2001 MAZDA B-SERIES TRUCK Complaints

FIRST PROBLEM -FRONT BRAKES MAKING VERY HIGH PITCH SQUELLING @ 2,949 MILES.SECEND TIME - AGAIN FRONT BRAKES MAKING HIGH PITCH SQUELLING @ 10,172 MILES.THIRD TIME - THIS TIME FRONT BRAKES SOUND LIKE THEY ARE GRINDING AND BRAKE PEDAL IS PULSATING @ 16,410 MILES.*AK ALL PROBLEMS WERE FIXED BY MAZDA AT NO COST TO OWNER.

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FOURTH DOOR ON THE PICK UP TRUCK THE TOP LATCH IS BROKEN. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT IT CAN NOT BE FIX. MR

OWNER HAD DIFFICULTY USING JACK THAT CAME WITH VEHICLE. JACK DID NOT WORK, MAKIN GIT IMPOSSIBLE TO RAISE VEHICLE TO GET THE REPLACEMENT TIRE ON. JACK DIDN'T FIT RIGHTLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

SEATBELT WARNING SIGN WAS FLASHING. DEALER REPLACED DRIVER'S SEATBELT AT 1500 MILES. SEATBELT RETRACTOR STILL PULLS BELT TIGHT WHEN DRIVER IS NOT MOVING, AND LIGHT STILL FLASHES.*AK

AFTER THE DPFE SENSOR WAS REPLACED AS A RESULT OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING, ANOTHER PROBLEM DEVELOPED, A STEADY RPM OF 2100 TO 2500 UNDER A LIGHT LOAD, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS RELEASED THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN THAT SPEED, WHEN THE CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED, THE RPMS INCREASE TO 200-500 AND STAYS THERE, TAPPING THE ACCELERATOR WILL SOMETIMES CAUSE IT TO DROP, BUT THE USUAL WAY WHEN IN GEAR IS TO APPLY THE BRAKE, IF THE ROAD IS FLAT THE VEHICLE WILL STAY AT THE RPM INDEFINITELY, THROTTLE POSITIONER AND CPU HAVE BEEN REPLACED, HOWEVER DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM.*JB

AT 70 MPH, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SIDEWALL STARTED TO SEPARATE FROM THE TREAD. SIZE 22570R15, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *SCC

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICE A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER DEPRESSED BRAKES, SOON AFTER CONSUMER LOST ALL STEERING, HITTING GUARDRAIL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

IN JUL/01, BRAKES CAUSED PULLING TO RIGHT ON BRAKING - DLR RESURFACED ROTORS (1100 MI), THEN ABS FAILURE (REPLACED BRAKE BOOSTER) ,THEN STILL NO BRAKING, (RELINED BRAKES), CONTACTED MAZDA, REP FROM FLA...RELINED BRAKES W/"OVERSIZED SHOES/PADS" NOW GRINDING/SCRUBBING IN FRONT BRAKES....5 MONTHS OLD...2229 MILES WHEN TURNED IN TO DEALER OCT 23RD, 2001...STILL AT DEALER. SEEKING SUBMISSION OF LEMON LAW PROCEEDINGS! *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES. HOWEVER, CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT DISENGAGE . CONSUMER THEN TURNED CRUISE CONTROL OFF TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER YET.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY DRIVER'S SIDE RESTRAINT WILL NOT RETRACT INTO RETRACTOR. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATES RETRACTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES, TAILGATE HAS A LARGER GAP ON RIGHT SIDE THAN ON LEFT SIDE, THERE WAS NO PROBLEM FOUND, VEHICLE IS GETTING VERY POOR MILEAGE, HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT AIMED PROPERLY, HEADLIGHTS WERE FOUND TO BE OUT OF ALIGNEMENT, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE NOT CLEARING PROPERLY, WIPER MOTOR WAS ALSO NOISEY.*JB