1996 Mazda B-Series Truck problems
NHTSA has received 73 complaints about the 1996 Mazda B-Series Truck, and 18% of them involve wipers, windshield & visibility. After that come tires (11%) and brakes (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 73 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 2 injuries reported; 1 death reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1996 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Mazda B-Series Truck with enough data (49 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Consumer states that son's vehicle was involved in an accident the vehicle flipped over and the air bag did not deploy. Owner of the vehicle was killed. Manufacturer contacted.
Design of truck does not offer head support in truck resulting in neck and head injuries of driver during vehicle collison.
After experiencing abnormal bouncing and front tires cupping, mazda struts replaced. Unstable handling reoccurred 2,000 miles later, replaced w/mazda struts. Failed again and mazda replaced struts with after market parts. Please describe details.
Cruise control came on without turning it on and would not turn off. I pulled to the side of the road and disabled it under the hood.
Like many others wipers were working intermittently only to stop working completely replaced switch to no avail. Have red its a problem with the general electric module with try replacing that next!