TOP OF CAB, STARTED LEAKING WATER INTO CAB AROUND THE GASKET, SO I HAD TO SILICONE AROUND GASKET TO STOP LEAK. 5. HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING AND WOULD GO INTO NEUTRAL. THIS HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE DOING 70 MPH. PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER AND AFTER TRIAL AND ERROR, FOUND THE ONLY WAY VEHICLE WOULD MOVE WAS TO PUT IT INTO DRIVE 1. DEALER SAID SENSOR WAS BAD IN TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED, AND NO PROBLEMS SINCE. 6. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY WHEN TRAVELING UP A HILL, ESPECIALLY IF PULLING A TRAILER, EVEN WHEN TRAILER IS EMPTY AND THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. THE ENGINE RPM GAUGE SHOWS THE ENGINE RUNNING AT 5000 RPM AND TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT UNTIL YOU GET TO TOP OF HILL AND START DOWN OTHER SIDE.
NHTSA complaint #10229387 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
INTERIOR LIGHTING
THE VEHICLE HAS SEVERAL SAFETY ISSUES. 1. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ON DASH REPEATEDLY COMES ON AS WELL AS INSIDE LIGHT WHILE DRIVING. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW AND NEVER REPAIRED CORRECTLY BY MAZDA FACILITY. 2. TRUCK HAS ORIGINAL WILDERNESS HT TIRES FROM FIRESTONE, WITH 22,000 MILES ON THEM, AND JUST HAD VIBRATION AND VEERING TO RIGHT. FOUND BALL ON TREAD OF DRIVERS SIDE STEER TIRE, WHERE APPARENTLY THE TREAD IS SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE. THE DOT CODE ON THESE TIRES IS W2UU IPO479, P225/70R15 100S. THIS MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2000 RECALL, ALTHOUGH I RECENTLY LEARNED THE HIGHWAY SAFETY BOARD FOUND THESE TIRES TO HAVE MORE COMPLAINTS THEN THE AT AND ATX THAT WERE RECALLED. 3. I TOO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE OIL PRESSURE NOT REGISTERING UNTIL THE VEHICLES WAS WARMED UP AFTER TRAVELING A COUPLE MILES. DEALER SAID I HAD TO REPLACE SENDING UNIT WHICH THEY DIDN'T HAVE IN STOCK. I REMOVED OLD SENDING UNIT AND TURNED OVER ENGINE UNTIL IT BLEW OIL OUT THE POST THE SENDING UNIT GOES IN, AND ITS BEEN WORKING FINE EVERY SINCE USING THE SAME OLD SENDING UNIT. 4. THE BRAKE LIGHT ON TOP OF CAB, STARTED LEAKING WATER INTO CAB AROUND THE GASKET, SO I HAD TO SILICONE AROUND GASKET TO STOP LEAK. 5. HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING AND WOULD GO INTO NEUTRAL. THIS HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE DOING 70 MPH. PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER AND AFTER TRIAL AND ERROR, FOUND THE ONLY WAY VEHICLE WOULD MOVE WAS TO PUT IT INTO DRIVE 1. DEALER SAID SENSOR WAS BAD IN TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED, AND NO PROBLEMS SINCE. 6. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY WHEN TRAVELING UP A HILL, ESPECIALLY IF PULLING A TRAILER, EVEN WHEN TRAILER IS EMPTY AND THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. THE ENGINE RPM GAUGE SHOWS THE ENGINE RUNNING AT 5000 RPM AND TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT UNTIL YOU GET TO TOP OF HILL AND START DOWN OTHER SIDE.
