Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2001 Mazda B-Series Truck submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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
THE FRAME, SUSPENSION, AND BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH PREMATURELY. THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED ALL AROUND BEFORE 75,000 MILES. BEFORE 80,000 MILES THE TRUCK HAS BEEN DECLARED NON-REPAIRABLE AS THE FRAME AND SUSPENSION HAVE RUSTED THROUGH AT INSPECTION. TRUCK WAS LIGHTLY USED SINCE 2001 AND HAD NOT HIT 80,000. MILES BUT BECAME UNSAFE TO OPERATE DUE TO RUST.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MAZDA B3000 4X4 PICKUP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE IN FOR REGULAR SERVICE, THE TECHNICIANS ADVISED HIM THAT THE FRAME AND THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE FRAME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. WHEN THE MAZDA WAS LIFTED TO REPAIR THE BRAKE LINE AND REPLACE THE BRAKES THE SPRING SHACKLES BROKE OFF DUE TO EXTREME RUST, COSTING AN ADDITIONAL $450. I THINK MAZDA SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE JUST AS TOYOTA RECALLED THEIR VEHICLES DUE TO EXTREME RUSTING. UPDATED 11/09/2011 *LN *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MAZDA B3000. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 2-3 MPH OUT OF A PARKING LOT, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE PARKING BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THIS FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CLOSER HE LIVED TO THE BEACH, THE GREATER THE CHANCE THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD BECOME CORRODED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN INSPECTED, BUT WILL BE DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED, IF NECESSARY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,700.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MAZDA B2300. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. THE SPEED CONTROL SWITCH WAS DISCONNECTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2007. SINCE THAT TIME, THE ABS LIGHT CONTINUES TO ILLUMINATE. EACH TIME SHE CALLS THE DEALER, SHE IS GIVEN THE RUN AROUND. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE PURCHASE DATE, POWERTRAIN, AND RECALL NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,000.
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.
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
BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, NOTICED BRAKE FLUID ON GROUND. BRAKE LINE COUPLER NOT CRIMPED TIGHT ENOUGH. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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