Mazda B-Series Complaints (1998)

67 consumer complaints on file.

#732120September 21, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
I TOOK MY MAZDA PICK UP TRUCK TO 3 DIFFERENT AOUTOMOTIVE SHOPS, ALL 3 SAID THE ROTORS ARE DEFECTIVE. THE ROTORS SHOULD NOT NEED REPLACED AT THIS MILEAGE. THE ROTORS PUT DEEP GROOVES IN THE PADS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731245September 13, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK STARTED TO MAKE A STRANGE NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT.I PULLED OVER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND CHECK THE FRONT.WHAT I FOUND WAS THAT HALF THE TOP SURFACE OF THE TIRE WAS GONE SHOWING BARE METAL.THE TIRE STILL HAD AIR IN IT.THIS SAME TIRE WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION THAT SAME DAY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730693September 7, 2000
TIRES
DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP, I HAD TWO TIRE FAILURES. BOTH WERE SIDEWALL SEPARATIONS, OCCCURRING AT LOW HIGHWAY SPEED, WITH NO VISIBLE CAUSE ON THE ROAD. THESE TIRES WEREN'T WARRANTED, AND SINCE THE OTHER TWO WERE ALMOST NEW, TO MATCH THEM UP, I HAD TO BUY 2 NEW ONES FROM A FIRESTONE DEALER. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD NO MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES, BUT I FELT THAT FIRESTONE SHOULD HAVE WARRANTED THEIR TIRES AGAINST FAILURE, AND THERE WAS COMPLETE FAILURE ALONG THE SIDEWALLS.. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY SAID THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THEY COULD DO.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/70R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869801September 6, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00020; WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRETREAD HAD SEPARATED. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT TIRES, P225/70R15. TIRE WAS PURCHASED WITH VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS MAZDA TRUCK, B2500 1998. DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE IS ALSO EXPERIENCING SPLITTING. *AK THE TIRE IS DEFECTIVE. THE TREAD SEPARATED AND RIPPED. THERE IS SPLIT ON THE LEFT REAR ALSO. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728913August 24, 2000
TIRES
FYI: THESE TIRES SHOW SAME SYMTOMS AS RECALLED "AT" & "ATX" - BUT I'M TOLD THEY'RE NOT PART OF RECALL - I HAVE ONE THAT IS SEVERLY OUT OF BALANCE, ESPECIALLY ON HOT DAYS( DOT NUMBER: 02 7532 TIRE SIZE: 255 70R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728766August 23, 2000
TIRES
THESE TIRES NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL!! I HAD A BLOW OUT (LEFT FRONT) AT 65MPH AT 24K MILES. THE OTHER FRONT TIRE WAS GOUGED AND CRACKED. I REPLACED THESE TIRES WITH 2 MORE FIRESTONE P225/70R15S AND 25K MILES LATER BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE AGAIN GOUGES AND CRACKED. I HAD THOSE REPLACED 2 DADYS PRIOR TO THE OTHER RECALL ANNOUNCEMENT. FROM THE NEWS REPORTS I HAVE SEEN AND FROM COMPARING MY TIRES TO OTHERS, THEY LOOK THE SAME DAMAGE WISE AS THE ONES BEING RECALLED. THERE IS NO REASON ANYONE SHOULD GO THROUGH 2 SETS OF TIRES IN 50K MILES. PLEASE CONTINUE TO LOOK FURTHER INTO THIS PROBLEM. IT IS NOT JUST ISOLATED TO THE TIRES CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION.( DOT NUMBER: W2UUIPO248 TIRE SIZE: P225/70R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868256August 22, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WILDERNESS AT ,ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1998 MAZDA B3000 ,TIRE SIZE P23575R15, AND DOT W2HL. ON BOTH FRONT TIRES THERE ARE CRACKS DEVELOPING WHERE THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL AT ONLY 27,000 MILES OF USAGE.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75/R15 *MW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868297August 22, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00-020; FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT, ORIGINAL TIRES FOR 1998 MAZDA, B2000, 36,000 MILES. DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD CAME FLYING OFF, CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL. SECONDS PRIOR TO INCIDENT, CONSUMER FELT A SLIGHT WOBBLE IN THE STEERING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868096August 18, 2000
SUSPENSION, TIRES
WILDERNESS AT P23575R15, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH MAZDA B3000 1998. FRONT TWO TIRES WERE WEARING OFF FROM THE SIDES AT ONLY 18,000 MILES. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND OVER, DIP THE VEHICLE AND IT WILL SWAY, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728165August 16, 2000
TIRES:SIDEWALL
TIRE FAILED WHILE STOPPED AT REST AREA IN MISSISSIPPI AFTER 8 HOURS OF DRIVING FROM ATL, GA., SIDE BLEW OUT WHERE TREAD MEETS SIDEWALL.( DOT NUMBER: W2UUIPO238 TIRE SIZE: 225/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867630August 13, 2000
STRUCTURE, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