NHTSA complaint #10229387 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
THE VEHICLE HAS SEVERAL SAFETY ISSUES. 1. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ON DASH REPEATEDLY COMES ON AS WELL AS INSIDE LIGHT WHILE DRIVING. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW AND NEVER REPAIRED CORRECTLY BY MAZDA FACILITY. 2. TRUCK HAS ORIGINAL WILDERNESS HT TIRES FROM FIRESTONE, WITH 22,000 MILES ON THEM, AND JUST HAD VIBRATION AND VEERING TO RIGHT. FOUND BALL ON TREAD OF DRIVERS SIDE STEER TIRE, WHERE APPARENTLY THE TREAD IS SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE. THE DOT CODE ON THESE TIRES IS W2UU IPO479, P225/70R15 100S. THIS MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2000 RECALL, ALTHOUGH I RECENTLY LEARNED THE HIGHWAY SAFETY BOARD FOUND THESE TIRES TO HAVE MORE COMPLAINTS THEN THE AT AND ATX THAT WERE RECALLED. 3. I TOO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE OIL PRESSURE NOT REGISTERING UNTIL THE VEHICLES WAS WARMED UP AFTER TRAVELING A COUPLE MILES. DEALER SAID I HAD TO REPLACE SENDING UNIT WHICH THEY DIDN'T HAVE IN STOCK. I REMOVED OLD SENDING UNIT AND TURNED OVER ENGINE UNTIL IT BLEW OIL OUT THE POST THE SENDING UNIT GOES IN, AND ITS BEEN WORKING FINE EVERY SINCE USING THE SAME OLD SENDING UNIT. 4. THE BRAKE LIGHT ON TOP OF CAB, STARTED LEAKING WATER INTO CAB AROUND THE GASKET, SO I HAD TO SILICONE AROUND GASKET TO STOP LEAK. 5. HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING AND WOULD GO INTO NEUTRAL. THIS HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE DOING 70 MPH. PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER AND AFTER TRIAL AND ERROR, FOUND THE ONLY WAY VEHICLE WOULD MOVE WAS TO PUT IT INTO DRIVE 1. DEALER SAID SENSOR WAS BAD IN TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED, AND NO PROBLEMS SINCE. 6. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY WHEN TRAVELING UP A HILL, ESPECIALLY IF PULLING A TRAILER, EVEN WHEN TRAILER IS EMPTY AND THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. THE ENGINE RPM GAUGE SHOWS THE ENGINE RUNNING AT 5000 RPM AND TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT UNTIL YOU GET TO TOP OF HILL AND START DOWN OTHER SIDE.
NHTSA complaint #10229387 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
THE VEHICLE HAS SEVERAL SAFETY ISSUES. 1. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ON DASH REPEATEDLY COMES ON AS WELL AS INSIDE LIGHT WHILE DRIVING. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW AND NEVER REPAIRED CORRECTLY BY MAZDA FACILITY. 2. TRUCK HAS ORIGINAL WILDERNESS HT TIRES FROM FIRESTONE, WITH 22,000 MILES ON THEM, AND JUST HAD VIBRATION AND VEERING TO RIGHT. FOUND BALL ON TREAD OF DRIVERS SIDE STEER TIRE, WHERE APPARENTLY THE TREAD IS SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE. THE DOT CODE ON THESE TIRES IS W2UU IPO479, P225/70R15 100S. THIS MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2000 RECALL, ALTHOUGH I RECENTLY LEARNED THE HIGHWAY SAFETY BOARD FOUND THESE TIRES TO HAVE MORE COMPLAINTS THEN THE AT AND ATX THAT WERE RECALLED. 3. I TOO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE OIL PRESSURE NOT REGISTERING UNTIL THE VEHICLES WAS WARMED UP AFTER TRAVELING A COUPLE MILES. DEALER SAID I HAD TO REPLACE SENDING UNIT WHICH THEY DIDN'T HAVE IN STOCK. I REMOVED OLD SENDING UNIT AND TURNED OVER ENGINE UNTIL IT BLEW OIL OUT THE POST THE SENDING UNIT GOES IN, AND ITS BEEN WORKING FINE EVERY SINCE USING THE SAME OLD SENDING UNIT. 4. THE BRAKE LIGHT ON TOP OF CAB, STARTED LEAKING WATER INTO CAB AROUND THE GASKET, SO I HAD TO SILICONE AROUND GASKET TO STOP LEAK. 5. HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING AND WOULD GO INTO NEUTRAL. THIS HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE DOING 70 MPH. PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER AND AFTER TRIAL AND ERROR, FOUND THE ONLY WAY VEHICLE WOULD MOVE WAS TO PUT IT INTO DRIVE 1. DEALER SAID SENSOR WAS BAD IN TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED, AND NO PROBLEMS SINCE. 6. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY WHEN TRAVELING UP A HILL, ESPECIALLY IF PULLING A TRAILER, EVEN WHEN TRAILER IS EMPTY AND THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. THE ENGINE RPM GAUGE SHOWS THE ENGINE RUNNING AT 5000 RPM AND TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT UNTIL YOU GET TO TOP OF HILL AND START DOWN OTHER SIDE.
