2000 Mazda B-Series Truck Transmission Problems

THE VEHICLE HAS SEVERAL SAFETY ISSUES. 1. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ON DASH REPEATEDLY COMES ON AS WELL AS INSIDE LIGHT WHILE DRIVING. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW AND NEVER REPAIRED CORRECTLY BY MAZDA FACILITY. 2. TRUCK HAS ORIGINAL WILDERNESS HT TIRES FROM FIRESTONE, WITH 22,000 MILES ON THEM, AND JUST HAD VIBRATION AND VEERING TO RIGHT. FOUND BALL ON TREAD OF DRIVERS SIDE STEER TIRE, WHERE APPARENTLY THE TREAD IS SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE. THE DOT CODE ON THESE TIRES IS W2UU IPO479, P225/70R15 100S. THIS MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2000 RECALL, ALTHOUGH I RECENTLY LEARNED THE HIGHWAY SAFETY BOARD FOUND THESE TIRES TO HAVE MORE COMPLAINTS THEN THE AT AND ATX THAT WERE RECALLED. 3. I TOO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE OIL PRESSURE NOT REGISTERING UNTIL THE VEHICLES WAS WARMED UP AFTER TRAVELING A COUPLE MILES. DEALER SAID I HAD TO REPLACE SENDING UNIT WHICH THEY DIDN'T HAVE IN STOCK. I REMOVED OLD SENDING UNIT AND TURNED OVER ENGINE UNTIL IT BLEW OIL OUT THE POST THE SENDING UNIT GOES IN, AND ITS BEEN WORKING FINE EVERY SINCE USING THE SAME OLD SENDING UNIT. 4. THE BRAKE LIGHT ON TOP OF CAB, STARTED LEAKING WATER INTO CAB AROUND THE GASKET, SO I HAD TO SILICONE AROUND GASKET TO STOP LEAK. 5. HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING AND WOULD GO INTO NEUTRAL. THIS HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE DOING 70 MPH. PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER AND AFTER TRIAL AND ERROR, FOUND THE ONLY WAY VEHICLE WOULD MOVE WAS TO PUT IT INTO DRIVE 1. DEALER SAID SENSOR WAS BAD IN TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED, AND NO PROBLEMS SINCE. 6. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY WHEN TRAVELING UP A HILL, ESPECIALLY IF PULLING A TRAILER, EVEN WHEN TRAILER IS EMPTY AND THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. THE ENGINE RPM GAUGE SHOWS THE ENGINE RUNNING AT 5000 RPM AND TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT UNTIL YOU GET TO TOP OF HILL AND START DOWN OTHER SIDE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10229387

Incident

May 20, 2008

Mileage

22,000 mi

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 12-28-04 . DEALER TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF 3800.00 . AT SPEEDS HIGH AND LOW IT WILL NOT SHIFT RIGHT. I TRIED TO GET HELP ON THIS PROBLEM AND MAZDA CORP SAID IT WOULD TAKE A WHILE TO MAYBE SOLVE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10104650

Incident

Dec 28, 2004

Mileage

50,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING A TLOW SPEEDS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTED GEARS. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO THE SPEED SENSOR, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT REPAIRED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10092589

Incident

Aug 23, 2004

Mileage

26,000 mi

THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 53,000 MILES. *AK

NHTSA ID

10065705

Incident

Apr 2, 2004

Mileage

52,875 mi

WHILE DRIVING GEAR SHIFT POPPED OUT OF GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. THIS OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWING DOWN IN FIRST OR THIRD GEARS. DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

10061222

WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL AT ANY SPEED,THE ENGINE REVS UP HIGH, BUT THE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER. THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED HER THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE ACCUMULATION INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. A NEW TRANSMISSION IS NEEDED AT THIS TIME. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *PH

NHTSA ID

10050062

Incident

Dec 1, 2003

Mileage

86,859 mi

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 71000. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT I WOULD NEED NEW TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $3100.00. THE TRUCK HAS HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED AT THE RECOMMENDED 30,000. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10018989

Incident

May 20, 2003

Mileage

71,000 mi

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS LIKE IT SHOULD. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED.THE PART IN THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD, HAD PART REPLACED, PROBLEM REACCURED. NLM

NHTSA ID

8019794

Incident

Jul 30, 2002

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL TRANSFER CASE DID NOT ENGAGE. CONSUMER TRIED TO ENGAGE AT BOTTOM OF HILL.*AK GEARS DID ENGAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. THE LACK OF 4''-LOW ENGAGEMENT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPEED DANGEROUSLY. *YH

NHTSA ID

887138

Incident

Sep 12, 2000