A TIRE SEPARATION/BLISTING FROM INSIDE OF THE SIDEWALL ON A 1998 MAZDA B-SERIES TRUCK, AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT. FIRESTONE NOTIFIED. *AK THE FAILED TIRE WAS FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT. THE TIRE WAS SLOWLY GOING FLAT AND SHOWED BUBBLES FROM INSIDE WALL WHEN THE CUSTOMER PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR STEP MOULDING CRACKED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867425August 10, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
HAD FOUND OUT THAT TIRES ARE SEPARATING BETWEEN THE TREAD AND THE SIDEWALL. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727250August 9, 2000
TIRES
TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM TIRE CASING, DAMAGING FENDER AREA IN THE PROCESS. VEHICLE BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL BUT I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING. TIRE STILL HAD AIR IN IT BUT WAS COMPLETELY MINUS THE TREAD. TIRES HAS BEEN CHECKED RECENTLY AND WERE FOUND TO BE FREE OF DEFECTS AND CORRECTLY INFLATED. THE FAILED TIRE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF EXTERNAL DIRESS AND WAS STILL INFLATED TO 32 POUNDS.( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: P225/70R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726971August 8, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD OF TIRES CAME OFF NEW MAZDA PICKUP TWICE WITHIN TWO WEEKS ON RIGHT FRONT AND LEFT FRONT TIRES. WHEN ASKED IF TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE AT FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THE TIRES WERE NOT DEFECTIVE THAT THEY CAME APART DUE TO MY DRIVING ON THEM WHILE FLAT. INTERESTING TO SEE NOW THAT I WAS RIGHT AND THEY WERE WRONG. I HAD SEEN FLATS BEFORE BUT NEVER AN ENTIRE TIRE COME APART.( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727073August 8, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE CASING OF THE TIRE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. TIRES HAD BEEN INSPECTED AND ROTATED JUST 1,000 MILES EARLIER AND NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. THE SUDDEN LOSE OF THE TIRE TREAD AND RESULTING LOSS OF CONTROL CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AND HIT THE CENTER DIVIDER OF THE FREEWAY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: P225/70R15 )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#726646August 4, 2000
TIRES
WITH THE LATEST REPORTS OF THE FIRESTONE TIRES THE MODELS LISTED WITH PROBLEMS DID NOT INCLUDE THE MAZDA TRUCKS. I AM ON MY SECOND SET OF THOSE TIRES AND MY VEHICLE HAS BUT 51K MILES. THE FIRST SET RESULTED IN A BLOWOUT AT 65MPH AT 29K MILES AND THE NEW ONES THAT REPLACED THOSE HAVE ONLY 22K MILES AND ARE IN THE SAME SHAPE AS THE FIRST. NO BLOW OUT THIS TIME JUST SCOOPED AND PITTED/WORN TIRES THAT VIBRATE. THE MAZDA NAD FORD RANGERS ARE THE SAME VEHICLE SO PLEASE INCLUDE THE MAZDAS IN YOUR REPORT. I'M MAD AS HELL ABOUT THIS.*AK( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725077July 7, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863608June 14, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT VEHICLE STALLED. OCURRED INTERMITENTLY FOLLOWING THAT INCIDENT. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713086October 10, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE ENGINE WILL RACE TO 3000 RPM WHILE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION - ALSO RPM'S WHILE RISE WITHOUT APPLICATION OF THE GAS PEDAL - POTENTIAL PROBLEM - UNABLE TO STOP WHEN NEEDED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712752October 4, 1999
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
TRUCK SHUDDERS 4 TO 5 TIMES COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND TAKING OFF FROM A COMPLETE STOP ALL THE TIME AND OCCASIONALLY ALSO SHUDDERS IN 2ND GEAR[TRUCK IS AN AUTOMATIC]. THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE 1ST DAY I PICKED UP THE TRUCK. IT HAS BEEN BACK TO 2 DIFFERENT MAZDA DEALERS AFTER I HAD THE TRANSMISSION CHECKED BY AN INDEPENDENT SHOP WHICH GAVE THE TRUCK A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH AND THEN TOOK TO INDEPENDENT SHOP FOR A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK WHERE THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE THE DRIVESHAFT. WITH THIS INFO I WENT BACK TO MAZDA WHERE THEY REGREASED AND REPACKED THE DRIVESHAFT. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. I CALLED THE REPAIR SHOP AFTER I PICKED UP THE TRUCK AND TOLD THEM THE TRUCK WAS STILL DOING THE SAME ONLY NOW WORSE. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY CALLED IN THE DSM FOR THE AREA MAZDA DEALERS AND HE STATED THIS WAS A "CHARACTERISTIC" OF ALL THE B4000 SERIES AND NOTHING MORE WOULD BE DONE. I HAVE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY OF 6YR/100,000 AND IF I TAKE THE TRUCK FOR REPAIR BY OTHER THAN MAZDA THEN I WILL IFY THIS WARRANTY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. THE PROBLEM IS VERY ANNOYING ESPECIALLY IN ANY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC[CITY DRIVING INPARTICULAR] ALL I WANT TO DO IS HAVE THE TRUCK FIXED. ANY INFO OR HELP IN THIS MATTER WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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