NHTSA complaint #10229387 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE VEHICLE HAS SEVERAL SAFETY ISSUES. 1. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ON DASH REPEATEDLY COMES ON AS WELL AS INSIDE LIGHT WHILE DRIVING. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW AND NEVER REPAIRED CORRECTLY BY MAZDA FACILITY. 2. TRUCK HAS ORIGINAL WILDERNESS HT TIRES FROM FIRESTONE, WITH 22,000 MILES ON THEM, AND JUST HAD VIBRATION AND VEERING TO RIGHT. FOUND BALL ON TREAD OF DRIVERS SIDE STEER TIRE, WHERE APPARENTLY THE TREAD IS SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE. THE DOT CODE ON THESE TIRES IS W2UU IPO479, P225/70R15 100S. THIS MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2000 RECALL, ALTHOUGH I RECENTLY LEARNED THE HIGHWAY SAFETY BOARD FOUND THESE TIRES TO HAVE MORE COMPLAINTS THEN THE AT AND ATX THAT WERE RECALLED. 3. I TOO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE OIL PRESSURE NOT REGISTERING UNTIL THE VEHICLES WAS WARMED UP AFTER TRAVELING A COUPLE MILES. DEALER SAID I HAD TO REPLACE SENDING UNIT WHICH THEY DIDN'T HAVE IN STOCK. I REMOVED OLD SENDING UNIT AND TURNED OVER ENGINE UNTIL IT BLEW OIL OUT THE POST THE SENDING UNIT GOES IN, AND ITS BEEN WORKING FINE EVERY SINCE USING THE SAME OLD SENDING UNIT. 4. THE BRAKE LIGHT ON TOP OF CAB, STARTED LEAKING WATER INTO CAB AROUND THE GASKET, SO I HAD TO SILICONE AROUND GASKET TO STOP LEAK. 5. HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING AND WOULD GO INTO NEUTRAL. THIS HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE DOING 70 MPH. PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER AND AFTER TRIAL AND ERROR, FOUND THE ONLY WAY VEHICLE WOULD MOVE WAS TO PUT IT INTO DRIVE 1. DEALER SAID SENSOR WAS BAD IN TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED, AND NO PROBLEMS SINCE. 6. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY WHEN TRAVELING UP A HILL, ESPECIALLY IF PULLING A TRAILER, EVEN WHEN TRAILER IS EMPTY AND THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. THE ENGINE RPM GAUGE SHOWS THE ENGINE RUNNING AT 5000 RPM AND TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT UNTIL YOU GET TO TOP OF HILL AND START DOWN OTHER SIDE.
NHTSA complaint #10229387 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE
THE VEHICLE HAS SEVERAL SAFETY ISSUES. 1. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ON DASH REPEATEDLY COMES ON AS WELL AS INSIDE LIGHT WHILE DRIVING. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW AND NEVER REPAIRED CORRECTLY BY MAZDA FACILITY. 2. TRUCK HAS ORIGINAL WILDERNESS HT TIRES FROM FIRESTONE, WITH 22,000 MILES ON THEM, AND JUST HAD VIBRATION AND VEERING TO RIGHT. FOUND BALL ON TREAD OF DRIVERS SIDE STEER TIRE, WHERE APPARENTLY THE TREAD IS SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE. THE DOT CODE ON THESE TIRES IS W2UU IPO479, P225/70R15 100S. THIS MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2000 RECALL, ALTHOUGH I RECENTLY LEARNED THE HIGHWAY SAFETY BOARD FOUND THESE TIRES TO HAVE MORE COMPLAINTS THEN THE AT AND ATX THAT WERE RECALLED. 3. I TOO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE OIL PRESSURE NOT REGISTERING UNTIL THE VEHICLES WAS WARMED UP AFTER TRAVELING A COUPLE MILES. DEALER SAID I HAD TO REPLACE SENDING UNIT WHICH THEY DIDN'T HAVE IN STOCK. I REMOVED OLD SENDING UNIT AND TURNED OVER ENGINE UNTIL IT BLEW OIL OUT THE POST THE SENDING UNIT GOES IN, AND ITS BEEN WORKING FINE EVERY SINCE USING THE SAME OLD SENDING UNIT. 4. THE BRAKE LIGHT ON TOP OF CAB, STARTED LEAKING WATER INTO CAB AROUND THE GASKET, SO I HAD TO SILICONE AROUND GASKET TO STOP LEAK. 5. HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING AND WOULD GO INTO NEUTRAL. THIS HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE DOING 70 MPH. PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER AND AFTER TRIAL AND ERROR, FOUND THE ONLY WAY VEHICLE WOULD MOVE WAS TO PUT IT INTO DRIVE 1. DEALER SAID SENSOR WAS BAD IN TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED, AND NO PROBLEMS SINCE. 6. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY WHEN TRAVELING UP A HILL, ESPECIALLY IF PULLING A TRAILER, EVEN WHEN TRAILER IS EMPTY AND THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. THE ENGINE RPM GAUGE SHOWS THE ENGINE RUNNING AT 5000 RPM AND TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT UNTIL YOU GET TO TOP OF HILL AND START DOWN OTHER SIDE.
