1994 Mazda B-Series Truck Problems

PARKING BRAKE NON-FUNCTIONAL. FUEL LEAK, NOT ABLE TO LOCATE. REPAIR SHOP CLAIMS PROBABLE NO UNDER WARRANTY. BRAKE VACUUM BOOSTER IS FAILING. ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED,PADS REPLACED. DRIVERS SEAT BACK BROKEN. REPAIRED. BROKEN AGAIN. *TR

DURING A TRIP FROM HOME TO STORE, THE DASH LIGHTS FOR THE ABS AND BRAKE SYSTEM CAME ON WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. ANOTHER DRIVER MADE A U-TURN IN FRONT OF ME PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL AT THE STORE CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO APPLY THE BRAKES IN AN EVASIVE MANUEVER. THE BRAKES L,OCKED UP AND CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE COLLISION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. THEY INDICATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN 3 REVISIONS OF THE ORIGINAL ABS SYSTEM VALVE, INDICATING THAT MAZDA WAS AWARE THAT THERE HAD BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THIS VALVE. WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY INDICATION OF A RECALL OR PROBLEM.*AK

APPROXIMATELY 4-5 MONTHS AGO I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE ENGINE SURGING WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. UNABLE TO FIND ANY VACUUM LEAKS, I INSPECTED THE FUEL FILLER NECK TO FIND IT BADLY DETERIORATED IN THE AREA JUST ABOVE THE GAS TANK. I REPLACED IT WITH A NEW OEM QUALITY NECK. AT THE SAME TIME I REPLACED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSOR, REBUILT THE FUEL INJECTORS AND REPLACED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. AFTERWARD, I DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY SURGING UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN, APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE BEGAN RACING SO BADLY THAT I QUICKLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND STEERED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, NARROWLY AVOIDING A REAR END COLLISION. SINCE THEN I HAVE DRIVEN THE TRUCK ABOUT 100 MILES WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN DRIVEN 90,000 MILES AND WELL MAINTAINED. IT MAY NOT BE RELEVANT TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS ENGINE WAS BUILT WITHOUT AN EGR VALVE AND EGR VACUUM SOLENOID. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 MAZDA B4000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN REFUELING, FUEL WOULD SPILL BACK OUT FROM THE FILLER NECK. SHE ALSO NOTICED A FUEL LEAK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FUEL FILLER HOSE WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 202,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TIRES PURCHASED FROM SAM'S CLUB IN 12/09 HAVE CRACKS BETWEEN TREADS. I JUST NOTICED THIS AND WAS NEVER TOLD WHEN I HAD TIRE BALANCED AND ROTATED. ITS ON ALL FOUR TIRES AND READ IT MAY SEPARATE. I HAD THE ROAD HAZARD AND OF COURSE ITS AN ON GOING ISSUE THAT SAM'S PLAYED IT SMART AND ONLY WARRANT ROAD HAZARD FOR 4 YEARS AFTER I QUESTION THEM ABOUT CONCERN.I HAVE BF GOODRICH TIRES 225/70/14 ON A MAZDA B4000 LE . I HAVE GOODRICH TIRES ON TWO OTHER VEHICLES THAT I NEED TO INSPECT. *TR

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO THIS COMPLAINT, BUT IN VIEW OF THE FIRESTONE TIRE RECALL (ON WILDERNESS P23575R15 TIRES - DOT VD), I THOUGHT I'D PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME INPUT ON THIS TIRE PROBLEM EPISODE. I SUSPECT THAT YOU LOOK FOR TRENDS...IF FOLKS DON'T LET YOU KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING, THEN THE STATISTICS ARE NEVER DEVELOPED FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO UNNOTICED. APPROX. 1/4 OF THE FACE OF 1 OF MY TRUCK'S TIRES PEELED AWAY...THE TIRE APPEARS TO HAVE GOOD TREAD. I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THE P/U. THE TRUCK CAME WITH THE TIRES THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILES WERE ON THE TIRES UPON PURCHASING IT, BUT THEY APPEARED TO BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE AS I ASSUMED OWNERSHIP. THE TIRE THAT APPEARS TO BE DEFECTIVE IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR EXPERTS TO REVIEW IF YOU SO DESIRE. THANKS FOR THE TIME THAT YOU MIGHT DEVOTE TO THIS REPORT. GERY M. DUPARC, LCDR, USPHS. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2FC1M9404 TIRESIZE: P22570R14)

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 MAZDA B-SERIES TRUCK. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED, CRASHED INTO A FENCE, AND DROVE OVER THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. THE OWNER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT WHERE THE FAILURE RECURRED, ALMOST STRIKING TWO POLICE OFFICERS. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

ON LONG TRIPS, OFTEN IN COLD, WET OR SNOWY WEATHER, THE ENGINE WILL OCCASIONALLY REV OUT OF CONTROL. THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE OF THE THROTTLE CABLE ICING UP BECAUSE TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING IT (WHICH IS THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO WHILE STILL MOVING ON ICY ROADS) TEMPORARILY RESOLVES THE ISSUE. THEREFORE, IT SEEMS TO BE MOST LIKELY AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. NO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) ARE REGISTERED IN THE COMPUTER'S MEMORY, THEREFORE NO INFORMATION EXISTS BY WHICH TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN TO DEALERS AND THEY HAVE SAID THEY CANNOT HELP ME UNLESS THEY CAN REPLICATE THE PROBLEM IN THE SHOP. AS I SAID, IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED AFTER MANY HOURS OF DRIVING ON LONG TRIPS, WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLICATE IN THE SHOP. *NM

ON LONG TRIPS, OFTEN IN COLD, WET OR SNOWY WEATHER, THE ENGINE WILL OCCASIONALLY REV OUT OF CONTROL. THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE OF THE THROTTLE CABLE ICING UP BECAUSE TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING IT (WHICH IS THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO WHILE STILL MOVING ON ICY ROADS) TEMPORARILY RESOLVES THE ISSUE. THEREFORE, IT SEEMS TO BE MOST LIKELY AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. NO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) ARE REGISTERED IN THE COMPUTER'S MEMORY, THEREFORE NO INFORMATION EXISTS BY WHICH TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN TO DEALERS AND THEY HAVE SAID THEY CANNOT HELP ME UNLESS THEY CAN REPLICATE THE PROBLEM IN THE SHOP. AS I SAID, IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED AFTER MANY HOURS OF DRIVING ON LONG TRIPS, WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLICATE IN THE SHOP. *NM

ON TRIPS THAT ARE 80 MILES OR LONGER DISTRIBUTOR CAP MODULE WILL HEAT UP, AND ENGINE WILL FAIL TO OPERATE. DEALER HAS FIXED VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ENGINE, BUT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS / COPIES OF RECEIPTS. *AK

FRONT PASSENGER'S TIRE CONTACTED A BEVELED CONCREDE BRIDGE RAILING AT FAIRLY LOW SPEED AND AT EXTREMELY OBLIQUE ANGLE, CAUSING ENTIRE PASSENGER SIDE TO GO OUT OF CONTACT WITH ROADWAY. DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE CAME DOWN ON ALL 4 TIRES AND CONTINUED TO ROLL UNTIL IT SLID, HITTING A PEDESTRIAN, ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND GASOLINE PUMPS. BOTH THE DRIVER AND PEDESTRIAN WERE INJURED.

FRONT SUSPENSION BROKE, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE THEN IT FLIPPED OVER. *AK CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

APPROXIMATELY 4-5 MONTHS AGO I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE ENGINE SURGING WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. UNABLE TO FIND ANY VACUUM LEAKS, I INSPECTED THE FUEL FILLER NECK TO FIND IT BADLY DETERIORATED IN THE AREA JUST ABOVE THE GAS TANK. I REPLACED IT WITH A NEW OEM QUALITY NECK. AT THE SAME TIME I REPLACED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSOR, REBUILT THE FUEL INJECTORS AND REPLACED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. AFTERWARD, I DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY SURGING UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN, APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE BEGAN RACING SO BADLY THAT I QUICKLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND STEERED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, NARROWLY AVOIDING A REAR END COLLISION. SINCE THEN I HAVE DRIVEN THE TRUCK ABOUT 100 MILES WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN DRIVEN 90,000 MILES AND WELL MAINTAINED. IT MAY NOT BE RELEVANT TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS ENGINE WAS BUILT WITHOUT AN EGR VALVE AND EGR VACUUM SOLENOID. *TR

REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-CHECK ATTACHED PAID BILLS TO DETERMINE IF ANY REPAIRS QUALIFY FOR RECALL. *BF THE DRIVABILITY PROBLEM WAS CONSTANT AND WAS PRESENT DURING NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND THE EGR WAS FOUND RUSTED AND ALLOWED INCORRECT EGR FLOW. *SC

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. THERE WAS A LOUD BANGING NOISE. *AK

I AM TOLD THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED BY TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST AND BY MAZDA THAT IT ISNT BUT THAT THEY DONT KNOW WHY BUT THERE IS AND UNDETERMINED TIME AS TO FINDING A TRANSMISSION IT HAS BEEN 3 MONTHS.*AK

WHEN DRIVING 15 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE BECAME VERY HARD TO OPERATE, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND DEALER NOTED THAT THE BOLTS WHICH HELD STEERING BOX BROKE, CAUSING THE PROBLEM, DEALER REPLACED THE MOUNTING BOLTS. *AK *ML

SLEEVE CONNECTING TIE ROD TO DRAG LINK DISCONNECTED FROM TIE ROD. LOSS OF STEERING IN RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. THREEDS ON BOTH THE TIE ROD AND SLEEVE APPEAR TO BE OK, UNSURE HOW THE SLEEVE SLIPPED OFF. I CAN PROVIDE VIN NUMBER IF NECESSARY.

