1999 MAZDA B-SERIES TRUCK Complaints

RIGHT FRONT DOOR DIFFICULT TO OPEN-IT STICKS FREQUENTLY, AND THEN RELUCTANTLY OPENS. I NOTIFIED DEALER DURING PREPURCHASE FOR REPAIR- AT TIME OF SALE WAS TOLD THEY LUDRICATED IT AND THAT IT WOULD GET BETTER AS THE VEHICLE BROKE-IN. THE PROBLEM INITIALLY DID GET BETTER, BUT NOW IT'S WORSE THAN BEFORE.

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER . ORIGINALLY ANOTHER DEALER SOLD THE BUSINESS TO PRESENT DEALER. CONSUMER CALLED DEALER, AND HE SAID PARTS WERE NOT IN, AND TO CALL BACK IN A FEW MONTHS. CONSUMER CALEED BACK ON 15TH OF NOV 1999, DEALER SAID THEY WOULD PUT IN ORDER. DEALER NOW IS TELLING CONSUMER THAT THEY NEED A SPECIFIC VIN #. CONSUMER FEELS DEALER SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS FROM THE BEGINNING. CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE CRUISE CONTROL SINCE JULY BECAUSE THE RECALL LETTER SAID IT MAY STICK . *AK

#1 AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 MILES THE DIFERENTIAL PINION GEARS WERE REPLACED DUE TO A GRINDING NOISE FROM THE REAR END, #2 AT 9,500 MILES I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER AND COMPLAINED OF NOISES IN THE REAR END AND FRONT END VIBRATION. THEY DISREGARDED THE NOISES IN THE REAR END AND REPLACED THE TWO FRONT TIRES. SINCE THEN THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BY MAZDA TO BALANCE THE FRONT TIRES, I STILL HAVE THE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT DURING NORMAL DRIVING. 18 OCTOBER 1999 WITH APPROXIMATELY 12,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, I TOOOK IT BACK, THIS TIME THERE IS A VERY DISTINCTIVE NOISE FROM THE REAR END AND FRONT END VIBRATION. MAZDA ORDERED A COMPLETE REAR AXLE ASSY AND ONCE AGAIN BALANCED THE FRONT TIRES. I WAS TOLD BY SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE TRUCK IS SAFE TO DRIVE. NOTE: THE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY WILL MOVE ABOUR ONE INCH FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHEN I SHAKE THE REAR TIRES. I BELEIVE THE FRONT END PROBLEMS ARE BEING CAUSED BY THE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY FLOATING WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN.( DOT NUMBER: W2UU TIRE SIZE: P225/70R15 )

WHEN DRIVING OVER 40 MPH ON ROUGH ROAD PAVEMENT THE REAR WHEEL BOUNCES OFF THE ROAD, FORCING DRIVER TO CHANGE LANES TO CONTROL THE TRUCK. ALSO UNDER HEAVY BRAKING THE BACK END OF THE TRUCK SPINS AROUND. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A REPAIR MADE FOR THIS PROBLEM, IT IS STILL NOT FIXED AS OF 8/23/1999. AN ADDITIONAL TSB WAS INSTALLED BUT STILL NO DIFFERENCE. THE BEAT GOES ON.

EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSED THE STARTER TO RUN REGARDLESS OF THE KEY POSITION (SHUT OFF AFTER 5-7 MINUTES) VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND TOWING WAS NECESARY, AC COMPRESSOR WILL NOT SHUT OFF REGARDLESS OF CONTROL SETTINGS. NLM

THE RIGHT FRONT DOOR ON THIS TRUCK DOES NOT SOUND TIGHT WHEN IT IS CLOSED. (I ORIGINALLY REPORTED LEST, WRONG DOOR.) THE DOOR DOES NOT SOUND "SOUND" WHEN IT IS SHUT. THE SOUND IS A TINNY SOUND, ALMOST AS IF INSULATION HADE BEEN LEFT OUT OR WHATEVER PRODUCT IS USED BETWEEN THE DOORS....

CONSUMER WAS IN A FRONT END ANGLED ACCIDENT AT 45MPH, HIT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE OTHER VEHICLE, AND DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK