Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 05/20/2008 | 22000 | 1 | |
| 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 | |||
| 10/29/2003 | 25000 | 1 | 05/23/2000 |
| Firestone wilderness tires --vibation , cuping , also problems with oil gauges --dont work untill truck warms up. *ak | |||
| 06/07/2001 | 1 | 08/01/2000 | |
| Tire went flat from what appears to be belt and tread separation. *ak (dot number: w2uu tiresize: p225/70r15) | |||
| 05/04/2001 | 8 | 06/01/1999 | |
| The oil pressure guage has just quit working properly, it will not register when the truck is started, but if i hit a bump or stop the truck and turn it back on, or drive for two miles the oil guage will pop into normal range. the windshield wipers come on by themselves when switch is off, every time i make a right turn, during some left turns, and recently when i am slowing for red lights. the right front tire wore unevenly and caused excessive noise and bumpiness in the first 12,000 miles, it was rotated to left rear and now just makes noise. it was not a 2000 recall tire, but it seems to me that it has failed.*ak (tiresize: 15)( dot number: tire size: 15 ) | |||
| 08/01/2000 | 1 | 05/10/2000 | |
| Firestone wilderness tire p235/70r15 dot w2uu1p0 caused vehicle to vibrate since vehicle has been brand new, dealer has balanced and rotated tires, however this has not got rid of the vibration, firestone dealer and mazda dealer can not find problem. *slc | |||
| 10/16/2000 | 2 | 12/30/1999 | |
| Firestone wilderness ht tires (p225 70 r15) experienced blowout. *slc | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 06/29/2005 | 85000 | 1 | |
| Driver felt vibration wile driving in fast lane, driver then lost control and collided into another vehicle. *ts the consumer lost control of the truck due to tire tread separation. the tire brand was firestone. the driver of the other vehicle was injured. *jb | |||