WHILE LOCKING SEAT BELTS THEY BECOME UNDONE TO DUE TO LATCH NOT LATCHING, CONSUMER UNABLE TO WEAR SEAT BELT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY WON'T RETRACT ONCE IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND FASTENED. WILL NOT RETRACT WHEN BUCKLE RELEASED. DRIVER MUST MANUALLY PULL BELT TIGHT WHEN ATTACHING BELT, USUALLY WITH MUCH EFFORT BECAUSE THE TAKE-UP REEL IS VERY STIFF. WHEN LEAVING THE TRUCK, DRIVER MUST AGAIN RE-TIGHTEN BELT BECAUSE IT WILL NOT RETRACT AND SUBSEQUENTLY HANGS OUTSIDE THE DRIVER'S DOOR. WAS REPLACED--I BELIEVE--ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, BUT DEALER IS NOW OUT OF BUSINESS AND I'M NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THE SERVICE RECORDS. SELLING DEALER IS ALSO NO LONGER IN BUSINESS. I'M NOT SURE HOW SECURE I AM IN THIS SLOPPY SEAT BELT, AND WOULD LIKE IT REPAIRED TO ASSURE MY--AND OTHER DRIVER'S--SAFETY. AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A FORD MADE PRODUCT. IT HAS HAD A FEW OTHER "STRANGE" DEFECTS, BUT THIS IS THE ONE I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT NOW. *AK

THE PAINT ON THE HOOD AND ROOF HAS BUBBLED AND FLAKED OFF. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK WITH 8,000 MILES ON IT. I CONSISTENTLY WASHED AND WAXED THE TRUCK.(WAXED 5-7 TIMES YEARLY). THE BODY SHOP I TOOK THE TRUCK TO SAID THIS WAS POOR QUALITY WORK AND THEY WERE SUPRISED TO HERE THIS WAS FROM THE FACTORY AND NOT REPAIR WORK. *LA

POOR PAINT JOB/ CUT AND ABRAISIONS APPEAR THROUGHOUT THE PAINT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN IN CONTACT WITH ROAD CRACKS OR DEVIATES, CARS PULLS TO THE LEFT. *AK

WHEN DRIVING IN WET ROAD CONDITIONS THE FRONT WHEELS LOCK-UP WITH NO WARNING. TT

REAR WINDOW EMPLODED WHILE TRAVELING FREEWAY, SHOWERING INTERIOR W/GLASS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

REAR BRAKES INTERMITTENTLY LOCK UP.

DURING A TRIP FROM HOME TO STORE, THE DASH LIGHTS FOR THE ABS AND BRAKE SYSTEM CAME ON WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. ANOTHER DRIVER MADE A U-TURN IN FRONT OF ME PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL AT THE STORE CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO APPLY THE BRAKES IN AN EVASIVE MANUEVER. THE BRAKES L,OCKED UP AND CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE COLLISION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. THEY INDICATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN 3 REVISIONS OF THE ORIGINAL ABS SYSTEM VALVE, INDICATING THAT MAZDA WAS AWARE THAT THERE HAD BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THIS VALVE. WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY INDICATION OF A RECALL OR PROBLEM.*AK

BACK OF DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED WHILE DRIVING WITHIN 4 BLOCKS OF HOME, THROWING ME SUDDENLY BACKWARD TO A HORIZONTAL POSITION. I LOST CONTROL MOMENTARILY BUT VERY CAREFULLY DROVE HOME, WHICH WAS VERY DANGEROUS WITHOUT THE BACK SUPPORT, PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT FOR BRAKING AND LOSS OF SEAT BELT SHOULDER STRAP.I HAVE RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE ON THIS VEHICLE AND I FEEL THAT THE SET SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE TO LAST AT LEAST TWICE AS LONG. I HAVE NEVER BEFORE EXPERIENCED THIS KIND OF PROBLEM WITH EVEN MUCH OLDER CARS THAN THIS MAZDA. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THERE IS ONLY A THREE YEAR WARRANTY ON THE SEAT, WHICH I THINK IS UNREASONABLE FOR A STRUCTURAL DEFECT THAT COMPROMISES DRIVER SAFETY.*AK

TURN SIGNAL LEVER RETURNS TO OFF POSITION UNEXPECTEDLY. MOST OF THE TIME IT REMAINS IN THE ON POSITION UNTIL YOU ARE WELL INTO YOUR TURN. AT OTHER TIMES IT WILL POP TO THE OFF POSITION JUST AS YOU ARE STARTING YOUR TURN.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 50 MPH HE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING FACE AND CHEST INJURIES. *AK

VEHICLE'S REAR BEARINGS START SQUEALING, AND CANNOT DRIVE MORE THAN 25 MPH. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED THE REAR BEARINGS WERE DEFECTIVE. INCIDENT OCCURRED THREE TIMES PRIOR. REPAIRS BEING MADE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK