Complaints by model year
Federal complaints filed against each model year of the Mazda B-Series Truck. Hover a bar for the count.
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Three most-complained-about yearsAll other years
Which years to avoid
Ranked from the same federal record. Click any year for its full file.
Years to look at twice
- 1994 Mazda B-Series Truck - 157 complaints
- 1999 Mazda B-Series Truck - 96 complaints
- 1998 Mazda B-Series Truck - 81 complaints
Highest raw complaint counts. Counts are not adjusted for sales volume.
Quieter years
- 1995 Mazda B-Series Truck - 54 complaints
- 2001 Mazda B-Series Truck - 55 complaints
- 1997 Mazda B-Series Truck - 64 complaints
Fewest complaints among years with a meaningful record; the two newest model years are excluded because they have had little time to accumulate filings.
What fails, all years combined
Every model year
| Model year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 Mazda B-Series Truck | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 Mazda B-Series Truck | 11 | 3 |
| 2007 Mazda B-Series Truck | 37 | 3 |
| 2006 Mazda B-Series Truck | 14 | 6 |
| 2005 Mazda B-Series Truck | 17 | 3 |
| 2004 Mazda B-Series Truck | 26 | 3 |
| 2003 Mazda B-Series Truck | 25 | 1 |
| 2002 Mazda B-Series Truck | 31 | 2 |
| 2001 Mazda B-Series Truck | 55 | 3 |
| 2000 Mazda B-Series Truck | 74 | 2 |
| 1999 Mazda B-Series Truck | 96 | 2 |
| 1998 Mazda B-Series Truck | 81 | 3 |
| 1997 Mazda B-Series Truck | 64 | 1 |
| 1996 Mazda B-Series Truck | 73 | 1 |
| 1995 Mazda B-Series Truck | 54 | 1 |
| 1994 Mazda B-Series Truck | 157 | 4 |
| 1993 Mazda B-Series Truck | 18 | 0 |
| 1992 Mazda B-Series Truck | 14 | 1 |
| 1991 Mazda B-Series Truck | 15 | 1 |
| 1990 Mazda B-Series Truck | 22 | 0 |
Recall campaigns, all years
Every campaign filed against this model, with the model years it covers. Recall repairs are free at the dealer.
| Campaign | Years | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23V837000 | 2004-2006 | Air Bags | Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2004-2006 B-Series vehicles that received replacement front passenger air bag inflators under a previous recall. The re |
| 21V162000 | 2007-2009 | Air Bags | Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2007-2009 B-Series pickup trucks. The driver's side air bag inflator may explode due to propellant degradation occurrin |
| 18V039000DO NOT DRIVE | 2006 | Air Bags | Mazda North America Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2006 B-Series vehicles. Mazda is requesting owners to NOT DRIVE these vehicles until they have been remedied. Upon deplo |
| 18V038000DO NOT DRIVE | 2006 | Air Bags | Mazda is recalling certain 2006 B-series vehicles. Mazda requests owners NOT TO DRIVE these vehicles until they have been remedied. Upon deployment of the driver side frontal air b |
| 18V016000DO NOT DRIVE | 2009 | Air Bags | Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2009 B-Series trucks ever registered in the states of Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, |
| 17V807000DO NOT DRIVE | 2004-2006 | Air Bags | Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2004-2006 B-Series trucks. Upon deployment of the driver side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause th |
| 17V806000DO NOT DRIVE | 2004-2006 | Air Bags | Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2004-2006 Mazda B-series trucks. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may |
| 17V013000DO NOT DRIVE | 2007-2009 | Air Bags | Mazda North America Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2007-2009 B-Series trucks sold, or ever registered, in the states of Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, |
| 16V499000DO NOT DRIVE | 2007-2009 | Air Bags | Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain model year 2007-2009 B-Series trucks manufactured June 6, 2006, to January 22, 2009, originally sold, or ever registere |
| 09V414000 | 1995-2003 | Vehicle Speed Control | MAZDA IS RECALLING MODEL YEAR 1995 THROUGH 1997 AND MODEL YEAR 2001 THROUGH 2003 TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH TEXAS INSTRUMENTS SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH (SCDS) AND/OR ANTI-LOCK BR |
| 09V032000 | 2009 | Suspension | MAZDA IS RECALLING 220 MY 2009 B-SERIES TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH 2-WHEEL DRIVE. THE FRONT SPINDLE STEM MAY CRACK DUE TO AN IMPROPER MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE SPINDLE. |
| 07V347000 | 1998-2002 | Vehicle Speed Control | ON CERTAIN TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH A SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM, THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH MAY, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, LEAK INTERNALLY AND THEN OVERHEAT, SMOKE, OR BURN. |
| 05V525000 | 2006 | Visibility | ON CERTAIN TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED WITHOUT GREASE APPLIED TO THE OUTPUT SHAFT GEAR. |
| 01V227002 | 2001 | Seat Belts | VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SEAT BELTS SUPPLIED BY TRW. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE DRIVER'S AND/OR FRONT PASSENGER'S OUTBOARD SEAT BELT BUCKLE MAY NOT FULLY L |
| 00V228002 | 2000 | Seat Belts | VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH TRW SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES. THE BUCKLE BASE OF THESE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES WERE NOT PROPERLY HEAT TREATED AND THEREFORE DO |
| 99V062002 | 1998-1999 | Vehicle Speed Control | VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CERTAIN 1998-1998 MAZDA B-SERIES TRUCKS (B2500, B3000 AND B4000) EQUIPPED WITH CRUISE CONTROL AND BUILT FROM JANUARY 1998 THROUGH MARCH 4, 1999. A CRUISE CONTR |
| 97V186002 | 1998 | Fuel System, Gasoline | VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT DUTY 4X2 AND 4X4 PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH 4.0L ENGINES. THE FLEXIBLE SECTION OF THE CHASSIS MOUNTED FUEL LINE THAT CONNECTS TO THE ENGINE WAS ROUTED T |
| 96V024002 | 1994 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | THE STUDS WHICH ATTACH THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE POWER BRAKE VACUUM BOOSTER ASSEMBLY CAN DEVELOP STRESS CORROSION CRACKING AFTER BEING OPERATED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIM |
| 95V231002 | 1994 | Vehicle Speed Control | DURING EXTREME COLD, NORTHERN CLIMATE WINTER CONDITIONS, ICE CAN FORM IN THE THROTTLE BODY OF THE ENGINE CAUSING THE THROTTLE PLATE TO REMAIN IN THE HIGHWAY CRUISING POSITION AFTER |
| 94V169002 | 1994 | Parking Brake | THE PARKING BRAKE CONTROL SELF-ADJUST PAWL DOES NOT LINE UP PROPERLY WITH THE SELF-ADJUST RACHET CAUSING THE PAWL TO SLIP OVER ONE OR MORE TEETH IN THE RACHET. |
| 94V111002 | 1994 | Fuel System, Gasoline | THE FRONT FUEL LINES HAVE A SECTION OF FLEXIBLE HOSE THAT IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO CRACKING WHICH CAN ALLOW FUEL LEAKAGE. |
| 92V139000 | 1991-1992 | Wheels | THE STEEL SPOKED WHEEL ASSEMBLIES INSTALLED AS STANDARD EQUIPMENT OR OFFERED AS AN OPTION ON THESE VEHICLES WERE IMPROPERLY WELDED DURING ASSEMBLY OF THE WHEEL RIM TO DISK, WHICH C |