2004 Mazda B-Series Truck problems
NHTSA has received 26 complaints about the 2004 Mazda B-Series Truck, and 77% of them involve air bags. After that come body & structure (12%) and brakes (4%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 26 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 77% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 0
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: 4 complaints mention a crash; 6 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 87% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2004 ranks 11th most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Mazda B-Series Truck with enough data (2 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
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.
My mazda b3000 pickup would not stop at a red light causing an accident. When I engaged the brake the front end shook and then there were no brakes. The day of the accident there was a light rain but I had not driven through any puddles, therefore I don't think it was due to "wet" brakes as I have been told. Ultimately my brakes did not work, I only have 30k miles on the vehicle, and I will fear driving it once the body has been fixed.
I broadsided a pick up truck that ran a stop sign. Enough damage was done that my vehicle had to be towed and likely will be written off by the insurance company as totaled. I was diagnosed with blunt trauma to the chest wall with contusions. My airbag never deployed.
Tl* the contact owned a 2004 mazda b23s. While attempting to make a turn, another vehicle crashed into the front of the contact's vehicle. The air bags (including a repaired recalled air bag) did not deploy. A police report was filed. The driver was uninjured. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was later declared destroyed and towed away by the insurance company. The failure mileage was approximately 51,117.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 mazda b-series truck. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 15v346000 (air bags) and 16v048000 (air bags) however, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Part distribution disconnect. .updated 06/21/17