Owner-reported complaints naming the tire or wheel system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Mazda B-Series Truck submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. TIRE SIZE WAS 225/70R15. *AK THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER BUT THEY INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE TIRE. THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE TIRE WITH A NON FIRESTONE TIRE. *NM
SPARE TIRE IS SMALLER THAN ORIGINAL TIRE. ORIGINAL TIRE SIZE IS 265/75R15, SPARE TIRE SIZE IS 235/75R15. IN OWNERS MANUEL IT STATED THAT SPARE WAS SAME SIZE. WHEN CONTACTING DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, THEY SAID THEY COULD CHANGE INFORMATION AT ANY TIME THEY WANTED TO.*AK
THESE TIRES HAVE NOT YET FAILED IN AN EXTERNAL SENSE. THEY HAVE BEGUN TO MAKE A GROWLING SOUND THAT WAS NOT PRESENT EARLIER.I HAD THEM CHECKED THIS SUMMER WHEN THE ORIGINAL RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR DIFFERENT TIRE SIZES AND THEY WERE JUDGED ALLRIGHT. THE NOISE HAS INCREASED ALTHOUGH FAILURE HAS NOT HAPPENED. *AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75/15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/75/15 )
CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE DUE TO POSSIBLE TIRE FAILURE, THE TIRE IS A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT P225/70R15, THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS BLOWN AND SUSPECTS THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE ACCIDENT WHICH RESULTED IN 2 INJURIES. *SLC
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: 22570R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 22570R15 )
AT THREE THOUSEND MILES THE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT THE INSIDE WAS FULL OF RUBBER AND THE SIDE WALLS WHERE SHOT. NO PUNCHER WAS FOUND. NOW MY TIRES MAKE A CONTENUS THUMP WHEN GOING DOWN THE ROAD. LIKE MAYBE THERE COMMING APART. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 02 7476 TIRESIZE: P225/70R15)
TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2UU IPO TIRE SIZE: P22570R15 )
SPARE TIRE IS THE WRONG SIZE TIRE FOR THIS VEHICLE, ITS DIAMETER IS 2 INCHES SMALLER. WHICH CAUSE WHEN USING THE SPARE TIRE, ABS BRAKING SYSTEM WILL NOT WORK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.
PE00-020; AFTER INSPECTING TIRES HAD FOUND OUT OF TREAD SEPARATION. MAZDA, B2500, 1999, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT, P225/70R15, DOT W2QU1TO78. *AK THE CUSTOMER REPLACED THE TIRES AND DECLINED THE $60 THAT THE FIRESTONE DEALER OFFERED FOR THE TWO FAILED TIRES. *YH
TIRE SHOWS SIGNS OF TREAD SEPERATION. FIRESTONE HAS NO REPLACEMENT AT THIS TIME.( DOT NUMBER: 25377UR TIRE SIZE: 235/75/R15 )
HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY PROBLEM WITH FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES, SIZE 245/75R16, WHERE CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL. *AK FIRESTONE IS NOT RESPONSIVE TO EMAIL AND TELEPHONE INQUIRIES. THE CUSTMER FEELS THAT FIRESTONE AT EAST GIVE PRO-RATA CREDIT FOR BUYING ANOTHER MODEL. *YH
#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 )
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