Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

2003 Mazda B-SERIES Truck

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
21
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
108
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

21 filed
3
Crashes
2
Fires
5
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:MANUAL Transmission
    3
  • Electrical System
    3
  • Unknown OR Other
    2
  • Tires
    2
  • Exterior Lighting
    2
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    2
  • STRUCTURE:BODY
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL Pump
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
09V414000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL2009-10-23

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 BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) AND MANUFACTURED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 5, 2002. A COMPONENT OF THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH MAY DETERIORATE OVER TIME AND DEVELOP A LEAK. THIS OCCURRENCE COULD CAUSE THE SWITCH TO OVERHEAT, SMOKE OR BURN WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN UNDER HOOD FIRE.

RiskA VEHICLE FIRE COULD OCCUR WITH OR WITHOUT THE ENGINE RUNNING.

FixMAZDA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS THAT DEALERS WILL INSTALL A UNIVERSAL FUSED JUMPER HARNESS ON THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 11, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MAZDA AT 1-800-222-5500 OPTION #6.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
PE05066·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS2005-12-05 → 2006-03-24

BRAKE LIGHTS INOPERATIVE

PE05066·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS2005-12-05 → 2006-03-24

BRAKE LIGHTS INOPERATIVE

PE05066·EXTERIOR LIGHTING2005-12-05 → 2006-03-24

BRAKE LIGHTS INOPERATIVE

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