NHTSA complaint #10229387 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DRIVER FELT VIBRATION WILE DRIVING IN FAST LANE, DRIVER THEN LOST CONTROL AND COLLIDED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TS THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK DUE TO TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE BRAND WAS FIRESTONE. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS INJURED.
NHTSA complaint #10141020 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
CONSUMER INSPECTED VEHICLE AFTER HEARING A LOUD SQUEAKY NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDES. WHEN INSPECTING HE FOUND A LOOSE PREMATURELY RUSTED LOWER BALL JOINT WITH NO LUBRICATION AND REPLACED THE PART. DEALER STATED THERE WAS NEVER ANY TYPE OF GREASE FITTING WHICH CAUSED RUSTING. CONSUMER SAVED THE OLD RUSTED LOWER BALL JOINT PART.*AK *SB
NHTSA complaint #10113181 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ON THE FIRST IMPACT, BUT WHEN I WAS REAR ENDED MY HEAD WAS CUT OPEN BY THE PLASTIC COVER FOR THE AIR BAG. WHEN I WAS REAR ENDED A 2ND AND 3RD TIME MY NOSE WAS CUT BY THE SAME PLASTIC COVER.
NHTSA complaint #10105745 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 12-28-04 . DEALER TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF 3800.00 . AT SPEEDS HIGH AND LOW IT WILL NOT SHIFT RIGHT. I TRIED TO GET HELP ON THIS PROBLEM AND MAZDA CORP SAID IT WOULD TAKE A WHILE TO MAYBE SOLVE.
NHTSA complaint #10104650 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING A TLOW SPEEDS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTED GEARS. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO THE SPEED SENSOR, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT REPAIRED.
NHTSA complaint #10092589 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING A TLOW SPEEDS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTED GEARS. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO THE SPEED SENSOR, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT REPAIRED.
NHTSA complaint #10092589 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
TYPE OF CAR: 2000 MAZDA B4000 TRUCK . I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 30MPH, MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN INTO A PARKING LOT. MOMENTS LATER I NOTICED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR A TIRE LYING IN THE ROAD. TURNS OUT MY SPARE TIRE FELL OUT FROM UNDERNEATH MY TRUCK. THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER CABLE HAD SNAPPED ALLOWING THE TIRE TO FALL TO THE GROUND. IT'S A VERY GOOD THING THIS TIRE DIDN'T COME OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE NIGHT BEFORE. IT'S ALARMING TO THINK WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THIS HAD OCCURRED 12 HRS BEFORE WHILE TRAVELLING AT 65 MPH.*AK THE TIRE CARRIER MANUFACTURER IS DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS (WWW.DURAAUTO.COM). I'VE CONTACTED DURA VIA EMAIL LETTING THEM KNOW OF THE FAILURE AND THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO MY ATTEMPTS. AS OF NOW THE PARTS HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED.
NHTSA complaint #10081180 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE STICKS UNTILL TRUCK IS WARMED UP. USUALLY TAKES ANYWHEWRE FROM A FEW SECONDS TO AS MUCH AS 10 MINUTES TO REGISTER.
NHTSA complaint #10079227 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE PLACING THE KEY INSIDE OF THE IGNITION, THE ANTI THEFT ALARM SYSTEM WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO NOT START. THE DRIVER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR A APPOINTMENT FOR INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
NHTSA complaint #10080298 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
THE METAL SPRING IS POKING THROUGHOUT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT.
NHTSA complaint #10079373 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE
I WENT TO A GAS STATION TO FUEL MY TRUCK. FUEL STARTED POURING FROM THE BOTTOM MIDDLE OF THE TRUCK JUST AS THE TANK REACHED ITS FULLEST CAPACITY. THERE WAS NO PRIOR INCIDENT OF FUEL LEAKING BEFORE THE TANK REACHED ITS FULLEST CAPACITY. NOR WAS THERE ANY PRIOR SIMILAR EXPERIENCE BEFORE THIS DATE WHEN FILLING THE TANK TO ITS FULLEST CAPACITY. THE FUEL WAS NOT LEAKING FROM ANY WHERE NEAR THE FUEL CAP AREA. IT MAY HAVE BEEN COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK (UN-CONFIRMED).
NHTSA complaint #10067757 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.