Mazda B-Series Complaints (1998)

67 consumer complaints on file.

#849578September 30, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
RECALL # 99V062000 FORD/SPEED CONTROL CABLE: DEALER DOES NOT HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE TO CORRECT RECALL. OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 3 MONTHS AGO. THIS IS TRUCK IS OWED BY BISSELL BADCOCK MILL WORK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711636September 20, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
THE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT ON MY DASHBOARD STAYED LIT, INDICATING A PROBLEM. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BROWN'S MAZDA @ 7400 RICHMOND HIGHWAY IN ALEXANDRIA, VA ON 9/9/1999. THEY RAN THE TRUCK THROUGH NUMEROUS DIAGNOSTIC TESTS UNTIL INFORMING ME THAT THE WIRING HARNESS HAD A SHORT IN IT, AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THEY FURTHER INDICATED THAT THE HARNESS WAS NOT A PART OF THE MANUFACTURER'S 60,000 MILE WARRANTY ON SAFETY EQUIPMENT. I SAID THAT IT WAS THE AIR BAG THAT WAS SHOWING UP AS MALFUNCTIONING, THEREFORE, IT WAS AN AIRBAG OR SAFETY RELATED ITEM. THEY ONLY AGREED TO REPLACE THE PART, BUT I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 6 HOURS OF LABOR. I NOTICED FROM TSB#97-24-14, NOV 97 THAT THE WIRE HARNESS TERMINAL REPAIR KIT WAS A RECALL PROBLEM FOR THE 1998 FORD RANGER PICK-UP. MY 1999 MAZDA PICKUP AND THE FORD RANGER ARE ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL VEHICLES. MY QUESTION IS, HAS THERE BEEN A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE WIRING HARNESS, VIS A VIS, THE AIR BAG SYSTEM ON 1998 MAZDA PICKUP TRUCKS? I'VE ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE 18 MONTHS, AND I ADMIT, I'VE PUT ON A LOT OF MILES (59,624 AT TIME OF THE MALFUNCTION), HOWEVER, I FIND IT STRANGE THAT THE HARNESS GOES OUT RIGHT AROUND THE MAGIC 60,000 WARRANTY MARK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#609520September 8, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708726July 17, 1999
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE)
THE PROBLEM I EXPERIENCED WITH MY VEHICLE WAS SPORADIC. THE CLUTCH PEDAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS AND I WAS UNABLE TO GET MY VEHICLE INTO ANY GEAR. IT DID NOT MATTER HOW FAST I WAS GOING OR WHAT GEAR I WAS SHIFTING TO. IN ORDER TO GET MY VEHICLE INTO GEAR I HAD TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, THEN SHIFT INTO GEAR AND RESTART THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED TO ME IN TRAFFIC AND ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN THIS OCCURRED I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE MY VEHICLE AND WAS AFRAID THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE WOULD HIT ME. MY VEHICLE HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED PER SERVICE BULLETIN 002/98 BUT I FEEL THAT DUE TO THE POTENTIAL DANGER THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. THANK YOU. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707852June 24, 1999
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#542435November 5, 1998
SUSPENSION
TRUCK SHAKES SIDE TO SIDE WHILE DRIVING DEALER ATTEMPTED TO FIX BUT PROBLEM STILL EXIST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#540176August 20, 1998
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
PASSENGER SIDE REAR-DOOR QUARTER-GLASS WAS STRUCK BY A STONE WHICH TOTALLY SHATTERED INTO SMALL PIECES (SPLINTER TOO) THE QUARTER-GLASS. THIS INCIDENT BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE MARK LEFT, ONLY LEFT A SMALL (PENCIL HEAD SIZE) CHIP ON A NORMAL WINSHIELD. HOW CAN MAZDA/FORD PRODUCE B400 AND RANGERS WIGH DIRRERENT STANDARD GLASS THAN NHTSA APPROVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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