Tire Problems of Mazda B3000

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.

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Firestone wilderness tires --vibation , cuping , also problems with oil gauges --dont work untill truck warms up.

Tire went flat from what appears to be belt and tread separation. (dot number: w2uu tiresize: p225/70r15).

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. (tiresize: 15)( dot number: tire size: 15 ).

Firestone wilderness ht tires (p225 70 r15) experienced blowout.

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.

#1 at approximately 1000 miles the diferential pinion gears were replaced due to a grinding noise from the rear end, #2 at 9,500 miles I took the truck back to the dealer and complained of noises in the rear end and front end vibration. They disregarded the noises in the rear end and replaced the two front tires. Since then there have been several attempts by Mazda to balance the front tires, I still have the vibration in the front during normal driving. 18 October 1999 with approximately 12,000 miles on the vehicle, I toook it back, this time there is a very distinctive noise from the rear end and front end vibration. Mazda ordered a complete rear axle assy and once again balanced the front tires. I was told by service manager that the truck is safe to drive. Note: the rear axle assembly will move abour one inch from side to side when I shake the rear tires. I beleive the front end problems are being caused by the rear axle assembly floating when the vehicle is driven. ( dot number: w2uu tire size: p225/70r15 ).

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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.

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Fyi: these tires show same symtoms as recalled "at" & "atx" - but I'm told they're not part of recall - I have one that is severly out of balance, especially on hot days( dot number: 02 7532 tire size: 255 70r15 ).

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Wilderness at p23575r15, original equipment with Mazda B3000 1998. Front two tires were wearing off from the sides at only 18,000 miles. Also, when driving at approximately 50 mph and over, dip the vehicle and it will sway, making it difficult to control.

Tire shows signs of tread seperation. Firestone has no replacement at this time. ( dot number: 25377ur tire size: 235/75/r15 ).